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Which is your favorite? Bridge over Troubled Water (1977) Autumn Leaves (1987, 1988, 1998) My Funny Valentine (1989) A Whiter Shade of Pale (1991) Overture from Dancer in the Dark (2002) Adagio for Theresa (2003) Having played 3 of the 6 choices, I have to go with my rookie year of 1988 and pick Autumn Leaves. Funny Valentine was a nice chart as well. In 91 Whiter Shade of Pale was great if you listen to the beginning and the ending and cut out the speed drill section. But how about a write in vote for the ballad Doug Thrower wrote this year? BTW Doug if you read this my kids said they are sorry they picked going to the American Idol concert over coming to finals hear your ballad...

took the words right out of my mouth

The Troopers had great souvies as always. Ric Oberlin at the DCI booth had some great stuff as well. Good designs and great quality. Phantom once again didn't disappoint in the marketplace. They always have creative well thought out crowd pleasing souvies.

Hey Bart...I'll help you keep it alive and post on here too. We're headed to Madison in the morning. Darren Webb will be intown on Friday as well. Hope to see everyone there.

July 31, 1984 Parkersburg WVA Garfield Cadets 94.3 Crossmen 86.0 Bridgemen 80.5 Les Eclipses 74.2 Pride of Cincinnati 57.9 Avant Garge 68.8

Since Ralph McCauley will be on tour with the corps for a while it would be a great gesture of appreciation if someone form the corps, be it the alumni, the staff, or anyone still connected to the organization, would present him with his own set of 34 pennies. How’s that for a run on sentence? Granted rounding up pennies dating back to 1972 might be tough but I’m sure could be done rather quickly.

Hey Paco shouldn't you be working instead of posting on here lol. I'd trade a couple extra tickets I have in section E row 20 for finals to get my pennies. Maybe we should bring that up at the next alumni meeting. Next time you talk ot Jeff tell him to get back in touch.

1987 Florida Wave... Coconut Champagne was awesome

I'm not sure how current this info is but I think Jeff is in Charlotte NC and I think Jay is in the Hartville OH area. The 2 of them have vanished off the face of the drum corps Earth. But if anyone sees or hears from them please tell them to get to the Alumni BlueBQ August 3 in Allentown!

It wasn't anything exciting or even cool. Basically one day in rehearsal I zoned during the drill move right before the "Candyman" section of Don't Get Around Much Anymore. Somehow I ended up a good 3 yards or so out of my set. Tim Ochran was our visual caption head that year. During the winter camps he and Sly had officially named me Bigwally because at the time I was a dead ringer for a guy who had marched Cavies with Sly a few years before when Tim was on staff there. Anyway, he noticed my screw up and as we were resetting he named that move the "Bigwally Move."

I'd go with these: Troopers Sunburst Phantoms Wedge Cadets Z Pull and a personal favorite near and dear to my heart, the Bigwally move from the '90 Bluecoats

6 words indeed!

Yes Sly was the driving force behind the pennies when it finally took hold in the summer of '92. But the year before the drum major Chip Kolesar along with a few others like Jeff Wise were the actual masterminds behind the entire idea.

AMEN!!!

Ken...so it's "BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (spelled with sixteen "O's) till you're blue"

Rob passed that 3AM seat drumming along to Vince. I remember in 88 setting 2 rows in front of him on the bus and still feeling every drum stroke on the back of the seat behind me. Good old bus 265. No air conditioning, no bathroom, and at least once that season now rear tire...

I have to agree with xmenjeffb Florida Wave had some really beautiful girls in the guard, and 88 Devils were smoking too. But I’d like to add my vote for 89 Regiment, 91 Bluecoats (have to give my age out girls some love) and how about the featured girl in the 88 Suncoast Sound show….

There is nothing like the live experience. That being said, seeing the show on the big screen is the next best thing. Yeah there were some sound issues when I saw quarter finals here in Columbus, but the place was packed and everyone was going wild. People were cheering like they were actually in the stands and the kids could hear them. The theater wasn’t expecting as many people as showed up. They ended up using 3 screens because there was such a large turn out. It was almost like being there…with air conditioning.

I’ve got a tape from an on field judge form the 92 Devils show. I still listen to that thing all the time. The judge parks himself right in front of the sopranos at the end of When a Man Loves a Woman. Even with the poor quality of the tape they still part your hair. So yeah I’d buy one…. BTW Ric Oberlin if you read this… thanks for the tape. If you’ve been looking for it over the past 14 years, well I have it.

I hate to have my very 1st post on the boards make me sound like a “homer”…but I think the Bluecoats will take the championship within the next 3 or 4 years. They have come a long way over the past few years and the corps seems to be moving in the right direction both on and off the field. However, I am enough of a realist to know they haven’t paid all of their dues just yet. It’s going to take a few more years of proving they belong in the top 5 or 3 even before they can take that final step. I must also say that I have never been more proud of my corps and I can’t wait to see them in Madison.