Scores and Stats

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The band was first started in 1931 as a parade band for local events such as memorial day or baseball games and even the Fulton speedway . The Bands first director was Ms Mary Carol Warrington. Throughout the 30s and 40s the band did radio concerts on WSYR.

The band always did pep rallies and halftime but little is known if they actually did a field band performance. Throughout the 50s and 60s the band was mainly a parade band. In the later 60s the band seemed nonexistent since no pictures could be found in the yearbook. It was not till the 70s that the band began to grow with different leadership and a willingness to succeed.

The Band was the first Band to host the newly formed NYSFBC championship. They held the event at Mac Arthur Stadium and charged 2 dollars to get in . From there the field band conference began to form and Liverpool started in the class B division. They were the first class B champions in 1973. The band was under the direction of Mr. John Ionatta.

The Band then kept growing under different band directors and kept moving up in there rankings as the years went by. The Band had there first female drum major(Lois Shott) in 1974. In 1977 Roberta Marks was the second female drum major who also played a solo in the show.

The bands music consisted of many popular tunes of the decade. There style of playing went from a concert band style to a drum corp style which was very popular in the 70s. Many of the directors of schools or instructors came from the drum corps that were popular in the area.

When a marching field show was created it was developed using the drum corp rules and regs put forth by the conference.

The field show consisted of an opening number a drum solo a concert and a closer. Most shows ran 10 to 15 Min's long. This was due to the fact that most halftimes at football games were this long. The field show always started in the first section of the field nearest the goal post and moved its way to the middle of the field. All areas of the field were used.

All instruments were carried not like today where drum line pits dominate the front of the field. Many bands used alot of brass to make them sound like drum corps which manly used 2 valve horns and no woodwinds. Many of the field shows used patterns that became famous for some.These patterns were the company front as well as the American flag display. Also schools started using certain drum cadences as well as signature songs to end there performances.

In the fall of 1978 the marching band was the first band to compete out of NYS in the Marching Bands of America North East regional championships. It was hosted by James Madison university. The band competed against bands 3 times there size however they placed 3rd in the finals with one tenth of a point difference between them and the band they tied for third with. The judges at the time were impressed that the band moved in so many formations to what the other bands were doing.

When the 80s came the band took on a new look from the old style uniforms to the Eisenhower jacket style . The corp style came into play as well as the conference changing its scoring techniques in the 80's. The band started to grow in size from 60 to 90 students to 220 by 1985. The Band was the second band in the conference to score a 98.8 since the inception of the conference. Also the Warriors beat West Genesee 3 times with in a 5 year period which was also a first.

The band competed around the northeast as well as going as far as Florida to capture the National field band title in St Petersburg FL in the spring of 1985. The band is the only band in the 63 year history of the pageant to hold a score 93.3. The title is still held today the Warriors were presented there trophy in 1986. The pageant has since been a memory.

The band continued on taking high honors at the Marching Bands of America Grand Nationals as well as top honors at many shows and events throughout NYS. They were also in the Orange Bowl parade as well as competitors in the Fiesta Bowl parade and field show competitions.

The band as well were the United States representitives in Bordeaux France and performed there for the citizens of France.

In the beginning scores were based on a system called the tic system. They were a cumulative score that was taken starting at 100 and through errors you recieved a tick which took away from your point total. You could also be penalized if you fell, dropped a flag or rifle, out of bounds could get you disqualified. If you were in colorguard the american flag was to be guarded by a rifle or sabre. Points were taken away for poor marching, and manuevering. It was not till the 80s that the rules used a mark up system. Here are the total scores from the beginning of the Warriors History. These scores were taken from the NYSFC site, Thankyou to the Historian Mr Jon Armstrong for this great bookeeping. 1972- Class B Champions 57.90 1973- Class B 4th Place 1974-Class B 53.55 3rd 1975- Class B 45.55 8th 1976-Class A 73.60 3rd 1977-Class A 73.50 3rd 1978-Class AA 79.25 4th 1979-Class AA 80.55 4th 1980-Class AA 86.10 3rd 1981-Class AA 91.43 2nd (Perfect percussion score recieved) 1982-Open class 91.10 5th 1983-Open class 94.05 3rd 1984-Open class 97.50 2nd 1985-Open class Champions 98.8 1st ( First time this score was achieved in the conference) 1985- National Field band champions Festival of States. Highest Score in 63 yr history of Championship 93.30 1986-AA open class 96.40 3rd 1987-AA open class 92.20 2nd 1988-AA open class Champions 95.30 1st 1989-National class 91.60 3rd 1990-National class 88.10 4th		Here are some visuals of the bands performances that were captured on film
The colorguard plays a very important part of the band they instill the visual aspect of the show. Liverpool had one of the best guards in the state. In the early seventies through the early eighties, precision played the most important part of the guard. They were judged on marching with precision as well as have the ability to do all of there rifle and sabre moves with exact precison. Rifles were made of wood and had leather straps on them. They would twirl the rifles in unison, toss and catch so it all sounded as one. Judges looked for this and graded them on these moves. Here are a couple pictures of the colorguard and how they looked. The uniforms that the guard wore started as orange skirts blue tops. They then changed to an all orange with cowboy hats and high white boots. In 1980 the girls went to a gaucho style uniform. Then in 81 changed to a more structured look similar to a drum corp style. The guard went through many changes through the 80s even up until 2007. The majorette squad was part of the Liverpool Band. They began in the mid 50s as the band grew and were a front groups for parade band.In the early seventies the majorettes not only twirled batons but fire batons as well. The majorettes were extinct after 1980 and moved into what was know as the dance line. They still twirled batons but also added alot of flash to the front line groups. The warriors majorette line in 1978 took top honors at the MBA regional in Virginia for outstanding auxiliary group. As the 80s faded so did the dance line and now it is all incorporated into the color-guard aka Visual ensemble.		The Drumline became a focal point in the early days due to the fact they actually had a solo which was part of the show. This usually transitioned between the opener an concert portion. Percussion lines grew for the warriors from 4 snare to as high a 8 snares. In 1978 the band saw its first marching tympanies and also we were the first to put a moag synthesiser on a contraption that was built by Band dad Mr Ganoe. I ( Robert Mevec) had the honor to push this contraption up and down the 50 yard line. It was played by Ms Mary Sugar. When we went to MBAs in virginia other bands saw what we had and were very envious, one band had an amp in a shopping cart that a bass guitar was attached to. They just could not compete with our "Electronic technical transporter" The synth was only used for one more year then the bass guitar took over played by Chip Middleton. The bass drum line went from 3 to 5 in the line and as the 80s rolled in the tymps went to the front of the 50 yard line and were played stationary. The bells went from 2 to 4 however they too became stationary and the pit was born. Liverpools drumline became infamous in 79-83 by drumline instructor Jim Ahern. He was assisted by Wayne Dean. He made the drumline one of the best in the state and was able to lead the drumline to a perfect score beating the Wildcats in 1981.

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