tommytimp

Actually 1982. The double timpani setup was 82.

He was a thick slice of ham (but good, and he had a great ear), but Madison was even more ubiquitous. I think SCV was too. It was totes redonk, as the kids say.

I'm almost positive I put at least one 85 photo in the Old Corps Photos thread. Go in there and search for Bridgemen 1985.

Man, I'm a pithead, and even I thought there was too much pit shot that year.

In no particular order, these are things that absolutely floored me on impact in a certain way: -BD's snare line in 82 making a 90 degree angle with their sticks that appeared and disappeared LIKETHAT. -Suncoast's first bass run in 85. The "wait, what?" factor that's been discussed on other threads is absolutely correct. -The corps that brought the funny-Memphis Blues' marching band parody in 82, Pee-Wee in 88 for VK (first time I saw that was at our home show; I was in full uniform in the stands and I laughed so hard. Not DM-level behavior), Suncoast's guard pulling out pink ribbons in the "When you Wish Upon a Star" bit in Florida Suite, VK tossing golf balls on "One two three FORE!" in 84, Spirit's duck hunt in 86, Troopers cymbal line's one-act play in their drum solo in 85, etc. -The last 1:30 or so of Madison's 88 show-best controlled chaos I've ever seen or heard in drum corps. -The amazing fluidity of movement in the SCV pit in 84. This pro-level style of operation is commonplace now, but watching the way they interacted with each other and moved sticks, cymbals, mallets, and bodies during the course of that show was astonishing. It was, actually, the first time I ever heard the term "pit" used. by the next season, everyone was saying it. -Spartacus 81 and 82. The first version, on impact, was stunning, and the second year was amazing mainly for how clean it was in June, and for how much emotion they could wring out of it anyway, ie DeKalb. -Immediately after our show at Whitewater finals, 1983.

Ehh...Spirit marched it on the duple/accent, 27 marched it on the triple. 27's arrangement wee-wees all over Spirit's, IMO.

But why would we take it away? It's not like BD got jobbed that night in the drum caption. They were bad. SCV was the most balanced corps on the field that year and deserved to win.

Ehh...overrated. Kidding.

Nothing to add, just "Tone Deaf Comics" sounds like a name for a new band.

Dutch Boy's 86 show was called "Dutch Boy clicks with TV and flicks." Or something like that. They played (the hell out of) some cartoon themes, Pink Panther, and 007. They absorbed a lot of the NY Northmen I think, and they had a great hornline by the end of the year. Their book was tasty, too, with "MEET GEORGE JET-SOOOOON" as a motive. 85 gets my vote. I think my first ever DCP post was about how much I loved that year, the year of the concept show. My favorite Knights show, my favorite show to watch ever (Garfield), quality up and down the line that year. 1988 and 84 were good years, too.

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####hole. That is all.

You should seriously tell your jungen what FU means. Whether or not you explain it is a different matter.

remember what? Hey, what does this trigger do?

I haven't bought a show ticket, movie ticket, DVD or CD since 1997. If DCI adds woodwinds or the G7 comes to pass, I might either stop showing up here, or kill myself and all others like me.

When does he say "You're on the ratchet?" That's hilarious. I like "You guys are cookin!" and someone else saying "That's excellent, Greg" after the timpani feature at the beginning of Young Person's Guide. I always thought it was spelled JONZ.

Obviously not a Cavies drummer, but there are a lot of reasons corps do that. Sometimes they want to use a bright color to set the line off, sometimes they had old drums that don't match the current color scheme, sometimes they have mismatched drums. Madison did the same thing in 1980, and Bridgemen did it in 79, to spectacular effect.

I'm talking about 1988. I never saw Spirit in 1989.

It started in 1975, at Prelims, just after the Muchachos finished their show.

IIRC, it was a 40, at least in 88. They even used the old-timey Slingerland carier for it. I guess they kept it around just in case Mike Back said "Well, gotta use the 40 this year! What can we use to tote it around?"

Oy, those uniforms.

Two members of Basildon Blue Eagles from England, who marched with Garfield on exchange. (I think). If you get the Legacy DVD for 1980 out you'll see the Garfield silks were doubles, one flag maroon/gold (obv) and one blue and black. I think there was an exchange thing going on, like a sister corps thing, for a year or two. They only wore those unis at retreat.

Didn't BD literally do that in 79, the first year they used quads? They had them set up 1-2-3-4 and it was the worst thing ever for the players in terms of weight distribution.

I can't speak to the radical stylistic departure, but the arrangements for "Petrushka" are fantastic. They really have the Stravinsky feel to them, the bustle of the opening number, the 'toy doll' sounds, the military band sound of the beginning of the last movement, etc. They also had maybe the best guard and the second-or third-best pit in DCI that year.