tommytimp
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I'm a musical actor and love Sondheim (my senior thesis was Marry Me A Little), and the show isn't without charm, but it's so far from what people associated 27 with in almost every way that I found it hard to reconcile the show itself with who was performing it. Plus, the same visual problems that had plagued the corps for five years were still there.
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1980 DCI Finals
tommytimp replied to Blue Devil Legend's topic in Historical Junior Corps Discussions
I think that was 82. -
DCI Contest Guilds on website
tommytimp replied to Rudy Wiedoeft's topic in Historical Junior Corps Discussions
Seeing those again is great muscle-memory comfort food. But bear in mind that it was always the DCI house organ, and DCI did what it did to please DCI. -
Apparently, anything that was saved to photobucket is paywalled now, which is some ########. take them all to fb.
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So what happened in 1975? Just kidding. I always like to ask anyway.
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Yes, we got shafted in 1983. That was my rookie season so I can't speak for what happened in 82, but the rumor finger has always pointed to wanting to personally punish some staffers. 83 was not quite the same, but there were politics going on with other corps, and we were left out because we were expendable. We hadn't been a finalist so it wasn't too jaw-dropping when we didn't make it. That said, and even though we didn't improve as much as we should have on 2nd tour, I will say to my dying day that we should have finished 9th at least. Bcs some of the corps that made it in that year were absolutely terrible.
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Favorite OTL (or Opening Music)
tommytimp replied to KeithHall's topic in Historical Junior Corps Discussions
Phantom's Stravinsky medley in 1978, Jeremiah from Garlfield in 1985, and T.O. from BD in 1982. -
Swampscott (North Stah), Revere (Lancahs), and Boston (BAC) are all within about 12 miles of each other, and Malden, home of the Diplomats, is in there as well.
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Boston 1983. Knights 1985.
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I have them on Beta and dubbed to VHS. My dad bought them for me on Beta as a birthday present since that was my rookie season. I have all 25, from Garfield to Pride of Cincinnati. Whether I can FIND them is another story.
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Is that the Orange Bowl?
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THE HAWTHORNE MUCHACHOS: WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
tommytimp replied to byline's topic in Historical Junior Corps Discussions
I wish you'd all stop talking about me this way. It wasn't me. I was only 9 and I didn't march until 1983. (When we beat Cavies in every DCM show, at least.) -
SOME SAY there was a bargain made with the two bottom-finishers at Finals in 82 to clean up in 83 or you're out. (Doesn't really hold water.) SOME SAY there were certain Geneseo staffers who were not well-liked by the judges. SOME SAY it was simply a matter of the corps peaking too soon. Some say a lot, don't they?
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Supposedly, the merger between the QCK and EK was only supposed to last 1 season, as there were logistical and creative problems from the start. I remember talking to an EK staffer on the phone about it at the time, and he wasn't particularly complimentary about the IL contribution. The show that resulted was MOR anyway. The corps was "The Knights" until 1988 when we moved base of operations from the town of Geneseo to Bettendorf, IA, which was one of the Quad Cities, hence the name change. 88 was the last year we made Top 25. Bringing the corps onto and then off the field for that Semifinals show was one of the proudest moments of my life. We made up over 40 points that summer. We hasd the longest continuous Associate streak in DCI that decade, 1981 thru 88.
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Most emotionally impactful show to watch ever?
tommytimp replied to Ch1k3n's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
Phantom 1996, absolutely top of the list. Garfield 1985. Suncoast 1984 (I know, I KNOW) -
Most emotionally impactful show to watch ever?
tommytimp replied to Ch1k3n's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
Phantom 1996, absolutely top of the list. Garfield 1985. Suncoast 1984 (I know, I KNOW) -
Best visual design ever?
tommytimp replied to jasgre2000's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
SCV 1980, although it's not as asymmetrical as people think. Garfield 1982 and 1985. Phantom 1989. Star 1993. -
Troopers Drum Major Slow Walk
tommytimp replied to ATXGUY's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
When I was DM (in 1988) I never wanted to be last(with one exception, the Knights' home show, when I tricked the VK DMs into thinking they were last, then snuck in behind them. The crowd went wild.), and Joe Bruno twice told the crowd "You can applaud the first guy in, it's all right." I do remember having to sign a paper agreeing to cut out the monkeyshines at retreat. If I were contest director, I'd leave the slow walk as is, but politely ask him to bring up the rear or not be surprised at any negative consequences. -
Two from the 80s stick out for me: 27's brilliant, monolithic, game-changing rendering of "Niner-Two" from 1981, and Spirit's epic production of "Blues In the Night" from 1983. Spirit played BITN better in 84, I think, but the massive scope of the number is what sticks out for me, the same with 27.
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Is there a time when a penalty is worth it?
tommytimp replied to MisterA's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
It was 1985. I remember watching from the side after we finished. "Do they really have a KEYBOARD?" We did something similar in 86. We played rock that year, so our drum guy, Pat Petrillo, got Simmons to give us a pair of pads and Korg gave us a sound board and we miked the marimba. We took the voluntary 2-point penalty in DCM shows until DCI informed us that we risked disqualification at every show. It got us a little bit of publicity, which I suspect was the point.