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  1. Heres a link to the newscast of the event for everyone! worthy cause! Honor flight Concert report
  2. Hey! Oldsters and youngsters alike! Heck.......who wouldn't wanna?
  3. Thanks, Jim for the clearing up! I only know him as Scott and I think I quoted another famed drum corps name......my bad and apologies however I never marched at Brigs to get to know him better during those fabulous years! They (Mark and Scott) are certainly a great addition to an already talented PTB trumpet line!
  4. Great Job,Tom! Wonderful cause and it was very entertaining night from the Aquinas High School Jazz Ensemble, PrimeTime Brass and the Ghost Riders! The Aquinas Jazz ensemble were very good with an excellent sax solo in "Misty" by Jake Wark and Ms. Karen Labella as a vocalist for "Almost Like Being in Love" and "America the Beautiful" with her son playing Bass the whole night! Very Entertaining playing the Jazz styles of the 40s! Great music for the vets in attendance! Primetime Brass.........what can you say?......one word.......WOW!!! They were loaded for bear with their entire contingent playing their entire book as well as a few new pieces they will be playing for their trip to New Orleans for Mardi Gras with 7 parades in 7 days!! ! They had Mr Jeff G from Erie playing with a numerous amount of cracked ribs along with Mark Kelly in fine New Orleans sounding solos during the New Orleans style songs called "Hangin' Out with the Band" by Leroy Jones and "Do Watcha Wanna" by Rebirth Brass Band and just all wailed on them along with one of the finest trumpet lines I have heard in alonnnngggg time! Scott Meeson(sp?) in from Baltimore laying down some stratosphere notes was just a tad of the talent they had on stage! Even "Disco Bob" was on his game! Also a very talented lower Brass section was on note with Nick Finzer on TBone laying down some SMOKING solos! Congrats to Chris Castellon,Mike Spuck,Lance Rightmeyer,Danny "Mo" and everyone else for taking PrimeTime Brass to the next level of entertainment and who can forget Billy McGrath Jr. for doing double duty for PTB and Ghost Riders on Percussion?? Just Awesome! great tribute for our Veterans from WWII and beyond!!! Ghost Riders came out after intermission and performed in a symphonic style playing "American Elegy", "Red Pony" by Aaron Copeland along with their newly introduced beautiful sounding piece that was not on the program and for lack of my hearing, I only heard it introduced as a "Hymn" just being introduced for the 2010 season of competition! Maybe Don Allen can clarify that for me! It was beautiful and only introduced a couple of weeks ago at rehearsals yet already mastered very well in performance by a group of talented players! They continued in closing out with the"Ghost Rider suite" by Don Allen which was well done and made you think you were in the Old West during the days of western lore! Of course, they closed out their section of the program with "Happy Trails" that was very well received by the audience! Good Job, Ghost! After a presentation of the nights proceeds of $5400 dollars to Mr. Vince Hope, Honor Flight Rochester President, PrimeTime Brass returned to the stage for a stirring rendition of "This is my Country", "Armed Forces Medley" , which included the audience vets standing during their branches themes being played from the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force! The pride and pumping of their fists showed what it meant to them to be honored by such magnitude and sent chills down your back in appreciation for their service and the fine sounds coming from the stage! Huge Kudos goes out to Tom Allen and anyone else who was responsible for putting this fine night of entertainment together as well as raising funds for such a worthy cause and implore all to give to Honor Flight in your respective cities across America to honor these WWII era Vets who deserve our thanks and admiration for a Job well done!! As stated by Tom in one of the nights presentations, this is the 1ST ANNUAL fundraiser for this great project and hope to be able to attend this great event next year!
  5. I thought I was the early riser today at 6 am but u got me beat I see! The Alpine Girls was Vince Bruni's project for an all girl corps and when they folded and came over to Greece in the 1977 season they were far from having no Balls!!LOL! Actually had some fantastic mello players and good bari and sops! Brought the corps from the ashes so to speak to its prominence in 1978 as further talked about in the other forum post you started elsewhere. To all who have posted, I as a true alumni and person of dedication to a fine 63 year old organization, I believe Crusaders will be back and stronger than ever after the dust settles! A Big THANK YOU to you all for your support and look forward to seeing you all as a fan this summer!!!!!!!!!!!
  6. Lmao! Your killin' me, Keith! All I remember is watching the tri-town cadets come out in their farmers jeans and straw hats and rolling on the ground laughing until they beat us all!
  7. Thank you,Keith for your support and I understand the peoples comments but believe me, I have no "dirty laundry" in my closet and wish you all well in the drum corps world! It has been and always be a big part of my life and just can't get past the rush of hearing a great performance from all divisions and kinds of drum corps orientated groups!!
  8. This was a personal attack on me and nothing to do with the Crusaders, However I will take the high road from now on with people who are so easily offended by the truth and facts. If anyone cares to hear them, they can PM me and ask for it. I have no affiliation with the Crusaders presently after donating my time,money and sweat equity into the Crusaders for the last 12 years as a Bari player, Vibraphone and percussion accessory player,Board President and Member, Assistant Director,Fundraiser, Bingo Worker, Truck Driver, Water re-filler for the practice field jugs and true "Green" bleeder! I decided to retire after DCA Championships to pursue a new venture in my life(with my wife) and felt I could not pour my soul into the Crusaders anymore and would give others the same opportunity as the Crusaders afforded me.......Education,Camaraderie and competitive spirit! I pray for the resurrection of the Crusaders Corps and wish all those involved good luck and perseverance, as I have been thru it before in 2004 it takes bold steps and many hands to make it work and hope that is the course of action taken!!
  9. Thanks, Don and Tommy D!! Don, I hear great things about our friends from the North! and Tommy......Yolu are truly Crusader Alumnus and we have heard from many who "bleed GREEN" like yourself! Thank you both very much!
  10. U just have to love ignorance! I am sure you know everything from New Hampshire! I will tell you this........ after a 12 year run on the board of directors, I retired in September for personal reasons, but I guarantee there will be a resurrection of the Crusaders..... ! Being there for the last one in 2005 said it simply: " We Go On!"
  11. Northmen were a creation of the Firebirds and the Cadets of Greece. I sat at that time on the board of Directors in 1984 of the Shoreliners drum corps inc., which was the identity of what Greece was built on. The 1980-83 were a blur of people who attempted to keep junior drum corps alive in the western NY area and trying to form a foundation for the future. I don't think its necessary to name names nor do I think outside (or inside) peoples opinions count much when they don't know the truth! That is irritating. However, it is what it is! Fusion was a good attempt but financial strife worked against them, as well as too many egos in my humbled opinion and as I have mentioned before, I was also an outsider at the time from 1980 - 1983. John Nolan had alot to do with the rise of the Patriots but it turned into a battle after he passed and his daughter did no justice to his legacy, in MHO again. I just think that outside opinion during the Northmen years did its harm as well but at the time their were 2 junior corps operating (Northmen and Patriots) and performed very well for the talent level provided as mentioned in my previous post. I am not as angry as you think, because I know the truth and the facts involved that makes me wonder sometimes about peoples opinions, but then I think about the old proverb,"Opinions are like xxxxxxxx and everyone has one, except they usually stink!" Take care and have fun in sunny but cold Florida!
  12. well at least you looked at it from your end......the right place for sure! U didn't hurt me whats so ever but you are dragging aname that I helped build to national prominence in the day and all the wannabes that appeared after the best time for the Cadets of Greece tried but just never got there because of too many egos and ignorance......enuff said!
  13. I would say Bill Hoyt has a run on DCA continous years, I believe hes at aroun d 35 years!
  14. at least sign your name when u defame a fine name and drum corps that never "raped" anybody!!! but then again I wasn't a part of Greece from 1979 till 1983 when we were approached by Gauchos and do the merger for the year as you so well know about.....second thought.....stay anonymous.......its better to treat ignorance that way!
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