New York Skyliners

Other Names:Skyliners, Garbarina

New York, NY United States
Founded: 1945

Active Senior

Year	Position	Score	Theme/Songs
1949			(Repertoire not available)
1950			American 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 (from New Moon) * East Side, West Side * One Flower in Your Garden (from The Desert Song) * One Alone (from The Desert Song) * The Riff Song (from The Desert Song) * Oklahoma (from Oklahoma!) * Look For The Silver Lining * Give My Regards to Broadway
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 (from New Moon) * Sidewalks of New York (from Sweet Rosie O'Grady) * Wanting You * Oklahoma (from Oklahoma!) * Look For The Silver Lining
1952			March 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 (from New Moon) * Sidewalks of New York (from Sweet Rosie O'Grady) * Parade of the Wooden Soldiers * Babes in Toyland Medley * Oklahoma (from Oklahoma!) * Look For The Silver Lining * Give My Regards to Broadway
1953			The Greatest Show On Earth * Oklahoma (from Oklahoma!) * Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two) * I Only Have Eyes For You (from Dames) * 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 Broadway
1954			The 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 (from Dames) * Blood And Sand * Crazy Rhythm * Oklahoma (from Oklahoma!) * Look For The Silver Lining * Give My Regards to Broadway
1955			Return To Paradise * Riding High * 42nd Street (from 42nd Street) * Under the Double Eagle * The Happy Wanderer
1956			Opener * Manhattan * Autumn in New York * 42nd Street (from 42nd Street) * Under the Double Eagle * That's Entertainment * Theme from the Apartment * ?? * Lullaby of Broadway (from 42nd Street) * ??
1957			NY Fanfare * Manhattan * 42nd Street (from 42nd Street) * Under the Double Eagle * That's Entertainment * Concert * How About You * Lullaby of Broadway (from 42nd Street) * ??
1958			New York Fanfare * Manhattan * Harlem Nocturne * 42nd Street (from 42nd Street) * Under the Double Eagle * That's Entertainment * The Music Makers * Trumpet Blues * Blood And Sand * Lullaby of Broadway (from 42nd Street)
1959			There's No Business Like Show Business (from Annie, Get Your Gun) * Lullaby of Birdland * Manhattan Rhapsody * Goodbye Broadway, Hello France (from For Me And My Gal) * Trumpet Blues * Who Cares (from Of Thee I Sing) * Blood And Sand * Some Of These Days (from Broadway Melody of 1938)
1960			Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes) * New York's My Home * Manhattan Rhapsody * Goodbye Broadway, Hello France (from For Me And My Gal) * Ridin' High * Street Scene * Puttin' on the Ritz * Who Cares (from Of Thee I Sing) * Lullaby of Birdland * Some Of These Days (from Broadway Melody of 1938)
1961			Showtime on Broadway * Lullaby of Birdland * Goodbye Broadway, Hello France (from For Me And My Gal) * Ridin' High * Melancholy Serenade * Puttin' on the Ritz * You and the Night and the Music * Harlem Nocturne * Manhattan Tower
1962			NY Fanfare * Showtime on Broadway * 42nd Street (from 42nd Street) * I'll Walk with God (from The Student Prince) * Ridin' High * Tenement Symphony * Sound of the City * Melancholy Rhapsody * Skyliner * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes) * New York's My Home * Lullaby of Birdland * The Twist * You and the Night and the Music * Dontcha Go 'Way Mad
1963			NY Fanfare * Little Old New York (from Tenderloin) * I'll Walk with God (from The Student Prince) * 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 (from Tenderloin)
1964			Little Old New York (from Tenderloin) * Allies on the March * Down By the Station * Sound of the City * Alabama Jubilee * Miserlou * Every Street's a Boulevard (from Hazel Flagg)
1965	3	83.160	Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes) * Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean (from Thousands Cheer) * That Old Black Magic * Flight of the Bumblebee * Once in Love with Amy (from Where's Charley?) * Hava Nagila * Little Old New York (from Tenderloin) * Once Upon A Dream
1966	1	84.530	Charlie Welch (from Mr. Wonderful) * Columbia the Gem of the Ocean (from Thousands Cheer) * That Old Black Magic * Flight of the Bumblebee * Once in Love with Amy (from Where's Charley?) * Hava Nagila * Oklahoma (from Oklahoma!)
1967	4	81.623	Charlie Welch (from Mr. Wonderful) * Give My Regards to Broadway * Flight of the Bumblebee * Trumpet Blues * 2nd Rhapsody * Miserlou * Every Street's a Boulevard (from Hazel Flagg) * East Side-West Side Fanfare
1968	5	79.016	Mention My Name in Sheboygan * Give My Regards to Broadway * Fever * Sing Sing Sing * Flight of the Bumblebee * Swan Lake * Manhattan Tower
1969	2	78.275	Swan Lake * Flight of the Bumblebee * Give My Regards to Broadway * I Dig Rock and Roll Music * 2nd Rhapsody * Manhattan Rhapsody * Aquarius (from Hair) * When the Saints Go Marching In * Street Scene
1970	5	77.375	Swan Lake * Flight of the Bumblebee * When the Saints Go Marching In * 2nd Rhapsody * Longest Day * Aquarius (from Hair) * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes) * Little Old New York (from Tenderloin)
1971	1	91.500	NY Montage * Little Old New York (from Tenderloin) * Longest Day * Alabama Jubilee * Lucretia McEvil * Comes Love * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes) * Little Old New York (from Tenderloin) * East Side-West Side Fanfare
1972	2	89.750	Little Old New York (from Tenderloin) * Give My Regards to Broadway * Goodbye Broadway, Hello France (from For Me And My Gal) * Alabama Jubilee * Lucretia McEvil * The Elks' Parade * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes) * Little Old New York (from Tenderloin) * East Side-West Side Fanfare
1973	5	81.550	Applause * New York, New York (from On the Town) * Little Old New York (from Tenderloin) * Traffic Jam * 2nd Rhapsody * The Elks' Parade * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes) * Applause * East Side-West Side Fanfare
1974	3	77.350	Gee, Officer Krupke (from West Side Story) * (Drum Solo) * Cool (from West Side Story) * West Side Story Medley * The Elks' Parade * (Drum Solo) * Lullaby of Broadway (from 42nd Street) * Traffic Jam * Little Old New York (from Tenderloin) * New York, New York (from On the Town)
1975	1	91.280	How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You * Hymn to Victory (from Victory at Sea) * West Side Story Medley * The Elks' Parade * Give My Regards to Broadway * East Side-West Side Fanfare
1976	4	85.050	On the Town * Fancy Free * Hymn to Victory (from Victory at Sea) * Porgy and Bess * The Elks' Parade * Broadway * 42nd Street (from 42nd Street) * East Side-West Side Fanfare
1977	6	86.050	All That Jazz * Rocky * West Side Story * Fascinatin' Rhythm (from Lady Be Good) * Broadway
1978	3	85.150	Ritual Fire Dance (from El Amor Brujo) * Rhapsody in Blue * The Elks' Parade * New York, New York (from New York, New York) * Traffic Jam * Little Old New York (from Tenderloin) * East Side-West Side Fanfare
1979	4	82.950	Something's Coming (from West Side Story) * Rhapsody in Blue * Puttin' on the Ritz * New York, New York (from New York New York) * Traffic Jam * Little Old New York (from Tenderloin) * East Side-West Side Fanfare
1980	4	86.050	Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes) * Copacabana * Carnival * Root Beer Rag (drum solo) * New York, New York (from New York, New York) * Traffic Jam * East Side-West Side Fanfare
1981	4	86.250	Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes) * Carnival * Big Noise from Winnetka (from Reveille with Beverly) * Late in the Evening * New York, New York (from New York, New York)
1982	5	86.350	On the Town * Fancy Free * 42nd Street (from 42nd Street) * Big Noise from Winnetka (from Reveille with Beverly) * Do Like You (drum solo) * Come In from the Rain * New York, New York (from On the Town) * 2nd Rhapsody * New York Medley
1983	3	87.550	42nd Street (from 42nd Street) * The Rainmaker * The Ballad of Billy the Kid * I'm Not Going (from Dreamgirls) * New York, New York (from New York, New York)
1984	5	84.050	Take the 'A' Train * Carnival * I'm Not Going (from Dreamgirls) * New York, New York (from New York, New York)
1985	7	79.500	I Love NY (Warmup) * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes) * Little Linda * I Am Your Dreamgirl (from Dreamgirls) * I Won't Go (from Dreamgirls) * New York, New York (from New York, New York)
1986	7	79.200	New York, New York (from On the Town) * Something's Coming (from West Side Story) * Somewhere (from West Side Story) * 42nd Street (from 42nd Street) * Lullaby of Broadway (from 42nd Street) * New York, New York (from New York, New York)
1987	7	88.900	Ya Gotta Try * The Rainmaker * Somewhere Out There (from An American Tail) * Skyliner Suite
1988	6	89.940	The City Wakes * The Rainmaker * Harlem Nocturne * New York, New York (from On the Town) * Signature (from On The Town)
1989	6	89.100	The City Wakes * Across the Midnight Sky * The Witch * Hava Nagila * Every Street's a Boulevard (from Hazel Flagg)
1990	6	92.600	Manhattan Overtures * Harlem Nocturne * Hava Nagila * Every Street's a Boulevard (from Hazel Flagg) * The Elks' Parade * New York, New York (from New York, New York)
1991	6	88.000	Harlem Nocturne * Since I Fell for You * Final Truth (drum solo) * Mack the Knife * Signature (from On The Town)
1992	7	88.600	New York State of Mind * Harlem Nocturne * Caravan * Since I Fell for You * Avalon * New York, New York (from New York, New York)
1993	7	87.200	"Guys and Dolls: Act 1" - Luck Be A Lady (from Guys and Dolls) * The Crapshooter's Dance (from Guys and Dolls) * If I Were a Bell (from Guys and Dolls) * Runyonland (from Guys and Dolls)
1994	6	89.700	"Guys and Dolls: Act 2" - Oldest Established Crap Game (from Guys and Dolls) * My Time of Day (from Guys and Dolls) * Luck Be A Lady (from Guys and Dolls)
1995	6	88.000	"A Night On The Town With The New York Skyliners" - Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes) * Moondance * Dreamgirls * New York, New York (from On the Town) * Signature (from On The Town) * On the Town
1996	11	80.100	Music from "On the Town" - I Feel Like I'm Not Out of Bed Yet (from On the Town) * New York, New York (from On the Town) * Miss Turnstiles (from On the Town) * Lonely Town (from On the Town) * The Great Lover (from On the Town) * Times Square (from On the Town)
1997	13	81.800	Introduction * Nutville * The Duke * Sing Sing Sing * Signature (from On The Town)
1998			Intro to Frank * Luck Be A Lady (from Guys and Dolls) * The Way You Look Tonight (from Swing Time) * I Have Dreamed (from The King and I) * The Lady is a Tramp (from Babes in Arms)
1999	201	74.900	Mercy Mercy Mercy * Ya Gotta Try * Moonlight Serenade * The Duke Medley
2000	9	83.000	"Sky2K on Broadway" - On Broadway * It's All Right With Me (from Can-Can) * Someone to Watch Over me (from Oh, Kay!) * The Man I Love * When I Fall In Love * 42nd Street (from 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 (from Hazel Flagg) * Signature (from On The Town)
2001	9	86.500	Hi-De-Ho (That Old Sweet Roll) * Somethin' Comin' On * For My Lady * God Bless The Child * You've Made Me So Very Happy
2002	201	79.450	"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 (from New York, New York)
2003	12	80.763	"Big City Dreams" - I Want More * Last Tango * Big Time * I Have Dreamed (from The King and I)
2004	11	81.088	"New York Rhapsody...The Music of George Gershwin" - Second Prelude * Fascinatin' Rhythm (from Lady Be Good) * Rhapsody in Blue * Concerto in F * An American in Paris * Somebody Loves Me * I Got Rhythm (from Girl Crazy) * Of Thee I Sing (from Of Thee I Sing) * Finale
2005	13	80.875	"Night and Day in NYC" - Night and Day * Prelude, Fugue and Riffs * A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square * A Night in Tunisia
2006	15	79.150	"Fire In The Sky: Four Smoldering Episodes" - En Fuego * Havana * Skyfire Tango * Bohemian Rhapsody
2007			"Murder in Manhattan" - (Repertoire not available)
2008			"The Awakening" - (Repertoire not available)
2009			“Tour de New York" - (Repertoire not available)
2014	13	77.630	A New Dawn, A New Day - Feeling Good * Blue Skies (from Alexander's Ragtime Band) * It Ain't Necessarily So (from Porgy and Bess) * 'Round Midnight * Caravan
2015	13	79.180	Whatever Lola Wants - It Had Better Be Tonight (from The Pink Panther) * Whatever Lola Wants (from Damn Yankees) * Ain't No Sunshine * Tonight Quintet
2016	11	83.500	Corner of the Sky - Corner of the Sky * Mr. Blue Sky * Good Bye Blue Skies * Storm (from The Four Seasons) * Orange Colored Sky * Corner of the Sky
2017	11	82.230	XSCAPE - Escape to Paradise * Xscape * Lost Boy * Kingfishers Catch Fire Movement 2
2018	203	79.750	TOTALITY - Everything Changes... - Hymn To The Sun * Totality * Song Of Joy * Here Comes the Sun * Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
2019	202	80.825	(Repertoire not available)

Position 200+ indicates Division II, Position 300+ indicates Division III, Position 400+ indicates Mini Corps.

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The New York Skyliners have won every major title available to a senior drum and bugle corps, including the DCA Championships and the New York State and American Legion National Championships. The Skyliners were the 1963 World Open Champions, and have appeared in all but one of the 38 DCA national annual competitions since 1965, winning in 1966, 1971 and 1975. The Skyliners were the 2002 Class A Champions.

Membership meetings were first held in 1945 under the direction of Rudy Caprifolio, with the intention of creating a senior corps for members of two units that were returning from service in World War II. Members of this corps were drawn from two New York City American Legion junior corps: The Phoebe Apperson Hearst Post #1197 and the Grand Street Boys from Post #1025.

The membership was accepted into the American Legion, and the new post was chartered in 1946. The post was named after Raymond A. "Gabby" Garbarina, a young man who played with both the Grand Street Boys and the Hearst Post corps, and had lost his life in the war. The corps was also known as the Raymond A. Garbarina Memorial Corps.

The corps' first appearance was an exhibition at a New York Giants football game at the Polo Grounds. They began competing in 1947, winning the New York State American Legion title that year and their first national title in 1949. During the period of 1949-1951, Garbarina Skyliners won 38 of the 41 contests they entered.

After the 1949 season, the corps became known as the Garbarina Skyliners, and later the New York Skyliners. In 1951, corps member John F. Mazarakos passed away from an illness contracted during his service in the jungles of the South Pacific. His name was added to the post charter, making it the Garbarina-Mazarakos American Legion Post 1523, a name that survives today.

Over the years, the New York Skyliners have produced staff, members and instructors who have become household words in the drum corps fraternity. Many of these people are in the Drum Corps Hall of Fame.

The corps officially moved to New Jersey in the mid-1990s and is now based at American Legion Post 255 in Garfield, New Jersey, former home of the Garfield Cadets. In honor of its roots, however, the corps retains sponsorship by the Garbarina-Mazarakos American Legion Post #1523 of New York City.

The Skyliners finished 11th in DCA Open Class Prelims in 2004 with a show based on the music of George Gershwin.

New York Skyliners Alumni Drum and Bugle Corps made their first field appearance on July 18, 1998, in Clifton, New Jersey. Although the alumni corps was formed in 1994 and had done many parades and indoor standstills, the Clifton show was their first outdoor exhibition at a drum corps show. In addition to the alumni corps, The Skyliners also boast a chorus.

The New York Skyliners are a subsidary of New York Skyliners, Inc, President Bob Holton.

[www.newyorkskyliners.org/history.html; DCW, 2/2002, p.16; A History of Drum and Bugle Corps, 2002]

Members (102)

Member Name	Section	Years Involved
Barrett, Tommy	Color Guard - Flag	1976 to 1977
Beavers, Craig	Contra	2014
Bell, Colin	Percussion/Snareline	1998 to 2000
Bell, John	soprano	1976
Bruen, Charles	Baritone	1966 to 1991
Callahan, Alexander	Baritone	1968
Carbonell, Larry	Soprano Line	2000 to 2001
Celsky, Keith	pit	2002
Celsky, Keith	contra	2004
Celsky, Keith	Mallets	2002
Celsky, Keith	Honor Guard	2003
Celsky, Keith	Contra	2004
Chizek, Jr, Joseph	Honor Guard	2006
Cooney, Ed	Lead Soprano	2004 to 2005
Dams, Richard	Color Guard	1967 to 1969
Dams, Rick	Color Guard	1967 to 1969
Daunt, Paul	F.H	1974 to 1975
DeMaria, Joe	Drum Line	1967 to 1968
Eldridge, Harry	Soprano, Administration, Honor Guard	1994 to 1995; 2001 to 2008; 2016
Eldridge, James	Drumline	2003 to 2007
Eldridge, Jimmy	Drumline	2003
Eldridge, Jr., Harry	support 'mascot'	1994 to 2000
Eldridge, Jr., Harry	soprano	2001
Eldridge, Jr., Harry	soprano, administration	2002 to 2005
Eldridge, Jr., Harry	honor guard, administration	2006
Eldridge, Jr., Harry	Soprano/Mello/Admin	2007
Eldridge, Jr., Harry	Administration	2008
Ellis, Roger	Mellophone	2000
Ellis, Roger	Mellophone	2000
Faccone, Garrett "chico"	Soprano	2005
Fallon, Carol Ann	Soprano	1983 to 1984
Fee, Richard	Baritone/French Horn	1982 to 1983
George, Roy	Baritone	2001 to 2003
Gherlone, Gavone	french horn	1974 to 1975
Gironda, Robert "Vito"	Baritone	1979 to 1983
Gottier, Mike	Low Brass	2005
Gruphofer, John	Baritone	1973
HOARD JR., WILLIAM	BRASS/ BARITONE	1975 to 1977
Hazelwood, Glen	percussion staff	2003
Henry, Reggie	Mellophone	1975
Hines, Daniel	Mellophone	2003
Hines, Daniel	Soprano	2004
Hines, Daniel	Sop3	2005
Hines, Daniel	Sop 2 / Marketing Manager	2006
Hines, Daniel	Business Manager, Webmaster, Sop 2	2008
Hines, Daniel	Business Manager, Webmaster, Bari 2 (Sop/Mello)	2009
Hrycyshyn, Annie (Andrea)	Colorguard	2000 to 2001
James, Monte	pit	1988
Jodts, Stijn	Tenor	2004
Kaiser, Jerry	assistant dm	1982
Kirkwood, James	lead soprano	1984 to 1987
Kirkwood, James	honor guard	1988 to 2002
Knisely, Deb	contra	2000 to 2001
Krenkel, Jon	Snare Drum	1975 to 1976
Kulp, Sayre	Pit	2003 to 2004
Labetti, Lou	Bari	1980; 1986
Labetti, Lou	Contra	1981 to 1983; 1987 to 1989
Labetti, Lou	Pit	1985
Mael, Doug	horn (baritone)	1980 to 1981
Marino, Holly	mellophon	2002
Marino, Holly	Mellophone	2002 to 2006
Marsh, Michael"Big Mike"	Tymp	1974 to 1976
Marshman, Scott	Color Guard	1984 to 1985; 1989 to 1992
Meyer, Michael	Mellophone	2001 to 2002
Morales, Javier	percussion	2002
Munoz, Angel	Tenors	1986 to 1992
Munoz, Angel	Pit	1993; 2003
Munoz, Angel	Snare	2004 to 2007
Munoz, Angel	Director	2008
O'Connor, Ed	bari	1997 to 2003
Pasqua, Marielle	Colorguard	2002
Priester, Ray	snare	1967 to 1976
Quinn, Janis	Color Guard	1992 to 2001
Ramos, Luis	2nd Bari	2004
Renna, Morris / Killer	Flugle / Mellophone	1980 to 1981
Rogers, Frank	baritone	1976 to 1993
Rogers, Frank	visual staff	1999 to 2001; 2005 to 2006
Rogers, Frank	visual staff/assistant drum major	2002 to 2004
Rogers, Frank	assistant director	2007 to 2008
Santalucia, David	Percussion	1984
Scarchilli, Joseph	Baritone	1978 to 1979
Seff, Dave	Snare	1999 to 2001
Siglow, Michael	guard, ass't. DM	1964 to 1970; 1975 to 1978; 1992
Sowinski, Jean	Percussion (Bass)	2003
Sowinski, Jean	Mellophone	2002
Sowinski, Jean	Bassline	2003 to 2005
Sowinski, Jean	Front Ensemble	2006
Szeglin, Rich	Contra Bass	2005 to 2006
Thatcher, Rob	Percussion Staff	1997 to 2001
Thompson, Jeff	Horn Line	1987 to 1988
Tomasi, Nick	Baritone Section	1960 to 1963
Tomasi, Nick	Baritone	1960 to 1963
Vaughn, William POO	Baritone	1976; 1980
Vayda, Charlie	Soprano	1979 to 1984
Venezia, Lisa	Mello / Sop	2001 to 2005
Williams, Alvin	Color Guard	1979 to 1980
Woo, Lily	Mellophone/Honor Guard	1981
Wood, Gary	Lead Soprano	1982 to 1983
perez, bob	2nd soprano	1966
shepherd, gilbert	solo soprano	1975 to 1999
sowinski, jean	Mellophone	2002
steppe, matt	soprano	2002 to 2004

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