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In August 1987 before my sophomore year. A cute girl invited me to go to the show at West Chester University. I had no idea what I was in for. I was a saxophone/clarinet player. I saw Garfield and SCV in a late season battle. It was unbelievable. I tried explaining what I saw to my parents, but it was difficult. A few days later, I was flipping channels and I came across those same corps on TV - the PBS broadcast. Fast forward to two years later. My high school band director changed - Scott Litzenberg - who happened to also be the director of the Crossmen. He brought the corps to my high school for rehearsal. A few of us were in the stands watching rehearsal when a staff member came up to talk with us (Mike Dennis). He asked if any of us were interested in marching. I said absolutely. I was turning in my sax for a baritone my senior year so I could march the following summer. Mike asked me, "why not this summer, we have a hole". I told him I couldn't march because I didn't know how to play. Mike said they would teach me and I'd be the best player at my school after the summer. I asked how much would it cost. Mike said that they would pay for me. Huh? Mike asked me how old I was. I told him I was 16. He told me to bring my parents the next day (Sunday) and that the staff would take care of convincing them and answering any questions and that I should dress for rehearsal. So, I did. I walked down to the field. Eric Kitchenman introduced himself to me and then introduced me to the corps. He said "this is Reynold, this is Pete. You are in between them at 4 step interval. We are going to jazz run that way for 16 counts. Do you know how to jazz run?" "Yes I said". "Very good then". We left for tour that Friday. I was in the show. I was playing the full show within another week. I still remember the first time I saw SCV's buses. I took a picture of them. I was in awe. But what REALLY got me was when I had someone ask me for MY autograph and they wanted a picture with ME. Crazy. I aged out in 1993. Some of the best summers of my life.

AMC 30 at The Block. Orange, California.

I'm the manager at AMC 30 @ The Block in Orange. I'll be there. Anyone close? Crossmen alum 1989-1993.

I was wondering...when are they going to start to have to put subtitles on DCI DVD's for vocalizations? Will they be available only in english, or, since the 'I' in DCI stands for international, would they also include french, spanish, japanese, etc?