TomPeashey

there are not 2 years to think about another site... yes, it's Rochester for 2014 and 2015 but beyond that? maybe - maybe not - but I'm sure that discussions are currently in process on the subject as it's not like you can wait till the day after DCA 2015 to decide... it's at least an 18 month preparation to host the championship... As for travel, when will everyone wake up and smell the daisies? We fans are fortunate that the corps are willing to come to Rochester for Championships... the dollars and cents of travel is OUT OF SIGHT... A long and expensive show for most DCA corps would be Western NY... do you see a whole bunch of shows up here? NOT!!! Why? How much would the average fan be willing to pay for a ticket and how much would a sponsor be willing to pay for a corps... One used to be able to put on a great show in Upstate NY for 15K - DCA is still trying to hold cost down but when negotiations for shows find top corps with 3 bus minimum having a trip to Rochester or Buffalo come in at a budget busting loss... they are unwilling to travel without the sponsor kicking in a HUGE and unmanageable amount of money - so it just isn't happening... Fans fault? NO DCA's fault? NO Corps' fault? NO Obama's fault? ??? partially World Situation Fault? ??? partially We (Drum Corps) are one very small activity - we are being whipped around by society and the changes being wrought throughout the world... Once in a while, we need to just take a deep breath and be thankful that we have ANYTHING left of our long heritage... whether it's DCA or DCI... If you're a true fan, go out and support in any way you can... just maybe, the activity will survive, but stop shooting those who are doing all the survival work and realize that some change is inevitable and quite unavoidable... beyond our control... Hope to see you all in Rochester Labor Day Weekend - I have been involved with DCA for 49 of its 50 years and I cherish every memory...

so your majesty when your princess and her new hubby have a fight... does that mean that around the house will be a lot of "tense-hutt"? and if they have 4 kids... they would be Hutt 1 Hutt 2 Hutt 3 Hutt 4

to our Queen... they all worked... and when did she start looking like you?

none worked

as most of my drum corps friends realize... it mostly involves being quite full of it... and you know what IT is... Just trying to avoid having to great a bunch of obnoxious shoppers in front of Wally World thanks

As one of the long timed regulars on here (see Post #1) I'd like to go off topic for a moment... Today my latest (third) novel was released. Madam President: The Dani Affair Book 3 is now available in both book and electronic media formats. Just go to Amazon.com and do a search on Tom Peashey and it will pop right up. Enjoy... and Thank You all...

I too saw the zero in the DCA recap for kilties on the DCI website... either the score was wrong or someone messed up... the score adds with all the numbers shown... so I'm going to say that the final number should have been several points higher... NO... if they're on the field, they deserve more than zero on the communications sheet

welcome back Sky... very respectable... Fusion is real.... congrats Cabs... Hurcs had best guard - I was told wish I could have been there

We're all pleased that John has been released from the hospital

John Flowers, One of the true giants of the activity has become very sick just today... he's in ICU in VERY bad conditions and prayers are needed... We hope this will help him get through this sudden illness... To our dear Barb, his wife we send along our best wishes...

I still laugh every time I think of it...

Donnie lol your former father in law told me how he got his purple heart... but I'll never tell.... what a great guy

Just the mention of his name brings a smile to me - I was just a snot nosed kid and when he saw my Brigadier uniform, I was his best friend... He may have bled BS Golden blood, but he always considered himself a Brigadier... Bobby Thompson... one of the few who truly changed the activity... even if he couldn't hit home runs...

I saw a post that said that although chops was doing the 3 Midwest shows they were not coming to Rochester.... correct?

Why does every post refer to some sort of memory loss? You guys trying to tell us something?

yes... Corky Fabrizio... from '63 to 69 Corky did Brigs... then he went to Cru for 71, 72 left in the spring of 73 was probably the best horn line I ever played with... although it would be close with 72 Cru...

'68 was a most enjoyable year for me also with Brigadiers... Brigs and Sun were neck and neck...

correct Dan as a matter of fact... if you don't intentionally declare Class A by May 31, you are automatically open class.

Jeff, If I'd had the opportunity to name you it would have been Jeffrey Aquinas Ream or perhaps Thomas Aquinas Ream

MY story... ok... parents loved drum corps... Mom said I went to my first contest in the womb. Dad got Big brother in the local VFW parade corps while he carried a rifle guarding the all important A flag. When I hit a growth spurt in either '53 or '54 and was suddenly the biggest 8 year old around - I would do anything to follow big brother Ed around... so they put a horn in my hands and I took to it well. After a year and becoming proficient quickly with the soprano our horn instructor, an old timer named Tony Giambo said "you're big enough to hold this" and put a French Horn in my hands. Within a couple of years I was helping teach the line as I took to music well and by 1957 was one of the BIG kids in the corps even though I was 11. throughout this period, Dad dragged us to every contest in the state and In 1958 I left the Oswego Pathfinders and joined the Mexico Gray Barons who were now a competing field corps. 1959 at 13 was my first senior corps field competing season. In 1960, one of my mentors in Mexico joined Brigs along with big brother... I tagged along at 13 and sat in at rehearsals. I was sitting in playing FH the day Brad gave them Black Saddle for the first time. My Dad said I was too young to stay in Brigs... Dang it!!! and said they were forming a new corps in Fulton Called the Gauchos. All x Brigs in charge and people dad trusted... I did Fulton and worked under Brad Longdo through the 64 season. It was assumed by Phil Cerimeli, Charlie Ragonese and others that I would now join Brigs... but I started college and met some new buddies from Crusaders who told me about the new super corps... couldn't resist and ticked off a lot of guys I worshipped by becoming the only member of the 1965 Grey Knight Post Crusaders who did not march with either Cru or Grey Knights. I did 2 seasons with Bruni and Mizma and then at the end of the 1966 season when Cru's season was over... I got the call "It's Ragonese, George Cowburn just left for the Army, will you come and fill his hole please for the last 3 shows including DCA Championships #2 in Bridgeport?" I went and stayed as many will say "where I belonged" until 1971... That fall I was #24 of 24 others to leave brigs and go to 72 cru... as a former Crusader many blamed me - truth is, I was the last to agree to go, only when many of my closest friends like Dave Morris and Gabe Fabrizio said the were going did I give in and agree ... I renewed my Bruni association and immediately became very close to him... I stayed there until 1979... when I told him that my judging was far enough along that I was going to take my mandatory 1 year off and judge DCA... I judged many championships in the 80's and in 1989 was asked go give up DCA chief visual judge and become director of Cru. Having been so close to Vince, I knew what was involved and promised the family I would only agree to do it for 4 season - they were GREAT seasons... 3 in the top 5... I kept my promise and retired after 1993 season... shortly thereafter Mickey Petrone asked me to go on staff for DCA... there's a lot else, founding Oswego Black Knights Jr. corps - teaching corps and bands and colorguards and judging over 250 winterguard contests... gigs with Seattle Cascades and Orlando Magic... I most enjoyed working with Yokohama Inspires, Kidsgrove Scouts and Last summer Ludwigshafen Heartliner... But seeing my kids excel as performers and teachers was very high on the top of my list of successes... Also as Cru director I had working under me both daughters, their husbands, my brother and my sister in law - not to mention many of my dearest friends... my management staff was second to none... Dee LeFrois (Darch), Joe Siracuse, Dick Hoppe, Don Paluh and many others... and I got to continue my lifelong association and love for Vince Bruni... yes we were rival corps in the same city but we met several times a week and I would not have succeeded without his blessings and sage advice... It has been a most gratifying 60 years... lol oops... got carried away again... sorry you asked?

so let's get this straight... Jeff Ream was created in Rochester NY Now THAT is scary...

Yes... mini corps is back where it belongs... in the Riverside Convention Center as a matter of fact... except for the percussion out on the stage in the street - all will be inside the convention center... there will be no I&E venues in the hotel across the street...

Matt With your sweet tone... St. Joe's of Batavia did a piece in 1967 called Lassus Trombones... arranged by Al Corky Fabrizio... you may be familiar with it it's easy to find on youtube It would be great

Contact Al Katz akatzwaa@Hotmail.com

We heard from his wife Lynn that Dave Kausch - Rochester Crusaders, Rochester Phoenix and Hawthorne Caballeros among others has passed at 5:30 tonight following a long illness. Great guy... condolences to Lynn and the family...