DaveTenor

Kirkwood was 69 -- two months older than my dad. Here are a couple of links to the obituary with information on the memorial service. http://obits.pennlive.com/obituaries/pennlive/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=155504018 http://obit.hooverfuneralhomes.com/obit_display.cgi?id=1022526

And spats...

At least I was lucky my bunk didn't fit in the shower...

Wolcott fits the description. Sunday afternoon show in the middle of the season.

The more I listen to the new disc, the more I like it. That was a good show in '86. I saw them in DC on that tour, too. I remember standing in line for tickets at some mattress place with a ticketmaster in Glen Burnie or somewhere. I wonder if anyone even does that anymore -- so much easier online. Hey, getting old beats the alternative...

Hey guys, I've been lurking for a while. Still fun to hear stories from the old days. Sounds like the Serenade was another good show. Anyone going to see Rush this summer? I just got the new disc in the mail and it seems pretty good. I'm headed 3.5 hours up the road to Kansas City to see them in August.

Hey Walt. Say hello to your brother for me -- it's been 21 years since I marched next to him (or two spots away, I can't remember)...

Here's a link to the video on YouTube:

I'll see if I can figure out a way to get it from my dvr to youtube. It's only a couple of seconds...

I was watching a documentary about the NY Cosmos on ESPN. About an hour into the show, they panned past the Skyliners on the side of the field getting ready to perform. Sometime in 1975-76-77. Had to rewind and slo-mo a few times. Brought back memories of playing at a Cosmos game in 1984. The crowd didn't seem to be interested in the performance, but I assume it was a paid gig... Anyone have any good stories about playing at pro sports events?

So it's Memorial Day and we grilled some hot dogs. Reminded me of a sort of Westshoremen related story. 1997 after the Red Land (or Red Lion?) DCA show, I'm standing in line at a convenience store behind some guys in Westshoremen jackets. One guy orders a hot dog with kraut and mustard. Then he says the two words that forever changed the way I order a hot dog: MUSTARD FIRST. So simple, yet so powerful. No more mustard everywhere...

PA liquor laws are certainly screwed up. There's a guy living somewhere in central PA who talks about that on his blog sometimes. Jaboobie and Two Hard Boiled Eggs is the name of the blog. It can be a pretty entertaining blog. We live in Benton County, AR, which is a dry county. But all that means is that there are no liquor stores. Private clubs are allowed to sell alcohol by the drink and almost every restaurant is a "private club." Some of the restaurants actually make you fill out a form and give you a membership card. Others just ask you to sign your name in a book when you get there. Moving here from Wisconsin was a shock. There, you can get beer, wine & liquor in grocery stores, drugstores, at the mall, etc. Here you need to make a trip to the next county. We make the 20-mile drive north to a good liquor store in Missouri to stock up occasionally. The shocking part is when you realize your bill is going to be a couple hundred bucks and you start to ask yourself if you've got a problem! Good thing it's not a weekly or monthly trip... Thank goodness for my inlaws visiting from Myerstown... they brought us a case of Lager.

So *that's* where they're talking about putting up a fence...

Yeah, I guess if you count '88 as 1/2, but it's still an official 1st place. They tied Sun in '88 and would have tied in '89, but tie breakers were put in after '88. They also tied Reading for fifth place in '83, so that's three-ish. So, El Rodeo has expanded... We used to go to the one in Colonial Park. Lot's of good Mexican places here in NW Arkansas, but we don't get out as often as we'd like. Oldest son has a peanut allergy, so it's kind of a pain.

Actually 6 times...

Ahhhhhh, El Rodeo. Thanks for bringing back good memories. What a great place. Haven't eaten there since we moved out of PA in 1998. :( Used to go there all the time when my folks lived in Hershey. We've got to make it a priority when we're on a visit sometime...

Poletti went on to march a few years with Bush. He was on the drum staff in 1997, my last year there.

Tenors were Mike Tatman and Tim Mengel. Mike was an ex-Marine with a great sense of humor and I believe Tim went to Cadets the next year.

I've been around, just not posting much lately. Also been over on BucsBoards where there are a couple of similar "memory lane" threads. Here is the 1988 snareline: (L-R) Bill Battaglia, Mike McCann, Me, Rich Severa, Joe Vizza and Skee Derr Also, just in case you've blocked it out:

McCann! I spent 1988 next to him in Reading's snareline. You're right, nice guy but I learned how to turn off my right ear. Also had a lot of his sweat on my right elbow from his shoulder... he missed some direction changes. Manson -- I worked with him at his dad's flooring company in 1985. I was supposed to catch a ride to Reading with him the Friday before the first show. He was about two hours late picking me up in Westminster. Said he got all the way to York, turned to say something to me and realized that he forgot to pick me up. We missed rehearsal, drove to Danville and Jim spent the night memorizing tenor parts on a picnic table. I think he had just gotten cut from the snareline a week or two before...

I think Montclair was the right venue. I was in Reading that year and I think SCA went on before us... and after us. I also think it had something to do with the timing judge.

I drove to Atlanta for DCI finals in 1984 with Jim and Phil (forget his last name, but he was a skydiver) in Phil's Renault Alliance. When it was my turn to drive, I got behind the wheel before I told them I didn't know how to drive a stick shift. Once we got on the highway, it was fine... Still remember eating free at McDonald's practically every time we stopped because they had an olympic special going on and the US kept winning gold medals (no Soviet bloc that year). Also remember being amazed at Spirit's bass line playing the olympic theme for their I&E number. I only went to Indiantown Gap once, but I remember the first two hours of Friday night very well... Wish I could go to the Reading show, but my family's having a reunion that day. Also wish I was closer to the east coast, sounds like two of my 5 former corps are doing pretty well. No drum corps shows here in NW Arkansas...

Almost forgot about the MCF! I thought the Hershey song you posted sounded familiar. It was the tune from Chocolate World just before the end of the ride, wasn't it? Now I can't get that stupid song out of my head. Effective marketing, I guess. Gotta go find some chocolate...

Hey Jerome. The sideline photographer hardly ever caught me in 15 years of drum corps before I joined the Kilts, but as soon as I put on a skirt... I have to remember to take that pic down eventually.

Tastycake Man! Master of all that is cream-filled!