Walter
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Now I know why your sister told me never to get you mad at me!!!!
I'm glad I didn't, did I??? :sshh:
By the way how's your mom doing?
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Hey, Sue:
You didn't fall for that "I'm-Too-Good-Looking-For-My-Own-Good" routine did you??
I thought you were stronger than that!!!
Just the fact that he was 6' 3", brown wavy hair, a kinda cute smile and great
big brown eyes. None of the girls I talked to fell for that, sorry they marched in other corps.
I just can't believe it!!!!! <_<
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BLACKMAIL????????
You wouldn't black mail me.....would you????
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To susantaylor40
Hey Susie:
Do you have any other photos of Northstars, besides of you that is?????????
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ATTENTION ALL FORMER MARCHING MEMBERS
OF THE NORTHSTAR YOUTH ORGANIZATION
Flying Dutchmen, Dutch Boy Cadets, Northstars, Northstar-Royalaiers,
Cadets of Dutch Boy, Dutch Boy,
If you marched with any of the above corps you have better plan to attend the
2nd ANNUAL DUTCH BOY DRUM CORPS
PICNIC AND ALUMNI REUNION.
The date is July 11, 2004, at the Kiwanis Park.
The park opens at 10:00 a.m.
Dutch Boy will perform at 12:30p.m.
See the Dutch Boy website for details.
www.dutchboydrumcorps.com
There is NO CHARGE to get in the park: Just mention the Dutch Boy Alumni picnic
at the front gate.
Things to bring: yourselves, family, lawn chairs, beverages(no alcohol is permited in the park) a desert or salad!!!!!
Hot dogs and hamburgers will be supplied by the corps.
Please RSVP to STEVE MEILKE, corps director, at (519) 742-8131 ASAP
ALL ARE WELCOME AND EXPECTED TO BE THERE!!!!!!
DON'T MISS EVENT!!!!!!
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With so many corps going to so many shows in the 60's & 70's it seamed like every
small town around the main show site was used. What's the best small town you stayed in.
Being from Canada it was great to be away from all the destractions of the big city.
In 1975-78 we went to the U.S. Open and stayed in a small town named
Mount Gilead, just outside of Marion.
It was quaint and the town people are the best you can find anywhere. The field was across from the school that we stayed at and we got a lot of worked done.
The kids in the town came to see us practise every day and there was one boy
who came to our practise and watch every move we made. In 1977, I think our
corps director asked if he wanted to come and see the show. Well he was on the
bus faster than you could sneeze.
I often think back to those days because that's when I really got know what small
town America was all about. As a matter of fact, in 1976, the town gave the key to the town and a three foot trophy. Whenever we competed in Marion, Ohio the announcer would say, " An now on the statring line from Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and Mount Gilead, Ohio, the Dutch Boy Cadets"
I guess you could say that the town and Dutch Boy kind of adopted each other. Some day I want to go back and just walk around the town and say hi to some old
friends and accomodating people that I will always remember. :P :)
:D :D :D
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TO SusanTaylor40 :
I don't know what you're referring to but I can assure you is wasn't me!!!
You have to go back to the first page and read what ROBH had to say...
Get back to me after you read it.
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Can't beat that!!!!!!!!!!
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Leave the guy alone, Bari. If he thinks he's a dork.......
Just kidding RHT, really!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sorry about your luck!!!!!!!!! :P
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September 26, 1974, a day that I will never forget.
I was getting ready to go to Germany with the Dutch Boy Cadets. I believe we were the first drum corps to go to Europe, I could be wrong though.
I was upstairs packing and I was a little bit uptight. So I went downstairs and took a little nap. -_- I woke up a little while later and asked my dad what time it was.
He said "It's 6:30" I freaked. "WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL ME AT 4:30? THE BUS
LEFT AT 5:30 FOR THE AIRPORT. NOW I'M GOING TO MISS THE PLANE" b**bs
I was so p'd. I sat there and my dad said to me. "Are you finished?" I looked at him and said "YA" . My dad sat up in his chair and said"Good, firstly, if you ever scream at me that way again you are dead meat. Secondly, it's only Thursday,
your plane leaves TOMORROW .!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
After, I thanked God for not letting my dad kill me. I walked upstairs and continued to pack and locked the door just in case my dad had a second thought.
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Regarding the changes that the Bridgemen made in the 70's, re: marching style and their uniforms really made me mad. Mad that we hadn't thought of it before and mad that we were busting our butts with a high knee lift and the fact their feet were just barely off the grass. <_<
The Bridgemen added an element to drum corps that was sorely needed in that
period, it was unique and it made people talk about them. Look it's been since '78 when I last saw them and I'm still talking about them.
Not only were Bridgemen entertaining but they, I thought, executed extremely well also.
Any kind of change in that field is cool with me but when you start making the wide spread changes that some people are talking about with regards to electronics, they had better make absolutely positive that the kids that use these electronics are GROUNDED when it rains outside!!!!!!!
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The biggest SCV fan I know is DrumlineJim from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada,
he can tell you anything you want to know about Vanguard...
He knows even more than I do!!!!
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Did somebody complaint to DCI that they couldn't hear the corps from the field that they are considering AMPLIFICATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
<_< Whatever TURNS YOU ON or OFF, I guess.....
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Unfortunately, due to my limited knowledge of the activity in the passed twenty
years these were the only ones I knew of.
My sympathy to all who have lost loved ones.
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While I was sitting here reading all the posting, I got to think of all the great
instructors who have died since I aged out in 1978.
Although they are gone I was trying to imagine the show that these men would
put together.
ON HORNS: JIM OTT
ON DRUMS: FRED SANFORD
ON DRILL : STEVE BRUBACHER
ON GUARD: GEORGE ZINGALI
ON VISUAL: BOBBY HOFFMAN
We were all truly entertained by their genius and talent to provide the activity with some of the best shows ever. We are still in awe of these men through the people they touched and the shows that they are producing in todays drum & bugle corps.
This is my tribute to these men, it's not much but it comes from the heart!!!!!
^OO^
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Sometimes I wake in a cold sweat, my heart is beating a mile a minute and sweaty palms.
I had a dream that I married my girlfriend in the corps. She was the kind of girl
you liked but not THAT much.
The dream was so real that I was afraid to look at who I was sleeping beside.
Thank God it was my wife!!!!!
Later that day she asked me who Sharon was. I looked her right in the eyes and
said " Just a girl from the drum corps that liked to play bus games." With that
I turned around and went to my work shop and closed the door with my wife asking me what kind of bus games were they.
No, I didn't get into it with her!!!!! :sshh:
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Michigan had a nice little circut in the 70's. There was about 14-16 corps during this time.
Every one remembers Iron Bridge, right boys???? b**bs
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Wouldn't it be great if we all meet at a restuarant in Allentown close to the stadium and talk about the gold days.
Sit back, swap some stories and maybe even through back a few ice cold pops.
What do ya say boys & girls are ya game.
I do have one question though. I've never been to Allentown, does anybody have any ideas on where we could go???????????
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I think it's safe to say that all the kids in drum corps over the past few decades have kept all us OLD FARTS well entertained and have even made us wonder how you do what you do.
Ya the activity has changed and that's a good thing. However, there is a distinct
flavor to drum corps and a few of us don't really want that flavor to change.
To bust your butt for 10 years, like I did, to make that distinction between drum
corps and marching bands and then have someone come up with some of the changes they're talking about makes me and my fellow alumni just sick.
I think it's the type of changes that gets our backs up. Amplifiers and trumpets are NOT part of a DRUM & BUGLE CORPS.
But then things aren't what they used to be either. This world has changed, we've all changed, but not the burning desire we all have to see drum corps flurish in the future.
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I heard from several people via email, some stories about what some of the
"OLD TIMERS" who think they're all powerful are doing to the current memebers.
The lack of respect some of their "instructors" show them is unfortunately reflected
on the rest of us, who still have a tremendous love for this art form.
Don't let these boneheads treat you like an animal as some of them do. Stand up
to them or consult your corps director or your parents. These people are not in it
for the love of the activity, they're in it for their own possible gain.
The vast majority of the people in this particular section of DCP, loved marching
and have fantastic memories of the things they did and friends they made while
marching.
Don't feel that we're attacking you we're not. It's the people that are making these uneducated changes in OUR activity that threaten the uniqueness of it.
The members who helped make drum corps what it is today, I would say about 99% of us wish we could march again. However, we are living our ambition
through you guys & gals.
We are all alumni of the drum corps fraternity and we just don't want to see it harmed in any way.
Practise hard, have fun and remember one thing: When your time is up, don't cry because it's over, put on a big smile and be happy to have had the opportunitry to experience one of the most exilerating activities any young person can engage in: DRUM & BUGLE CORPS
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You know:
The more I look through this thread, the more I realize that there people out there who are STILL as passionate about this thing we call drum & bugle corps, as I am.
We can argue and tell each other our opinions but think of it this way. :P
Where would drum & bugle corps be if us OLD PHARTS weren't around.
Our thoughts and opinions are ours, but they somehow or another will benefit
everyone, maybe not now but in the future.
AND THANK GOD FOR EVERY LAST ONE OF US!!!!!!!!!!
^OO^ ^OO^ ^OO^ ^OO^ ^OO^
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Hey Lancerfi:
I just love a good drum corps discussion.
I think it's just great that after these years we could all go back on the field
and have one heck of a good PARTY!!!!
Why didn't DCI do for us age outs when we marched, as they do for the kids of today. Forget I said that Don Pesione isn't on here to defend himself. or is he??
Don are you around anywhere?????????
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uncle z, uncle z:
What's my prize for getting that one right????
Oh I'm so excited!!!! :D
Small Town U.S.A.
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