Skyliners Drum and Bugle Corps


The Skyliners Drum and Bugle Corps are an Open Class competitive senior drum and bugle corps. Formerly based in New York City, the corps is now based in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania area. The Skyliners were one of the original founding corps of Drum Corps Associates and have won every major title available to a senior drum & bugle corps. The Skyliners are sponsored by American Legion Post #411 in Jessup, Pennsylvania and American Legion Post #1523 in New York City.They have won the DCA World Championship three times, the DCA Open Class Championship twice, and the American Legion National Title twice.

History

The Skyliners formed in 1945 as the New York Skyliners as a drum and bugle corps function of two American Legion posts in New York City. They were officially accepted as a senior corps in the American Legion in 1946, sponsored by Raymond A. Garbarina Memorial Post #1523. 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. 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. The corps is currently active in DCA Class A Competition and rehearses in nearby Plymouth, Pennsylvania.

Show Summaries 1950-Present

Source:
YearShowRepertoireScorePlacement
1950American 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 * East Side, West Side * One Flower in Your Garden * One Alone * The Riff Song * Oklahoma * Look For The Silver Lining * Give My Regards to Broadway92.0701st
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 * Sidewalks of New York * Wanting You * Oklahoma * Look For The Silver Lining93.0331st
1952March 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 * Sidewalks of New York * Parade of the Wooden Soldiers * Babes in Toyland Medley * Oklahoma * Look For The Silver Lining * Give My Regards to Broadway92.2002nd
1953The Greatest Show On Earth * Oklahoma * Daisy Bell * I Only Have Eyes For You * 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 Broadway88.4663rd
1954The 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 * Blood And Sand * Crazy Rhythm * Oklahoma * Look For The Silver Lining * Give My Regards to Broadway83.7502nd
1955Return To Paradise * Riding High * 42nd Street * Under the Double Eagle * The Happy Wanderer83.7502nd
1956Opener * Manhattan * Autumn in New York * 42nd Street * Under the Double Eagle * That's Entertainment * Theme from the Apartment * ?? * Lullaby of Broadway * ??77.5604th
1957NY Fanfare * Manhattan * 42nd Street * Under the Double Eagle * That's Entertainment * Concert * How About You * Lullaby of Broadway * ??85.0808th
1958New York Fanfare * Manhattan * Harlem Nocturne * 42nd Street * Under the Double Eagle * That's Entertainment * The Music Makers * Trumpet Blues * Blood And Sand * Lullaby of Broadway 83.4504th
1959There's No Business Like Show Business * Lullaby of Birdland * Manhattan Rhapsody * Goodbye Broadway, Hello France * Trumpet Blues * Who Cares * Blood And Sand * Some Of These Days N/AN/A
1960Slaughter on Tenth Avenue * New York's My Home * Manhattan Rhapsody * Goodbye Broadway, Hello France * Ridin' High * Street Scene * Puttin' on the Ritz * Who Cares * Lullaby of Birdland * Some Of These Days 86.7501st
1961Showtime on Broadway * Lullaby of Birdland * Goodbye Broadway, Hello France * Ridin' High * Melancholy Serenade * Puttin' on the Ritz * You and the Night and the Music * Harlem Nocturne * Manhattan Tower89.4602nd
1962NY Fanfare * Showtime on Broadway * 42nd Street * I'll Walk with God * Ridin' High * Tenement Symphony * Sound of the City * Melancholy Rhapsody * Skyliner * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue * New York's My Home * Lullaby of Birdland * The Twist * You and the Night and the Music * Dontcha Go 'Way Mad79.1002nd
1963NY Fanfare * Little Old New York * I'll Walk with God * 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 88.1501st
1964Little Old New York * Allies on the March * Down By the Station * Sound of the City * Alabama Jubilee * Miserlou * Every Street's a Boulevard 80.2161st
1965Slaughter on Tenth Avenue * Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean * That Old Black Magic * Flight of the Bumblebee * Once in Love with Amy * Hava Nagila * Little Old New York * Once Upon A Dream80.7001st
1966Charlie Welch * Columbia the Gem of the Ocean * That Old Black Magic * Flight of the Bumblebee * Once in Love with Amy * Hava Nagila * Oklahoma 84.5301st
1967Charlie Welch * Give My Regards to Broadway * Flight of the Bumblebee * Trumpet Blues * Miserlou * Every Street's a Boulevard * East Side-West Side Fanfare77.3306th
1968Mention My Name in Sheboygan * Give My Regards to Broadway * Fever * Sing Sing Sing * Flight of the Bumblebee * Swan Lake * Manhattan Tower79.4502nd
1969Swan Lake * Flight of the Bumblebee * Give My Regards to Broadway * I Dig Rock and Roll Music * 2nd Rhapsody * Manhattan Rhapsody * Aquarius * When the Saints Go Marching In * Street Scene78.2752nd
1970Swan Lake * Flight of the Bumblebee * When the Saints Go Marching In * 2nd Rhapsody * Longest Day * Aquarius * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue * Little Old New York 77.9255th
1971NY Montage * Little Old New York * Longest Day * Alabama Jubilee * Lucretia McEvil * Comes Love * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue * Little Old New York * East Side-West Side Fanfare91.4001st
1972Little Old New York * Give My Regards to Broadway * Goodbye Broadway, Hello France * Alabama Jubilee * Lucretia McEvil * The Elks' Parade * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue * Little Old New York * East Side-West Side Fanfare89.9002nd
1973Applause * New York, New York * Little Old New York * Traffic Jam * 2nd Rhapsody * The Elks' Parade * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue * Applause * East Side-West Side Fanfare82.5005th
1974Gee, Officer Krupke * * Cool * West Side Story Medley * The Elks' Parade * * Lullaby of Broadway * Traffic Jam * Little Old New York * New York, New York 80.9503rd
1975How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You * Hymn to Victory * West Side Story Medley * The Elks' Parade * Give My Regards to Broadway * East Side-West Side Fanfare88.5001st
1976On the Town * Fancy Free * Hymn to Victory * Porgy and Bess * The Elks' Parade * Broadway * 42nd Street * East Side-West Side Fanfare86.0004th
1977All That Jazz * Rocky * West Side Story * Fascinatin' Rhythm * Broadway85.5006th
1978Ritual Fire Dance * Rhapsody in Blue * The Elks' Parade * New York, New York * Traffic Jam * Little Old New York * East Side-West Side Fanfare85.5003rd
1979Something's Coming * Rhapsody in Blue * Puttin' on the Ritz * New York, New York * Traffic Jam * Little Old New York * East Side-West Side Fanfare84.5504th
1980Slaughter on Tenth Avenue * Copacabana * Carnival * Root Beer Rag * New York, New York * Traffic Jam * East Side-West Side Fanfare84.5504th
1981Slaughter on Tenth Avenue * Carnival * Big Noise from Winnetka * Late in the Evening * New York, New York 88.8004th
1982On the Town * Fancy Free * 42nd Street * Big Noise from Winnetka * Do Like You * Come In from the Rain * New York, New York * 2nd Rhapsody * New York Medley86.9004th
198342nd Street * The Rainmaker * The Ballad of Billy the Kid * I'm Not Going * New York, New York 85.8503rd
1984Take the 'A' Train * Carnival * I'm Not Going * New York, New York 84.0505th
1985I Love NY * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue * Little Linda * I Am Your Dreamgirl * I Won't Go * New York, New York 79.3006th
1986New York, New York * Something's Coming * Somewhere * 42nd Street * Lullaby of Broadway * New York, New York 82.9507th
1987Ya Gotta Try * The Rainmaker * Somewhere Out There * Skyliner Suite88.9007th
1988The City Wakes * The Rainmaker * Harlem Nocturne * New York, New York * Signature 88.3006th
1989The City Wakes * Across the Midnight Sky * The Witch * Hava Nagila * Every Street's a Boulevard 86.5008th
1990Manhattan Overtures * Harlem Nocturne * Hava Nagila * Every Street's a Boulevard * The Elks' Parade * New York, New York 91.9006th
1991Harlem Nocturne * Since I Fell for You * Final Truth * Mack the Knife * Signature 85.0006th
1992New York State of Mind * Harlem Nocturne * Caravan * Since I Fell for You * Avalon * New York, New York 89.4007th
1993"Guys and Dolls: Act 1"Luck Be A Lady * The Crapshooter's Dance * If I Were a Bell * Runyonland 85.8007th
1994"Guys and Dolls: Act 2"Oldest Established Crap Game * My Time of Day * Luck Be A Lady 88.7006th
1995"A Night On The Town With The New York Skyliners"Slaughter on Tenth Avenue * Moondance * Dreamgirls * New York, New York * Signature * On the Town88.0006th
1996Music from "On the Town"I Feel Like I'm Not Out of Bed Yet * New York, New York * Miss Turnstiles * Lonely Town * The Great Lover * Times Square 80.10011th
1997Introduction * Nutville * The Duke * Sing Sing Sing * Signature 81.80013th
1998Intro to Frank * Luck Be A Lady * The Way You Look Tonight * I Have Dreamed * The Lady is a Tramp N/AN/A
1999"Legends of New York"Mercy Mercy Mercy * Ya Gotta Try * Moonlight Serenade * The Duke Medley74.9001st
2000"Sky2K on Broadway"On Broadway * It's All Right With Me * Someone to Watch Over me * The Man I Love * When I Fall In Love * 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 * Signature 83.0009th
2001"Blood, Sweat and Sky"Hi-De-Ho * Somethin' Comin' On * For My Lady * God Bless The Child * You've Made Me So Very Happy86.5009th
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 80.1501st
2003"Big City Dreams"I Want More * Last Tango * Big Time * I Have Dreamed 81.3002nd
2004"New York Rhapsody...The Music of George Gershwin"Second Prelude * Fascinatin' Rhythm * Rhapsody in Blue * Concerto in F * An American in Paris * Somebody Loves Me * I Got Rhythm * Of Thee I Sing * Finale81.08811th
2005"Night and Day in NYC"Night and Day * Prelude, Fugue and Riffs * A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square * A Night in Tunisia80.87513th
2006"Fire In The Sky: Four Smoldering Episodes"En Fuego * Havana * Skyfire Tango * Bohemian Rhapsody79.15015th
2007-2013Corps inactive
2014A New Dawn, A New DayFeeling Good * Blue Skies * It Ain't Necessarily So * 'Round Midnight * Caravan77.63013th
2015Whatever Lola WantsIt Had Better Be Tonight * Whatever Lola Wants * Ain't No Sunshine * Tonight Quintet79.18013th
2016Corner of the SkyCorner of the Sky * Mr. Blue Sky * Good Bye Blue Skies * Storm * Orange Colored Sky * Corner of the Sky83.50011th
2017EscapeEscape to Paradise * Xscape * Lost Boy * Kingfishers Catch Fire Movement 282.23011th
2018TOTALITY - Everything Changes...Hymn To The Sun * Totality * Song Of Joy * Here Comes the Sun * Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me79.7503rd

DCA Championship Seasons

1966

Score: 84.530
Repertoire: Charlie Welch * Columbia the Gem of the Ocean * That Old Black Magic * Flight of the Bumblebee * Once in Love with Amy * Hava Nagila * Oklahoma

1971

Score: 91.500
Repertoire: NY Montage * Little Old New York * Longest Day * Alabama Jubilee * Lucretia McEvil * Comes Love * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue * Little Old New York * East Side-West Side Fanfare

1975

Score: 91.280
Repertoire: How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You * Hymn to Victory * West Side Story Medley * The Elks' Parade * Give My Regards to Broadway * East Side-West Side Fanfare