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Glad to hear that you are getting back on your feet, and hope you continue to heal, Dub. I knew you were hurting during the "season" but hung in for yourself and the good of the section. Get back on the horn when you are able and don't stop practicing!

In spite of my advanced age, I seem to recall LOTS AND LOTS of green and gold cans in "cold storage" in the luggage compartments of the busses. Unofficially, the official beer of the Westshoremen..... Genesee Cream Ale. Brewed from the "sparkling" waters of the Geneseo River. Pure refreshment... WTH were we thinking?????? Could explain numerous things.... not the least of which is why no one from any of the other corps ever asked for a beer from us!! Yeah W, beer was BAD BITD. We just didn't know any better.

Glad to hear Krista is a little more responsive. Not a bad thing. Hopes and prayers being sent your way that this afternoon's procedure is successful and helps to start the path back to normalcy for the both of you.

You just made me feel younger. I didn't realize that you are 43, so I need to revise my statement.... I've been bald since you were 5 years old. Yeah, yeah, I know.... I'm STILL old!!! LMAO :thumbup:/>/>/>

Jeff, It's even worse than you know.... I've been bald for more years than you are old. Wally can verify that! ROTFLMAO :w00t:/>/>/>/>

Sorry Tony! Fat fingers and blind in both eyes at age 58. Can't wait for the real old age to set in! :shutup:/>

W, lots of great playing (and arm flailing) going on in Hoyt's charts. Many of the trombonists involved in the soundtrack for Jonny Quest were LA "first call" players. Top of the line players. I got a chance to talk with Rosolino MANY years ago at an International Trombone Association workshop at Belmont College in Nashville. He spoke about doing the gig to lay down the Curtin soundtracks for Jonny Quest. "A good time" I believe were his exact words. Frank was generally a man of few words, but LOTS of notes. A great player. If you were to "drop by" the LA musicians union hall on a Saturday morning say around 10am, you would find several of the players on the soundtrack still playing in a group called Bones West. This is a trombone only jazz ensemble originally started by George Roberts (Mr Bass Trombone). You might know him better as the sound of the attacking great white shark in the movie "JAWS".

Can you provide an invitation for dropbox for me? Thanks so much!

OR... You could just go to your horn technician and get a new set of bumps. I actually have about a one-foot long piece of the bump stop "stock" that my tech gave me years ago to use as I need. I carry it in my horn cases at all times along with a small pair of scissors and a tiny bottle of rubber cement. It has come in very handy over the years. I have had the misfortune of losing a bump stop out of one of my valves on my bass trombone during a dress-rehearsal. Having that inventory of bump stock material saved the day (and the performance)!! I just cut off a new piece of bump stop and glued it in place. Just something to think about.... unless, of course, you actually like fooling around with all of those petroleum based products. My personal choice is rubber cement!! (nice aroma, don't you think?)

Sorry to hear of your father's misfortune Jim. Keeping him in our thoughts/prayers and hoping he fully recovers from this.

Hi Jim! Yea, Fish rubs my face in "it" about his Kanstul each year during alumni rehearsals . I'd love to get my hands on one as well, but they are real hard to find. Dave did invite me to play with Hanover if I wanted to play one that bad. I told him I would think about it. LOL! I joined WS in 78 after attending a few contests and rehersals at Bruce Shaffer's beckoning in 77. I was playing with the Tyrone (Gardner) Guards in 77 and decided to wait until 78 to "jump" corps. Doing the parade gig at Tyrone was getting old. I had marched Jr Corps -- (The Barons Steuben believe it or not!!) as a kid growing up in Corning NY and was ready to do the competitive corps thing again. NO regrets! Lot of memories and great fun at Westshore. Continues now in the alumni corps as well. I had forgotten about the breakfast in Canton OH until you mentioned it. I don't remember who said it either, but it sure ended breakfast in a hurry. Too funny!!! I think Yoder switched to guard sometime during the winter rehersals for the 78 season. When I got there for winter rehearsals he was still in the Bari line, but next thing I knew he was "spinning a gun". Time Machine... now there's a chart I could have easily lived without. Kinda like Alexander's Ragtime Band in 1978. Remember when we gathered up all of the parts and the score and burned the whole pile of paper in the parking lot at the old Balitmore Stadium after doing the halftime show for an NFL pre-season game between the Dolphins and the Colts? That's one way to get rid of a tired old chart!!

Hi W! Just to add some clarification on Dave Fisher's Bari. He is playing on his own personal Kanstul 3v. I guess he bought it quite some time ago. And yes, he LOVES it. It has all of the balance and intonation elements of it's cousin at King and then some. It is a very nice axe and no doubt explains that smile on his face! Ziggy Kanstul used to be a part of the King Musical Instrument organization and, lets just say, he and the powers to be at King had a different vision on some things so he left King and formed his own company. This affected not only the marching brass world, but the professional players side of the house as well. Keep the story going, man.

Heh W, great review of the Reading show on the other other thread, man! I know this is off topic for this thread, but I wanted let you know I'm behind you 100% on the Tom Allen response. Go to his training web site he lists in his signature. There is a mission statement there for his business. One wonders how he can maintain that business mission statement and be 180 degrees from it in his personal life. I found it curious. Mike B Westhoremen 1978-1983 Westshoremen Alumni 2003-2010