GaryTrooper

I marched sop with the Troopers in 81. Jones through in the “triple over back” either for second tour or prelims and finals, I can’t remember when it was added to the show. The riffles tossed a triple while marching backwards as the sop line marched forwards between them. The first try at practice a riffle miss-tossed and it came down my hand and sop sending the horn smashing to the asphalt pavement. Jones was not impressed. None of the riffles ever missed that toss again as far as I can remember.

So it is PC behavior that is killing DC… Sorry I couldn’t resist. Better leave that topic to the other threads…

I think I remember that... Didn't you get three downs to make it to the back?

I don't remember his name... Was he a big barri player?

The LI Kingsmen had a variation of the gauntlet and bus wars. A guy (usually a Large guy) started at the front of the bus with a football. His goal was to make it to the back of the bus. He could go down the isle, over the seats, under the seats if he wanted too. The people in the seats were not allow too stand and tried to hold him back. I never saw a girl try it and only remember one guy ever making it to the back of the bus.

The gauntlet!.. Forgot about that one too... That was allways entertaining.

I'm sure... but inside they are laughing like crazy...

BUS SURFING!!! I forgot all about that... Bus surfing while the whole bus sings the theme to Hawii-5-0. Now that was some fun times.

I'm not sure we were allways so squared away every time.

It's most likely a bit differennt now. Being sixteen at the time I am sure I didn't experience the full depravity the place had to offer. But my buddies and I sure did have lots fun running around.

This was done without amps too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Fi1VcbpAI

Thats what my ex-wife used to say when she was wrong... LOL...

I remember being sixteen and having a free day in New Orleans. My buddies and I devised a plan to buy a bottle of something. We got the person with the best handwriting to write a note saying the bottle was for a parent. I was the fool elected to do the deed. I gave the guy behind the counter the note with a bottle. Looking down at my feet thinking oh #### I am totally bagged on this one… he hands the note back to me and said the price. I about died. Of course this played out as god like abilities to my fellow teens… An un-chaperoned free day in New Orleans with my best buddies… Life was good… About 20 years later I was hired by a guy who grew up in New Orleans and told him of this story. He asked me why did you even bother handing the guy the note? Of course this is totally off topic… So STAY ON TASK!!!!

IMHO your argument is inconclusive. He stated that he tuned the trumpet with the slide to G [which is] the resonant frequency of the glass. This does not prove G and louder or more powerfull then Bb. If the glass had a resonant frequency of Bb he would have tuned his trumpet to Bb to breaker the glass.

With all the anger and frustration associated with the rules changes. I figure we need to lighten up a bit... What were some of the stupidest things you saw in the back of the bus on tour... Ya know sleeping in the racks, trying to count every white line on Interstate 80 from the East border to the West border of Indiana. No names please as I am sure most of us are grown up now and may not want to remember. And, if that is too heavy of a subject just explain the dynamics of picking bus seats or just which bus you were on in your corps. When I was with the LI. Kingsmen Bus 1 was the younger kids, Bus 2 was the horn line and guard. Bus 3 was the drum line and guard. There were some crossovers but not many as the drums always had practice pad duct taped to the back of the seatback in front of them. Hmmmm… How pleasant that must have been. LOL. The Troopers had Red bus, Blue bus, and Yellow bus. I don’t remember that breakdown but I think Yellow bus was for the younger kids, Red bus was for the drummers and Blue was for the horns. But someone may have to refresh my old ### memory on that one… Bridgemen? Hmmm... Lets see… I think anything goes there… How did it work in your corps?

Well with a whopping 57 people responding poll is about dead even, 50-50.

Here is a link to a java script that will do that for you... http://home.fuse.net/clymer/graphs/fourier.html

I have been thinkin it was silver all this time. I guess we need PR horn person in 81 tell us what they had. I am questioning my own memory now.. Sad... Sad...

Lets hope so...

It won't be a man. It will be electronics... A computer program... Like the ones that Disney uses to coordinate their fireworks shows.

I would say... Yea pretty much... But this link might be more appropriate. It has less loop tracks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCdH5ipBb5k

So lets see.. You can have one 2nd and one 3rd sop amplified and then a whole ####-load leads players? Just think of what the lead line in Tiger of Sanpadro would sound like with 20 lead horns? Wow!!!...

Well actually I beg to differ with this some what. I just saw a couple of You Tube video’s of 2006 Cavies and BD… I think it was the Machine show and the God Father show and they gave me goose bumps. I haven’t seen a modern crops show since 84. With the exception of the mic’ed marchers it wasn't that much different. They were marching hard and playing like any corps I have seen in the mid 80’s. I though they were incredible shows. Now I still can’t believe amplification is allowed but I guess I am just an old dinosaur. I think DC is very much alive… Edit: I did see the Troopers in Rapid City in 88.

The first time I saw a PR horn line warm was at a Casper show. They lined up in their 60 horn arc (I may not be remembering the correct number) and each one tuned separately. A few us Troopers were sitting in front of them checking it out. Then they played at chord pianissimo. A very long and slow crescendo followed till they were at quadruple forte, or 11 on the electronic dial. It was amazing! I believe they had silver horns. To this day that sound sticks in mind. The chrome plated sound never quite did it for me after that. It could have been the level of musicianship of the players, it could be lots of things. But the horns in that arc that day made this sound that sang through the air at volumes of every magnitude… Truly amazing!… I don’t believe I ever got a softer tone out of my plated bugle then I did from my trumpet though. I have never seen a corps march with vale-less bugles. I do remember my first horn instructor/arranger (Bob Pierson) talking about arranging for them though.

But wait ... With a rules change, and the correct birthday, you may get another year.