84BDsop Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 I've got that one beat in terms of assignment on ship from old corps guys. Jeff Graf: SCV sop 83-84 (marched with him at San Diego State). Flew A-6 Intruders in Iraq....currently a Navy Captain and Executive Officer of the aircraft carrier, USS John C, Stennis. Haven't even seen him since 84, but I found a picture of him on the Stennis' website...definitely him (minis the 80's porn-stache) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perc2100 Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Haven't even seen him since 84, but I found a picture of him on the Stennis' website...definitely him (minis the 80's porn-stache) Tragic, that is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perc2100 Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Probably not what you had in mind, but an interesting story none the less In the early 90's Cadets did a few Holsinger shows, and Holsinger even traveled with them for a little while, mingled with fans by the souvie booth, etc. I was a young, dumb DCI fan at the time, very familiar with Cadets early 80's - 91 history (i.e. I knew all about Bernstein, Copland, Les Mis, Adams, etc). I was looking around their booth, asked a nice, older looking gentleman what Cadets were doing that season, and he said the show name. I asked who the composer of the original music was, and he replied David Holsinger. I said something like, "huh: never heard of 'em." I then bought a shirt and went to watch the show. I found out later that I of course completely blew of David Holsigner. I will concede again that I was pretty young (I might've actually been shorter than Holsinger at the time ), but I constantly laugh at my stupidity in that moment! I've talked to the maestro several times over the years, and this winter at Midwest convention I finally told him that story. We both laughed about it, especially when I said that Cadets were my introduction to his awesome music and he's since made a TON of money off of me, possibly thanks to Cadets 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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