Navy Crusader

A huge thanks to crown for playing their field show last night... I was going to throw my phone across the boat if I saw any more warmup sequences or gimmick tunes! Good luck for the rest of the season.

Thank you thank you THANK YOU Crown!!! So disappointed until you all started playing your show music!

Definitely 99 my friend... Glad to see you around!

AG(Aerographers Mate). Yourself?

Thanks for posting this link... I forgot how much I loved this show!

Opps.. lol changed post... got ahead of myself

Congrats BAC on a great score!

####... I got caught up talking to some old friends and never got a chance to see anyone! This show made my summer... still in the lot just sitting in my car amazed at the corps and the familiar faces

At Lawrence High school now and it feels pretty awesome getting my drum corps fix on!

Are the crusaders practicing at the show site?

I heard there are plans for something at the show tonight... btw somehow I was able to get free this evening and am driving up to the show... would love to meet a few of you. Ben

We lost a fellow crusader today guys... prayers to the family of Jay Godin. I had the privilege to march with him and even though I didn't see him often, I appreciated how when I did it was as if I was catching up with a brother... I'm pretty sure he had a s/n on dcp... maybe "corpslife"

Beginning of the summer saw a very unlikely mixture of kids from different areas of the country and world. There was "team Japan", a group from Denmark, "Braddock, Miami, a group from St Louis, the anchor group of kids from the Boston area and various other places. I was in the Miami group and honestly had no clue as to what I was getting myself into. Over the span of the summer which included a bus accident, bus roach infestations, sicknesses and the normal woes that marching dci brings about, that unlikely mixture of kids evolved from being random groups of people into one solid family that I am so proud I was part of. I remember after performing in semis the corps was brought to the edge of the field through one of the tunnels. We waited to hear our score and that of the corps that performed before and after us... The realization was not as impactful on me as it was on long time members and corps leadership but the moment was embroidered in my mind and the most significant achievement in my life up to that moment. The tears and smiles were abundant. Never had we sang more corps songs and "NaNas" than that night on the way back to the housing site! I had the privelage to march 2 amazing years with the corps until I decided the Navy was the right direction for me and to this day the experiences and responsibility learned helped me survive. Thanks for giving me the chance to reminisce some great times from my childhood.. Eat emm up Boston!

My rookie year with the corps! JD wrote the book.. Great intro into dci for me that year!

What corps Doug? Spirit? Magic?

Ohh man!!! I was going to type this as soon as I saw the thread! #### I miss this show! Usually before Lynn we got surf and turf... Always looked fwd to the home crowd and the "eat emm up Boston" atmosphere... Make emm throw babys!

Holy S*** Crazy chart!

I heard he went to Braddock...

Hey man, Are you an RDC now?? My story.. In Diego Garcia wearing my Whites. I Have a Waldo and BAC tattoo on my forearms... Pilot walks into the weather office and notices. Ends up he marched BD in the 90s I am a private fishing boat capt and I am at my bosses store (Palacio de los jugos). A couple notices my tattoos and asked if I marched. Ends up they both marched BAC 09 and 10.. So many more but these are the 2 that stand out

You guys haven't seen anything... Ask him to pull out his bagpipes!

If it weren't for the "Tarponization" of the staff the Blue Stars wouldn't be a finalist corps. Just like Boston starting in 99 the staff which has a lot of the same faces molded both corps which other wise would be mid teen corps into finalist. Santino is awesome... not only a great instructor but a great person as well.. I wish the Blue Stars lots of luck this coming year.

Heard the same story from a member. BD was awesome that year.. Not only playing though. I remember on finals night walking to warm up and passing BD who was stretching. They stopped their stretch and applauded us as we walked by... Amazing moment and a top 5 memorable moment of my marching career... Ben

People change but I have to say when I entered this activity I was introduced to JD's long F when he was at Boston in '99. I hated it... There was no instructor that worked with the brass line that was more intense than JD. Visually we'd get our asssssssses beat because that was their jobs.. The discipline aspect of the activity was carried on the shoulders of the vis staff which if they didn't beat you up, you were shorted the opportunity of bringing a product to life. I'm not sure what has happened to the activity I love but it feels like tour now comes with the expectation that nothing is going to go wrong, busses won't break down, you won't get yelled at and you aren't going to get the occasional bug in your juice. People do bone head moves and tick on a nightly basis.. Getting rid of that in 2 months opens itself to a variety of teaching styles... ENJOY IT! Believe me that in the end you'll be making jokes about how such and such blew a gasket.. Good luck JD... Would be awesome to see you back at Boston but get some rest buddy and thanks for the learning experience!

I love the enthusiasm but hate post like this... no matter how well Boston does or doesn't I am appreciative for the products those around them put out... Took me being out of the activity 5 years and coming home to the states from the military after my pops died to realize that placement means nothing... no matter placement I dig this years shows for Boston, Madison, BK and BlueStars(former staff from my days with BAC working there)

Awesome... I don't think I ever had a moment like that when I marched... I dig it!