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  1. Diplomats of Malden MA- 1984 Allentown Class A Winners
  2. Dont worry guys, as a former Dip I can tell you that most of our turnout were people from the immediate area and were hardly ever what we ended up marching with in June/July. For now, do the best you can with what you have and anything you add is gravy...Good luck all :) :) :)
  3. How about the greatest snare line of all time? My vote 1980 Bridgemen
  4. #10 Cans of Dinty More Beef Stew, always good in a pinch. Chicken patties are very versitile ie just put some spaghetti sauce on top with cheese and you have chicken parm. Always have ice cold something on hand Good luck
  5. I went to BCT at FT. Jackson in 1989. I was in third platoon E 1/28. Third platoon had some very "unorthodox" Drill Sergeants and were usally given the bottom of the barrell as far as recruits went. This time was no exception as about a third of the platoon was made up of ESL(english as a second language) soldiers. Needless to say the Drills were ###### and took it out us whenever they could. Anyway the coveted prize was to be the Honor Platoon. The honor platoon was the platoon that averaged the highest score after marksmanship, marching, phisical fitness, and common tasks. The first compitition was drill and we were hopelessly lost. So with that the senior drill had a drill down to see who could help out. After 20 minutes it was down to me and a guy that was in JROTC and he was extremly cocky that he would win. The senior drill finally got the other guy anticipating the command of execution and I won. The Rotc guy came up to me and said were did you learn to march like that I told him drum corps, which was heard by one of the Drills. He looked at me smiled and said "not to be confused with band geeks" and mouthed TROOPERS. Any way with the help of myself and the Rotc guy pur platoon went into the Drill compitition ready to go. Usualy the Army dresses to the right but on one movement I had taught them to dress center and the formation stayed right on the whole time. We ended up winning the Drill, and eventually used the misfits as our calling card and much to the chagrin of the other platoons won honor platoon and got a pizza party. Unfortunately for us the other platoons Drill was on duty that night noticed the pizza boxes and smoked the whole platoon till some of us blew pizza all over the barracks floor. Thats how Drum Corps help us....BCT was easy compared to Drum Corps, but the Esprit DE Corps is the same and I am proud to say that both have been a privilage to take part in both... PS when I was squad leader I got dropped repeatedly for saying Ten Hut instead of ATTENTION
  6. If you want to hear clean go to the 27th Lancers homepage and click on mp3 downloads, click on 1980 and listen. They also,IMO, had the best colorguard. To loose by a tenth, to a boring BD show is stll beyond my grasp... :sshh: :sshh: :sshh:
  7. I'd definately say the Blue Coats, but, then again I still think 27th should have won in 1980
  8. How about all those years Boston played Conquest
  9. It seemed as though every time we went off the field in '85 the Knights were either going on or on while we were puting away our equipment. I didnt get to see them untill semis...Wow soo much power from a corps with 30 or so horns...They were great
  10. Wow how to whittle this down? Well here goes: '77 Bridgemen(fun show outweighs the controvesy) '80 27th Lancers(not just cuz I wanted to go to Lake Placid) '82 Garfield Cadets(their show at prelims was one to write home about) '85 Star of Indiana '80 North Stah(cuz they were wicked awesome)
  11. No one mentioned '84 Spirit in there hometown blew the roof off yellow jacket stadium. Anyone remember how hot that astroturf was. ^0^ ^0^ ^0^
  12. As a member of the Malden Diplomats I must say that all the corps we are mentioning were fighting it out in the early '80's. Dutch Boy, Florida Wave and Marauders. I guess we made each other that much better. Can I say that I had a hand in making the Blue Coats as good as they are now ?
  13. ITs a wheel polish. Designed for all different types of metal. Trust me put it on buff it out and watch as the cornea burns out of the crowds eyes.
  14. Any time the crowd is load enough to cause a top five corps to cross tempo becase they couldnt hear on the field would have to qualify. In 1982 I was there on the 50 when SCV did the bottle dance. I still count my blessings that the stadium didnt fall down around us. SCV all the way
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