pooh bear
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So, who was the guy in Kilties that played the solos? He was awesome in 'Roll Over, Beethoven'.
that would be Tommy Meredith...pb
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"I once knew a man from Nantucket ..."
eye eye eye yaaaa in china they do it for chili.......LOL
old bus songs usually strike up the drum corps in me also...pb
there once was an Indian Maid - who said she wasn't afraid.....
on a serious note - MALAGUENIA
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What about 27th Lancers angle front push in Danny Boy after a huge rotation?
you should have seen that move in 1975....
The Big V Invitational in Milwaukee...right at the push...double flags flying....
Madison making there way onto the back track and Jim Elvord telling his boys to go back out the gate
because he didn't want them to see that move...LOL I was watching from the back stands.....
I still believe to this day that 27th and Blue Stars beat Madison that night and should have ruined their undefeated 1975 season. IMHO
gotta love George Zingalli.....pb
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Bad photoshop?
A shako would look great! Wearing a shako is miserable. It's bad enough the Renegade do most of their shows in the blazing afternoon sun and wear black. Placing a hot box on their heads is sadistic.
LOL laughing my ### off hard.....now that is funny....
a beret might look cool....NOT
let's just have the sunglassess and call it a day....pb
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without a doubt...1975 Madison Scouts
that company front sent shivers down my spine every time....and I saw it a lot in 1975....pb
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2007 Blue Devils - Winged Victory...nuff said...
got to see it live many times since I marched Anaheim Kingsmen Alumni that year.....
wish we had that drum line in 1981....lotsa' talent there....pb
1982 BD - wish I had one more year....LOL
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I don't want to step on toes of elders, in this case Pooh Bear.
84 Blue Devils -
Consider this. Every member of the Blue Devils as well as every member of the Garfield Cadets went home a World Champion. Only one corps went home with the DCI Title, the other went home with the captions.
Blue Devils horn line members tied for High Brass. 62 World Champs in that line.
Blue Devils drum line went home with the High Percussion honors.
Blue Devils Color Guard went home with the High Color Guard trophy.
Every member wearing a Blue Devil uniform won their caption. There was no section left to give a caption too that didn't impact our score. It came down to the overall package. M&M and G.E. G.E. Percussion....4th place (IIRC). That's where things fell apart, and I don't believe that placement was correct. But...that was the anomaly.
That's not to say Garfield wasn't an incredible drum corps, they were. The 84 Garfield Cadets pushed the 84 Blue Devils during that season. The 84 Blue Devils never stopped believing they were the top drum corps and never gave up the hunt for that title. Talk about a drum corps not intimidated by competition or fearing to take a loss. The last 3 weeks of the season was one on fire performance after another, each better than before in that march to the trophy leading to the victory over Garfield prior to Nat's.
Nothing was held back for the finals night performance.
That was an amazing year to be a Blue Devil. We all were very lucky to have been able to be part of that drum corps and organization.
no toe steppin' involved...LOL 1981 BD same case except 9th in drums.
I loved the 1984 blue devils - great drum and G BUGLE corps
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o.k. - I'll bite and show my age and loyalty....
The first vote for the 1981 Blue Devils....
Politics in drum corps is what kept us from winning the trophy...
plus - Gail couldn't stand to see BD win 3 years in a row....LOL
that was a hell of a show in Olympic stadium that night.....
bitter party of one after all these years...LOL
1984 BD was smokin' hot also.....hats off to my old roommate Duane Schimmel and Stymie - a couple of high note screamers....
p.s. - I could give a rats ### about what anyone thinks about my opinion - they are my memories and you can't take those away from me...djkbd pb
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Most underrated bari solo in the history of man(and woman)? 2007 Renegades. Dave Landers opened our show with an incredible display of phrasing, musicality, tone & range! I would put that solo up there with any other, ever!
2004 Renegades lead bari line - Joe Wilt, Dave Landers, Greg Gilman, Tony Pon - now there were some horses
2004 DCA I & E bari champ - Dave Landers must be something about the name Dave....pb
Hi Larrie...djk
How 'bout Dave Carico - he played a mean bari solo every now and then
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All opinions are subjective, thus equally valid. When a performer gets to a certain level, he/she enters a realm of peers. There is no "best", only different specialties. (Of course, that's just my opinion.)
I grew up listening to Hightower, Simpson, Gaff and Chalmus and you can add Dave Lang to that peer group, along with Doug Kenyon and Ray Fallon.
For the record, I wrote a couple of Colt's charts, with solo features for Dave Lang. (Jim M. didn't do all the arranging.) It was wonderful to know there was a cat who could play just about anything emanating from the end of a pencil. Dave was an arranger's dream.
Thanks to another one of my GREAT mentors....
Frank - you rock the house....djk pb
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Perhaps in your era. On the other hand there was a gentleman who came out of the hay fields of Kansas back in the 50's and had marched with (and later instructed) the Hutchinson Sky Ryders, was recruited into the Air Corps D&B Corps stationed in Washington, D.C. under the direction of Truman Crawford, and upon honorable discharge from the service became a member of the New York Skyliners. If you should ever get the opportunity to listen to a Fleetwood album (I believe they are making CD's of some of their classic albums now) "Portrait In Brass" there is a solo selection of one John "Suitcase" Simpson that will simply melt your bones. He plays Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" on a G-D piston/slide Getzen Baritone. Now being able to play "Rhapsody In Blue" on a 3 valve "G" Baritone correctly and with proper finesse is one thing, but to play that piece with proper technique and finesse on the above mentioned instrument puts this man in a very rare atmosphere. Sometime back in the early 60's he entered an Individual contest on Baritone. He scored a 99.9 by the horn judge, Mr. Don Angelica by name. It is/was the highest score ever given to a performer by Angelica. On the comment portion Angelica stated "Although I can find nothing wrong in your performance here tonight, I can't give you a perfect score, no one is perfect." If you get that opportunity to listen to Mr. Simpson on that "Portrait In Brass" album, you try to tell me that he isn't perfect. This guy could make your typical, everyday garden hose sound like a Bach Strad.
John Simpson was one of my brass instructors for the 1976 1977 Colts... I've heard him play live many times....
Jim Mason was the arranger and lead brass dude at the time.
I marched for Col. Truman Crawford in the 2002 2003 Royal Airs Alumni.
Dave "poontang" Lang was a better technical soloist than John Simpson....IMHO...pb
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Yes indeed. Amazing player.
The most talented baritone player to ever march on a field.
I know - I marched next to him...
BTW - The Colts have always had many talented baritone players.
Greg "Harpo" Blum was also very talented soloist from those years....pb
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Russ Epps left his bartending job at Georges about 6 months ago after working there for about 30 years. But don't let that stop you from cruising to Racine and having a drink at Georges. Former Kiltie Dave Popoff still owns and operates the place. When you come, call the funeral home, and call me, too. I'm always up for a beer and a few drum corps stories.
can we crash on your floor after the partying? LOL miss ya JC....pb
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I (finally) fixed the video --
classic video......pb
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for SO, i honestly thought mechanicsburg should have placed, and pope should have been second.
for IO i think the placements were pretty good.
opus 10 really surprized me!
Opus 10 - Roch's the house - they have many talented members.... a GREAT color guard this season!
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Are you sure about that? Dave marched single tenor with the Phantom Regiment.
yeah - straight from a Legend that marched with him....Ralph "redwood" Marsh
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This corps was a merger from Louisiana with Bleu raeders and Stardusters. What a sound from what I remember and doing "Marche Militaire Francais" for an opener. What ever happened and why didn't it last?
The Grimthorpe Colliery Band rendition of "Marche Militaire Francais" is excellent - one of my all time favorite pieces.
I remember seeing this corps in Geneseo, Illinois and touring with them back in "the day" (Colt .45's).....
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They don't HAVE to be silver plated. IMO, when chrome plating became more expensive silver was probably a better alternative so that from a distance all the brass would look uniform. Back then corps rarely replaced a whole set of horns all at once. FWIW, there were a few corps that picked brass lacquer over chrome "back in the day". St. Andrew's Bridgemen and St. Raphael's (sp??) immediately come to mind.
1977 78 79 Colts ...brass laquer pb
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Yeah that's Hop. He's looking down to see himself "tick"! :)
and Robbie Robinson right next to him....LOL
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I'm too young to have seen them live or competed but the corps preceding the Blue Stars in La Crosse was the La Crosse Blackhawks.
holy crap - someone mentioned the Blackhawks
now here's one for ya......
The Apple Arrows from LaCrescent Minnesota - right across the river from LaCrosse....
Dr. Dave Kampshoer's (sp?) original corps....djkbd pb
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Bear- You're right, it's lock and dam #6 there at Trempealeau, home of "Catfish Days", Mile 714 left descending shore, just down from Winona, ovr on the Minnesota side. I later owned a farm in Cataract, about half way between Black River Falls and Sparta before moving back to Cali.
Sorry about not making Rose Bowl, had some family health problems that forced me to pull out of the corps. The good news being that Mom is doing very well these days.
Guaranteed that we'll run across each other in the future and we'll continue that safety meeting we had in my truck the year before.
Or did we?
RON HOUSLEY
safety first...good motto to live by... I hope all is well Hous...pb
oh another cali obscure corps - Chinese Imperials....Los Angeles, CA loved the buddha trophies they would give out at their shows
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Silver Spectrum from Marshalltown, Iowa
Grenadiers were from Cedar Rapids, Iowa - predecessor to the Emerald Knights
I always liked the Marquis from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin pb
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Have to correct your spelling, my brother....it's ON-alaska. I lived just north of there in Trempealeau....a very small Upper Mississippi River town.
How small?
RON HOUSLEY
bust my chops on spelling? spelling DOES NOT count....
you are talking to a kid that grew up on the River and yes I know were Trempealeau is
there's a lock and dam there - No. 9 if I'm not mistaken - right down from Red wing...
now how about a comment on my obscure corps....
here's another one for ya - The Kewanne Black Knights which became the Geneseo Knights Illionis....
Giles Yellow Jackets Chicago, Illinois
now go smoke some of that Fresno Fern..... BTW - missed ya at the Rose Bowl....pb
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The Flying Dutchmen - Quincy, Illinois
Iron Cross - Ste Saint Marie, Michigan
The Legionaires - Dubuque, Iowa which became Colt. 45 and now Colts....djk pb
forgot one more....The Nee-Hi's Clinton, Iowa
Redwood has more from early Wisconsin days - LaCrosse/Analaska corps.... before the Blue Stars
What 2011 corps melodies keep running through your head?
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