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This thread is more fun if the stories told are actually true. I can add a few. In 1979 the Blue Stars had a staff member who may have been the last hippie wannabe. He enjoyed running naked through woods at night (that way he could be close to nature). One night, on tour, while doing his thing, he decides taking a dump in the great outdoors is a natural act. He then used poison ivy leaves to wipe. A few days later he found out that poison ivy on your ### is not an enjoyable circumstance. In 1978I saw a Madison Scout tymp player smash a drunk between his tymp and the member marching in front of him as the Scouts were preparing to march onto the field before a show. The drunk was trying to break ranks. He made it through, but the pain associated with a tymp leg in the ear probably stayed with him for quite some time. Which corps does not have story about smuggling beer out of Canada back in the 70s and 80s? Maybe this is still happening.

How can you say they have clearly distanced themselves from the rest of the DII pack when they have not competed against anyone from the midwest or west? Maybe they will turn out to be the class of the division, but I would wait until at least the Mich City show to make a statement like above. All in good fun.

The Kilties dropped from 7th in 1975 to 28th in 1976. They jumpedback to 10th in 1977. So, they had a drop of 21 places and a jump of 18 places all in a three year period.

DIVISION II 1 Blue Stars 78.900 2 Oregon Crusaders 78.350 3 Colt Cadets 55.100 DIVISION III 1 Taipei Yuehfu 69.250 2 Capital Sound 67.950 3 Dutch Boy 65.800 4 Pride of the Lions 60.600 5 Blue Saints 29.400

1977 Crossmen drum major does a tremendous toss and catch of a mace at the beginning of the show. The crowd is giving him some love and he promptly jumps up on his podium and falls off the side.

Great shot Cliff. I have to assume I am on the 45 on side 2. I was Schultz's opposite and that sure looks like Schultz directly behind you on the yeard line.

Yes, but Sev, can you zip the jacket up while wearing it? I cannot.

Blue Starts 1972 Phantom Regiment 1989 Those are two that stand out for me.

Then nine Emerald Knight members did come up to LaCrosse to march in 1979 and you took the summer off!

This is great! Very funny. Thanks for sharing.

I remember 4th of July retreats being a good time. In 1978 all the corps sat and watched the fireworks above Soldier's Field in Chicago.

I was lucky enough to be there that night. The run-off shows were very emotional. What I remember most is Phantom had a very ###### off looking tymp player front and center.

According to a poster on the Blue Stars messages board, the Blue Stars received a 1.5 point penalty.

In another thread someone mentions the Long Island Kingsmen from 1979. I went and checked out their scores from that year and saw that they began the season in early June with a 62 and ended the season in 21st place with a 72, a 10 point change. We have had plenty of talk about big changes in score throughout a season. What about little changes? What was the least amount of score change for a top 25 corps through a full season?

Wait a second, don't lump the Blue Stars in with Phantom when it comes to complaining about the Marquis beating them in June of 1976. I don't recall any Blue Stars who marched that year saying the Marquis did not deserve to beat them early in the season. The Marquis came out very prepared that year and deserved the scores and placements they received.

Sev - the Blue Stars were a top five hornline in 1979 as well. I wonder if Don Hill still uses the Bobby Knight teaching style? What is interesting is that we never had more than two or three horn instructors. The Blue Stars list eight members of the brass staff this year plus a ninth as the arranger. There is no doubt the members today receive much more individual attention.

In 1977, the Crossman drum major slipped off the podium while jumping on it right after tossing and catching a mace to start the show.