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8 hours ago, MarkC said:

I've been going to Allentown for over 25 years.  J Birney Crum and the park are very special places!  And the corps are full of emotion as it is the last chance to make a move before Indy!

Ditto here, except I have been going to Allentown for over 40 years, both as competitor and spectator.  Parking isn't too much of a pain - usually park on the high side of the cemetery, early though.  Allentown is my "finals", since the finals went indoors.  I refuse to attend indoor drum corps spectacles, even more so now with amplification.  My last finals was Pasadena.  Allentown is usually the final stop on our almost annual 20 days DC tour, which usually starts in Little Rock, skipping San Antonio (indoors), of course,.

Too many memories and emotions to pass up Allentown.  

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58 minutes ago, Bob P. said:

Ditto here, except I have been going to Allentown for over 40 years, both as competitor and spectator.  Parking isn't too much of a pain - usually park on the high side of the cemetery, early though.  Allentown is my "finals", since the finals went indoors.  I refuse to attend indoor drum corps spectacles, even more so now with amplification.  My last finals was Pasadena.  Allentown is usually the final stop on our almost annual 20 days DC tour, which usually starts in Little Rock, skipping San Antonio (indoors), of course,.

Too many memories and emotions to pass up Allentown.  

Fans like you, Sir, deserve our utmost respect. Your support of this activity is impressive. One of my favorite drum corps experiences was attending the DCI event in Verdun, outside Montreal. Took the Metro!

I wish you and your group many more drum corps memories. Canadians are a HUGE part of drum corps history. Thanks.

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53 minutes ago, Ghost said:

Yes they were, but I'm getting tired of them winning the annual DCI Winter Classic.  

Yes, rumor has it that their guard unis inspired Don Cherry's blazers. DCI costuming has never been the same.

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6 hours ago, Fred Windish said:

Fans like you, Sir, deserve our utmost respect. Your support of this activity is impressive. One of my favorite drum corps experiences was attending the DCI event in Verdun, outside Montreal. Took the Metro!

I wish you and your group many more drum corps memories. Canadians are a HUGE part of drum corps history. Thanks.

Thank you kindly Sir!  As you say "Drum Corps - Its in your blood!"  I still do Drum Corps - Les Diplomates, but not as nostalgia, but on modern instruments with modern arrangements, keeping in mind the "spirit" of drum corps.  I love to see this in the eyes of the young people performing in today's drum corps, although I could do without the artificial sounds produced nowadays.  

BTW, I prefer acoustic guitar to amplified acoustic guitar and especially to electric guitar.  Same goes for amplified horns.  Ironic, since Les Dips has both amplified saxophone and electric guitar!

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