Fran Haring
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2 hours ago, MikeRapp said:
Is it me or is the crowd a lot quieter today? Did they change the mixing?
We saw the show in the movie theater, and the audio was not good, to put it mildly.
Worst we've experienced in the years we've attended the Thursday theater event.
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4 hours ago, Fred Windish said:
Lehigh’ s football stadium has no lights and is natural grass. I live across the street from the athletic complex. A more newly renovated, wonderful stadium can be found 15 miles east of Lehigh at Lafayette College. It has plenty of seats, new lights, artificial turf, no track so the corps are closer to fans.
BUT . . . .
The the parking situation for fans is even worse than Allentown! Bus, truck parking almost non-existent. P. S. - it’s been thoroughly analyzed already. 😉
Lafayette reminds me of Princeton, NJ. Great stadium, awesome college town with restaurants, pubs, etc., plenty of nearby hotels... but no good parking options without the use of shuttle buses.
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On 7/31/2022 at 3:05 PM, Boss Anova said:
12 years of marching in Junior Drum & Bugle Corps competitions.
4 years of Drill Instruction in Junior Corps.
3 years of judging competitions ( M & M )
1 year of Senior Corps competition ( DCA )
3 Years of participation in Military Drum & Bugle Corps.
4 years of participation in Alumni and/ or Reunion Corps.
( participation was on the Brass and Drum Major side )
Awesome!!!!
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On 8/7/2022 at 2:16 PM, KVG_DC said:
The legend!
Heh... not even in my own mind!!! 😂
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On 8/7/2022 at 10:34 PM, henry7184 said:
My God. I could have marched 8 years but bowed out after 6 because I got so burnt out. Your resume is impressive.
Thank you... but believe me, I was toast after that 1982 season, at age 24. LOL. I decided that it would be my last year marching, and I never looked back. Even if I had not started announcing shows, I wasn't coming back to the field.
The Westshoremen Alumni thing was a lot of fun with a low time commitment. A few rehearsals and one indoor performance each year. And, I gotta say, a #### good corps with great people!
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On 8/7/2022 at 3:53 PM, JimF-LowBari said:
Seems like you are enjoying your life after DC 👍
I am!!! I miss seeing some friends, and once in a while (not often) miss the microphone, but that's about it. Today's corps are great, and the performers are amazing, but it's their time now. Best wishes to them all.
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2 hours ago, Weaklefthand4ever said:
You and Britt would get along LOL. I do all the cooking in the house and she insists that Old Bay is one of the greatest gifts of the "spice world."
Old Bay is everywhere in my old home state of Maryland.
There's even an Old Bay-flavored craft brew. Dead Rise Summer Ale from Flying Dog. Actually pretty tasty!
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Six years with a local-circuit junior corps... Sacred Heart Crusaders (Manville, NJ) 1971-76. French horn/mellophone.
Six years with DCA's Long Island Sunrisers, 1977-82. French horn. Won three DCA championships.
Eight years with the Westshoremen Alumni corps (Harrisburg, PA), 2005-07, 2012-16. Front percussion ensemble, honor guard.
Drum corps (DCA and DCI) and band show announcer, 1983-2018. Retired from DCA summer announcing for life after 2018. Still do an occasional emcee gig. Open to other possibilities. LOL. But mostly... active participation is in the rear-view mirror for me. There is life after drum corps, indeed.
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On 8/4/2022 at 12:02 AM, Jeff Ream said:
it may also depend on what else is on the schedule...when is the WDCHOF event?
From what I understand, the induction banquet is being held in November again. There is some sort of WDCHOF gathering in Rochester, but not the banquet.
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Great stuff so far, W!!! Love the line about Fusion's tuba section!!!
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On 7/30/2022 at 9:24 PM, OldSnareDrummer said:
Hey Fran - you got time to zip down to Atlanta real quick? This announcer there is umm,,well...
Man... I wish. LOL
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23 hours ago, Poppycock said:
OMG! Fran where have you been sweetie?
Been around. LOL. I don't pop in here too often anymore. I hope you are doing well!!!
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1 minute ago, Poppycock said:
We’re having Sesame Seared Ahi Tuna, Asian Cucumber Salad, Pickled Ginger, Teriyaki & Wasabi. Also, Margherita Flatbread, Blistered Tomatoes, Pomodoro Sauce, Mozzarella Cheese, Chiffonade Basil. Thanks to Ramon and Trevor!
OK... that menu, right there, sounds better to me than attending a drum corps show!
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5 hours ago, Terri Schehr said:
Awkward doesn’t even begin to cover it.
Heh... I encountered two "awkwards" at the WDCHOF banquet last fall. One of them was sitting at our table. LOL
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13 hours ago, karuna said:
The front sideline mics are a direct response to the one corps who did it immediately after it was legal (pretty much with no one noticing it at first). Everyone else had no choice but to reluctantly follow suit — judges were rewarding it.
2002: "Wow, is that horn line loud, and really good!!!"
2022: "Wow, is that audio tech really good!!!" 😂
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19 hours ago, Orwellian Wiress said:
Agreed. This is another one I can speak on from my marching band experience. There are some instruments that do need mics (the pit, some horn soloists) but there is absolutely no need for EVERYONE to be mic'd.
Yep... I have no problem with the soloists using mics, especially when there's an effect involved (reverb, whatever). But entire horn lines or sections?
To date, the best DCI horn line I've ever heard is 2013 Crown, in the pre-mic days. They #### near knocked me into next week with their big, full, balanced, in-tune sound. No "enhancement" needed.
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Lose the front-sideline mics "enhancing" a horn line's volume.
You have 60-80 horns out there. The players are talented and well-trained. They can be really loud without overblowing or going out of tune.
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18 hours ago, JimF-LowBari said:
Hoping DCA looks at more than curfew when picking a site. Not knowing what hoops have to be jumped thru and pieces need to exist and be in place I’m not going to criticize.
Yeah... I gotta figure that a town's noise ordinance/curfew is not high on the list of championship venue issues.
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My last two years in my local-circuit junior corps...1975-76... our horn line had its own show theme going on.
"Constantly Risking Intonation."
We sucked with a capital S those two years. 😂
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6 minutes ago, JimF-LowBari said:
Oops. Double post.
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Just now, JimF-LowBari said:
Cats only screech when you’re trying to sleep. 🤬
Just like birds don’t fly at night 🤦♂️ (I was an eyewitness and my old corps my first year out 😨)
Yep... unfortunately I too was an eyewitness, being in the corps that was waiting... and waiting... and waiting to take the field while the birds were being removed. 😂
That's making a long story shorter, folks. Topic for another day. LOL.
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The Interstatesmen were one of the original seven DCA corps.
Buccaneers, Hurricanes, Skyliners, Yankee Rebels, Pittsburgh Rockets, and Archer-Epler Musketeers were the others.
The Bucs, Hurcs, and Sky have had their share of ups and downs (OK... not many "downs" for the Bucs since 2005...LOL)... but it's nice to see all three still on the scene.
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9 hours ago, ironlips said:
It all depends on who's in charge.
DCA is like the guy being airlifted to 4077 M.A.S.H. If he ends up on Hawkeye's table, he's got a chance at survival. Frank Burns probably won't save him.
Here comes the chopper. Cue the music.
Frank, you were with Sunrisers when the corps made the transition from the Northeast Circuit to DCA, mid-1960s.
Can you give all of us some background on that? Was DCA trying to destroy the Northeast Circuit?
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On 6/10/2022 at 12:07 AM, Jeff Ream said:
are you announcing Kingston?
Sure... why not???? 😂😂😂
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I don't think we'll be back, either. Unless we can see into the future and know the audio will be better. LOL