Vince Lamb

I should log in here more often. I enjoy a good troll.

I am so sorry to hear about your marriage.

ScribeToo was a volunteer with Arizona Sun. It's even listed in her profile.

Hi! I aged out with North Star in 1981, so I should know you. In case you don't remember, I'm the contra who flew in from California.

We weren't mad enough. When the corps performed ticked off, we did well. When we didn't have that edge, we were off.

Marion Cadets still exists as a corps but is again not competing.

Another source to use would be Jodeen Popp's book, "Competitive Drum Corps ... There and Then to Here and Now." It's not a very scholarly book, but it has lots of entertaining anecdotes about corps up to the late 1970s. Also, to address another criticism, "she was there." Good luck finding it, though. When I last ran a search on it, back in 1995 or 1996, fewer than a dozen libraries had copies.

Nice to see someone misses me. Yes, I live. I've been very busy applying my talents for organizing things and causing trouble in a forum where both are appreciated. Better there than in drum corps or marching band.

I'm one of the authors in the second volume of Drum Corps World's A History of Drum and Bugle Corps. That series covers pre-DCI drum corps.

Sharon must have been in a bad mood on the 18th. The same day she posted the above, she challenged me in another forum. Here is my response. Back to the original topic. I'm glad to see everyone discussing my favorite year as a member. In particular, I'm thrilled to read all the commentary about 1979 CYO Nationals. I personally think that was the best performance North Star ever put on while I marched with them (1979 and 1981), if not their best performance ever. Thank you, all of you who posted about that magical evening in Newton.

Hi, Rick! I haven't seen you since North Star in 1979, where I was the euphonium from Anaheim. I'm cautiously optimistic about the relationship between DCI and all-age corps in the Midwest, so I'm not as reflexively against this development as you seem to be. As for DCI directly driving North Star out of "business," I'm not quite as sure about that as you are, although I see your point. That might be a topic to debate in the Historical Subforum of the Junior Corps Forum, where it would be more on-topic.

Read this closed thread for starters.

As seen on RAMD: Kiwanis Kavaliers: Back In '07 For Immediate Release: The Kiwanis Kavaliers are pleased to announce their return to the Drum Corps International World Championships. After several months of planning and preparation, the organization's management team has made the decision to participate and embark on a full DCI tour this coming summer. The corps will also move operations to sunny Miami, Florida. This move comes with a strong strategic affiliation with Paradox Percussion Theatre. More information about the 2007 Kiwanis Kavaliers will be made available within the coming weeks. "We Are One" Visit our home site www.kavaliers.com

At the AMC 20 in Livonia, QFinals were shown in a 220-seat theater. Every seat was taken (I may have gotten the very last seat) and people were sitting in the aisles upstairs, where the usher couldn't see them. Sound was great. Most of the audience consisted of H.S. band students (at least 10 competitive H.S. bands are within a 15-mile radius of the theater). Their reactions were interesting in terms of who they liked and what things they enjoyed. I should give my impressions of all the corps I saw, but it's late and I'm too pooped to do justice to anything I start right now. I'll try tomorrow.

Hey, John Stark! How's it going?