johnric

Bobby is missed, although I must say, Bobby never liked being around me much back then. (you have to remember, Bobby was very laid back, and I am like cafeine's bad dream! I can just remember him looking at me like "hey ahhh can like someone get this aahh kid some sedatives) he was great to be around. and he always surrounded himself with very creative people (some I didn't quite get) but very creative none the less.

and 78, when I see Pat (which will be soon) I'll say hi for you. As for the whole yankees Red Sox thing just 2 words "Aaron #@%!*&% Boone"

sweet! its funny, when I first joined Bayonne I had always heard of 27 and us not getting along, bad blood, Red sox Yankees I don't know. but quite frankly we had more fun with you guys than just about anyone else. Alot of good friends were made! If you'd like, I'll pass along a hello to Pat for ya

we actually didn't do that, the drum corps gods made it so!!!!!!

That is sooo cool!!! what sight did you look at?

Ya Know....some day your all going to be "corps Jacked!!" and you'll only have yourselves to blame!!!!!

wow...not even a "nice site" or a good luck in all your new endevours? sheeeesh!!

Maybe if you turned the radio down when the cop at the armory in Allentown told ya to.... the problem was, I didn't understand what he wanted me to do!

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I still have a hang over from my Bush days! oiy

and your who?

shadup u!

Listen I know this is an old DCA story thread but I wanted to share it anyway. Its about the "Battle of Dover"in 1969. Iknow its not DCA, but a great old story anyway.I hope Deb isn't too upset. this is one of the reasons being a Bridgemen is more than just playing a brass horn and wearing a uniform!! This is written by Deb K. a former DM in the ST. Andrews Corps. "The battlefield in Dover is still there, by the way. Tom and I comment about the melee almost every time we pass the site. For a little more background.........in the summer of '69 the corps had just captured it's second consecutive Garden State Circuit title & were starting to celebrate the victory, after retreat, in the area between our buses. The other corps were still exiting when a rival competitor, St. Martins, rounds off the track & starts marching in parade formation heading right between our buses (unfortunately we were all packed in the way). Well, they keep coming at full cadence, but the drumline is in the front & the guard is in the rear (not a good sign that congratulations were coming). Anyway, no one was moving out of the way so there was nothing else to do but wait for the first collision and then all #### broke loose. This was an all-out street fight with some equipment thrown in the mix. Even the adults were involved between fighting & strong-arming our members onto the adjacent buses; but the guys were hoping out of the windows to get back into the fray. Thus the fighting didn't last only a few minutes......it kept on going. When things finally settled a few folks were hurt badly enough to warrant a trip to Dover General. And the day wasn't over..........somehow one of the buses sustained a broken front windshield & on the way home, rear-ended the bus in front (and since it wasn't a love-tap) there were a few more injuries. End of story - .not quite.... for about 2 weeks there was word that a number of St. Martin's members were coming to St. Andrew's to "settle things" so every night the chapel was packed. Even the Bayonne police were alerted about potential trouble & got involved. Eventually things blew over & it would be the last year that we marched in that Circuit." God, ya know this is just one small story in the history of an organization I would give my last breath for.

This used to kill me between D.C. and Symphonic band. I played Bass Trombone on a 1 1/2c in band and cheated up to a 6 1/2AL because I played lead Bari in DC. Even if i could have found a 2c with a small shank it would have been just too big for what I was playing in D.C. At least i left the 11 and 12 alone!! :P

unless i'm mistaken, the Mello is a derivitive of the concert Eb horn. i don't know how many of you have seen or heard one it looks like a tiny traditional baritone. it's mouthpiece is slightly larger than a trumpet but much deeper. My wind ensamble in HS had two of the actual horns but they were never used.

steve..were not going to just change venues with this jerome thing are we?

you always had a soft spot for me jadome :P

rotogary once again your right on the money Jim Brady was by far the most incredible soloist I have ever heard. and as a point of interest the 1980 sop line for the L.I. Kingsmen put 1981 soloists in Bridgemen (john), Crossmen (pete), and 27 (Paul) not to mention a few others

and to rotogary your right as good as garfield was in the eighties 82 was as good as it gets

if your gonna go back tht far there are too many to put in order. however leaving out the 78 bridgemen is crazy. they were absolutly awesome!