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Of course the G7 trophy will be bigger and more expensive.

Thank You to the Guard Alumni for really stepping up to the plate for the 2010 guard - it makes this old man very proud of you guys. I also hear we have one he!! of a guard this year.

Jason, I'll meet you at the Spotted Cow tap. Mike

Straight Lines

Thanks Brian, In the ECB photo I'm the flag directly behind the small bass drum-it's either '68 or '69. The photo was taken at the Owen Park Band Shell right down the street from where I grew up. The Sundowner Photo was taken in '73 after I had moved away to school. I have to agree with Dan, the 32nd Hussar uniform's were great. I marched with a lot of guys in the Scouts who were in the Hussars (the Veerhusen brothers, the Murray brothers and the infamous Jim Youris). There could be an entire thread on here with stories people have about Jim Youris (Jim carried the big bass drum for the Scouts in 74 & 75 with a few return engagements the following couple of years while he was AWOL from the Marines).

If you're taking requests any photos from the Eau Claire Boys or Sundowners would be appreciated. We were in a lot of Annie Mixdorff shows - seemed to always have a parade and a county fair to go along with it. I remember it being called Parade Specialties back then. I remember when we got a contra back in the mid '60's and Annie commenting that "with the price of those things it will mean the end of the small drum corps".

Well as far as the horn line anyway. 74 & 75 horns had a black sash with black hat band. Drums and guard did not wear a sash. DM's had red sash & hat band. 76 & 77 horns and guard had a black sash and hat band. Drums and DM had a red sash and hat band. 78, 79 & 80 everyone had a red sash and the DM's had a tie and citation chords. 81 everyone had red sashes, red hat bands and citation chords. DM's were a little more elaborate. I think this is accurate.

Well they sure as hell won't get any of my $$$.

Upon further review the photo is St. Pat's with terrible color but it is great to see this photo of my old corps on here. The Sundowners wore a gray cummerbund and had a blue stripe with white border on the pants leg. The drum major in the photo (Joe McIniss) is my life long best friend and the guy who got me to join drum corps in 1966. It looks like it's on the capital lawn in Madison probably in 1972.

Having been a Sundowner and wore that uniform I agree that its not St. Pat's. The sunburst on the shako and royal blue color define it pretty well but i don't know whats up with the guy in the silk shirt. I think St Pat's guard or possibly the drum line wore Kilts but not the whole corps.

2008. I think it was called DCI Midwest/Drums On Parade. or something like that.

Hey nice sash Denny!

1.) New School Old School. 2.) 1975 Redux

1967 - American Guard 1968 - Rifle 1969 - Flag 1970 - Bass Drum 1971 & 72 - marching Timp 1975 - Cymbals 1976 - Bass Drum 2006 - Bass Drum 3 years on bass so I checked Bass drum

Yeah, yeah I know I need to loose some weight but you don't have to call me out on a public forum I actually carried bass 7 in the Scouts alumni corps in 2006. I think it was a 32" but may have been a 30" that felt like a 32". We had a larger guy on it at the beginning but he had back issues so I had the honor of carrying it. At 51 I was the oldest guy in the battery and went from 175 lbs. in Jan. to 165 lbs. by August. If the Scouts ever have an alumni corps again I'll certainly be the first one signing up for the honor guard.

Misconceptions: all members are from wealthy families, all brass and percussion members are music majors. Life in drum corps: winter camps, everydays, sleeping on the bus/gym floors, laundry, free days, rehearsal time, performing. Do a search on here to find the quote from Bobby Knight after watching a corp rehearse (Star) and how impressed he was how hard everyone worked and that he thought if his BB team practiced that hard they'd be twice the team they are (or something like that).

I think it was 1966. Drums Along the Chippewa at Carson Park in Eau Claire, Wi. The Troopers were there. They were staying a couple houses away from my home at First Lutheran Church. I thought they were the most incredible thing I'd seen in my life (and I had been at the baseball all star game in 1965). I ended up quitting little league and joining the Eau Claire Boys that fall and started marching in 1967 at age 12 in the 'A' corps as a guard to the American Flag.

I believe the rule was that the defending champ had the choice to go on last OR as determined by prelim scores. Santa Clara was defending champion in 1974 but chose to go on 2nd to last prior to the Scouts who had won prelims. Apparently a wise decision.

When I marched in the Scouts in 1976 we payed a half time for a Packer/Boston game in Boston. It was a pre-season game in mid-August (a day or 2 before CYO) and was nationally televised.

Anything before 1938 just doesn't cut it for me.

Slaughter

According to their facebook page they have plenty of samples on the way and do not need any more.

I actually checked the 1938 corps photo prior to posting. Today Chris Komnick posted a history of the Scouts 1938-2008 on the Scouts facebook page. The cover has the 1938 corps photo.

I know the Madison Scouts have had African Americans in the corps since their first year in 1938.

What would have been the average age of this so called dynasty? 28 maybe 29