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Sure. Blame it all on Baltimore.
Mere coincidence, Fran! I wasn't insinuating anything about your fair city. Just dumb luck that a thunderstorm struck as we competed in the old Memorial Stadium. We were stopped at concert, pulled off the field, and had to go back on again to do our whole show later.
We were just not very good on the second-go-round that night.
(For the record, we came in third to Sky and Hurcs, Reading was fourth, Les Dips were fifth, and the Westshoremen were sixth.)And I have no scores for the June 19 show in Rochester, though I do remember competing there that year very clearly.
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I am pretty sure we won that show. We began '71 very strong, but in mid-season we lost in Baltimore after being rained on. The rest of the season pretty much belonged to Sky after that. (I'm not sure we won anything after Baltimore.)
I doubt I have the scores anywhere, but I will look for them.
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At least one of those early 60s shows was recorded. The Fleetwood "Brass, Chrome, & Gold" album has the field intro to Archies show that starts "The Keystoners proudly present...". Too bad there isn't a year on the album.
And on the Yankee Rebels' album from the early 1960's (the one with that gorgeous full color picture), there is also a recording apparently from Lewisburg. The announcer introduces them by saying: "The Keystoners welcome back to this Cavalcade, the corps from the Chesapeake Bay, ladies and gentlemen, Maryland's own, The Yankee Rebels!"
I listened to that album countless times and can still hear that announcement in my head!
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Oh! And BTW many of the shots posted here are by not only friends and family and just pure fans but from some of the most famous names in Drum Corp photography ... and let me just grab one out of the archives ... shot at one of the premier venues for Drum Corps, ever and the type of show we will never, ever (if DCI has anything to say about it and that's a darn shame because a preview show like Evening With The Corps could generate soooo much money here in the East!) see again.
Imagine, OMG if you could get a sneak peak and listen to in a concert setting Crown, Phantom, SCV, Cavies and yeah, even Garfield pre season - how much would you pay?
not the least of whom is Moe Knox
I'm just saying ...
And I'm not in this shot..
And those were the black plumes we got ruined in the rain like the first show of the season in Chester PA.
I believe the two snare drummers pictured on the left side are Mark Holub and John Oddo. Both went on to teach many corps: Mark at St. Ignatius, Garfield, and Hawthorne Cabs, John at St. Iggy's, Skyliners, Hurricanes, Brigadiers, and others. John was recently inducted to the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame.
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One of those "All Skate" weekends.
Almost. Interesting that there are three different shows that weekend, and yet that's the Bucs' week off -- though I have no doubt they will be working that weekend.
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We will be there also, in exhibition. No word yet on where we will be rehearsing in the afternoon, but I'm hoping it won't be anywhere near as hot and humid as the past two years!
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Absolutely... I understand that.
But it's not the same as what Sun is doing this year.
I just had a thought -- How cool would it be to have a giant (rotating!) barricade on the field, a la the staging of Les Mis?
I bet if Empire had done this show, like they did Miss Saigon awhile back . . .
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TDRs for all!!
...and tennors and basses that sound like tennors (sic) and basses, not bongos and tennor (sic) drums.
AMEN!!
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And since a G horn is less expensive compared to their B flat or F counterpart, they are a smaller investment upfront.
I thought one of the first arguments for B flat was that they were cheaper than G horns, no? Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that one of the major reasons Hop and company gave for wanting the change in the first place over in DCI?
But then, what do I know? I'm a drummer who still doesn't like 14" free-floaters that sound like formica countertops.
I wish competing corps would go back to 15" drums that sound like snare drums.
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Nah, I dated Betsy Ross (before John did).
I even dated Priscilla Alden, which is why I call the Plymouth show my homecoming show.
You had an affair with Priscilla Mullins Alden? Did John ever find out?
And I passed on dating Betsy. Remember, I had that brief fling with Pocahontas down in Virgina way back when, but that was before she went and married John Rolfe! LOL!
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OMG!! Will Justin Bieber be performing??!!
Hey! How did you find out? Who snitched??
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By the time we all got through the xrays and metal detectors (and hopefully the strip searches) the flight would already have left and landed somewhere else.
Priceless, Andy!!
Anyone on here remember Annette Funicello, the former Mouseketeer? I believe she sang about subject #343, and part of the lyric went something like this: "Tall _ _ _ _ , tall _ _ _ _ , tall _ _ _ _ , he's my all!"
I know, I'm really dating myself with this clue.
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WooHoo!! GREAT news!!
I'll call a little latter this afternoon. (I have an appointment in a little while)
Welcome back, Don! Glad to hear you're doing better.
We should start a 'bionic members' chapter. With your pacemaker/defibrillator, and my two stents and artificial hip, we could be charter members. I'm sure we'd have a few more 'Guess Who?' members out there who could join!
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Thank you for not yelling at me.
When I've said something about this before I was basically put down for the fact that yes, I competed well after they stopped including them in shows.
Hey Liz, I never yell! Just ask my drumline! LOL!
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Częstochowa. Pronounced "chessta hova." The great Tommie Martin taught the horn line.
Good going, Ace! I would ave sworn there was an 'n' in there.
I believe Billy Mackey (sp.?) was the drum instructor. I was once told by a very reliable source that they merged later on with the OLPH Ridgemen of Bay Ridge when OLC was about to fold.
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See this is where my disconnect to the Alumni activity really hits home. I don't see why a color presentation should be in every corps' program. I doubt I am the only one of my age group that feels that way.
I suspect it's because of a generation gap. 'Geezers' like Andy and I still feel its inclusion in a show is a good thing -- harkens back to our competing days.
You are probably a bit younger, Liz (maybe quite a bit!
) and to you it's not as evocative of your competing corps memories. Just my observation. -
Old NY area names: The New Rochelle Wanderers (No, Dion was not their DM!), and the OLC Ramblers junior corps from Brooklyn. Please don't ask me to spell out 'Our Lady of Czen . . . . . . . !'
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I know, this is a trick question.
But before I try to answer, who in HE** is Officer Joe Bolton???
You know Andy, you guys from Massachusetts led such sheltered lives! Officer Joe was one of my childhood heroes here in the NYC area. I even got to be on the Little Rascals 'Clubhouse Gang' television show once (about age 9) as part of the live kids' group he had in the clubhouse each day. The show was broadcast from the NY Daily News building, because they owned the local station it aired on, WPIX. Ahhh, such memories of my 'yooot!'
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Not just Paradiddle-diddles, but FLAM Paradiddle-diddles. When played at 140 to 144 bpm, they have a flow that's just amazing. Also, all of the ratamacues: single, double, triple and those played with flams on the first note of the four-stroke. Cool to hear, and tough, but cool to play.
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Mike ~ do you have anyone set up in Albion Park in Clifton? I know, I could just turn off the a/c and listen tomorrow morning...
Is Eddie Mayo Park/Field near you? Cabs Alumni will be there starting at noon:
Eddie Mayo Field
1100 Clifton Ave.
Clifton, NJ 07011
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I agree with several of the previous posters as to the various reasons for the younger median age of DCA corps. Speaking strictly from my own personal experience: Family/time commitments vs. longer rehearsal weekend camps, and much greater drill demands are the two greatest factors which prevented me from returning to the competing corps several times. I recall a conversation with a friend in the mid-1980's already, telling him: "I can play anything in their show, but I can't do it marching the way they are."
The many health issues connected to advancing age made marching today's drills virtually impossible for me. Oh, and I should also mention some of the incredibly heavy drums most corps now use. I have tried some of them, and with my back issues could never have carried one even 15-20 years ago. In my opinion, it has simply become a young-person's game.
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Absolutely.
As a wise man (not me....LOL) once said...
The time to beat another corps is not necessarily from the first show in June through Labor Day weekend. It's from the day after Labor Day weekend until the first show... meaning off-season/pre-season preparation.
Sounds very much like what Jim Costello used to preach to us: "Championships are won in the winter time, not the summer."
He didn't appreciate members missing off-season rehearsals, because he believed they were every bit as important as those during the competitive season, if not more.
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Ah But again we have Joe Scarber still with us thank Goodness.. Not quite as active as George but an original non the less...Really cool having folks from Day one through year 65... Keeps you humble for sure...
I believe Joe Doran is still with us also, and though not marching any more, is often at the Post on Alumni rehearsal days. George Hayek, Joe Scarber, and Joe Doran -- the last of the originals!
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So will the two of them be getting together for a Kodak moment in Wayne?
I don't know about a 'Kodak' moment, but perhaps a 'Moe Knox' moment!
1971 Tournament of Drums Scores?
in DCA All-Age Corps and Alumni Corps Historical Forum
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Sky was terrific that night. I remember watching you guys march back from the stadium to the field house, and you were playing Alabama Jubilee. You'd think you had just won the DCA title they way you guys were fired up! A few weeks later it was the Dream, the World Open Invitational and the DCA you were celebrating!