Sacramento Freelancers Drum and Bugle Corps

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The Sacramento Freelancers Drum and Bugle Corps was an American drum corps based in Sacramento, California. It was a Drum Corps International World Class top 12 Finalist. In other incarnations, the corps has been a Senior Alumni Corps, a Winter Guard and a Winter Guard International (WGI) Independent World Class percussion ensemble. It was founded in 1932 as the George W. Manhart American Legion Post #391 Drum and Bugle Corps, and later renamed the Manhart Capitalaires, the Capitalaires, the Capital Freelancers before adopting its last name.

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The corps was founded in 1932 as a senior drum and bugle corps and sponsored by the George W. Manhart American Legion post #391. It disbanded in 1995.

Show Summary (1974-94)

Pale blue background indicates DCI Class Finalist; pale green background indicates DCI semifinalist.

YearThemeRepertoireScorePlacement
1974Bully by Mike Simpson / Simple Gifts (from Appalachian Spring) by Aaron Copland / Ma (She's Making Eyes at Me) by Con Conrad & Sidney Clare / Hi-De-Ho (That Old Sweet Roll) by Gerry Goffin & Carole King / Lucretia McEvil by David Clayton-Thomas / Hummingbird by Jim Seals & Dash Crofts
1975Commencement (from Adventures in Time) by Johnny Richards / Squib Cakes by Chester Thompson / Only So Much Oil in the Ground by Emilio Castillo & Stephen Kupka / Trumpet Blues by Henry Mancini / Bully by Mike Simpson / Hummingbird by Jim Seals & Dash Crofts 74.0018th
1976Commencement (from Adventures in Time) by Johnny Richards / I Got Rhythm (from Girl Crazy) by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin / These Favorite Things / Bellavia & Echano by Chuck Mangione 77.9011th
1977Wedding Procession by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov / Quintile & Aspect (from Adventures in Time) by Johnny Richards / Left Bank Express by Pete Jackson / Bellavia, Echano, & Hill Where the Lord Hides by Chuck Mangione 82.408th (tie)
1978Meadowland (Traditional) / Variations On I Got Rhythm by George Gershwin / Woodchopper's Ball by Joe Bishop & Woody Herman / Sabre Dance by Aram Khachaturian / Bellavia by Chuck Mangione 79.2013th
1979Brand New Day, Ease on Down the Road, & Home (All from The Wiz) by Charlie Smalls 79.4014th
1980The War Lord by Jerome Moross / Odyssey by Robert W. Smith / Sambandrea Swing by Don Menza / It Was a Very Good Year by Ervin Drake / I Get Crazy by Chuck Mangione 68.8019th
1981You Are the Sunshine of My Life by Stevie Wonder / I Get Crazy by Chuck Mangione / Malaga by Bill Holman / Even Now by Barry Manilow & Marty Panzer 78.2511th
1982You Are the Sunshine of My Life by Stevie Wonder / Recuerdos (from Cuban Fire Suite) by Johnny Richards / Genji by Tatsuhiko Arakawa / Toccata by Keith Emerson & Greg Lake 85.809th
1983Breaking Up Is Hard to Do by Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield / Lover Come Back to Me (from New Moon) by Sigmund Romberg & Oscar Hammerstein / 4/4 For Four by Anthony Cirone / Skin Tight by James Pankow / Introduction by Terry Kath / Even Now by Barry Manilow & Marty Panzer 81.658th
1984Power Suite by Emilio Castillo, Stephen Kupka, & Chester Thompson / What Is Hip by Emilio Castillo, Stephen Kupka, & David Garibaldi / Genji by Tatsuhiko Arakawa / With You I'm Born Again by Carol Connors & David Shire 88.89th
1985Emmanuel, The Minotaur, The Island, & The Forest by Michael Colombier / Bells by Ian MacDougall 83.212th
1987Hall of the Mountain King (from Peer Gynt Suite #1) by Edvard Grieg / Conga by Enrique Garcia / Un Poco Cinco by John Fluck / Born Again / Bells by Ian MacDougall 77.919th
1988The Music of John WilliamsAdventures on Earth (from E.T.), Yoda's Theme (from The Empire Strikes Back), & Forest Battle (from Return of the Jedi) All by John Williams 85.215th
1989Adventures on Earth (from E.T.) & Cadillac of the Skies, Jim's New Life, Streets of Shanghai, & Home and Hearth (from Empire of the Sun) All by John Williams 87.310th
1990Main Title & Clown Attack (from Batman) by Danny Elfman / The Penitent Man Will Pass (from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade), Into the Trap (from Return of the Jedi), & The Keeper of the Grail (from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) by John Williams / Descent into Mystery & Finale (from Batman) by Danny Elfman 84.314th
1991Hodie Overture by Ralph Vaughan Williams / Dance Suite by Bela Bartok / The Kiss (from Back to the Future 3) by Alan Silvestri / Bells by Ian MacDougall 86.410th
1992The Music of Sir William WaltonFirst Symphony by William Walton 83.112th
1993The Music of Bill ChaseOpen Up Wide, Invitation to a River, Two Minds Meet, Stay, & Paint it Sad by Bill Chase / Get It On by Bill Chase & Terry Richards 79.615th
1994The Music of MatrixKing Weasel Stomp, Spring, Narouz, St. August, & The Last Generation (all by Matrix)79.016th

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