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Of the three, I only marched the US Open - after its heyday, in 1992, but anyhow... Shorty Bartholomew told us that it was an honor for us to go on last at the US Open. After the show, I went to the track to hear the Blue Devils victory concert. Awesome. US Open for me.

The 'Devils' in 'Concord Blue Devils' comes from Mt Diablo in the vicinity of Concord, CA. The "Bayonne Bridgemen' comes from the Bayonne Bridge from NJ to Staten Island. You could say 'Florida Wave' is related to, well, the ocean on the coast of Florida, and certainly 'Magic of Orlando' has to do with the Magic Kingdom of Disney World. And, of course, 'Suncoast Sound.' Toledo Glassmen, after Toledo's nickname, 'The Glass City,' from its glass industry. From the DCA arena, 'Westshoremen' coming from 'The West Shore,' the name for the Harrisburg Metro Area across from the Susquehanna (to the west) from Harrisburg.

I was grateful to find RAMD in 1995. It kept me interested in drum corps. I was saved from involvement with the great unpleasantness by the fact that I wasn't personally involved in the activity and thus I didn't know people personally. Was excited to find DCP in 2002 and still do enjoy the site. Looking forward to the give-and-take of conversation during another competitive season in 2022.

@FTNK An outstanding and shocking indictment of the tyrannical rule one man had over The Cadets... Actually, it would have been shocking until about four years ago. It is a reminder of how hard work, talent, inspiration, and creativity from ground-up can mask failure of leadership. It is also a reminder of how we can often only hear (or see) the truth when our illusions are incontrovertibly disabused. Finally, a reminder of how people 'on the front line' can suffer based on the decisions of people in command. Thank you for sharing your experiences, and know that many people were still entertained and inspired by the members of the 2006 Cadets.

I don't know if these have been posted before, so I thought I'd share them. All appear to be from the early 60s: An Evening With the Corps at Carnegie Hall, Disc 1: St Catherine of Siena Queensmen, Reading Buccaneers, Garfield, Archer-Epler Senior Musketeers Horns Aplenty: Cambridge Caballeros, Audubon All-Girl, Paterson Cadets, Selden Cadets The Music from Drum Beauty: Garfield Cadets, Chicago Cavaliers, Indianhead Scouts, Audubon Bon-Bons, Madison Scouts, Ferko String Band Bugles Up! Blessed Sacrament, Chicago Cavaliers, St Kevin's, Garfield Cadets Mission Drums: Connecticut Hurricanes, Geneva Appleknockers The Music Of The Hawthorne Caballeros The 1962 Canadian Championship Vol.2: Optimists, Les Diplomates The 1962 Canadian Championship Vol.4: Militaires, Jesters American Legion Nationals Drum And Bugle Corps Finals Convention Edition Volume 1 : Various Hawthorne Caballeros, Boys of '76, Black Knights, St Lucy's Cadets American Legion Nationals Drum And Bugle Corps Finals Convention Edition Volume 4 : Various Garfield Cadets, Bracken Cavaliers, Andrews Sabres, The Vikings Penn Favorites Vol.2: Pittsburgh Rockets, Reading Buccaneers A Portrait In Brass : Skyliners Drum And Bugle Corps Drum And Bugle Corps. Skokie Indians : Various : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive (samples only)

The guy must have played the end of the show over and over and over. 📼 is worn out 😆

They were called 'Meehaphones.' This Wayne Downey interview from the early 90s gives some details. http://www.middlehornleader.com/Downey Interview.htm

Star of Indiana 1990 with all brass judge tapes

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The best part of this clip is Winston Zeddimore in the background trying desperately to keep from cracking up.

Slingerland?

Crossmen 92

Would a superhero show work in this day and age? Certainly if there were copyrighted characters involved, this would be tough. But am imaginative, or even derivative, approach might be well-received.

2015 Cadets without the uniform change and with a better slow movement. Actually, the Cadets most every other year in the 2000's.

Suggest Crossmen 92 in her request queue. I have and she says on her site that she gives preference to videos that are recommended multiple times

End of an era. RIP and FHNSAB.

Certainly the description of the 'fan experience' in this article is accurate. For the fan, it is as if I myself have marched the show and been crowned champion, or made finals, or beaten this other corps, etc. Even if the 'winner' wins by 0.125, for example, it's still a 'win.' One group (or group of fans) is happy, and the others are not. It is kind of absurd that someone's subjective opinion of a performance determines my emotional reaction, but it's what happens, and only later, and then only for some, can rationality set in. I can also see that the 'system' of drum corps competition can take a toll on performers, as it does in amateur and professional sports. People's bodies have been pushed often beyond endurance by the demands of modern drum corps staging and drill. Mental abuse in drum corps was more common in the past, but still happens. And as we know, reports of sexual abuse have been quashed for years for fear of damaging drum corps or a corps brand. However, the article views fandom, and the performer's response to fan support, solely through the lens of a Marxist theory of capital's exploitation of labor. People go into, and stay in, competitive activities for all sorts of reasons - to prove themselves, for the experience of 'esprit de corps,' to hone expertise in their craft, as an extension of their education, etc. And people support organizations such as drum corps for a variety of reasons as well. It seems that competition, and 'fandom,' can be experienced in many different ways. It is healthier when people are fans of the activity first and a certain corps second. I can appreciate the performances of each corps and not be as invested in my particular group's success and others' failure. I think that by and large this sort of support of the whole activity is more common in this era of drum corps, but I could be proven wrong.

From what I've heard that line was a mashup of any bugles they could put their hands on. Makes it even more amazing what they did with them.

They did edit the performance on the CD's. The opener and the closer were from finals. The two middle charts were from semis.

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