MikeD

Overtime. Our staff was tweaking the show all the way out to prelims, adding bits of stuff, but not timing the show and taking stuff out as they messed around. Seems ridiculous, but that is what happened.

We did the Peace Sign all of my years, 70, 71 and 72. In 70 it was the most controversial. We did it coming out of concert to The Peace Sign playing White Rabbit. The VFW admin was against it. At Nats though, we got a huge positive response from the audience. The flashes going off by photographers were blinding when we were charging the front in the form.

When Garfield let our great drum instructor George Tuthill go after the 71 season a LOT of the drumline quit and moved a town over to the Hawthorne Caballeros, where he was also the drum instructor. I decided to stay with the Cadets after a couple of months, so I went back and played baritone. I would not play in the drumline under the new guy. . . . . Fred Sanford. 😮 But I did get to play horn under Don Angelica, and I had brass class coming up in the fall semester at college, so it worked out.

You guys were a great bunch of people. I was in Garfield from 70-72. I remember just what you wrote. Very classy group of people.

Concur with that! I had a knee replacement 4 1/2 months ago. PT is done, but I go to our gym (live in an adult community) 6 days a week to continue on my own. My PT guy helped me create a routine. I am still not fully recovered. Feels like an elastic band across the front of my knee. But…getting better.

Mod hat here… Please do not make disparaging comments about individual posters. That goes against DCP guidelines.

On my personal favorite list for sure! I played a concert band arrangement of the finale complete with piano and pipe organ at a church in NJ. It was amazing. The marching band I taught from 1994-2018 did the finale in 1995. John "Screetch" Arietano did the wind book and I wrote the battery book.

First time I saw the Kilties was at the 1969 VFW Nats finals. A carload of us from the GSC corps I marched with in North Jersey made the drive to Philly. Our DM drove, as she was driving age. I was not yet 16 (October 69). They were National champs in 69, edging out the Cavies at finals. This is some film of prelims with audio added...the audio might be finals (not sure). It is not synchronized. Start at 2:25 to possibly hear my first live exposure to their Syne. 1869 Kilties

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One of my favorite symphonies! Plus, the concert had another of my favorites, Lea Salonga! Would have loved to be there.

At least when we submitted our request for approval, no mention of visual was requested at all, just the wind/percussion charts I wrote.

Around 2010 the band I taught and arranged for (winds and percussion) decided to do a Bernstein show. We used parts of Chichester Psalms and the Mass. i had to send their representatives the arrangements ahead of time as part of the approval process. There were no issues with the charts.

He was also a VERY nice person. I was Asst Band Director my first years teaching, and we hired a professional to do a master class and concert with our jazz ensembles. In 78 we brought in Clark. Unlike some of the people brought in, he was a very caring and nice guy. He even shared a “mumbles” number with a student. The kids loved him!

Dr Baggs was a great band director in the day, as you noted with teaching Don, who took his spot when Dr Baggs became a principal. His son Bernie Jr was a very good friend of mine in college. He ended up being in my wedding in 77. I taught his marching bands at 3 HS where he was band director from 80-93. Bernie Jr participated in my senior recital in college, so I invited Dr and Mrs Baggs to my recital. Just as I was getting ready to go on stage for my first piece, a timpani solo, Bernie casually says to me “you know, my dad was a timpanist in college”. So there I was…a drum corps guy who knew Dr Baggs as one of the great judges of all time…going on stage to play a piece on his primary instrument…very scary. Luckily it went well. Whew!!!

I think the person must be convicted of a relevant crime to be placed on the list.