STAR OF INDIANA

1988 show recaps

Friday, June 17, 1988
Drum Corps Midwest (DCM) Tour
Whitewater, WI

    1 Madison Scouts                             69.4
    2 Bluecoats                                  65.5
    3 Cavaliers                                  64.8
    4 STAR OF INDIANA                            64.2
    5 Phantom Regiment                           63.6
    6 Sky Ryders                                 58.9
    7 Minnesota Brass                            39.2
    8 Emerald Knights                            33.8
    9 Northern Aurora                            32.6

Sunday, June 19, 1988
Drum Corps Midwest (DCM) Tour
Normal, IL

    1 Phantom Regiment                           66.9
    ^ Madison Scouts                             66.9
    3 STAR OF INDIANA                            66.4
    4 Cavaliers                                  65.7
    5 Bluecoats                                  63.8
    6 Sky Ryders                                 55.3
    7 Colts                                      41.0
    8 Northern Aurora                            32.2
    9 Blue Stars                                 27.7
   10 Quad City Knights                          27.5

Tuesday, June 21, 1988
Drum Corps Midwest (DCM) Tour
Cedar Rapids, IA

    1 Phantom Regiment                           72.9
    2 STAR OF INDIANA                            72.3
    3 Sky Ryders                                 62.1
    4 Emerald Knights                            39.4
    5 Blue Stars                                 32.3
    6 Rocky Mountain Magic                       26.1
    7 Pioneer                                    23.7

Wednesday, June 22, 1988
Drum Corps Midwest (DCM) Tour
Atlantic, IA

    1 STAR OF INDIANA                            73.9
    ^ Phantom Regiment                           73.9
    3 Sky Ryders                                 64.8
    4 Emerald Knights                            39.3
    5 Blue Stars                                 34.9
    6 Rocky Mountain Magic                       26.3
    7 Railmen                                    26.1
    8 Pioneer                                    22.9

Friday, June 24, 1988
Drum Corps Midwest (DCM) Tour
Lincoln, NE

    1 STAR OF INDIANA                            75.7
    ^ Phantom Regiment                           75.7
    3 Sky Ryders                                 66.1
    4 Emerald Knights                            39.2
    5 Blue Stars                                 34.5
    6 Railmen                                    27.7
    7 Rocky Mountain Magic                       27.0

Saturday, June 25, 1988
Drum Corps Midwest (DCM) Tour
Hutchinson, KS

    1 Phantom Regiment                           76.7
    2 STAR OF INDIANA                            76.2
    3 Sky Ryders                                 70.2
    4 Emerald Knights                            38.7
    5 Railmen                                    35.1
    6 Blue Stars                                 35.0
    7 Rocky Mountain Magic                       27.1
    8 Black Gold                                 23.7

Monday, June 27, 1988
Drum Corps Midwest (DCM) Tour
Oklahoma City, OK

    1 STAR OF INDIANA                            80.7
    2 Phantom Regiment                           79.7
    3 Sky Ryders                                 72.8
    4 Emerald Knights                            41.4
    5 Railmen                                    37.1
    6 Blue Stars                                 34.7
    7 Guardsmen                                  24.5

Thursday, June 30, 1988
Drum Corps West (DCW) Tour
Phoenix, AZ

    1 STAR OF INDIANA                            78.0
    2 Velvet Knights                             71.9
    3 Blue Knights                               54.5
    4 Sunset Regiment                            45.8

Friday, July 1, 1988
Drum Corps West (DCW) Tour
Santa Ana, CA

    1 Blue Devils                                79.2
    2 Santa Clara Vanguard                       76.8
    3 STAR OF INDIANA                            75.8
    4 Freelancers                                57.5
    5 Blue Knights                               52.7
    6 Marauders                                  49.2
    7 Sunset Regiment                            38.0

July 2, 1988 -- La Mirada, CA
From Drum Corps World:
Highlighting tonight's controversial show was the appearance of Star of Indiana, with whom the Velvet Knights shared a seventh place position at last year's championships. The Velvet Knights were thrilled to be one of the hosts for Star's first West Coast visit. The camaraderie and affection between the two rival corps was illustrated by the Star's director, Jim Mason. He was dressed for the occasion wearing a Velvet Knights jacket, and, not to be outdone, Velvet Knights director Jack Bevins wore a Star of Indiana t-shirt!

Star of Indiana... smoothly swept away the first place trophy, with an 80.20, performing selections from Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess". This corps is aiming for the top five. The pit and conducting drum major were dressed appropriately for the pit at an opera, wearing black tuxedos and long black gowns. This year's auxiliary is dressed in feminine southern belle pink dresses and white sun hats. Star boldly opened with a show of power; spread from end zonen to end zone and from one side line to the other. Their marching and playing was clean and crisp.

Sunday, July 3, 1988
Drum Corps West (DCW) Tour
Costa Mesa, CA

    1 Blue Devils                                81.0
    2 Santa Clara Vanguard                       78.3
    3 STAR OF INDIANA                            76.8
    4 Velvet Knights                             74.6
    5 Freelancers                                59.7
    6 Blue Knights                               54.9
    7 Spartans, WA                               45.3
    8 Sunset Regiment                            41.2

Friday, July 8, 1988
Drum Corps West (DCW) Tour
Sacramento, CA

    1 Blue Devils                                82.8
    2 Santa Clara Vanguard                       81.4
    3 STAR OF INDIANA                            78.3
    4 Freelancers                                62.9
    5 Blue Knights                               56.3
    6 Sunset Regiment                            44.9

Saturday, July 9, 1988
Drum Corps West (DCW) Tour
Santa Clara, CA

    1 Blue Devils                                84.9
    2 Santa Clara Vanguard                       83.0
    3 STAR OF INDIANA                            82.5
    4 Freelancers                                65.8
    5 Blue Knights                               63.6
    6 Sunset Regiment                            51.2

Saturday, July 16, 1988
DCM Championship Prelims
DeKalb, IL

    1 Phantom Regiment                           84.0
    2 STAR OF INDIANA                            83.4
    3 Madison Scouts                             81.8
    4 Cavaliers                                  81.0
    5 Bluecoats                                  77.8
    6 Sky Ryders                                 74.4
    7 Colts                                      67.0

Saturday, July 16, 1988
DCM Championship Finals
DeKalb, IL

    1 Phantom Regiment                           84.0
    2 STAR OF INDIANA                            83.0
    3 Cavaliers                                  81.9
    4 Madison Scouts                             81.4
    5 Bluecoats                                  78.3
    6 Sky Ryders                                 71.7

From Drum Corps World:
Star of Indiana produced a solid wall of sound during their opener that was probably heard in Kansas City. This horn line has developed into a legend in the circuit this season and the brass caption scores prove it. Never has "Porgy and Bess" been so tastefully presented with a wide open drill design complimented by superb musical arrangements. The interpretive color guard glows from start to finish. Look for this corps to move up in 1988.

Monday, July 18, 1988
Drum Corps Midwest (DCM) Tour
Terre Haute, IN

    1 STAR OF INDIANA                            85.4
    2 Sky Ryders                                 73.9
    3 Colts                                      60.5
    4 Northern Aurora                            53.0
    5 Glassmen                                   52.1
    6 Emerald Knights                            48.0

Saturday, July 23, 1988
Drum Corps Midwest (DCM) Tour
Madison, WI

    1 STAR OF INDIANA                            85.2
    2 Madison Scouts                             83.0
    3 Cavaliers                                  82.7
    4 Colts                                      63.4
    5 Glassmen                                   51.9
    6 Emerald Knights                            51.3
    7 Quad City Knights                          49.4
    8 Madison Jr Scouts                          36.6

Sunday, July 24, 1988
Drum Corps Midwest (DCM) Tour
Horicon, WI

    1 Madison Scouts                             85.4
    2 Quad City Knights                          58.4
    3 Emerald Knights                            52.6
    4 Blue Stars                                 48.3
    5 Northmen                                   43.9
    6 Madison Jr Scouts                          38.3
      STAR OF INDIANA

Tuesday, July 26, 1988
DCI Summer Music Games Tour
Ypsilanti, MI

    1 STAR OF INDIANA                            85.3
    2 Spirit of Atlanta                          80.1
    3 Suncoast Sound                             74.9
    4 Dutch Boy                                  73.8
    5 Florida Wave                               66.3
    6 Northern Aurora                            57.3
    7 Glassmen                                   56.9
    8 Limited Edition                            49.9
    9 Bandettes                                  44.6
   10 Kingsmen - IL                              24.4

Thursday, July 28, 1988
DCI Summer Music Games Tour
Port Huron, MI

    1 Garfield Cadets                            86.0
    2 STAR OF INDIANA                            85.4
    3 Cavaliers                                  85.0
    4 Spirit of Atlanta                          82.0
    5 Suncoast Sound                             78.6
    6 Crossmen                                   73.5
    7 Florida Wave                               69.8
    8 Northern Aurora                            56.6

Saturday, July 30, 1988
DCI Canada Prelims
Hamilton, Ont

    1 STAR OF INDIANA                            87.1
    2 Garfield Cadets                            86.8
    3 Cavaliers                                  85.5
    4 Bluecoats                                  82.7
    5 Suncoast Sound                             78.8
    6 Dutch Boy                                  77.7
    7 Crossmen                                   73.2
    8 Colts                                      67.2
    9 Boston Crusaders                           64.2
   10 Ventures                                   61.7
   11 Quad City Knights                          59.4
   12 Glassmen                                   57.1

Saturday, July 30, 1988
DCI Canada Finals
Hamilton, Ont

    1 STAR OF INDIANA                            88.3
    2 Garfield Cadets                            88.1
    3 Cavaliers                                  87.1
    4 Bluecoats                                  83.0
    5 Suncoast Sound                             78.9
    6 Dutch Boy                                  76.5
    7 Crossmen                                   72.5
    8 Colts                                      66.2
    9 Boston Crusaders                           61.9
   10 Ventures                                   55.3

Monday, August 1, 1988
DCI Summer Music Games Tour
Montreal, QUE

    1 STAR OF INDIANA                            89.7
    2 Cavaliers                                  88.4
    3 Suncoast Sound                             82.5
    4 Dutch Boy                                  80.0
    5 Boston Crusaders                           70.8
    6 Ventures                                   64.9
    7 Beatrix'                                   47.3
    8 Transit                                    46.6

Tuesday, August 2, 1988
DCI Summer Music Games Tour
Rome, NY

    1 STAR OF INDIANA                            87.8
    2 Cavaliers                                  87.6
    3 Suncoast Sound                             82.9
    4 Dutch Boy                                  80.2
    5 Boston Crusaders                           67.0
    6 Ventures                                   63.0
    7 Beatrix'                                   40.8

Wednesday, August 3, 1988
DCI Summer Music Games Tour
Pittsfield, MA

    1 STAR OF INDIANA                            89.3
    2 Cavaliers                                  88.7
    3 Dutch Boy                                  79.8
    4 Boston Crusaders                           69.2
    5 Blue Knights                               67.6
    6 Ventures                                   64.2
    7 Beatrix'                                   46.9

Thursday, August 4, 1988
DCI Summer Music Games Tour
Lynn, MA

    1 STAR OF INDIANA                            89.5
    2 Cavaliers                                  88.8
    3 Dutch Boy                                  80.9
    4 Boston Crusaders                           72.5
    5 Blue Knights                               69.9
    6 Beatrix'                                   49.1

Saturday, August 6, 1988
DCI East Prelims
Allentown, PA

    1 Blue Devils                                93.4
    2 STAR OF INDIANA                            91.1
    3 Garfield Cadets                            90.7
    4 Cavaliers                                  90.5
    5 Phantom Regiment                           88.9
    6 Bluecoats                                  85.9
    7 Dutch Boy                                  79.3
    8 Troopers                                   71.9
    9 Boston Crusaders                           71.4
   10 Blue Knights                               69.8
   11 Colts                                      68.4
   12 Glassmen                                   57.4
   13 Spartans, WA                               57.2
   14 Beatrix'                                   49.7

Saturday, August 6, 1988
DCI East Finals
Allentown, PA

    1 Blue Devils                                93.7
    2 STAR OF INDIANA                            91.5
    3 Garfield Cadets                            90.9
    4 Cavaliers                                  90.8
    5 Phantom Regiment                           89.6
    6 Bluecoats                                  85.4
    7 Dutch Boy                                  80.9
    8 Troopers                                   71.9
    9 Blue Knights                               71.1
   10 Boston Crusaders                           69.3


From Drum Corps World:
The vastly-improved Star of Indiana presented a terrific production of George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess". The music was almust unbelievably intricate in some places, declaring and changing moods appropriately. This show was also staged so well that the overall impression was that the visuals and musical merged into one, thus creating the best theme show package of the season. The softness and delicacy of the pink-garbed auxiliary was superb interpretation and the deeper colors of flags during "The Hurricane" provided excellent contrast before the musical and visual resolution at the end of the show. Star has truly become special this year. As a mark of their progress, Star won over the audience in both prelims and finals, even though they followed the crowd's favorite, Garfield Cadets, both times! The powerful and emotional Star of Indiana placed second (behind the Blue Devils) with a score of 91.50.

Monday, August 8, 1988
DCI Summer Music Games Tour
Winston-Salem, NC

    1 STAR OF INDIANA                            90.4
    2 Garfield Cadets                            89.5
    3 Phantom Regiment                           89.3
    4 Dutch Boy                                  80.1
    5 Colts                                      70.7
    6 Quad City Knights                          64.1

Wednesday, August 10, 1988
Pride of Indiana VII (DCI)
Bloomington, IN

    1 Blue Devils                                95.2
    2 Cavaliers                                  93.3
    3 STAR OF INDIANA                            92.4
    4 Bluecoats                                  87.6
    5 Troopers                                   75.9
    6 Quad City Knights                          62.5
    7 Beatrix'                                   51.0

Friday, August 12, 1988
DCI Summer Music Games Tour
Dayton, OH

    1 STAR OF INDIANA                            92.9
    2 Garfield Cadets                            92.4
    3 Phantom Regiment                           91.8
    4 Suncoast Sound                             84.9
    5 Dutch Boy                                  84.1
    6 Spartans, WA                               63.5
    7 Glassmen                                   59.6
    8 Beatrix'                                   55.9

Saturday, August 13, 1988
US Open Prelims
Marion, OH

    1 Garfield Cadets                            93.2
    2 Phantom Regiment                           92.8
    3 STAR OF INDIANA                            92.3
    4 Dutch Boy                                  84.6
    5 Blue Knights                               76.4
    6 Colts                                      75.3
    7 Spartans, WA                               63.2
    8 Glassmen                                   62.3
    9 Beatrix'                                   59.2
   10 Oakland Crusaders                          51.4
   11 Calgary Cavaliers                          25.1

Saturday, August 13, 1988
US Open Finals
Marion, OH

    1 STAR OF INDIANA                            94.3
    2 Garfield Cadets                            93.8
    3 Phantom Regiment                           93.3
    4 Dutch Boy                                  86.0
    5 Blue Knights                               80.0
    6 Colts                                      78.5
    7 Glassmen                                   65.6
    8 Spartans, WA                               65.2
    9 Beatrix'                                   59.6
   10 Oakland Crusaders                          44.4

Friday, August 19, 1988
DCI World Championship Semifinals
Kansas City, MO

    1 Madison Scouts                             97.8
    2 Blue Devils                                96.6
    3 Santa Clara Vanguard                       96.3
    4 Cavaliers                                  95.6
    5 Garfield Cadets                            94.8
    6 Phantom Regiment                           93.6
    7 STAR OF INDIANA                            93.1
    8 Velvet Knights                             91.9
    ^ Spirit of Atlanta                          91.9
   10 Suncoast Sound                             90.5
   11 Bluecoats                                  88.6
   12 Sky Ryders                                 86.6
   13 Dutch Boy                                  86.4
   14 Crossmen                                   85.6
   15 Freelancers                                85.2
   16 Florida Wave                               82.0
   17 Blue Knights                               78.6
   18 Colts                                      78.5
   19 Troopers                                   77.8
   20 Boston Crusaders                           77.6
   21 Marauders                                  76.2
   22 L'Insolite                                 71.2
   23 Quad City Knights                          69.7
   24 Ventures                                   67.9
   25 Glassmen                                   67.5
   26 Spartans, WA                               65.9

Saturday, August 20, 1988
DCI World Championship Finals
Kansas City, MO

    1 Madison Scouts                             97.1
    2 Santa Clara Vanguard                       96.9
    3 Blue Devils                                96.3
    4 Garfield Cadets                            96.1
    5 Cavaliers                                  95.1
    6 Phantom Regiment                           93.5
    7 STAR OF INDIANA                            92.8
    8 Velvet Knights                             90.6
    9 Spirit of Atlanta                          89.3
   10 Suncoast Sound                             89.1
   11 Bluecoats                                  86.7
   12 Sky Ryders                                 85.1


From Drum Corps World:
Star of Indiana took a quantum leap forward this season in terms of the quality of their brass program and the overall maturity level of their show. No longer newcomers to the DCI arena, this year Star performed like seasoned veterans. Star's growth and development was reflected in their remarkably faithful adaptation of Gershwin's "Catfish Row Suite" from his opera "Porgy and Bess". Star was a beautiful sight to behold and their off-the-field efforts on behalf of the entire activity bode well for the future.

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