Scooter Pirtle

Coach Knight brought his players to watch rehearse at Memorial Stadium. They were updating the turf and we were running reps in the parking lot. Coach Knight visited the Star Base one evening and watched us rehearse. He spoke to us and was gracious. My recollection of the evening was the hornline in an arc and the neighborhood dog wandering out and loitering in front of us. Shortly afterwards another neighborhood dog arrives and, to our horror, attempts a conjugal visit as we played our chorale in front of a bemused Bobby Knight. As a native Kentuckian, I was expecting Coach Knight to grab a marimba and hurl it across the field!

Absolutely! And ditto! Also, there are more than a few Star alums who joined the ranks of Cook Group and had (many still have) successful lifelong careers. It’s almost hard to believe, but the lore is Star of Indiana was born in the stands of Grant Field at Georgia Tech during ‘84 championships week. So, between mid-August and audition camps (just over three months later), Cook got the properties, the staff, the equipment, and an infrastructure in place to start rehearsals.

Are you sure? Star was more like a “Who’s Who” of the drum corps world.

http://www.middlehornleader.com/Drumcorpsdecline.jpg Brian Tolzmann collected info on the number of corps. I created an infographic. There was a slight bump in the number of corps in the early 1990s.

Tiffany Johns acquired the Meehaphone that was in Ken Norman’s collection and created a great video with some playing samples:

Boston Crusaders strikes deal with B.A.C. Of Kansas City and will use their 825 line of instruments for 2023 season: https://bostoncrusaders.org/2022/12/825-brass/ Kind of shocking.

So sad for SCV. So where are all these players going? How will this affect auditions at the other corps?

Put Augst and Shaw in the same corps together and you have some good reality tv potential. Unless the Vice network produces it. Maybe Andy Cohen could spin off the Real Housewives franchise. The Real Angry Staff of DCI?

A Cavalier friend who marched ‘80/‘81 mentioned a brass player got hit in the head with a rifle during a show and was blinded. He stuck his elbows out (two step interval) and touched elbows with the guys on either side and finished out the show. The marched off the field and he collapsed. His vision came back shortly thereafter. Baller! Madison Scouts claimed to have a judges tape (1970s) of a judge dying of a heart attack while adjudicating their show. Not sure if true. Wasn’t a Chicago corps (Des Plaines Vanguard) rehearsing in a hangar at O’Hare that was struck by a crashing plane in ‘68?

And some new bugles with 3 valves. https://ibb.co/df4JH3d https://ibb.co/KmtVyTX https://ibb.co/DD701nD https://ibb.co/fdFBGN7

May flights of angels sing to thee thy rest. RIP Moe.

I had a friend who volunteered to help Magic of Orlando at a preseason camp. He noticed at 9:00 pm, quite accidentally that he was the only non-marcher adult onsite and remained the only adult at the school until the next morning. He was pretty terrified at the lack of basic organization with the corps.

Rest in Peace Michael.

I just started the finale of Cheer. I didn’t want to like it, but it is very compelling television and, as mentioned, the parallels to the drum corps experience are ever present. I don’t know if a similar production would work as well with a corps with 150 members. And not being able to utilize performances of the music because of copyright issues is pretty problematic. ”Cheer” is worth a watch. Those kids are very inspirational.

Ironic to think that DCI went on the record in 1975 permanently opposing the adoption of three valve bugles! (Drum Corps News inadvertently left out the word “valved” in its article):

Amen brother.

Jeff is lucky to be alive! I hope he gets a generous settlement.

I agree that Cadets may have forfeited their privilege of competing within DCI. If issues at other corps are brought to light by credible victims, DCI will need to be consistent with how they address the issues with all the organizations affected. DCI knows it could self destruct if multiple corps are prevented from competing. While this appears to be a George Hopkins problem, it’s much, much bigger.

Love the uniform!

http://youtu.be/10kTUU_x3Uc 1927

http://youtu.be/erT4LNlQB54

Zach was great and it was great to feature a performer from that evening's show.Small ensembles are great too. Check these guys out: http://youtu.be/bWObswAeda8

No pencil, pen, or typewriter involved with the method prescribed in the Boe booklet.

You might try this short book that incorporates a similar approach (without the need of a P.E.T.E. device): http://www.amazon.com/IMPROVE-CHOPS-WITHOUT-PLAYING-ebook/dp/B00AK12M5K/ref=sr_1_9?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1367518212&sr=1-9&keywords=trumpet I've tried the method found in the book and found that it had a quick and noticeably positive impact on range and endurance. It's easy to do during the commute each day and takes only a couple of minutes.

Ha! I've never noticed the bell size in that poster before. What a good find! Obviously, the graphic artist took some artistic license! Richard Gere is credited for performing all his cornet solos in the film (as indicated in the opening credits). I find this almost too hard to believe. I wonder if anyone recalls interviews from that time frame where Richard talks about learning or relearning to play.