homebilly

well.........i was one of those blue devil alums that worked with the corps. Scott Kent was one as well. i was there in the early part of 1983. we rehearsed at the old Park Plaza Hotel across from MacArthur Park in downtown LA. Chuck Edwards was the buffoon that ran the show. he still owes me $500 for my work. there was a marine corps cat that did the horn arrangements and another that worked with the drum line. Daniel Bejarano (Stockton Commodores and now drummer with Kenny G) was a drum instructor as well. he's waiting for his $500 bones as well. Sandy & Doug Macdonald (?) were instructors as well as former Two Seven color guard member Anne McCormick (rifle instructor). we used to practice in a HUGE empty ballroom on the second floor and sometimes go out to the bandshell in Macarthur park and play for the bums. in those days the park was REALLY dangerous. then a run to Tommy's for a chili-burger after practice. Chuck was pure Hollywood BS. getting all of us to believe in the dream and do it until we got beat out of our dough. others that came along later like Bob McClure (Santa Clara) also got the Chuck Edwards, dude where's my money treatment. it was an interesting time to say the least. ron meza

i'm pretty sure that is me should be 1975 commodores?

but russell 1975 wouldn't be complete without a picture of you in both a Vanguard uniform and a Stockton Commodore uniform :-)

you know i think you might be right. maybe after 30+ years i am confusing jim and i standing together at the end and not at the beginning. and i think that is diz diniz. boy it has been a LONG time

i'm in this picture. i am second on the left just behind dave gibbs. this should be us entering boulder "mork and mindy" stadium at '78 prelims. jim macfarland is the lead sop standing next to me and behind pat haro. jim and i were the two that went out and spotted our OTL formation on either side of the 50. it does look pretty bad###ed

hey russ Spirit '79 was the LOUDEST hornline that I ever heard!

dig that plastic mouthpiece the happy dude is playing

Tubas? wtf?

stockton doesn't get humid just hotter

i couldn't agree more!!

art west 1978

ahh! the infamous Thunder Bass as we called it.

looks like lisa to me

hey dave didn't we do that spiral move first in '78 as well? ron

i believe that it was Scott Turret (sp) [sounds like turray]