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Mellomad

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  • Your Drum Corps Experience
    Phantom-97-2001
  • Your Favorite Corps
    98 Phantom
  • Your Favorite All Time Corps Performance (Any)
    (8 Phantom Finals
  • Your Favorite Drum Corps Season
    2001

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  1. Ken Turner DCI Judge + Caption Head 1980- ? Brass arranger and instructor- Southern Tier Grenadiers-What a horn line,Empire State Express, Oakland Crusaders, Bridgemen, Phantom Regiment
  2. Precisioneers did a complete show of "Tower of Power" tunes in the 70's
  3. SCV84,Sorry for the Hey. I didn't think that people who slept on gym floors were that formal. Love Santa Clara. Time for a championship !
  4. Hey, Had an additional request for the lyrics at the end. Accapella Coda Lyrics: Drum Corps Days,some of my memories from those days gone by. Remember the: Bad food in Butler,(Pa) self service cornfields in Ohio (US Open) and "A" formation too.Mercy,mercy,man you know that Mark he could play,he set the bar high,I never quite got there. Donnie lit the fire down in Easton,Pa. Nicky + Jimmy at Indiantown Gap,Good thing Jimmy could run. Bert and Glenn,our leaders within led the horns,and Kurt led the drums.Mitch layed down that Cadenza,man I'll bet he could play it today.Ya got Harry (Eldreidge) and Randy (May) and Donnie(Cross) and Pat (Woods) Brian + Mark (Stanley) and the Ricciardi (Mike + Larry) boys.And the true spirit of our corps,man we all miss you Dicky O. (The one and only Dick Ovens) Got your sunburst (Troopers), and your Conquest (Boston Crusaders) and that Bottle Dancin' too (Santa Clara Vanguard) Slaughter (Madison Scouts) and the Choo Choo (Racine Kitlies) and Georgia was on our Mind (Spirit of Atlanta) 8 Track Tapes,those rotary valves, and the sweet smell of diesel fuel. 4 parades on the 4th of july, hoppin' the fence at the local town pool. Overnight trip to exocitic locals, (Titusville,Pa,Oswego + Fulton,N.Y) and the corps from the Glen (Watkins Glen Squires) that we couldn't quite catch The parents and the volunteers (to many to mentioned,god bless you all) who all helped us along the way. The kids that we got from that green and gold band (Vestal Band, Vestal,N.Y.) sure helped us to get where we got. Now I don't know about you ,but I'm a drum corps Nut indeed, Thank you Mr. Bailey. (Founder Apalachin Grenadiers.) Who booked that show down in Bedford-Stuyvesant, man that was a trip Thanks, B.Turner
  5. Hey, I have had several email requests for thr lyrics to song I've written "Drum Corps Days". Song available on itunes. Lyrics below. As per request also on Amazon + CD baby (MP3's.)Thanks Thanks for your support. Brian Turner "Drum Corps Days" © 2011 Brian L.Turner Vs.1 My drum corps days were some of the best of my life Travlin' around the country in a beat up old bus,yeah The lessons that we would learn,didn't understand at the time Would help us to deal with the struggles of life and develop the right attitudes Vs.2 Practiced at the fire hall and the St. Pauls church too Tuesday and Thursday nights,Seven to Nine O'clock,yeah Capriccio Espagnol and Toccata Marziale We learned all those licks without to many ticks and had judges (Dave Richards) just laughing out loud. Bridge If you look back ,now I'm sure you will agree The places you've seen and the friendships you've made will be with you for all of your life So many drum corps,yet we share these memories Sleepin' on the gym floor,ther gonna rewrite that drill again. Chorus 1 Remember your Drum Corps Days, you had the time of your life You'd know just what I mean if you were there It's hard to explain what you felt when you stepped on that field But you'd know just what I mean if you were there. Verse 3: (74-75 Muchacho Tribute) The summer of 74,now the big boys came to town The west coast took the title but a corps from the east (Muchachos) stole the show A legend was born that night that the passage of time can't erase I'll never forget the chants of the crowd as J.K. (Jeff Kievit) blew down the house. Verse 4 The following year our little corp from New Yorks southern tier (Southern Tier Grenadiers) Managed to stand up to the big guns at prelims in Lowell.(Ma) We played pretty well,didn't march worth a #### Managed to take top M.A. yet finished in 12th place that day. Bridge That was our high point and I'm sure you will agree The hours of practice in 90 degrees on a breakfast of donuts and juice (Tang) Clean up your Uni's and polish those shoes How many times did those buses break down ?, Olympic retreats in the rain. Chorus 2+3 repeat. and yes that is a marching percussion solo after the 2nd chorus. Hope this makes the song easier to understand. Thanks for listening. B.Turner
  6. Thanks guys, Great picture,great player,great corps,and great memories. Thanks again.
  7. Does anyone remember the Boston Crusaders Sop.Soloist with the triple tongue solo. I'm pretty sure it was in the opener. Trying to find out his name and the song the Solo was in.Thanks
  8. Anyone know what Drum Corps Hall of Famer is mentioned in the song "Drum Corps Days"?

  9. I agree to some degree that Marching Band has replaced the local drum corps however, I have been a Band Director for over 30 years and if you think the Marching activity will continue your nuts. I have had about 20 kids over the past 5 years want to go into the music field and I have told them to have a double major because big cuts are coming and you better have a back-up plan.
  10. A friend of mine has bet me the sound track to the movie "Drum Line" will sell more copies than the song "Drum Corps Days" on itunes from August 1st - Oct.1st. Drum Corps Rules !!!!! Lets get em fellas.
  11. Song-"Drum Corps Days" is on itunes and is a great song for all us old drum corps guys. Lyrics are great and it even has a marching percussionn drum solo, Was written by some guy in the grenadiers.Cool tune.
  12. I believe that we are asking to much of DCI. When most of us started we were just small corps doing local circuits and state championships. I believe we need to get back to this. We are asking new corps to jump in and compete at the DCI level. DCI should not control the activity. They should handle the judging and the regional championships and when a corps evolves to a point when they are good enough then they can go to the major championships. The first 4 or 5 years I was in a corps we never went to these big shows because we weren't good enough and didn't have the money. Any ideas ?
  13. I think we are asking to much of DCI . I think we need to get back to the state level. Were asking new corps to jump right in with the big boys. We need to have small corps and develop them at the state level with local circuits and state level competitions. When the corps evolve they can go to the big shows when they are ready.
  14. Wondering how many of you have heard the song"Drum Corps Days" and your reactions ? Was featured on Dan Potters Field Pass. I think most of it is pretty good and pretty accurate to my Drum Corps Experience.
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