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Yeah, that and how it enhances the rest of the food on the plate. Puppet

Yes. For Sure. He could toss that regulation M1 up flawlessly. The urban myth is he'd make the toss, light a cigarette, smoke it, put it out, stick his hands out and the rifle would just be there - SMACK - all that and not lose one iota of military bearing. Puppet

Editorial Alert: I apologized because I belatedly realized that there are so few downstate New York vets who frequent these pages. I rarely see more than five or six and then not very often. I felt a little selfish for just wanting to see my corps represented. Not when I seriously feel (even with all my foibles!) that I am a competent spokesman for the times I marched and and for whom I marched. I love this forum and although we have a great web site, the vibe here allows me to learn about the current activity and bandy ideas with those much younger than I - always a good experience for us old stuck in the muds. I even enjoy the fact that a topic I started is still flourishing on the first page after all this time. Pictures, of course, always work. thanks again, Keith. you're a true fanatic. Puppet

Tower of Power one of my top five back in the day. I've still got tunes like "Squib Cakes," "Down To the Nightclub," "Diggin' On James Brown," "Bump City" and about 12 more have permanent residence on my Iphone. If you played horn, I think you just naturally gravitated to the horn bands of the time. I think these guys from Oakland have always been great. My all time favorite horn band was Chase. Bill Chase was like a young Mynard Ferguson the band had four horn players that all swtiched off on trumpet and flugel and proved in their short history that you could have a small horn section but if you played with controlled power - well, you know. Puppet

Not me - but I'm feeling pretty good. The last time you posted Trivia questions I got none. This time I got 1. 100% improvement! Puppet

Was that the guy who used to toss that rifle about 50 feet in the air? I remember him as being one heck of a showman, too. And, a little off to the side of this topic - does anyone remember the Trumbull Troubadors? They had a guard - makes me blush to this day, they were so good looking - but they probably had the most girls on the field I ever saw on the field outside of a retreat! There were like 50 of them. That was huge back in the mid to late sixties. Just an aside - carry on. Puppet

Well, well. You could at one time compete in the VFW or American Legion National Championships or the National Dream Contests, The Danny Thomas Invitational, U.S. or World Open Competitions or just for a change of pace the CYO Nationals. Oh, yeah - all in the same year! Was it the Kilties or 27th who won like 3 or 4 of those one year? (1971?) You don't think they were Champions to everyone who competed against them that year? And as to sounding like a band … say that to a Boston Crusader in 1971 That they sounded like the Boston College Marching Band … chances are your mouth would still not be working. Puppet

The Brassmen went co-ed in 1970 - we added a guy guard to the roster … officially, I guess. Because we always had a girl guard but an all male rifle section so we could say that we'd always had a co-ed guard. Right? Not a great shot but there they are! Doubled the flags to 28. Puppet

I kinda feel like you were bullied into this. Sorry. Puppet

As to the fainting… There were always ambulances at our shows - at least one or two people passed out every show. But usually after they were over the finish line. But, in honor of the up coming All Hollow's Eve and in memory of Joe the Plumber… Joe Carazano , Ruben Ariola, Joe Cuba 1968 Danse Macabre Saint Saens our exit from concert. Puppet

Seems to me that only St. Joe's, the Appleknockers and Interstatesmen were the only corps from Upstate that did any traveling. I'm thinking a lot of those others spent all their time in Canada. Am I wrong? Puppet

I second that emotion with St. Ignatius All Girls, The Manhattenaires, St. Catherine of Sienna also had an all girl corps and another one called The Queenaires, The Scarlet Lancers from Queens, the Lindenaires just to name a few more. Puppet

Couldn't resist this and although I know Garfield was probably the first to distribute one circa 1970 - 1971, it isn't, wasn't and won't be exclusive to Drum Corp. To wit: The complete text of an opera, but literally the "little book" that was published for operatic audiences beginning in the 18th century so that they could read the poetry during the performance (or prepare prior to a performance). Like g bugles, some things pre date current DCI by a bunch. Puppet

Interesting. My current is clear. Although it's called Gray Goose. We probably should check "other." Puppet

And are the sounds of the Glass Harp far behind? String pads? Someone who I admire in these discussions recently changed his sig to "Drum Corps - even Yanni can do it" Now that's prescience! Puppet

Didn't have juice back then to speak of. We drank either soda or water. Of course my favorite came in a red can. Coca Cola! Puppet

Those two are currently in use and have been for decades in the military. And isn't it interesting that "Mark Time Mark" or just the mark in place by the DM could have been replaced by something one only heard in dancer's rehearsals? Puppet

I think somewhere back in this thread someone had mentioned that those girls we're pre teens who marched in the Vanguard Cadet Corps. BTW, Carmen Cluna had our guard spinning those same 6.5' poles you mentioned back in 1967 when we were St. Joseph Patron Cadets. I posted a shot of them on the "Some Old Corps Photos Ad Yours" Topic. Puppet

As to Skokie, I seem to remember something about the way they went to parade dress or out of it - escapes me … but at least you put one in my wheel house this time. One of the great Eastern Corps St, Lucy's Cadets. 1st to 3rd! Puppet

OMG! You people are animals. Back in the sixties and early seventies when I marched, we'd just do the drill at full steam and power a few times with interruptions for corrections and at that point the DM or Carmen would yell "Formation A" and we would run back the starting line (even the drum section and I have weird images of the tymp section holding the drums on their heads!) - like I said that would happen a few times during rehearsals, then do the show dry a couple of times then it would be like 10 PM and we'd all put away our gear and have a smoke. BTW, we were animals, too! Puppet

Brings new meaning to the phrase or question: "When did you age out?" Can't believe no one has mentioned it - or maybe someone did and I missed it. Puppet

Hey, that's pretty much what I said. We would have come in 13th or 14th. Puppet

Yanni! Yikes! Puppet

Of course back then there were more shows to spread around and there was no real "championship" to speak of. With the many Drums Along the (you pick the city), Pageant of Drums, Mission Drums, Tournament of Drums, Crusade of Drums, Fantasy of Drums and all the other "Drums" shows not to mention The Dream Shows, The CYO Nationals, American Legion, Danny Thomas Invitationals, World Open and of all of them the World Open probably would have been the closest to the only real championship competition. But that's just my opinion. Puppet

Ah ha! I knew there had to be a reason but my brain kept thinking of it as an excuse - that would have put us in maybe 13th or 14th place! Didn't that kind of happen to us in Miami where we finished just out of the finals in 1970? You always seem to wake up my memory. Thanks, Frank! Puppet