MikeD

I think so.

Going back to pre-DCI, when St Lucy's folded after the 69 season some of them went to the BS Golden Knights, including their amazing soloist Manny Salort (listen to his opening solo in the 69 opener El Conquistador). That helped BS have a great 1970 season, their last top season. I'm not sure if Manny made it to the season (due to personal issues, if I recall), but he was just one of the St Lucy's members who moved over. Happened all the time. The Little Falls Cadets folded after the 68 season, and their girl guard moved en masse to Garfield for the 69 season to become the first females in the Cadets. I marched 3 corps myself from 64-72, and most of the Cadets in my era had come from somewhere else outside of Garfield. It was pretty common back then. One reason the Garfield Plebes broke away from the Cadets and formed the Epochs was because relatively few of them made it to the big corps, as most members came from small corps all over NJ and NY.

I know that in NJ, any time there are people in a school there must be a custodian present who has a black seal for the furnace operation. On top of all other costs.

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We had a cellist in the band I wrote for a while back, for two years. When not playing her solos she was in the guard one year (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and a DM the other (Sweeney Todd).

End pieces are my favirite. Esp spreading PB so it doesn’t shred the bread.

When I marched in the Cadets we used to have drill practice in the parking lot of the Bergen County jail in Hackensack in the evenings. We could hear the inmates yelling through the windows. i wonder if us playing the same 12 minutes if music for hours on end, all summer long, would qualify as cruel and unusual punishment. 😀

So many over the years...here a few outside of the many excellent choices here: Cadets "Moondance" Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights great closer "Free Again" (69 and 70) Regiment Symphony #3 (Organ) by Saint Saens Skyliners "Little Ol' New York" opener many times 27th Lancers "Crown Imperial" and "Danny Boy" Bayonne's "What I Did For Love/One" closer from "A Chorus Line"

Clovis HS from California is also marching in the parade. Another great music program.

After the 1971 season a good piece of Garfield’s drumline quit and joined the Cabs, who were the next town over in Hawthorne. George Tuthill was the drum guy for both, and Garfield let him go. None of the drummers were 21. i switched to baritone to not play in the Garfield drumline under the new guy…Fred Sanford. 😮

Or Agarn!

Formed to White Rabbit the first time we did it in 1970.

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Our friends have power as of today, but no internet or TV.

Dinner? 🥟🦪🍤🐟

Our neighbors are still at their home in Punta Gorda. No power as of this morning, and they don’t know when the’ll get back to NJ. Was supposed to be tomorrow, but flights are not happening until Wednesday. There is a 9:00 PM curfew to keep looting down.

Take care, and you have the support of everyone here.

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Marching bands were emulating drum corps long before the 80's. The first band I taught as a freshman in college in 1971, was directed by one of the Cadets brass instructors. The wind score was written by Larry Kirchner, brass arranger for Blue Rock from Delaware, and the percussion by George Tuthill, who was the Cadets percussion person in 71. We actually used Blue Rock's opener of "American Salute" pretty much note-for-note since BR's arranger did the band chart. Even before that, in the 60's there were a few corps people leading bands, like Don Angelica from Bergenfield NJ. They always did corps style shows. Later in the 70's I was a band director. I arranged the 27'th Lancers "Crown Imperial" as our opener and used the Troopers "Battle Hymn" as our closer, pretty much note for note.

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I would add George Tuthill to that. Garfield let him go after the 71 season, and a good portion of the drumline left, moving to the Cabs where he was also teaching. His percussion score to your 71 brass score was great, though many of the older drum judges were not quite sure what to make of the drumline being split into two with the brass.

My daughter lives in London, Greenwich to be more precise. She came home to visit us a few weeks back, and flies back tomorrow. When she came here it was Queen Elizabeth and PM Boris Johnson, She flies home to King Charles and PM Liz Truss. I think it is her fault. 😃

Of course, “fast and furious” to s 2000 alum might be totally different than “fast and furious” to this 1970 alum! 🥸

I just saw that the Jimmy D'Amico has passed away. He was a Cadet in the early 50's, winning a bunch of championships and later was a member of the Cabs DCA corps. He returned to Garfield as their director in the late 60's, just prior to Hugh Mahon. He was a big part of the alumni corps more recently. Jimmy owned the Sub Base on River Road as his main business. I spent lots of time there over the years, especially when I was judging band shows in the 80's and 90's. A gentleman and a great person. RIP.

Millionaire business person Jim Jones started the Troopers in the early 60’s. He brought in top flight people like Don Angelica to get the corps off the ground.