Skyliners Drum and Bugle Corps explained

The New York Skyliners Drum and Bugle Corps
Location:New York City, NY
Division:Class A
Founded:1945
Director:Joshua Delanuez
Titles:American Legion National - 1949, 1950,
American Legion World Open - 1963,
DCA Open Class - 1966, 1971, 1975,
DCA Class A - 1999, 2002

The New York Skyliners Drum and Bugle Corps (formerly the Raymond A. Garbarina Memorial Corps, and Garbarina Skyliners) are a competitive all-age drum and bugle corps from New York City, and currently rehearsing in Broome County, New York.. The Skyliners were one of the original founding corps of Drum Corps Associates (DCA) and have won every major title available to an all-age drum & bugle corps. The Skyliners are sponsored by the Raymond A. Garbarina Memorial American Legion Post #1523 in New York City. They have won the DCA World Championship three times, the DCA A Class Championship twice, and the American Legion National Title twice.[1]

History

The New York Skyliners were formed in 1945 to create a corps for members of two New York City American Legion junior corps, The Phoebe Apperson Hearst Post #1197, and the Grand Street Boys from Post #1025, that were returning from service in World War II. Rehearsals were first held in 1945. They were officially accepted as a senior corps in the American Legion in 1946, and were named after Raymond A. “Gabby” Garbarina, a young man who played with both the Grand Street Boys and the Hearst Post corps, who had lost his life in the war. The new post was known as the Raymond A. Garbarina Memorial Post #1523, New York City. The corps itself was also known as the Raymond A. Garbarina Memorial Corps.

After the 1949 season, the corps became known as the Garbarina Skyliners, and later, the New York Skyliners.. During the Skyliners' years in the American Legion League, they claimed the championship title three times. In 1964, the Skyliners, along with several senior corps in the northeastern United States, formed the Drum Corps Associates to establish a more formal competition format than the then-current haphazard collection of contests. The New York Skyliners succeeded in DCA, going on to win both several Open Class and Class A titles, before dwindling attendance forced the corps to remain inactive.[2]

In 2014, Director Larry Carbonell and Assistant Director Doreen Sandor revived the inactive corps and moved its location from New York to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. In late 2022 the decision was made to shift the corps' rehearsal area to Upstate New York and reintroduce the 'New York' Skyliners name and historical logos. In 2023, the member corps of DCA voted to enter into a 2 year partnership with Drum Corps International, forming the new DCI All Age Class beginning in 2024. The World, Open, and A classes remain intact for the 2024 season.

Show summary 1972–2024

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Goldenrod background indicates DCA Class A Champion
Turquoise background indicates DCA Class A Finalist
Metallic gold background indicates DCA Open Class Champion
Blue background indicates DCA Open Class Finalist
YearRepertoireScore Placement
1972Little Old New York (from Tenderloin) * Give My Regards to Broadway * Goodbye Broadway, Hello France (from For Me And My Gal) * Alabama Jubilee * Lucretia McEvil * The Elks' Parade * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes) * Little Old New York (from Tenderloin) * East Side-West Side Fanfare 89.9002nd Place

Finalist
1973Applause * New York, New York (from On the Town) * Little Old New York (from Tenderloin) * Traffic Jam * 2nd Rhapsody * The Elks' Parade * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes) * Applause * East Side-West Side Fanfare 82.5005th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1974Gee, Officer Krupke (from West Side Story) * (Drum Solo) * Cool (from West Side Story) * West Side Story Medley * The Elks' Parade * (Drum Solo) * Lullaby of Broadway (from 42nd Street) * Traffic Jam * Little Old New York (from Tenderloin) * New York, New York (from On the Town) 80.9503rd Place
Open Class
Finalist
1975How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You * Hymn to Victory (from Victory at Sea) * West Side Story Medley * The Elks' Parade * Give My Regards to Broadway * East Side-West Side Fanfare 88.5001st Place
Open Class
Champion
1976On the Town * Fancy Free * Hymn to Victory (from Victory at Sea) * Porgy and Bess * The Elks' Parade * Broadway * 42nd Street (from 42nd Street) * East Side-West Side Fanfare 86.0004th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1977All That Jazz * Rocky * West Side Story * Fascinatin' Rhythm (from Lady Be Good) * Broadway 85.5006th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1978Ritual Fire Dance (from El Amor Brujo) * Rhapsody in Blue * The Elks' Parade * New York, New York (from New York, New York) * Traffic Jam * Little Old New York (from Tenderloin) * East Side-West Side Fanfare 85.5003rd Place
Open Class
Finalist
1979Something's Coming (from West Side Story) * Rhapsody in Blue * Puttin' on the Ritz * New York, New York (from New York New York) * Traffic Jam * Little Old New York (from Tenderloin) * East Side-West Side Fanfare 84.5504th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1980Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes) * Copacabana * Carnival * Root Beer Rag (drum solo) * New York, New York (from New York, New York) * Traffic Jam * East Side-West Side Fanfare 84.5504th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1981Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes) * Carnival * Big Noise from Winnetka (from Reveille with Beverly) * Late in the Evening * New York, New York (from New York, New York) 88.8004th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1982On the Town * Fancy Free * 42nd Street (from 42nd Street) * Big Noise from Winnetka (from Reveille with Beverly) * Do Like You (drum solo) * Come In from the Rain * New York, New York (from On the Town) * 2nd Rhapsody * New York Medley 86.9004th Place
Open Class
Finalist
198342nd Street (from 42nd Street) * The Rainmaker * The Ballad of Billy the Kid * I'm Not Going (from Dreamgirls) * New York, New York (from New York, New York) 85.8503rd Place
Open Class
Finalist
1984Take the 'A' Train * Carnival * I'm Not Going (from Dreamgirls) * New York, New York (from New York, New York) 84.0505th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1985I Love NY * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes) * Little Linda * I Am Your Dreamgirl (from Dreamgirls) * I Won't Go (from Dreamgirls) * New York, New York (from New York, New York) 79.3006th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1986New York, New York (from On the Town) * Something's Coming (from West Side Story) * Somewhere (from West Side Story) * 42nd Street (from 42nd Street) * Lullaby of Broadway (from 42nd Street) * New York, New York (from New York, New York) 82.9507th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1987Ya Gotta Try * The Rainmaker * Somewhere Out There (from An American Tail) * Skyliner Suite 88.9007th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1988The City Wakes * The Rainmaker * Harlem Nocturne * New York, New York (from On the Town) * Signature (from On The Town) 88.3006th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1989The City Wakes * Across the Midnight Sky * The Witch * Hava Nagila * Every Street's a Boulevard (from Hazel Flagg) 86.5008th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1990Manhattan Overtures * Harlem Nocturne * Hava Nagila * Every Street's a Boulevard (from Hazel Flagg) * The Elks' Parade * New York, New York (from New York, New York) 91.9006th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1991Harlem Nocturne * Since I Fell for You * Final Truth * Mack the Knife * Signature (from On The Town) 85.0006th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1992New York State of Mind * Harlem Nocturne * Caravan * Since I Fell for You * Avalon * New York, New York (from New York, New York) 89.4007th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1993Guys and Dolls: Act 1
Luck Be A Lady (from Guys and Dolls) * The Crapshooter's Dance (from Guys and Dolls) * If I Were a Bell (from Guys and Dolls) * Runyonland (from Guys and Dolls)
85.8007th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1994Guys and Dolls: Act 2
Oldest Established Crap Game (from Guys and Dolls) * My Time of Day (from Guys and Dolls) * Luck Be A Lady (from Guys and Dolls)
88.7006th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1995A Night On The Town With The New York Skyliners
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes) * Moondance * Dreamgirls * New York, New York (from On the Town) * Signature (from On The Town) * On the Town
88.0006th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1996Music from On the Town
I Feel Like I'm Not Out of Bed Yet (from On the Town) * New York, New York (from On the Town) * Miss Turnstiles (from On the Town) * Lonely Town (from On the Town) * The Great Lover (from On the Town) * Times Square (from On the Town)
80.10011th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1997Introduction * Nutville * The Duke * Sing Sing Sing * Signature (from On The Town) 81.80013th Place
Class A
1998Intro to Frank * Luck Be A Lady (from Guys and Dolls) * The Way You Look Tonight (from Swing Time) * I Have Dreamed (from The King and I) * The Lady is a Tramp (from Babes in Arms)
1999Legends of New York
Mercy Mercy Mercy * Ya Gotta Try * Moonlight Serenade * The Duke Medley
74.9001st Place
Class A
Champion
2000Sky2K on Broadway
On Broadway * It's All Right With Me (from Can-Can) * Someone to Watch Over me (from Oh, Kay!) * The Man I Love * When I Fall In Love * 42nd Street (from 42nd Street) * It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing * Give My Regards to Broadway * Traffic Jam * Every Street's a Boulevard (from Hazel Flagg) * Signature (from On The Town)
83.0009th Place
Class A
Finalist
2001Blood, Sweat and Sky
Hi-De-Ho (That Old Sweet Roll) * Somethin' Comin' On * For My Lady * God Bless The Child * You've Made Me So Very Happy
86.5009th Place
Class A
Finalist
2002Love Notes From The City
New York State of Mind * You Brought a New Kind of Love New Kind of Love * This Must Be Love * I Want More * Big Time * New York, New York (from New York, New York)
80.1501st Place
Class A
Champion
2003Big City Dreams
I Want More * Last Tango * Big Time * I Have Dreamed (from The King and I)
81.3002nd Place
Class A
Finalist
2004New York Rhapsody... The Music of George Gershwin
Second Prelude * Fascinatin' Rhythm (from Lady Be Good) * Rhapsody in Blue * Concerto in F * An American in Paris * Somebody Loves Me * I Got Rhythm (from Girl Crazy) * Of Thee I Sing (from Of Thee I Sing) * Finale
81.08811th Place
Class A
Finalist
2005Night and Day in NYC
Night and Day * Prelude, Fugue and Riffs * A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square * A Night in Tunisia
80.87513th Place
Class A
2006Fire In The Sky: Four Smoldering Episodes
En Fuego * Havana * Skyfire Tango * Bohemian Rhapsody
79.15015th Place
Class A
2007Comes Love * Sing, Sing, Sing * Big Noise from Winnetka77.25011th Place
Mini Corps
Corps inactive
2014A New Dawn, A New Day
Feeling Good * Blue Skies (from Alexander's Ragtime Band) * It Ain't Necessarily So (from Porgy and Bess) * 'Round Midnight * Caravan
77.63013th Place
Class A
2015Whatever Lola Wants
It Had Better Be Tonight (from The Pink Panther) * Whatever Lola Wants (from Damn Yankees) * Ain't No Sunshine * Tonight Quintet
79.18013th Place
Class A
2016Corner of the Sky
Corner of the Sky * Mr. Blue Sky * Good Bye Blue Skies * Storm (from The Four Seasons) * Orange Colored Sky
83.50011th Place
Class A
Finalist
2017Escape
Escape to Paradise * Xscape * Lost Boy * Kingfishers Catch Fire Movement 2
82.23011th Place
Class A
Finalist
2018TOTALITY - Everything Changes...
Hymn To The Sun * Totality * Song Of Joy * Here Comes the Sun * Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
79.7503rd Place
Class A
Finalist
2019She Returns
Spoonful of Sugar* Feed the Birds* Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious* Step in Time
80.8252nd Place
Class A
Finalist
2020–21Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022Slaughter
Oklahoma * New York New York (from On The Town) * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes)
80.9502nd Place
Class A
Finalist
2023The Power of 3
Swirling Prisms * Danse Bacchanale * Deus Ex Machina * Moondance * August's Rhapsody * Fate of the Gods
80.2002nd Place
Class A
Finalist
2024One Day, I'll Fly
Abram's Pursuit * One Day I'll Fly Away * Fly to Paradise
76.7503rd Place

Finalist

References

  1. Web site: History of the Skyliners. 2017-01-16. 2017-01-16.
  2. Web site: Skyliners Drum and Bugle Corps. www.skylinersdbc.org. en. 2018-01-04.
  3. Web site: DCX - Drum Corps Xperience. www.dcxmuseum.org. 2018-01-04.