Trmptman

I would desperately like to find a recording of the 1982 Suncoast Sound. They played Rainmaker that year. I still hear that song going through my head. Would love to have a good recording of it. I have a bad one that skips like crazy. Also Northstar recordings from 1981 & 1982. Any help is appreciated with the above. I will pay for the recordings. Please email me with info. Thanks, Brian.

Okay....I've never posted here but thought I would reply to this post. 1) I WAS at Indy for all 3 days. I enjoyed the corps shows very much. I was on the 50 yard line in the 19th row. So hearing and seeing were awesome. 2) I paid $911 for those seats to bring a person to the show who had never been to a DCI show EVER!!! Her only experience with marching music was her high school marching band and we both graduated in 1981. 3) One of the things that I had told her about was the finale and how each corps played something when they were leaving for the last time. She was very excited to hear those songs because some of those songs are the same arrangements we played in high school. She was extremely disappointed not to have the chance to hear those songs as I was. 4) I don't give a crap about DCI feeling the need to shorten the show. That was it. Finals night was the last time those kids would perform those shows together. That was the last time we as fans would ever see/hear any of what was done. Would it hurt anyone to let it go on a little bit longer? 5) Whoever the director was that didn't want the other corps to play their song on the field should be fired as director of his corps. The fans would stay to hear those songs and the fans of the winning corps would have stayed to see them play one last time too. I know I would have. And I didn't exactly like the placement at finals either. Thought some corps got ripped big time. But that director ruined the end of one of the best finals I have ever seen. 6) Next year....I'm going to DCA. I won't spend that kind of money for those seats to be cheated at the end of the season. There won't be a chance to hear drum corps live again until next summer. But DCA has the right idea about entertaining the fans. The Alumni Spectacular is a brilliant idea. If you want to hear great music played extraordinarily well you should check out the Mini Corps. Not very big but MAN....can they play. So it doesn't really matter to me what DCI does about the finale. I thought it sucked. I wanted my goose bumps and never got them. Don't get me wrong....I thought all the corps performances were amazing. I can't even imagine playing and marching some of the things they do today. Not what I did back in the early 80's. I do hope that DCI will let the corps play a song. Battle Hymn by the Troopers after 23 years out of finals would have been so sweet. So many others I could name off but the list would be too long. HAHAHA. I just want to see a good show. See finale the way it should be as a tribute to EVERY corps and every kid that played on that field. Not just the champs. The champs will get their moment to shine. They can play all night if they want to as far as I am concerned. But give each corps a few minutes to share a special moment with each other and with the crowd. It seems only right.