A27Lancer

Expect a zit to break out on your forehead before the bus is 5 miles from home. Expect the corps you're touring with to be eating steak when your corps is having "tuna surprise" night. Expect McDonald's to taste like something Rachael Ray just made on her TV show. Expect 28 years later (for me, anyway) to dream you can't remember the drill or music just as the corps is stepping off at prelims, and waking up in a sweat. As for hydration, hopefully things have improved since the 70's as far as corps providing water and gator-ade type liquids. DON'T dip your cup in the big cooler, or drink from a cooler that other's have dunked their hands in. I saw an entire corps come down with strep throat because of this. Not just corps members suffer from injuries on tour. Anyone remember George Zingali on crutches after one of his typical jubilation dances during a performance? As the rule sheet used to admonish us every year, "TOLERATE, TOLERATE, TOLERATE" You aren't on a Disney vacation. Think of it as a reality show where your "tribe" is every body else in your corps. You'll laugh, sweat, sleep, shower, suffer, and anything else you can think of (or not think of) together, and you'll make lifelong friends. GOOD LUCK!

I've always been a big Cadets fan, BUT, boy does their drill need cleaning! Ballad is pretty, vocals don't bother me. Sabre toss is very nice. Wonder what the drums and battery were doing (mix).

I was always a big VK fan (as well as Bridgeman fan). Bobby Hoffman was a genius! p.s. if you go to the link at the beginning of this subject there are a lot of other cool videos. There are even a couple from "Blast!"

Funny, a lot of people said the same thing at the Beanpot in '96 about Phantom. I though their show was "da bomb" at that show and was criticized by people around me in the stands for saying they were going to make a legitimate shot at the title. Hmmmmmm.

Yes, we almost recruited Jerry Noonan, but in retrospect, it sure was fun to watch North Star with Jerry screaming those solos, along with the "chrome wall" and entertaining shows! Lancer Fi, and other 27 alumni - how many North Star alumni marched in the 27th alumni corps? The 27th alumni corps had so many members from defunct eastern corps that the name was almost a misnomer. We had Boston Crusaders, North Star, Jeannettes, Socialites, and members from dozens of east coast corps marching in '94. Sort of a gigantic melting pot of the 70's and 80's.