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DCI should issue a lifetime ban IMO -- it is well within their power to do so, it would likely require a majority of member corps, it would certainly send the correct message of "zero tolerance" which MUST be the standard

They need to learn to say no. On several fronts.

i'm not surprised, even if the rumors are true

I said the same. The directors need to show some backbone and permanently kick his ### to the curb.

I suggested to them a couple of months back about selling masks with Waldo on them. Maybe they were already working on this. https://shop.bostoncrusaders.org/collections/face-masks-hand-sanitizer?utm_campaign=Crusader Collection&utm_content=140603410&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&hss_channel=fbp-146636528713632

Perhaps DCI should put into its rules that corps can’t hire people with convictions for violent offenses or harassment. Considering the corps themselves would have to vote on it that should be an interesting breakdown of votes

Single gunshot to the head. There are enough strange details to the incident that it doesn't need any embellishing. Willam S Burroughs shooting his wife in the head during a drunken "William Tell" game, on the other hand, is absolutely true. Not sure which corps he went on to work with after that.

I know, right? I was so hopeful at the beginning of the sentence.

Looking at the other video posted I think you’re correct. Funny that the same judge got in the shot both years.

People like him can be very vengeful, and un hinged ESPECIALLY when they feel they lost ground or the world isn't paying attention to them. Success can be a powerful tool for sure. I do think , maybe not right away he will be very vocal. Personally I don;t even like posting about him and trying just to give my opinion and experience mainly because it feeds the beast and its just what people like him need. Just like keystone posted a narcissistic individual, and there's plenty of that around, feed on the attention , good or bad. I would rather not give someone like that the attention. They feed on it !

Would I be surprised if you told me GH was offered a position with another corps? I would not be surprised if I learned he was a behind the scenes consultant, but in this day and age any corps that put him at the helm might be shooting themselves in the foot. You mention some parents being upset, I think you would find it’s the young people themselves who would object. BLM protests might be taking center stage, but “MeToo” has not been forgotten and pleading to a lesser charge, probation and a fine, and not having to register as a sex offender makes no difference. Regarding GH supporters, I think many of us know at least one. Of those I know, he did lose credibility with a few. Some believed the accusations were false, or at least potentially false, but when he fought for the severance which was viewed as excessive, that seemed to be the last straw. He has his strengths. At the soggy rained out MetLife show in 2012, I sat with the brother of a friend of the family. He’s an alum. George made his way through the crowd, shook hands, said hello, and had brief conversations with folks, including the alum I know. I was introduced, I shook his hand. Two years later at the Bristol, RI show he remembered my name. He had a charm. You can’t deny he believed in the potential of Garfield when he was an instructor and it was illogical. He created an amazing corps. I know I did not like what I saw when Cadets rehearse, probably dating back to the late 90’s, and to me the atmosphere felt unhealthy, especially compared to other corps I saw rehearse, namely Crown and BAC. That being said, I rarely heard marching members speak against him and those who I know well sang the praises about their Cadets experience with the exception of the food. Until he started using FB more regularly to broadcast his opinions, he was George the maverick but about 2015 I think we saw warnings he was becoming unhinged, and this should have been a sign it was time to go. He may have his supporters, but with all that has transpired, even with supporters he will never be at the top of his game.

Yeah smart is not living beyond your means. Sadly corps have done since just about the beginning

Jerry was a huge influence on me. Taught me for two years, and ultimately I had the privilege of wearing the North Star uniform and playing his solos. RIP Jerry. Here is a compilation of his DCI solos:

All of it is good, Especially when he bashes the Cowgirls.

all 3 were very good. in fact this podcast in general is good, except when he bashes the Cowboys

Oh, absolutely. It was after the 71 season. We played pickup football often with the Muchachos in the fall. The two towns are very close together. Richie Chirichella, the DM, broke his leg at the game. He was a math ed major at Montclair State, a senior. I was a freshman music ed major. I would see him hobble around campus on crutches. Everything was going well until the blood clot. Absolutely awful. He was laid out in his DM uniform, and the entire corps came in to the viewing. We sang "O Holy Name" one more time for Richie. There was not a dry eye in the room. His younger brother Steve played snare. His old brother Jerry marched in the early 60's and remained on board as a quartermaster. I actually had Jerry's uniform from 1962, both of us being "husky" guys.

Strangely enough many years after that, actually about 12 I think ) Cadets and Muchachos would play a foot ball game together after the season and was becoming a friendly yearly thing. ( Hawthorne and Garfield are very close to each other) well another drum major , from Garfield got hurt during the game, broke his leg and was hospitalized but all seemed routine, well he oddly got a blood clot that killed him.. Very sad, I'm very sure Mike remembers that very well

it's been coming, but thanks. just now that the countdown is on, it's really hit. I'm 51 and i don't want to bury any more students for a while. the first was bad enough