Skyliners Drum and Bugle Corps

The New York Skyliners Drum and Bugle Corps
LocationNew York City, NY
DivisionClass A
Founded1945
DirectorJoshua Delanuez
Championship titlesAmerican Legion National - 1949, 1950,
American Legion World Open - 1963,
DCA Open Class - 1966, 1971, 1975,
DCA Class A - 1999, 2002
Websiteskylinersdbc.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 summary 1972–2024

Source:[3]

Key
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
Year Repertoire Score Placement
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 Place
Open Class
Finalist
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 Place
Open Class
Finalist
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 Place
Open Class
Finalist
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 Place
Open Class
Champion
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 Place
Open Class
Finalist
1977 All That Jazz * Rocky * West Side Story * Fascinatin' Rhythm (from Lady Be Good) * Broadway 85.500 6th Place
Open Class
Finalist
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 Place
Open Class
Finalist
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 Place
Open Class
Finalist
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 Place
Open Class
Finalist
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 Place
Open Class
Finalist
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 Place
Open Class
Finalist
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 Place
Open Class
Finalist
1984 Take the 'A' Train * Carnival * I'm Not Going (from Dreamgirls) * New York, New York (from New York, New York) 84.050 5th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1985 I 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) 79.300 6th Place
Open Class
Finalist
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 Place
Open Class
Finalist
1987 Ya Gotta Try * The Rainmaker * Somewhere Out There (from An American Tail) * Skyliner Suite 88.900 7th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1988 The City Wakes * The Rainmaker * Harlem Nocturne * New York, New York (from On the Town) * Signature (from On The Town) 88.300 6th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1989 The City Wakes * Across the Midnight Sky * The Witch * Hava Nagila * Every Street's a Boulevard (from Hazel Flagg) 86.500 8th Place
Open Class
Finalist
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 Place
Open Class
Finalist
1991 Harlem Nocturne * Since I Fell for You * Final Truth * Mack the Knife * Signature (from On The Town) 85.000 6th Place
Open Class
Finalist
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 Place
Open Class
Finalist
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 Place
Open Class
Finalist
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 Place
Open Class
Finalist
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 Place
Open Class
Finalist
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 Place
Open Class
Finalist
1997 Introduction * Nutville * The Duke * Sing Sing Sing * Signature (from On The Town) 81.800 13th Place
Class A
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)
1999 Legends of New York
Mercy Mercy Mercy * Ya Gotta Try * Moonlight Serenade * The Duke Medley 		74.900 1st Place
Class A
Champion
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 Place
Class A
Finalist
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 Place
Class A
Finalist
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 Place
Class A
Champion
2003 Big City Dreams
I Want More * Last Tango * Big Time * I Have Dreamed (from The King and I) 		81.300 2nd Place
Class A
Finalist
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 Place
Class A
Finalist
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 Place
Class A
2006 Fire In The Sky: Four Smoldering Episodes
En Fuego * Havana * Skyfire Tango * Bohemian Rhapsody 		79.150 15th Place
Class A
2007 Comes Love * Sing, Sing, Sing * Big Noise from Winnetka 77.250 11th Place
Mini Corps
2008–13 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 Place
Class A
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 Place
Class A
2016 Corner of the Sky
Corner of the Sky * Mr. Blue Sky * Good Bye Blue Skies * Storm (from The Four Seasons) * Orange Colored Sky 		83.500 11th Place
Class A
Finalist
2017 Escape
Escape to Paradise * Xscape * Lost Boy * Kingfishers Catch Fire Movement 2 		82.230 11th Place
Class A
Finalist
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 Place
Class A
Finalist
2019 She Returns
Spoonful of Sugar* Feed the Birds* Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious* Step in Time 		80.825 2nd Place
Class A
Finalist
2020–21 Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Slaughter
Oklahoma * New York New York (from On The Town) * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes) 		80.950 2nd Place
Class A
Finalist
2023 The Power of 3
Swirling Prisms * Danse Bacchanale * Deus Ex Machina * Moondance * August's Rhapsody * Fate of the Gods 		80.200 2nd Place
Class A
Finalist
2024 One Day, I'll Fly
Abram's Pursuit * One Day I'll Fly Away * Fly to Paradise 		76.750 3rd Place
A Class
Finalist

References

  1. ^ a b "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.