DaveK

Having seen a ****load of shows over my fifty some years of watching drum corps. NOTHING I have seen has ever come close to the raw emotion and pure energy of the 95 Madison Scouts. I had the pleasure of seeing that show at Giants stadium and at the end of it my brother and I looked at each other with a WTF look and both decided we had seen something we may never see again. Someone made a roller coaster analogy in a previous post and that's exactly what it was! IMO possibly the best show ever. Honorable mention to 74 Muchachos for the emotion and energy of their performance that night in Ithaca.

I may be mistaken but I believe that the Offensive Lions from Quebec may have been the first to use North drums. Yes/No

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Yes, they are the old Optimist uniforms. Great color!

To add to "Goober's (sorry but when I marched with him that is what we called him!) resume, add extremely compassionate and loyal friend. When my brother passed away two weeks ago. Al came to the viewing and played "You"ll Never Walk Alone" for my brother and my family. This despite not having seen my brother for probably 25 years. Why? Because we all marched together and because that is what true and loyal corps mates do. I too support Al (Goober ) for the HOF

A colostomy bag!!!! Who would want to lay on it?

Try ebay. I have had success there with older recordings. Good Luck!

Jackie Bodaz sic I marched with him for the next five years.

Great theoretical question Liam, This is a tough one. I am picking A. I do have to go with the more corps = more show designers = more chances of the "that was great" moments. Leading to more kids marching and teaching and giving back to the activity which=more wow moments. I'll sacrifice some quality.

Jim, You took my idea and ran with it, give it back. Seriously though you have touched the top of a touchy subject that I believe does parallel drum corps. I was heavily involved in soccer on the local club level and the state level here in N.J. Soccer took off and everybody was happy. Numbers of children playing, new clubs forming etc... Then an interesting thing happened. Local clubs started having try outs for premier teams and then special leagues were formed for these teams. Of course these teams needed superior coaching. I am sure you are getting my point. $$$ Well about three years ago NJ youth soccer noticed that the numbers were declining. Rapidly. Each club was asked to participate in a poll supported by U.S.Soccer and overseen by the Gallup Organization. It seems that an overwhelming number of lower economic kids and minorities did not even consider playing because they perceived themselves as not good enough because they didn't have the training or they couldn't afford it. The game and how it was administered had acquired an elitist name tag. One of U.S. Soccers main goals is to get minorities involved in the game as much as possible. As a result of that poll N.J.has greatly decreased its emphasis on premier and traveling teams and more on the grass roots programs. I am not sure I helped make your point, but the scary thing for me is I knew exactly what you had in mind

Or my Dad's personal favorite: If I have to stop this car!

I'm glad you knew I was joking Working at a huge corporation for more than 20 years and working with engineers (double whammy) I understood your point. And while you stated that you don't think the designers haven't taken over in DCI. I wouldn't be hasty to cut that line of thought off. It could make for an interesting thread.

Kind of like the inmates running the prison

Thanks for reaffirming my nomination. I have yet to figure out why in the h### he is not in the HOF. The man is a giant in the activity.

Rose Cataneo? sic