Skyliners Drum and Bugle Corps

The New York Skyliners Drum and Bugle Corps

Location	New York City, NY
Division	Class A
Founded	1945
Director	Joshua Delanuez
Championship titles	American Legion National - 1949, 1950, American Legion World Open - 1963, DCA Open Class - 1966, 1971, 1975, DCA Class A - 1999, 2002
Website	skylinersdbc.org

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.. ^[1] 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 Summaries 1949-2024

*All scores and placements before 1965 are the American Legion National Finals.

Source: ^[3]

Year	Show	Repertoire	Score	Placement
			93.800	1st
1950		American Eagle * I'm Alabama Bound * Hail To The Redskins * California Here I Come * I Left My Heart in San Francisco * Where Has My Little Dog Gone * The Best Things In Life Are Free * Stouthearted Men (from New Moon) * East Side, West Side * One Flower in Your Garden (from The Desert Song) * One Alone (from The Desert Song) * The Riff Song (from The Desert Song) * Oklahoma (from Oklahoma!) * Look For The Silver Lining * Give My Regards to Broadway	90.366	1st
1951		"X" " L" * American Eagle * I'm Alabama Bound * Hail To The Redskins * Happy Days Medley * Where Has My Little Dog Gone * The Best Things In Life Are Free * Stouthearted Men (from New Moon) * Sidewalks of New York (from Sweet Rosie O'Grady) * Wanting You * Oklahoma (from Oklahoma!) * Look For The Silver Lining	93.033	2nd
1952		March of the Men of Steel * American Eagle * I'm Alabama Bound * Hail To The Redskins * Where Has My Little Dog Gone * You Do Something To Me * Stouthearted Men (from New Moon) * Sidewalks of New York (from Sweet Rosie O'Grady) * Parade of the Wooden Soldiers * Babes in Toyland Medley * Oklahoma (from Oklahoma!) * Look For The Silver Lining * Give My Regards to Broadway	90.333	3rd
1953		The Greatest Show On Earth * Oklahoma (from Oklahoma!) * Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two) * I Only Have Eyes For You (from Dames) * La Paloma * Crazy Rhythm * You Do Something To Me * Blood And Sand * Quo Vadis * I'm Alabama Bound * Look For The Silver Lining * Give My Regards to Broadway	90.583	3rd
1954		The Greatest Show On Earth * You've Got To Be A Football Hero * I'm Alabama Bound * Quo Vadis * Marching Along Together * Hail To The Redskins * La Paloma * I Only Have Eyes For You (from Dames) * Blood And Sand * Crazy Rhythm * Oklahoma (from Oklahoma!) * Look For The Silver Lining * Give My Regards to Broadway
1955		Return To Paradise * Riding High * 42nd Street (from 42nd Street) * Under the Double Eagle * The Happy Wanderer
1956		Manhattan * Autumn in New York * 42nd Street (from 42nd Street) * Under the Double Eagle * That's Entertainment * Theme from the Apartment * Lullaby of Broadway (from 42nd Street)
1957		NY Fanfare * Manhattan * 42nd Street (from 42nd Street) * Under the Double Eagle * That's Entertainment * Concert * How About You * Lullaby of Broadway (from 42nd Street)	85.370	6th
1958		New York Fanfare * Manhattan * Harlem Nocturne * 42nd Street (from 42nd Street) * Under the Double Eagle * That's Entertainment * The Music Makers * Trumpet Blues * Blood And Sand * Lullaby of Broadway (from 42nd Street)
1959		There's No Business Like Show Business (from Annie, Get Your Gun) * Lullaby of Birdland * Manhattan Rhapsody * Goodbye Broadway, Hello France (from For Me And My Gal) * Trumpet Blues * Who Cares (from Of Thee I Sing) * Blood And Sand * Some Of These Days (from Broadway Melody of 1938)
1960		Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes) * New York's My Home * Manhattan Rhapsody * Goodbye Broadway, Hello France (from For Me And My Gal) * Ridin' High * Street Scene * Puttin' on the Ritz * Who Cares (from Of Thee I Sing) * Lullaby of Birdland * Some Of These Days (from Broadway Melody of 1938)
1961		Showtime on Broadway * Lullaby of Birdland * Goodbye Broadway, Hello France (from For Me And My Gal) * Ridin' High * Melancholy Serenade * Puttin' on the Ritz * You and the Night and the Music * Harlem Nocturne * Manhattan Tower
1962		NY Fanfare * Showtime on Broadway * 42nd Street (from 42nd Street) * I'll Walk with God (from The Student Prince) * Ridin' High * Tenement Symphony * Sound of the City * Melancholy Rhapsody * Skyliner * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes) * New York's My Home * Lullaby of Birdland * The Twist * You and the Night and the Music * Dontcha Go 'Way Mad
1963		NY Fanfare * Little Old New York (from Tenderloin) * I'll Walk with God (from The Student Prince) * Way Down Yonder in New Orleans * Alabama Jubilee * Tenement Symphony * Sound of the City * Melancholy Rhapsody * Down By the Station * Miserlou * Little Old New York (from Tenderloin)	82.433	2nd
1964		Little Old New York (from Tenderloin) * Allies on the March * Down By the Station * Sound of the City * Alabama Jubilee * Miserlou * Every Street's a Boulevard (from Hazel Flagg)
1965		Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes) * Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean (from Thousands Cheer) * That Old Black Magic * Flight of the Bumblebee * Once in Love with Amy (from Where's Charley?) * Hava Nagila * Little Old New York (from Tenderloin) * Once Upon A Dream	83.160	3rd
1966		Charlie Welch (from Mr. Wonderful) * Columbia the Gem of the Ocean (from Thousands Cheer) * That Old Black Magic * Flight of the Bumblebee * Once in Love with Amy (from Where's Charley?) * Hava Nagila * Oklahoma (from Oklahoma!)	84.530	1st
1967		Charlie Welch (from Mr. Wonderful) * Give My Regards to Broadway * Flight of the Bumblebee * Trumpet Blues * 2nd Rhapsody * Miserlou * Every Street's a Boulevard (from Hazel Flagg) * East Side-West Side Fanfare	81.623	4th
1968		Mention My Name in Sheboygan * Give My Regards to Broadway * Fever * Sing Sing Sing * Flight of the Bumblebee * Swan Lake * Manhattan Tower	79.016	5th
1969		Swan Lake * Flight of the Bumblebee * Give My Regards to Broadway * I Dig Rock and Roll Music * 2nd Rhapsody * Manhattan Rhapsody * Aquarius (from Hair) * When the Saints Go Marching In * Street Scene	78.275	2nd
1970		Swan Lake * Flight of the Bumblebee * When the Saints Go Marching In * 2nd Rhapsody * Longest Day * Aquarius (from Hair) * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes) * Little Old New York (from Tenderloin)	77.375	5th
1971		NY Montage * Little Old New York (from Tenderloin) * Longest Day * Alabama Jubilee * Lucretia McEvil * Comes Love * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes) * Little Old New York (from Tenderloin) * East Side-West Side Fanfare	91.500	1st
1972		Little 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	89.900	2nd
1973		Applause * 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	82.500	5th
1974		Gee, 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)	80.950	3rd
1975		How 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	88.500	1st
1976		On 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	86.000	4th
1977		All That Jazz * Rocky * West Side Story * Fascinatin' Rhythm (from Lady Be Good) * Broadway	85.500	6th
1978		Ritual 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	85.500	3rd
1979		Something'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	84.550	4th
1980		Slaughter 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	84.550	4th
1981		Slaughter 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)	88.800	4th
1982		On 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	86.900	4th
1983		42nd 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)	85.850	3rd
1984		Take the 'A' Train * Carnival * I'm Not Going (from Dreamgirls) * New York, New York (from New York, New York)	84.050	5th
1985		I Love NY (Warmup) * 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)	79.300	6th
1986		New 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)	82.950	7th
1987		Ya Gotta Try * The Rainmaker * Somewhere Out There (from An American Tail) * Skyliner Suite	88.900	7th
1988		The City Wakes * The Rainmaker * Harlem Nocturne * New York, New York (from On the Town) * Signature (from On The Town)	88.300	6th
1989		The City Wakes * Across the Midnight Sky * The Witch * Hava Nagila * Every Street's a Boulevard (from Hazel Flagg)	86.500	8th
1990		Manhattan 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)	91.900	6th
1991		Harlem Nocturne * Since I Fell for You * Final Truth (drum solo) * Mack the Knife * Signature (from On The Town)	85.000	6th
1992		New York State of Mind * Harlem Nocturne * Caravan * Since I Fell for You * Avalon * New York, New York (from New York, New York)	89.400	7th
1993	"Guys 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)	85.800	7th
1994	"Guys 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)	88.700	6th
1995	"A 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	88.000	6th
1996	Music 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)	80.100	11th
1997		Introduction * Nutville * The Duke * Sing Sing Sing * Signature (from On The Town)	81.800	13th
1998		Intro 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)	N/A	N/A
1999	"Legends of New York"	Mercy Mercy Mercy * Ya Gotta Try * Moonlight Serenade * The Duke Medley	74.900	1st (Class A)
2000	"Sky2K 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)	83.000	9th
2001	"Blood, 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	86.500	9th
2002	"Love 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)	80.150	1st (Class A)
2003	"Big City Dreams"	I Want More * Last Tango * Big Time * I Have Dreamed (from The King and I)	81.300	2nd (Class A)
2004	"New 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	81.088	11th
2005	"Night and Day in NYC"	Night and Day * Prelude, Fugue and Riffs * A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square * A Night in Tunisia	80.875	13th
2006	"Fire In The Sky: Four Smoldering Episodes"	En Fuego * Havana * Skyfire Tango * Bohemian Rhapsody	79.150	15th
2007		Comes Love * Sing, Sing, Sing * Big Noise from Winnetka	77.250	11th (Mini Corps)
2008-2013		Corps inactive
2014	A 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	77.630	13th
2015	Whatever Lola Wants	It Had Better Be Tonight (from The Pink Panther) * Whatever Lola Wants (from Damn Yankees) * Ain't No Sunshine * Tonight Quintet	79.180	13th
2016	Corner of the Sky	Corner of the Sky * Mr. Blue Sky * Good Bye Blue Skies * Storm (from The Four Seasons) * Orange Colored Sky * Corner of the Sky	83.500	11th
2017	Escape	Escape to Paradise * Xscape * Lost Boy * Kingfishers Catch Fire Movement 2	82.230	11th
2018	TOTALITY - Everything Changes...	Hymn To The Sun * Totality * Song Of Joy * Here Comes the Sun * Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me	79.750	3rd (Class A)
2019	She Returns	Spoonful of Sugar* Feed the Birds* Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious* Step in Time	80.825	2nd (Class A)
2020	Corps Inactive (COVID)
2021
2022	Slaughter	Oklahoma * New York New York (from On The Town) * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes)	80.950	2nd (Class A)
2023	The Power of 3	Swirling Prisms * Danse Bacchanale * Deus Ex Machina * Moondance * August's Rhapsody * Fate of the Gods	80.200	2nd (Class A)
2024	One Day, I'll Fly	Abram's Pursuit * One Day I'll Fly Away * Fly to Paradise

References

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

External links

• Official website