DCP NewsFeed Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 The Drum Corps Associate’s summer tour rolls into Lackawana County, Pennsylvania as eight of DCA’s finest corps will be in competition on Saturday, July 29, 2017. This event has been a long standing one each year on the DCA tour and before last year was held in Scranton. For many years this show was also […] View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 who knows the area? Anything good in town for food and a beverage/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigW Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Hmm. You mentioned food up that way. The best place I have personally found to eat up that way is in Nanticoke kind of a tad off the beaten path. J J Banko's Seafood. Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/J-J-Bankos-Seafood-120247687986333/ There are other references if you do a web search. Make time for it if you go and have the time to take your time. I enjoyed it very much the two times I've been there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grenadasmoothie Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 1 hour ago, Jeff Ream said: who knows the area? Anything good in town for food and a beverage/ The Mrs. & I will be overnighting nearby after the show instead of driving back to Connecticut, so I did some looking around. Seems Smiler's is a great local joint, about three miles from the stadium, literally on the same road. Of course, what's most important to us is they're open late enough to get a nightcap after packing up souvies . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 2 hours ago, BigW said: Hmm. You mentioned food up that way. The best place I have personally found to eat up that way is in Nanticoke kind of a tad off the beaten path. J J Banko's Seafood. Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/J-J-Bankos-Seafood-120247687986333/ There are other references if you do a web search. Make time for it if you go and have the time to take your time. I enjoyed it very much the two times I've been there. What was the diner we went to last year after the show? Pretty good late-night stuff there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 9 hours ago, grenadasmoothie said: The Mrs. & I will be overnighting nearby after the show instead of driving back to Connecticut, so I did some looking around. Seems Smiler's is a great local joint, about three miles from the stadium, literally on the same road. Of course, what's most important to us is they're open late enough to get a nightcap after packing up souvies . night cap is driving back over to Selinsgrove area to rescue grandma from Sadie before a family reunion the next day LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florida Sun Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Hottles on Main Street ,Wilkes Barre is a pretty good steak house,always got a good meal there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyGuy66 Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 I have two questions that I'm sure someone can answer. #1 If the American Legion is co-sponsoring this show, will the winner be the American Legion National champs? #2 If the answer to #1 is yes, does the American Legion require the corps to have an honor guard? In advance - thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigW Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 It used to be a "AL National Championship" contest for awhile. Fran knows the details as to when, and when that stopped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 (edited) 7 hours ago, LucyGuy66 said: I have two questions that I'm sure someone can answer. #1 If the American Legion is co-sponsoring this show, will the winner be the American Legion National champs? #2 If the answer to #1 is yes, does the American Legion require the corps to have an honor guard? In advance - thanks (Edited a bit for clarity) Don't quote me chapter and verse here...LOL... but no, I don't think this is the American Legion National Championship show. It hasn't been since Doc Sebastianelli passed away several years ago. I think it's the PA American Legion involved with this show, not the national AL. There is no Orange Flag... signifying an AL national champion... given to the winner. Unless that's changed for this year, I don't know. And I don't know about the honor guard requirement thing for this year, regardless of whether this is a title show or not. I do know that when Doc ran the Scranton show... which has been called "Parade of Champions" for decades, not a recent development... corps were required to have an honor guard even in the years when the show was not the AL national championship... which was the case for many years. (The American Legion national championship... held through the 1980 season at various venues around the country... was a separate event from Parade of Champions in Scranton.) Doc, with the blessing of the national American Legion, designated Parade of Champions as the AL title show in 1997, ending the hiatus for the title event. That was also the year he brought me on as the show's announcer. I'm 100 percent sure those two items are unrelated. And the second set of years the DCA championship was held in Scranton... 2002-2005... that show was both the DCA title show and the AL title show. Believe me, that made for several "adventures in PA announcing" when it came to the awards ceremony. A story best left untold on a public site such as this. LOL. Edited July 27, 2017 by Fran Haring 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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