Sacramento Freelancers Drum and Bugle Corps

The Sacramento Freelancers Drum and Bugle Corps was an American drum corps based in Sacramento, California. It was a Drum Corps International World Class top 12 Finalist. In other incarnations, the corps has been a Senior Alumni Corps, a Winter Guard and a Winter Guard International (WGI) Independent World Class percussion ensemble. It was founded in 1932 as the George W. Manhart American Legion Post #391 Drum and Bugle Corps, and later renamed the Manhart Capitalaires, the Capitalaires, the Capital Freelancers before adopting its last name.

The corps was founded in 1932 as a senior drum and bugle corps and sponsored by the George W. Manhart American Legion post #391. It disbanded in 1995.

Show Summary (1974-94)[edit]

Pale blue background indicates DCI Class Finalist; pale green background indicates DCI semifinalist.

Year	Theme	Repertoire	Score	Placement
1974		Bully by Mike Simpson / Simple Gifts (from Appalachian Spring) by Aaron Copland / Ma (She's Making Eyes at Me) by Con Conrad & Sidney Clare / Hi-De-Ho (That Old Sweet Roll) by Gerry Goffin & Carole King / Lucretia McEvil by David Clayton-Thomas / Hummingbird by Jim Seals & Dash Crofts
1975		Commencement (from Adventures in Time) by Johnny Richards / Squib Cakes by Chester Thompson / Only So Much Oil in the Ground by Emilio Castillo & Stephen Kupka / Trumpet Blues by Henry Mancini / Bully by Mike Simpson / Hummingbird by Jim Seals & Dash Crofts	74.00	18th
1976		Commencement (from Adventures in Time) by Johnny Richards / I Got Rhythm (from Girl Crazy) by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin / These Favorite Things / Bellavia & Echano by Chuck Mangione	77.90	11th
1977		Wedding Procession by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov / Quintile & Aspect (from Adventures in Time) by Johnny Richards / Left Bank Express by Pete Jackson / Bellavia, Echano, & Hill Where the Lord Hides by Chuck Mangione	82.40	8th (tie)
1978		Meadowland (Traditional) / Variations On I Got Rhythm by George Gershwin / Woodchopper's Ball by Joe Bishop & Woody Herman / Sabre Dance by Aram Khachaturian / Bellavia by Chuck Mangione	79.20	13th
1979		Brand New Day, Ease on Down the Road, & Home (All from The Wiz) by Charlie Smalls	79.40	14th
1980		The War Lord by Jerome Moross / Odyssey by Robert W. Smith / Sambandrea Swing by Don Menza / It Was a Very Good Year by Ervin Drake / I Get Crazy by Chuck Mangione	68.80	19th
1981		You Are the Sunshine of My Life by Stevie Wonder / I Get Crazy by Chuck Mangione / Malaga by Bill Holman / Even Now by Barry Manilow & Marty Panzer	78.25	11th
1982		You Are the Sunshine of My Life by Stevie Wonder / Recuerdos (from Cuban Fire Suite) by Johnny Richards / Genji by Tatsuhiko Arakawa / Toccata by Keith Emerson & Greg Lake	85.80	9th
1983		Breaking Up Is Hard to Do by Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield / Lover Come Back to Me (from New Moon) by Sigmund Romberg & Oscar Hammerstein / 4/4 For Four by Anthony Cirone / Skin Tight by James Pankow / Introduction by Terry Kath / Even Now by Barry Manilow & Marty Panzer	81.65	8th
1984		Power Suite by Emilio Castillo, Stephen Kupka, & Chester Thompson / What Is Hip by Emilio Castillo, Stephen Kupka, & David Garibaldi / Genji by Tatsuhiko Arakawa / With You I'm Born Again by Carol Connors & David Shire	88.8	9th
1985		Emmanuel, The Minotaur, The Island, & The Forest by Michael Colombier / Bells by Ian MacDougall	83.2	12th
1987		Hall of the Mountain King (from Peer Gynt Suite #1) by Edvard Grieg / Conga by Enrique Garcia / Un Poco Cinco by John Fluck / Born Again / Bells by Ian MacDougall	77.9	19th
1988	The Music of John Williams	Adventures on Earth (from E.T.), Yoda's Theme (from The Empire Strikes Back), & Forest Battle (from Return of the Jedi) All by John Williams	85.2	15th
1989		Adventures on Earth (from E.T.) & Cadillac of the Skies, Jim's New Life, Streets of Shanghai, & Home and Hearth (from Empire of the Sun) All by John Williams	87.3	10th
1990		Main Title & Clown Attack (from Batman) by Danny Elfman / The Penitent Man Will Pass (from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade), Into the Trap (from Return of the Jedi), & The Keeper of the Grail (from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) by John Williams / Descent into Mystery & Finale (from Batman) by Danny Elfman	84.3	14th
1991		Hodie Overture by Ralph Vaughan Williams / Dance Suite by Bela Bartok / The Kiss (from Back to the Future 3) by Alan Silvestri / Bells by Ian MacDougall	86.4	10th
1992	The Music of Sir William Walton	First Symphony by William Walton	83.1	12th
1993	The Music of Bill Chase	Open Up Wide, Invitation to a River, Two Minds Meet, Stay, & Paint it Sad by Bill Chase / Get It On by Bill Chase & Terry Richards	79.6	15th
1994	The Music of Matrix	King Weasel Stomp, Spring, Narouz, St. August, & The Last Generation (all by Matrix)	79.0	16th