KeithHall Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Where was that one show.....NOT a DCI or US/WORLD OPEN show.....that you remember still today? Mine was on the banks of a Finger Lake (Hammondsport, NY) 1976. A crowd of people sitting on the grass surrounding the field. Judges on a Fire truck and starting about 4 feet from the lake on the back side line. Very appreciative audience AND we won the show!!! Yours? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim K Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 1980 27th Lancers Invitational. We expected 27th to win finals that year and the show was a huge love fest for the corps. Spirit of Atlanta made its debut in New England at that show and when it came to Spirit, you never forgot the first time you heard them live. Jim Ott had passed about a month earlier and the corps was still in mourning, as one would expect, but they put on an amazing show. At the time I was in high school and while I'm sure I felt sad about the accident, I had no comprehension of what it must have been like for the kids to experience such a loss away from home and all the adults had to do to keep the corps going while at the same time comforting the kids and dealing with their own grief. Now as an adult who has worked with kids in one capacity or another for many years, I admire those who had to step up in such tragic circumstances. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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