TennTux Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 (edited) Weren't you the one who had all those other B'men Pix??? How 'bout it??? Fred, No it wasn't me, it was in the DCP Jr. Historical thread..... <here> http://www.drumcorpsplanet.org/forums//ind...showtopic=62667 B) Edited February 11, 2006 by TennTux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dukecornwell Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 So nobody has said anything about the pictures of Roosevelt Stadium in this thread........I was amazed to see pics like that and got goosebumps. Thanks so much Duke! Your welcome, Fred. This is a fun thread with lots of fond memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Steiner Jr. Posted February 10, 2006 Author Share Posted February 10, 2006 (edited) Your welcome, Fred. This is a fun thread with lots of fond memories. ^OO^ ^OO^ ^OO^ ^OO^ Boy, I'll tell ya what...it was SOOOO much fun to make!!! and you know what else..I have been thinking about it a lot in the last 24 hrs........ there is NOTHING like that show any more!!!!the whole package I mean!! There used to be the excitement of the show you knew you were gonna see (Heading down) then you got to Jersey had the Tidal "AROMA" and other smells..(That I never smelled in CT anyway)....we always got there with enough time to get something decent to eat and hang out... we would maybe watch a corps in the parking lot for a while then just relax under one of those trees for a while. I marched in several Dreams but NEVER @ Roosevelt........ BUMMER I would REALLY have liked to do a show there!! What a Classic Venue!!! That place had EVERYTHING you could ever possibly want at a show. A place to play for kids, hang out in the shade for adults, food from the vendor carts, ice cream trucks. Actually PLENTY of parking, a place to set up and practice right at the site. I wonder 'cause I never Marched there, did they have showers there??? I would imagine that they did. I would walk over to the sea wall and feel the cool ocean breeze. Check out MY BRIDGE!! PS It's still there check the link to Society Hills! Then you would go in to the show........heart beating faster, (For the contestants too I will bet my bottom dollar) Wipe the Pterodactyl SH&t off your seat (If you could)... if not you got newspaper to cover the seat. You then took your seat and started to anticipate what you would see that day: how good would Sky Cabs and Hurcs be??? were the Bridgemen really THAT good?? St. Lucy's or Sac, were they there?? we saw GARFIELD HOPPY!!! that morning in a store parking lot. PS special note to Hoppy...change is OK over the long term, but you cannot (Without Pissing People Off) jam EVERYTHING down people's throats EVERY SINGLE YEAR!...these people, many of whom have been around drum corps longer than when YOU were a gleam in your Daddy's eye. Anyhow, off my Rant. You sat down and took it all in..... Cool, if it rains, I'm under an overhang...wow the Pigeons up there actually look ######, oh well....down on the field were all the familiar scenes..Moe Knox (and Yes Bell Bottoms) Couple guys with Cabs and Sky Pants on (and tee shirts)... there he is Father???? never could remember his name, and all the poor Nuns in those Habits..(I now know the Habit probably protected from the Sun) sort of like my overhang (Roof)....anyway...the people always got Antsy there and started to clap, you know 90-100 BPM dut..dut..dut.dut..dut dut..dut..dut.dut..dut Come on, we want Drum Corps!!!!!!!!!!! Then the first Corps would come onto the field...who was it..The Boise Spuds, never heard of them before but they weren't supposed to be that great...Ladies and Gents..The Boise Spuds!!!!! claps claps cheer cheer!!!!!! gotta be nice for this poor corps ya know...... Mark Time March and Bhat Dah Bhat dat da dah da dah duh dah dahhhh......................MAN THESE GUYS ARE GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wall of sound!!! I have to say, I NEVER saw a Sh%^^y corps OR perfomance @ the Dream.............NEVER!!!!! Juniors at that point in the season would out-execute the Seniors...But the Seniors Always gave a lot of mid-season (This is the Dream!!) emotion to the crowd. Then they had Retreat..........no major suprises....not like OTHER shows anyway!!! (even the judges didn't want to mess with GOD ya know!!)and you got back into the car...got right out of there and drove home exhausted...but with a BIG SMILE on your face after what you had just seen.......... Humming or whistling songs you remembered from that day. During the following week..thinking of NOTHING else but Drum Corps even though I am Not Marching this year....I GOTTA GO TO CHAMPIONSHIPS!!!!!!!!!!!! Gotta get one last fix before the winter!!!!! ****Special note to all Dream Fans**** Yes, the Dream was always a "Special" show Just like a Championship all on it's own. You CANNOT imagine the fun, emotions, happy tears, frog in the throat, etc. etc.etc. that I got from writing this but God was it therapeutic... the same as the Dream always was.. I NEVER saw a Bad Dream Contest....NEVER saw a bad performance there...ALWAYS had fun.....so to the sponsors for so many years THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!! even as belated as my Thanks are I hope you hear them, or feel them whatever the case!!!! ******** ^OO^ ^OO^ ^OO^ ^OO^ Edited February 10, 2006 by Fred Steiner Jr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Steiner Jr. Posted February 11, 2006 Author Share Posted February 11, 2006 Fred,No it wasn't me, it was in the DCP Jr. Historical thread..... <here> http://www.drumcorpsplanet.org/forums//ind...showtopic=62667 B) OK Tony and Thanks again! Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTux Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 OK Tony and Thanks again! Fred Fred, It took me about a week to go thought the thread when there was 235 pages! But the "Drum Corps History in Photos" is well worth the "trip".... The thread has as of today (2/10/06) 464 pages! I saved the page I was on in "favorites" and then when you get the time go back and look at some more. That's a thread that need to be put in an album.... Tony B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Steiner Jr. Posted February 11, 2006 Author Share Posted February 11, 2006 Fred,It took me about a week to go thought the thread when there was 235 pages! But the "Drum Corps History in Photos" is well worth the "trip".... The thread has as of today (2/10/06) 464 pages! I saved the page I was on in "favorites" and then when you get the time go back and look at some more. That's a thread that need to be put in an album.... Tony B) Holy SHNIKES Tony.......... I didn't even know that was there! or as Frank Barone would say "Holy Crap"!!!!!!!!! Anyhow I went into that thread and asked people with "Dream Photos" to come on over and place them here also......along with comments and memories etc. etc. Thanks soooo much man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geneva Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 OK, so you're gonna love this one.....I was 10 at the time. I'm in the car with Mommy in Newark somewhere I think...AND WE ARE LOST!!. So Mom's being the outgoing type decides to flag down a cop Hoorah! anyway she says she's lost...her Husband is at Roosevelt Stadium @ the Dream... He says follow me and jumps on his motorcycle turns on the lights, siren the whole thing......... we got a Police escort all the way to the stadium.We still missed all the juniors..only saw Sky, Yankee Rebels and Hurcs and MAN were they all awesome that day!!!! Never forget it! Here's my Roosevelt Stadium story (not the Dream though :( )... 1972 and I am driving to DCA prelims, but on the way I am passing through Hawthorne. I have no idea where I am, but want to see the Cabs...No Problem! I just pull over and roll the window down and follow the sound of the horns and drums to their practice site. Just like I had always imagined Hawthorne, New Jersey would be like! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastone Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 1974 was the first "Wet Dream" which also turned out to be a great show in spite of the rain. I was fortunate enough to win the Dream contest with the Skyliners in the magical year of "75". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Steiner Jr. Posted February 11, 2006 Author Share Posted February 11, 2006 :) Thanks, Fred. Absolutely great thread. We can start a whole 'nother one just on the Dream or Roosevelt Stadium. And that picture of St Lucy's? Truly historical. I almost marched with that corp, but couldn't get a ride from anyone. (I was eleven or twelve at the time and played soprano). But as kids we would do whatever it took to get to the Dream. A junior and senior show for one admission. Rain or shine. I think it was '79 when the field was all mud. The Bridgemen came out with no pants on. The Skyliners left off their cadet jackets, John Grass walked on the field with the drum line and played the 'New York, New York' tag. Then a soprano played it back from each section of the stands. The rest of the corps was scattered through the stands and jumped up, shouted and ran down to the field as each one played the tag back. The crowd went crazy. And that's just one Roosevelt Stadium memory. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTux Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Holy SHNIKES Tony.......... I didn't even know that was there! or as Frank Barone would say "Holy Crap"!!!!!!!!! Thanks soooo much man! Your welcome... That's how I felt when I "found" it... Tony B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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