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    SDCA East first two members

    in DCA - All-Age Corps Discussions

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    Will "SCDA East" be doing things the "Arena Corps" way? A wide Varity of things. ( I Like )

    OR,

    Will it be the just more like the show DCA Mini Corps contest way. Mostly, "20 Brass and a Drumset Ensemble" type thing. 21 Max etc. (I do not like as well as "Arena Corps".)

    Last I heard it explained to me, anything out of the norm is welcome as long as there's advanced interest or activity in that particular genre--for neato bosso drum lines to compete there needs to be maybe at least 5 or 6 units to make it a party. Not just one drum line. My guess is that if there's enough oddball corps going on then they should pull together to make a sub-circuit and SDCA would and should let you compete. I bet there's enough oddballs out there.....

    some old corps photos

    in Historical Junior Corps Discussions

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    I agree this was just the start. Because the 75 SCV snareline has to be the best snareline from the tic system era. To my knowledge there wasn't a single tic tabulated by the snareline at DCI that year. In fact I believe there were only 6 tics by the whole drumline all from other lines than the snareline. Didn't they score a 19.4?

    Yes they did. I really liked those days. We didn't know what to expect from year to year, very exciting times.

    The Golden Years of DCI

    in DCI World Class Corps Discussions

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    For me this "Golden Age of Drum Corps" would begin in 1974. If you listen to the recordings from this year the corps are fantastic. Almost every corps to make finals that year had great programs and many of the corps that did not make finals were wonderful too. The "Golden Age" would continue until 1989 I guess. Maybe a year or too earlier. I do not think the 90's were kind to the programming of the corps and the activity lost so many corps.

    Thanks MaxwellNotes--that was the first year I/we made finals--

    some old corps photos

    in Historical Junior Corps Discussions

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    When I first started marching I had heard about the "hotpants" they wore. Then before a show, a Blue Star color guard member and I walked passed each other in the hallway of the school we were at. That was the first time I saw what everyone was talking about up close. All I can say is "YOWSA!!!!!". Sorry to say I didn't try to talk to her. I was a tall skinny shy 16 year old at that time. I didn't know what to do. :blink: I am proud to say that later I was taught well by my elder Cavalier brothers as to what to do in those situations. It served me well later on in life :blink:

    Ok, truth be told, the hot pants were very flattering and yielding but, I think there's a couple of other forces at play here. The boots were an integral part of the look, acting as the bottom part of the frame and the pants as the top--with the navy blue, tan, and white color scheme working well and boots providing the locomotion. Topped with a matching white turtle shell with a RED plume the look was undeniable. If they had say, black Trooper length boots, they would not look nearly as interesting. Well, maybe they would, but that's not the point!

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