Sacramento Freelancers Drum and Bugle Corps
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.
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 (1974-1994)
[1] Gold background indicates DCI Championship; pale blue background indicates DCI Class Finalist; pale green background indicates DCI semifinalist.
Year | Theme | Repertoire | Score | Placement | |
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1974 | --- | Bully 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 | --- | --- | |
1975 | --- | Commencement (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 | 74.0 | 18th | |
1976 | --- | Commencement (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 | 77.9 | 11th | |
1977 | --- | Wedding Procession by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov / Toccata by Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, & Carl Palmer / 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 | 82.4 | 8th (tie) | |
1978 | --- | Meadowland (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 | 79.2 | 13th | |
1979 | --- | Brand New Day, Ease on Down the Road, & Home (from The Wiz) by Charlie Smalls | 79.4 | 14th | |
1980 | --- | The 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 | 68.8 | 19th | |
1981 | --- | You 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 | 78.25 | 11th | |
1982 | --- | You 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 / Even Now by Barry Manilow & Marty Panzer | 85.8 | 9th | |
1983 | --- | Breaking 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 | 81.65 | 8th | |
1984 | --- | Power Suite by Emillo 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 | 88.8 | 9th | |
1985 | --- | ). Emmanuel, The Minotaur, The Island, & The Forest by Michael Colombier / Bells by Ian MacDougall | 83.2 | 12th | |
1986 | --- | --- | --- | --- | |
1987 | --- | Hall 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 | 77.9 | 19th | |
1988 | The Music of John Williams | Adventures on Earth (from E.T.), Yoda's Theme (from The Empire Strikes Back), & Forest Battle (from Return of the Jedi) all by John Williams | 85.2 | 15th | |
1989 | --- | Adventures on Earth (from E.T.), Cadillac of the Skies, Jim's New Life, Streets of Shanghai, & Home and Hearth (all from Empire of the Sun) all by John Williams | 87.3 | 10th | |
1990 | --- | Main 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 | 84.3 | 14th | |
1991 | --- | Hodie Overture by Ralph Vaughn Williams / Dance Suite by Bela Bartok / The Kiss (from Back to the Future Part III) by Alan Silvestri / Bells by Ian MacDougall | 86.4 | 10th | |
1992 | The Music of Sir William Walton | First Symphony by William Walton | 83.1 | 12th | |
1993 | The Music of Bill Chase | Open Up Wide, Invitation to a River, Two Minds Meet, Stay, & Paint it Sad by Bill Chase / Get It On by Bill Chase & Terry Richards | 79.6 | 15th | |
1994 | The Music of Matrix | King Weasel Stomp, Spring, Narouz, St. August, & The Last Generation all by Matrix | 79.0 | 16th |