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Bump, in case anyone else needs this info here. (And thanks to Todd for posting the list.) Cadets have landed at Chanhassen High School in the far-SW 'burbs...saw the last hour or so of their practice last night. They may have scored the best practice facility in town---new school & stadium, turf field, high stands, great lights, isolated enough that neighbor complaints are unlikely. Best of all, last night's weather was cool and windy enough---no mosquitoes (at least not in the stands)!

I've taken my teenage son to the Dakota before with no problems. Great jazz venue--nice intimate atmosphere great acoustics and sightlines, and they even have good food. They run an assortment of local acts and national touring artists. On the 17th, they're featuring an artist I've not heard of--Carrie Rodriguez: http://dakotacooks.com/event/carrie-rodriguez/ Sounds intriguing, and the cover is only $15. I'd go myself, but I'm catching the Rippingtons there on the 19th. FWIW...you will dig the Twins' new stadium if you can score some tickets. Have a great trip!

Having been one of those green-shirt guys in the early 80's, I actually remember this... Percussion had 30 points total in 1983, broken down as follows: 12 points Execution (the "tic" sheet). Judged on the field, of course. 8 points Percussion Analysis (split with 4 points to Exposure to Error and 4 points to, uh...Musicianship?--don't recall the exact title, but it was a buildup subcaption for expression, phrasing, quality, etc.). Judged on the field. 10 points Percussion GE. Judged from the box. There was some piloting of the proposed new sheets at a few shows during '83 (at Whitewater, for one...I got to try the new field sheets) before the '84 implementation.

Thanks, Mike! I was hoping someone would ID these guys. I got to know Larry, Laki, and Joe when they were instructing & didn't recognize any of them here. Any idea why the scout hats instead of the Aussies? I know Scouts went to Aussies in '73...were these what they wore for parades?

Thanks for the kind words on the bands. I was one of those Racine Elks kids before moving to the Kilties (several of us did that, late 60's-early 70's). (BTW, Conntinental band (2 n's) was from Milwaukee, Lake Band was Milwaukee.) We were quite proud of being one of the few corps style bands, and getting at least some small measure of respect from the corps. Couple of other vague South Milwaukee memories...wondering if anyone else recalls these or if I'm way off base... Didn't this show alternate "concert side" during the show, so that alternating corps played to different sides of the field? As I recall, the stands were equally low on either side, and the GE judges were on scaffolding--they would shuttle back and forth, one side to the other, between corps. Also, I vaguely recall the Kilties repeating portions of their for the judges after grand finale in '68 to protest a penalty. I remember being outside the stadium long after the show ended, and hearing the Kilties out on the field again.

I recall seeing the Troopers do the sunburst in 1966, and I think it may have even started before then....?

Actually, that's the Blue Knights from St. Paul. If you look closely, you can see "Magical Mystery Tour" on their podium, which was the BK show theme that year. I believe 1977 was the peak year of their rather short-lived existence---some alum may know the history better.

I'm almost certain that Anaheim's '69 arrangement of "Yard," as well as much of their program, was by Ken Norman (responsible for the Kilties' '68 championship book). If "Yard" was Anaheim's counterpart to the Kilties "MacArthur Park," their out-of-concert version of "MacNamara's Band" sounds like a similar spinoff of "Chattanooga Choo Choo." Kenny was doing great stuff then...

Great photo! Talk about in-yer-face judging..... (And is that judge Rod Goodhart? The posture looks familiar.... )

Yup, that's him. Left of me is Ken Reed--one of several Kenosha guys in the drumline that year.

Wow, great pics, Jim. Thanks. Top photo: Somewhere in that flag line is Jim's brother Bob. On AF is Ken Morrall (future DM). Middle photo: Middle tenor is me (I finally made this thread...). Walking alongside us is director Bill Poulsen (Scotty's dad). The corps that year was a mix of vets from the great late-60s corps and newbies like me. Still a ton of talent in the horn line.

Guessing you'd be the one with Rod Goodhart in-your-face. No pressure.... Great drumline, BTW.

Ken was a standout at American Flag when it was generally where your, uh, less-skilled guard folks ended up (at least ours did). Ken's military bearing, presence, and control of the flag (he did this one-handed thing a lot, in-show and otherwise, always flawlessly) made him a recognizable icon for the Kilties. Of course, the fact he had his own unique uniform (only one in the corps with the light blue jacket and Anderson plaid) didn't hurt. He was a great DM in '72 also.

Way to go MBI. You ROCK!!!

Minnesota Brass appeared in the opening scene of made-for-TV Christmas movie titled "A Christmas to Remember." Actually got a fair amount of screen time, doing a percussion thing loosely based on Connecticut Halftime. Added the hornline playing a WWI march, since the main character (played by Jason Robards) was supposed to be a WWI vet. The setting was supposed rural (we filmed the scene on a farm) so the whole corps was done up in bib overalls, etc. Pretty silly, and the movie disappeared quickly, but it was fun to do. I remember we had to use loud bass drums repeatedly in between shots to get cows out of the background.

I was there...Kilties snare line. (except for the "dm forgot to bring the horns up" moment after concert......)

I was there...Kilties snare line.

...but at New Berlin the corps show followed the pie-eating contest and the field was a mess, so that had to skew the results. (No kidding--about the pie-eating contest.)

...and that's gotta be Tom Float on the other end. One bad-a## looking snare line. (And the stick heights overall look pretty high, compared to what I recall from a year or two after this photo...)

Yup....at Lakefront Stadium in Kenosha, sponsored by the Kenosha Kingsmen senior corps. Always the first midwest show in the 60s/early 70s, and a big one, too---Cavies, Vanguard, Kilties, etc.---and always colder than **** ("Lakefront" meant exactly that....cold winds off Lake Michigan!).

Those berets showed up on various sections in Blue Stars through the late 60s-early 70s...full drum line, rifles, contras, etc....but by '72 they were just on the tenors. Looks a bit cheesy now, but at the time it was actually cool. Those 3 tenors rocked--shoot, that whole drum line was hot stuff.

Gotta be Marquette Stadium. The backfield stands in these daytime photos, with the brick surround, look just like what I recall of the frontside stands at Marquette. What I don't recall is a major show there with (daytime) prelims in '72...? Anybody else?

Sorry, ab. Coulda been a 3-way tie for first (kinda like '72 finals?).

Great photo, Jim...thanks (and thanks to Bob, who marched next to me in '70). Snares, left to right: Mike Londre, Dan Bednar, me (Bob Bach), Mark Pulice, Larry Trass, Dino Ricchio. Dino's rookie year, and we harassed him endlessly. Mark Pulice is a great jazz drummer and went on to active gigging in LA and elsewhere; toured with Carmen McRae for quite a while. We thought we were pretty hot stuff with the split snare line, Scottish buzz rolls and all, til SCV showed up playing orchestral press rolls in "Fanfare and Allegro" that year... (Bonus: behind Londre, is Ron Anderson, aka "Fog," in his first year, on BD---later DCI individuals champ on tenor.)

I'll play. My list is a lot like Geno's: 1. Troopers (still get goosebumps just seeing this corps in uniform) 2. Kingsmen 3. SCV 70's (red tunics/green pants) 4. Madison 81-82 Best look ever with the ties/citation cords 5. Freelancers (red jackets/white lapels/black pants) 6. Suncoast 7. Blue Knights (the one with the DOTS) 8. Blue Devils 88 (black/grey--am I the only person who liked this look?) 9. Blue Stars 60s-70s (yeah, hot pants...but not just because of that) 10. Kilties 60s-early 70s (can't leave 'em out===and as blackstar said, we put on the unis--instant bad-a**)