Chief Guns

Agree with everything you said. Happy New Year to you and your family!

2016 Riverside CA show, my wife befriended a young lady sitting next to us who marched Crown 2013 but left and went to BD for her final two years 2014-2015. She told us she auditioned for BD in 2013 but didn't make it. So, she went to Crown to get her skills up (her exact words not mine please don't shoot the messenger) then went to BD her final two years as that was her ultimate dream destination.

With the tons of talent that heads up north to Concord, Santa Clara, Sacramento, not to mention all the talent that leaves SoCal and goes out of state to other corps, if Pacific Crest was allowed to throw a net over Southern California, speaking from a talent perspective, PC would be a instant medalist.

Your boy made BD???

The opposite here in SoCal. You can't throw a rock without hitting a drummer and/or drumline classes somewhere at a school. You need drummers, just walk down the street out here and you'll have half your drumline filled before you even hit the crosswalk lol.

I don't want to speak for the poster, but maybe what he/she meant by saying "Took folks out" was maybe the 18-21 year olds who would have marched, chose to enlist and serve, where as if there was never a Gulf War, those kids would have been marching. If I am wrong, so be it, but that's how I respectfully interpreted his/her comment.

I should add Gold as well. Impulse who has been improving these last couple years would benefit too.

He is hurting for all the members who were going to return in 2026, and he is just torn up about the whole thing. He doesn't want to talk about it, so me and the wife just give him his space to let him process it, and when he is ready to talk, we are here for him. Other than that, he hasn't said a word.

I know you are joking as I saw your other comments, but for the sake of argument, with the amount of kids and talent from SoCal that hit the road and head north up the 101 fwy and the I-5 to Concord, Santa Clara and Sacramento..........Pacific Crest would be the biggest winners of this rule as they would be able to throw a net over SoCal keep all this homegrown talent, and we haven't even talked about the SoCal talent that leaves the state to march at other corps. That would make PC an immediate threat to the top five/top three strictly from a talent perspective.

Centerville Ohio show which was nine days prior to prelims, Mandarins were nearly three and a half points behind PR in head-to-head competition. Four nights later at Allentown, Mandarins quietly cut the gap to PR/Crown to around 1.5 So there was some momentum going into Indy.

A football coach once told his team (who were underdogs) before a championship game.......... "Who cares who the best team was all season or who the fan favorite is, all you need to be, is the best team on that field for the next three hours. Because ultimately thats all that matters." Straight facts. BD sure as heck wasnt the fan favorite, the masses would probably even say they werent the best corps that season. But BD was the best corps on the field that Saturday night at finals. And that's what matters.

Summer of 2003, Yokosuka Navy Base in Japan, Change of Command Ceremony. Member of the 7th Fleet Navy Band had a flying cockroach land on him during the ceremony. Anyone that lived in Japan, knows about the flying cockroaches lol. I was standing in ranks when it happened. This video pretty much sums up what that poor Third Class Petty Officer Musician did when that flying mutated creature landed on him, DURING THE TWO STAR ADMIRAL'S SPEECH....................

High cam for me. Nothing worse when a corps is getting ready to do a really cool visual moment, or the CG doing a full guard rifle toss, or the drumline is in front throwing down some tasty notes with some sick sticking............................and then that's the exact moment the camera cuts to the Piano/Synthesizer.

Niners won. Thats all that matters! It is definitely a Happy Sunday! I may or may not have cried myself to sleep tonight if they lost lol.

Ms. Terri going off on the bus driver. Lol.

June 1986, Riverside CA, few months before my ninth birthday. Went with my uncle and auntie. We were walking thru the RCC campus headed towards the stadium, then my ears heard the most awesome and beautiful sound known to mankind. I couldn't comprehend or understand what I was hearing and why it sounded so amazing. I had heard high school bands before, and they were really good, but they weren't this good! This was just............different. We rounded the corner, and it was the Blue Devils horn line warming up, and they were playing Spanish Fantasy. Seeing them standing there, they looked like they were ten feet tall, and absolute Gods. Couple hours later, saw BD on the field and they tore the house down. Became a BD Honk right then and there and haven't looked back.

Mandarins................21st 2014, 20?? 1st Let's hope they get added to your list in the future.

IDK man. A few years ago, when LSU won the national championship in football, I actually had a LSU fan try to convince me and a few other guys that LSU could beat a NFL team lol. That is beyond delusional to think that any college team could beat a professional NFL 53-man roster. I remember actually feeling sorry for the guy as I was thinking to myself that something must have really gone wrong in his brain for him to come to that conclusion lol. Haven't seen him since, but I truly hope he got the help he needed.

Thanks for the correction brother. For some reason I thought they were 7th in drums finals night. Maybe I got it confused with another year. Thanks!!!

Yes Sir! Football season is here! College Football all weekend! Got my snacks, drinks, fresh batteries for the remote, favorite spot on the couch, see you guys in January! LMAO.

Didn't Cadets take the bronze medal in 2009 despite a 7th place finish in drums finals night?

I was just simply asking a question. I knew about the unfortunate injury, and God Bless that young man as I wouldn't wish that on anyone. But I didn't know the details (if any) leading up to the injury.

Regarding the young man that broke his leg at finals, was that a freak accident, or was there some type of injury (hairline fracture as an example) that had happened previously which ended up being one of the reasons he broke his leg? And if there was a previous leg injury, do we know 100% for certain that the staff knew about it, and then proceeded to force the young man to march anyway knowing the risk at hand.

I don't hate TS. In fact I give her props for all her success. Her music just isn't my cup of tea. But if I was running DCI, heck yea I would reach out to her team to see if she would be willing to come to a show. They are probably going to say no, but it wouldn't hurt to ask. Afterall this is about business, personal feelings need to be set aside.

Guess I am getting laughed at too. Because I can't name one of her songs either.