Kenny Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 WOW, The Saints were before my day...but I have heard the corps. I did not realize the great people who came out of that program. The present day jr corps in NJ are carrying on the great tradition. All local Saint alum should check out what is going on in NJ now. Can you give us some information for this up and coming season for 2007? Id like to consider going to a show to watch peeps duke it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Chiocchi Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 (edited) Hi Mike,Hope things are going well for you in FL. I was looking through my Saints photo albums and scrapbooks, and found numerous photos and newspaper pictures from the 73 competition season in the white, gold and blue cadet jackets. Also found a newspaper photo from the 73 Memorial Day parade and the corps was wearing the silk blouses with the new blue shakos. Guess the staff/administration wanted to save the corps new look for the competition field (or maybe the new unis weren't in yet). So the photo Rocky has posted is definately prior to the 73 competition season. Some things I have found while looking through my memorabilia: *A pamphlet from the September 12, 1973 opening of Newark Airports "New" International Airport facility. Corps that performed at this occasion...Polish Falcons, Townsmen and the Saints. *A program from The 1973 Garden State Drum Corps Review, Friday, May 18, 1973, held at The Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ Corps performing: The Saints, Sacred Heart Crusaders, Royales, Garfield Cadets, St. Andrew's Bridgemen, Polish Falcon Cadets, Valley Grenadiers, All-Girls Drum and Bugle Corps of Audubon (not sure why they are not listed as the Bon-Bons), and the Hawthorne Caballeros Have many items from my years in the Saints (73-76), need to find out how to get them on the computer. Keep the conversation going. Hi Judy, Any luck on your photos? I would like to get them on the site. Rocky Edited March 6, 2007 by Rocky Chiocchi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorpsBuff Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 (edited) Being the aficionado of 70's drum corps that I am (by the way the BEST decade for drum corps) the saints are corps that I would most like to hear having never heard them before on recording. Hopefully you can get something going on that site Rocky, looks great and the video clip is excellent! Edited March 6, 2007 by BucsBuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Chiocchi Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Being the aficionado of 70's drum corps that I am (by the way the BEST decade for drum corps) the saints are corps that I would most like to hear having never heard them before on recording. Hopefully you can get something going on that site Rocky, looks great and the video clip is excellent! Andrew, Thanks on the flowers that the site looks good. I am hunting around for video and audio as we speak. Rocky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnmaiello Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Can you give us some information for this up and coming season for 2007?Id like to consider going to a show to watch peeps duke it out. CHeck out the event calendar on dci.org and dcacorps.org. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pchez Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 (edited) Hi everyone, Just to let you know that in 1975, the saints fielded 60 horns , including an all-girl mellophone line and nine (thats right only nine) Baritones. I think we held up our end of the bargin. Its nice to here from some of the old people. Hey Judy, last year I worked with the Crossmen Bari's I'm susprised I didn't see you at EAST, Maybe this year. Edited March 6, 2007 by pchez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Chiocchi Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Hi all, " The Saints Drum & Bugle Corps. " SAINTSDRUMCORPS.COM Has new photos up and and mp3's Thanx to AL Chez, Mike Chez and James Piccolo (PIC) You can find them on the Media Page Saints Dream Competition 1975.mp3 Saints Competition 1976.mp3 Saints Competition 1977.mp3 Rocky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorpsBuff Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 AWESOME... How old was Jim Brady when he was with the saints, I didn't think he was that old in 77 with the Bananas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Chiocchi Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 AWESOME... How old was Jim Brady when he was with the saints, I didn't think he was that old in 77 with the Bananas? I would say he was the same age as me if not older, 1977 - I was 17 Rock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoSaints Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 (edited) Hello Everyone,My name is Kenny Chiocchi "AKA Pebbles" My god I hated this name, Pox on all of you for giving it to me =p. Gotta remember I was 4' 5" at the time. Plus having two brothers with the name Boulder and rocky I guess pebbles was next in line. LOL Here are my memories with the Saints Drum & Bugle Corps. Once upon a time I was 8 years old. My two older brothers Gary, and Mark some how wound up in this drum corps named The Saints. At this age I was kind of young to really not know what it was. But I do remember when I was 6 years old My inspiration for playing the trumpet was doing a book report on Louis Sachmo Armstrong. With the understanding on how he played his trumpet and the observation of my two brothers in the Saints, this is where I decided to join at age 9 in 1971. I can remember looking at my parents prior to age 9, they used to watch Mark and Gary play And I noticed the excitement in their faces to see their children Playing instruments and marching. It was this admiration that Also pushed me into joining the Saints Drum & Bugle Corps. I dabbled with the trumpet in grade school, but by no means did I consider myself a horn player. I can recall being very nervous my first few weeks there. I was quite overwhelmed with all these new people that belonged here. At first everyone thought I was too young to learn the bugle. So I was placed in the color guard and I stood next to someone holding the American flag, for life of me I can not remember who this person was However, there is a pic on the saints web site of a parade and you can clearly see me at the front of the whole corps. But, the picture cuts off the person who I was marching next to. Being placed in the color guard all in all I did not really mind as I was now a proud member of the Saints Jr. Drum and bugle corpse. The next year I was placed in the horn section as a second Soprano. My god was I nervous as hell. I really didn’t know how to read music or play it. This is where I really learned how Tom Bucky Swan was. At 9 years old, I was deathly afraid of him. I think it was the mustache =p. Be that as it may, I remember the cool side of him. Back then it didn’t matter if you can read music. It was all letters with Tommy. What I mean is he placed an "X" on the song sheet if he wanted you to push the valve and and "R" if he wanted you to push down on the rotor. Pretty cut and dry, the hard part was making sure you squeezed your lips the right way to get the correct note. I wont go on any further unless you all would like me to...but here are some other things I can clearly remember. UMMMMMM being 10 and on the coed bus....boy was I lucky.. UMMMMMM going to I think work weekend and the bus breaking down having to push it up the hill. UMMMMMM stopping the buses because I had to pee very bad....they were p i s s e d at me...no pun intended =p UMMMMMM Oh my god...I remember Marybeth Hamitlton from the Townsmen, Gary Fastuca was hot on her trail. I was in love with her...she reminded me of Goldie Hann...LOL I was 12 years old what the hell did I know.... Im sure she has not changed one bit. UMMMMMM I remember my bugle got stolen man I was on the s h i t list for that one. UMMMMMM I remember my pants falling down at a show. UMMMMMM I remember seeing older girls in their bra's LOL when I was 10 on the coed bus. =p UMMMMMM I remember Mr. Kubanak putting his foot up my a s s when I made a mistake in the Woodbridge parking lot. UMMMMMM I remember Gary Kadash taking me to Woodbridge Center mall during field break and pulling out a bag, stapler, and a phony receipt and filling the whole bag with yo, yo's and stapling the bag with the receipt. and using me as his look out and never giving me one....b a s t a r d =p UMMMMMM I remember the work weekends at some barracks place. In someone’s room with the boys on one side girls on other...turn out the lights and kiss who you want. LOL UMMMMMM I remember spending all my money in Mass. starving and went to a diner and ordered food. Took the receipt went to the bathroom and flushed it and walked out. Man I was scared as hell doing this, I was only 13 I think. UMMMMMM I remember we did a parade in Mass. we called the town Mayberry. While marching and as we passed the grandstand we started to whistle the Andy Griffith show song. UMMMMMM I remember my whole time in the corpse Mouse wanted to always kick my a s s, as I was a smart a s s . He was much bigger than me. But as I grew older and seen him at Mike Wargo's Party I understood why his name was mouse...=p no offense Tom... UMMMMMM I do agree Sue Brady was one of the prettiest girls I’ve ever seen...:) UMMMMMM I remember the drum line practicing in the kitchen of the annex while we had both rooms LOL. My god there are so so many more memories....I have to say for myself it was not always peaches and cream. However, these memories will forever stick in my mind. And now I can honestly say I really miss it all...I miss all the people and friends as they were absolutely my extended family. Over all, we all had a blast and I can say it was the best times of my young life. I miss everyone and hope all is well with everyone all over the United States or wherever you are. Peace, Kenneth Chiocchi aka (pebbles) Kchio62@yahoo.com Also http://www.top-notch-landscaping.com/ Pebbles, what memories! BTW, the Mayberry stuff was in Prospect OH ... Your brother has done a GREAT job with the website -- Karen and I have been on the phone with each other all day talking about it ... As I mentioned on my site posting, this year marks 40 years since the first membership registrations (May 1967) and rehearsal (July 1967), both in the OLP cafeteria. JoAnne Parente Edited March 16, 2007 by JoSaints Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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