George82

1982 Les Chatelaines....unis designed to make the girls look like living fluer de lis'

Alan <Goober> Chez(novitz) Garfield Cadets 1978-1982

How could I forget about Fabian sbowing up to warmup before finals wearing only his sombrero, his gloves, his horn, and a smile! I never laughed so hard in my life!

I, too, was a member of the 1984 Caballeros. I had never marched with a group of people who were so driven to acheive. From the very first rehearsal in October of 1983 right through the victory performance in Allentown. We weren't just hungry, we were starving. There were many former members of the 1975 Muchachos in that corps. I don't need to tell any of you what their mindset was like that year. Nothing or no one was going to stand in our way. That was truly one of, if not THE, greatest summer of my life. Malaguena smoked at every performance. The only time we failed to get a tremendous crowd reaction was at the show in Giants Stadium. We had the dubious honor of following the performance of the Garfield Cadets West Side Story. I remember the crowd just exploding in Bridgeport the weekend before DCA's. The most interesting story I remember from that season is the day of prelims & finals in Allentown. We got up early, rehearsed, went to the stadium and did a really hot show that afternoon. We got back to the hotel and we thought we had the place all to ourselves. There was alot of noise in the hallway. All of a sudden, these two amazon women come out of the room next to mine. One had her entire arm in a cast from her wrist to her shoulder. They were the Women's Tag Team Champions of the WWF and were trying to sleep. Boy were they ###### at us! Anyway, word gets back to us that Reading had tied our score. We were not a happy group at that point. Determined as we were, we set out to rehearsal that afternoon. It's unfortunate more spectators weren't there to witness what was our finest performance of the season....the run-through we did that afternoon was amazing! In our finals performance, we had a slight ensemble tear in "Don't Cry for me Argentina". Coming off the field, we realy thought our opportunity had been lost. Thank god the judges was it differently. We were World Champs with an undefeated season. So much for the folks waving the "Cabs-busters' flags when we took the field and so much for the corps who protested Mike Bushman's horn with the Dizzy Gillespie angled bell. I was reminiscing with John "Screech" Arientano on saturday night in West Haven. We had a bet going with him that year. The bet was, if we were to go undefeated, he would cut off his signature pony-tail. At about 3am in the parking lot of the Macintosh Motel in Allentown, the cutting began! He's never grown it back since. Thank you's to Screech, Jim Costello, Danny McBride, Rich Templin, and my fellow corps members for showing me what hard work and dedication can do 20 years ago. I've made that work ethic a part of my life and I'm forever grateful. Happy Anniversary guys! 1984 Undefeated DCA Champs! George Lea

How about the Garfield Cadets color guard wearing hot pants in '77.....!!! Watching the entire 4hr live broadcast of DCI Finals on PBS NO TALKING ON THE FIELD!!!! Wooden Drum Major Podiums SCV's bedposts instead of rifles

Joe Bruno....I loved the way he introduced us.... The GARFEEEEEEELD CADETS! When you heard his voice as well as Brandt Crocker's, you knew it was time to get it on! Does Joe still announce for Div II/III???