greg_orangecounty

Anything's possible but not probable.

My turn: 1. Blue Devils 2. I don't know 3. I don't know 4. I don't know 5. I don't know 6. I don't know 7. I don't know 8. I don't know 9. I don't know 10. I don't know 11. I don't know 12. I don't know

Yes.......and it's not a new thing 🙂

Ha Ha Ha. I remember that! It was either 1971 or 1972. Can't remember the exact year, but it was such a scandal/controversy at the time. "Those ###### dirty hippies" 🤣

Garfield's 2002 show was as Americana as it could be and I LOVED it. It was much needed and appreciated.

Love that this rifle line keeps their shirts on!

Weather sucks. We don't have any. That's why I remain in So. Cal.

I like this thread! Fun to read other people's background and impressed with all the military marching experience.

I bet there's a decent percentage of people here that don't know what "pass in review" is.

1 year pre-DCI and first 3 years of DCI. Left 2 years of eligibility on the table because our corps folded and I went off to college at the University of Southern California. Did not want to join the band after marching in Drum Corps.

BAC has the best guard, obviously, but after them I don't know how you can distinguish.

All things are possible but not likely.

No shoes, no shirt, no service.

"Can't touch this" MC Hammer

LOVE Crown musically, especially the closer, but visually not so much. All the swirly stuff doesn't help. Same mistake the Bridgemen used to make.

It was awful. Surprised more people didn't pass out. Must have been the horse-sized salt pills.

I did not know that. Thank you.

Finals has happened in Texas before but it was prior to the creation of DCI. One of the worst experiences of my life. I think it was 325 on the field - or at least felt like it in wool/cotton long-sleeve cadets, black pants, and dress oxfords.

Trombones over baritones....!!!!????......in Drum Corps!? Someone call me an ambulance. ⚰️

We lost to Blue Stars at every show except when it REALLY counted! Happy to see one of the O.G. corps still around today (BAC too) and doing very well. I'm rooting for them.

I like it the way it is. Averaging scores would make finals less exciting.

Smart move! Cuts health risk, creates mystique, and keeps the competition guessing.

Fact Check.................TRUE! At the VFW Hall in my first corps, the guys (drunks) complained about "broads in the color guard" and "dirty hippy music."

In the 70's and into the early 80's there was a very prominent person that committed similar acts as George Hopkins pleaded no-contest to, but arguably worse and for a longer period of time. It was an open secret. In fact, the situation developed its own macabre gallows humor with some people. We were kids and we knew, so did DCI, but no one stepped forward. Presumably out of fear and the position of power this person held. 40 years later, still no one has stepped forward (to my knowledge) and after all this time probably won't. Nevertheless, this person is proudly listed on Drum Corps Hall of Fame and I hate that fact. That's the context I was referring to: "celebrating a predator" and a stone-cold predator this person was. The good news is this person can no longer do anyone harm.

If you are oldestoftheold, like me, you know the history of this activity and how Drum Corps looks the other way, and even celebrates predators. It's history repeating itself again and again and again and again. I've seen this movie before. I'm surprised you haven't.