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| Location | New York City, NY |
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| Division | Class A |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Director | Joshua Delanuez |
| Championship titles | American Legion National - 1949, 1950, American Legion World Open - 1963, DCA Open Class - 1966, 1971, 1975, DCA Class A - 1999, 2002 |
| Website | skylinersdbc |
The New York Skyliners Drum and Bugle Corps (formerly the Raymond A. Garbarina Memorial Corps, and Garbarina Skyliners) are an A Class competitive senior drum and bugle corps based in New York City, and currently rehearsing in Tioga County, New York.. The Skyliners were one of the original founding corps of Drum Corps Associates (DCA) and have won every major title available to a senior drum & bugle corps. The Skyliners are sponsored by the Raymond A. Garbarina Memorial American Legion Post #1523 in New York City. They have won the DCA World Championship three times, the DCA A Class Championship twice, and the American Legion National Title twice.[1]
The New York Skyliners were formed in 1945 to create a corps for members of two New York City American Legion junior corps, The Phoebe Apperson Hearst Post #1197, and the Grand Street Boys from Post #1025, that were returning from service in World War II. Rehearsals were first held in 1945. They were officially accepted as a senior corps in the American Legion in 1946, and were named after Raymond A. “Gabby” Garbarina, a young man who played with both the Grand Street Boys and the Hearst Post corps, who had lost his life in the war. The new post was known as the Raymond A. Garbarina Memorial Post #1523, New York City. The corps itself was also known as the Raymond A. Garbarina Memorial Corps. After the 1949 season, the corps became known as the Garbarina Skyliners, and later, the New York Skyliners..[1] 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.[2] 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. In late 2022 the decision was made to shift the corps' rehearsal area to Upstate New York and reintroduce the 'New York' Skyliners name and historical logos.
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| Year | Show | Repertoire | Score | Placement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 92.070 | 1st | |
| 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 | 93.033 | 1st | |
| 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 | 92.200 | 2nd | |
| 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 | 88.466 | 3rd | |
| 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 | 83.750 | 2nd | |
| 1955 | Return To Paradise * Riding High * 42nd Street (from 42nd Street) * Under the Double Eagle * The Happy Wanderer | 83.750 | 2nd | |
| 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) * ?? | 77.560 | 4th | |
| 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) * ?? | 85.080 | 8th | |
| 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) | 83.450 | 4th | |
| 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) | N/A | N/A | |
| 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) | 86.750 | 1st | |
| 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 | 89.460 | 2nd | |
| 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 | 79.100 | 2nd | |
| 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) | 88.150 | 1st | |
| 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) | 80.216 | 1st | |
| 1965 | 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 | 80.700 | 1st | |
| 1966 | 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!) | 84.530 | 1st | |
| 1967 | Charlie Welch (from Mr. Wonderful) * Give My Regards to Broadway * Flight of the Bumblebee * Trumpet Blues * Miserlou * Every Street's a Boulevard (from Hazel Flagg) * East Side-West Side Fanfare | 77.330 | 6th | |
| 1968 | Mention My Name in Sheboygan * Give My Regards to Broadway * Fever * Sing Sing Sing * Flight of the Bumblebee * Swan Lake * Manhattan Tower | 79.450 | 2nd | |
| 1969 | 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 | 78.275 | 2nd | |
| 1970 | 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) | 77.925 | 5th | |
| 1971 | 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 | 91.400 | 1st | |
| 1972 | 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 | 89.900 | 2nd | |
| 1973 | 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 | 82.500 | 5th | |
| 1974 | 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) | 80.950 | 3rd | |
| 1975 | 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 | 88.500 | 1st | |
| 1976 | 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 | 86.000 | 4th | |
| 1977 | All That Jazz * Rocky * West Side Story * Fascinatin' Rhythm (from Lady Be Good) * Broadway | 85.500 | 6th | |
| 1978 | 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 | 85.500 | 3rd | |
| 1979 | 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 | 84.550 | 4th | |
| 1980 | 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 | 84.550 | 4th | |
| 1981 | 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) | 88.800 | 4th | |
| 1982 | 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 | 86.900 | 4th | |
| 1983 | 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) | 85.850 | 3rd | |
| 1984 | Take the 'A' Train * Carnival * I'm Not Going (from Dreamgirls) * New York, New York (from New York, New York) | 84.050 | 5th | |
| 1985 | 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) | 79.300 | 6th | |
| 1986 | 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) | 82.950 | 7th | |
| 1987 | Ya Gotta Try * The Rainmaker * Somewhere Out There (from An American Tail) * Skyliner Suite | 88.900 | 7th | |
| 1988 | The City Wakes * The Rainmaker * Harlem Nocturne * New York, New York (from On the Town) * Signature (from On The Town) | 88.300 | 6th | |
| 1989 | The City Wakes * Across the Midnight Sky * The Witch * Hava Nagila * Every Street's a Boulevard (from Hazel Flagg) | 86.500 | 8th | |
| 1990 | 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) | 91.900 | 6th | |
| 1991 | Harlem Nocturne * Since I Fell for You * Final Truth (drum solo) * Mack the Knife * Signature (from On The Town) | 85.000 | 6th | |
| 1992 | New York State of Mind * Harlem Nocturne * Caravan * Since I Fell for You * Avalon * New York, New York (from New York, New York) | 89.400 | 7th | |
| 1993 | "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) | 85.800 | 7th |
| 1994 | "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) | 88.700 | 6th |
| 1995 | "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 | 88.000 | 6th |
| 1996 | 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) | 80.100 | 11th |
| 1997 | Introduction * Nutville * The Duke * Sing Sing Sing * Signature (from On The Town) | 81.800 | 13th | |
| 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) | N/A | N/A | |
| 1999 | "Legends of New York" | Mercy Mercy Mercy * Ya Gotta Try * Moonlight Serenade * The Duke Medley | 74.900 | 1st
(Class A) |
| 2000 | "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) | 83.000 | 9th |
| 2001 | "Blood, Sweat and Sky" | Hi-De-Ho (That Old Sweet Roll) * Somethin' Comin' On * For My Lady * God Bless The Child * You've Made Me So Very Happy | 86.500 | 9th |
| 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 (from New York, New York) | 80.150 | 1st
(Class A) |
| 2003 | "Big City Dreams" | I Want More * Last Tango * Big Time * I Have Dreamed (from The King and I) | 81.300 | 2nd
(Class A) |
| 2004 | "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 | 81.088 | 11th |
| 2005 | "Night and Day in NYC" | Night and Day * Prelude, Fugue and Riffs * A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square * A Night in Tunisia | 80.875 | 13th |
| 2006 | "Fire In The Sky: Four Smoldering Episodes" | En Fuego * Havana * Skyfire Tango * Bohemian Rhapsody | 79.150 | 15th |
| 2007 | Comes Love * Sing, Sing, Sing * Big Noise from Winnetka | 77.250 | 11th (Mini Corps) | |
| 2008-2013 | Corps inactive | |||
| 2014 | 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 | 77.630 | 13th |
| 2015 | Whatever Lola Wants | It Had Better Be Tonight (from The Pink Panther) * Whatever Lola Wants (from Damn Yankees) * Ain't No Sunshine * Tonight Quintet | 79.180 | 13th |
| 2016 | 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 | 83.500 | 11th |
| 2017 | Escape | Escape to Paradise * Xscape * Lost Boy * Kingfishers Catch Fire Movement 2 | 82.230 | 11th |
| 2018 | TOTALITY - Everything Changes... | Hymn To The Sun * Totality * Song Of Joy * Here Comes the Sun * Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me | 79.750 | 3rd
(Class A) |
| 2019 | She Returns | Spoonful of Sugar* Feed the Birds* Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious* Step in Time | 80.825 | 2nd
(Class A) |
| 2020 | Corps Inactive (COVID) | |||
| 2021 | Corps Inactive (COVID) | |||
| 2022 | Slaughter | Oklahoma * New York New York (from On The Town) * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes) | 80.950 | 2nd
(Class A) |
| 2023 | The Power of 3 | Swirling Prisms * Danse Bacchanale * Deus Ex Machina * Moondance * August's Rhapsody * Fate of the Gods | 80.200 | 2nd
(Class A) |
| 2024 | One Day, I'll Fly | TBA |
Score: 84.530
Repertoire: 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!)
Score: 91.500
Repertoire: 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
Score: 91.280
Repertoire: 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
Score: 74.900
Repertoire: Mercy, Mercy, Mercy * Ya Gotta Try * Moonlight Serenade * The Duke Melody
Score: 80.150
Repertoire: New York State of Mind * You Brought a New Kind of Love * This Must Be Love * I Want More * Big Time * New York, New York