BobB

That was the DeKalb DCM championship runoff. Genius move by Joe Colla and Roman Blenski (and, I'm sure, both corps directors). Joe Bruno was the announcer that night (as always at DeKalb) and milked the moment beautifully. The crowd was absolutely electric.

Bump for some Drums Along the Foundries. Wish I could be there. All the best to my plaid brethren and, of course, to MBI. WWBD

I'll start. These are more in the vein of nightlife (Friday? Sat pre-show? etc.) but what the heck. All in Northeast Minneapolis so not too far from the University. Haven't been here but I hear it's good: www.redstagsupperclub.com Fun place on the river; nice outdoor bar(more tiki bar than northwoods): www.psychosuzis.com Some of the local craft brewers have tap rooms. Closed Sundays, unfortunately: www.fultonbeer.com www.612brew.com www.dangerousmanbrewing.com

Not sure if this exactly fits the question, but after finishing 7th in 1975, the Kilties dropped into the basement in '76, finishing 20-something at prelims. In '77 they rebounded to finish 10th. Had to be one of the more significant comebacks in DCI history.

Kilties, DCI finals, 1972. Coming out of concert, the drum major was supposed to bring up the horns, call mark time, and the horns and drums come in ff immediately on count 1--no 4-for-nothing. And we were moving immediately on count 1. Had been this way all season and was pretty well locked into everyone's minds. Except this time (of all times...) the drum major forgot to bring up the horns before calling mark time--so there was no time for anyone to get their horn up, sticks out, etc., before starting to play. And we were already moving. Needless to say, chaos ensued for about 16 counts. Somehow, we recovered and pulled it back together, but the performance was way off after that. Thought we had an outside shot at 5th or 6th, ended up 8th or 9th--not all because of the train wreck, but it sure couldn't have helped.

+1 on Whitewater. Honorable mention: Horlick Field, Racine. >aka "Drums along the Foundries." In the middle of an industrial area; you could usually hear the forging presses banging away in the plant across the street, immediately behind the backfield stands. >No track, so stands were close to the sidelines. Great audience interaction. >Surrounded by concrete walls topped with barbed wire. >Beer at the concession stand. >Corps waiting to perform were usually lined up right in front of said concession stand. (Good luck breaking ranks on the Troopers on your way to get another beer.) >Knowledgeable and responsive drum corps crowds. >Some historic moments: Racine Scouts upset win in '67, a rare Kilties defeat in '69, Santa Clara's coming out in '70. Even a visit by Hawthorne Caballeros in '75, I think.

I remember that one...you guys beat all the midwest's big guns. Shocking but in a good way--great corps that ended up, I think, 6th or so at VFW. Also remember some graffiti appearing the next day at an underpass on the south side of Racine, obviously (to a few of us, who recognized the names) posted by a couple of Scouts. At least they were smart enough to not include the Racine Scouts in their artwork--instead choosing to "advertise" their first names (<cough> Gregg? Jeff?) and their high school class. That graffiti stayed there for years. Must have been quite a party after the show (once you got away from your staff).

Ah, I'd forgotten about that. Thanks for clearing it up. Jeez, that's a long time ago...

Al, I'm recalling 6-8 minutes for prelim shows for some reason. Going from 11 down to 4-6 would have required some major hacks in the show, and what I remember is just cutting concert plus some other relatively small portion of the show. Not trivial, but not major surgery either. I do remember the piling up at the end line ("wait for the gun!") and squeezing tenths out everywhere; GE pretty much went out the window. We were fortunate to not have to worry about making finals in those days, so we'd usually throw together our prelim shows a few days beforehand.

It's been a long time...but I recall that Horlick field had no walk space with the chain link fence in front of the stands as this photo shows. Which means Horlick's seating was even closer to the field than this stadium. Great stadium, complete with concrete walls, barbed wire, and the foundry across the street.

Fantastic. I practically wore out the vinyl recording of this show. First time ever seeing it on video---40+ years later. Thank you!!!

Somewhere around midseason in '70, one of the 4 snares was moved to bass drum, so from then on we had 3 snares, 3 basses. Looks like 4 snares & 2 basses in the still, so would have to be...uh, not end-of-season, anyway.

Night Train/Choo choo/Syne makes it definitely '70 (I was one of those 4 tenors). No idea on that location though...

Yup, that's Dave. I believe the judge immediately to Dave's right is Doug Reynolds, one of the top drum judges during that time. I recognize the guys on both ends (both wearing CSJA hats) but danged if I can recall names. Memory fail...

Guys Sorry to butt in on the discussion. Been following this thread as I love these stories from the 60's. The subject video clip is terrific. I believe the corps in question may be the Madison Scouts. I wasn't at the Dream show but saw Madison many times that summer, including at VFW. They wore dark green cadet unis with shakos and white plumes, white cross sash (left shoulder to right hip), and white bucks, which seems to match the corps in the video. See post 20413 in the historical photos thread for an earlier version (with black shoes). Not sure, but it's fun to speculate. Thanks for the history lesson.