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.

YearThemeRepertoireScorePlacement
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 Crofts74.018th
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 Mangione77.911th
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 Mangione82.48th (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 Mangione79.213th
1979---Brand New Day, Ease on Down the Road, & Home (from The Wiz) by Charlie Smalls79.414th
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 Mangione68.819th
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 Panzer78.2511th
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 Panzer85.89th
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 Panzer81.658th
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 Shire88.89th
1985---). Emmanuel, The Minotaur, The Island, & The Forest by Michael Colombier / Bells by Ian MacDougall83.212th
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 MacDougall77.919th
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 Williams85.215th
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 Williams87.310th
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 Elfman84.314th
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 MacDougall86.410th
1992The Music of Sir William WaltonFirst Symphony by William Walton83.112th
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 Richards79.615th
1994The Music of MatrixKing Weasel Stomp, Spring, Narouz, St. August, & The Last Generation all by Matrix79.016th

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