'81 Whitewater - Garfield Cadets

[Northern Thunder]

Hmm... That's what I thought but for some reason I seem to remember a more permanent structure for the backfield seating area rather than bleachers in '83. Is that just my imagination?

The backside stands were pretty much the same going back to 1972. You can always tell Whitewater by those trees on the backside.

[BigW]

Who was the DM at that time- I always remember him as a particularly fun guy when he ran the show, and a xcrowd favorite. Very DCA-like in his outgoing personality with the crowd.

[Northern Thunder]

The 1980 and 1981 DMs were Manny Columb and Tony Aleman.

Tony was still DM for Garfield's first DCI title in '83.

[blucru]

Warhawk Stadium....University of Wisconsin-Whitewater,Whitewater Wisconsin. The Birthplace of DCI,and for those of us who marched there BITD, the most hallowed ground of our activity!

If you haven't been to Whitewater, you haven't been to a drum corp show!!!! DCI Midwest was the cats###!!!!

[tommytimp]

It's possible that whoever was their tenor instructor looked at quads like a drum set and thought to try the normal tom configuration, with the smallest ride tom positioned top left. That's the only explanation I could come up with, since nothing else about the positioning makes sense from a player's standpoint.

Didn't BD literally do that in 79, the first year they used quads? They had them set up 1-2-3-4 and it was the worst thing ever for the players in terms of weight distribution.

[mobrien]

Didn't BD literally do that in 79, the first year they used quads? They had them set up 1-2-3-4 and it was the worst thing ever for the players in terms of weight distribution.

Yes, except it looks like they went right to left with the sizing (smaller drum furthest to the right, reverse how you'd normally set up a drum set). Those guys must have been walking with a curve to one side for a season or two afterwards.

[DPEmerald]

Is that rebel flag on the end snare drummer?

[George82]

Is that rebel flag on the end snare drummer?

Yep, that's Ray Sabala who was part of our New Orleans contingent. He went on to march in the 1982 & 1983 Blue Devil snare line.

[George82]

You mean with the number 1 and 2 drums reversed from the normal configuration now? Probably because quads were still a relatively new toy back then, and they were still figuring it all out (I checked FN, and Garfield had them in that position through the mid 80s, at least - everyone else seems to have put the #1 out top right, the way it is now).

It's possible that whoever was their tenor instructor looked at quads like a drum set and thought to try the normal tom configuration, with the smallest ride tom positioned top left. That's the only explanation I could come up with, since nothing else about the positioning makes sense from a player's standpoint.

Hop didn't realze they were backwards until Thom Hannum came in 83 and fixed them...

[84Cadet]

Hop didn't realze they were backwards until Thom Hannum came in 83 and fixed them...

Actually, the toms were still backwards in 83 and 84 as well. I'm pretty sure 1985 was the first time they were "correct."