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1980 was my age-out year in the Guardsmen. What an incredible summer. It truly is hard to believe that 30 years have passed since then!

DRB - weren't you IN those quad lines? LOL.

Another former AG member that I marched with in Loyal Order winter guard is Johanna Montgomery. She lives in North Carolina now. You can find her on Faceback, with the last name of Denny. The Keck twins grew up on the same street that I did. Good guys from day 1. Kudos to Jerry - he was indeed a fine drum major that put everything he had into the shows I saw.

I lived in Verona but marched with the Stanwix Heights Ridgerunners. Eagles were VERY young when they started up. My cousin Randy Ingalls was the 1st drum major for them. Heck, most of the kids on my street marched with the Eagles. I'm quite proud to say that Fairlane Road turned out some very good soprano players - myself, Mike Hewitt and Dave Keck.

Just one minor correction to the Fred Bell post: He marched Fox Valley Raiders '77, Guardsmen in '78, then Madison in '79. He was never in Kilties.

That soprano player was Owen Raun. He played the solo again in 1980.

It's just great to see the Troop back in the top 12!

We Guardsmen actually lost 2 busses that summer of 1980 near Butler, Penn., within about 2 miles of each other. We ended up buying a blue church bus that was immeditely christened the "On a Mission From God" bus.....

How about Glenn Conrad of the Schaumburg Guardsmen, mello soloist in 1978, Celebration Suite and again in 1979, Tiger of San Pedro. He came from the Fox Valley Raiders.

Nice one on the Grey Ghosts Donny! Also from that area and era: Stanwix Heights Ridgerunners Canastota Saints Bridgeport Pirates Verona Eagles Also, the Barons of Steuben

We (GUARDSMEN) played Slingerlands in 1980.

What corps were you in? I may have my VHS copy still but it was recorded in high quality so I didn't get everyone on it. The DVD from 1980 is quite good though!

I don't remember the exact year but I believe it was 1981, Phantom Regiment winter guard. They were doing William Tell Overture and I will NEVER forget it - they came to the Guardsmen home show at Harper College and actually used a crossbow! They shot it from one side of the court to the other. I believe they were told in no uncertain terms that they could not do that any more, so they went to using an arrow that was on a guide wire.

I'd love to see those pictures. Here's to hoping you get the technical stuff straightened out!