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    Swearing in song lyrics

    in CGP General Discussion

    Posted

    It is all about the illegal immigration. Now you bring down one of your there foreign color guards and they kick a@@, this is what's go'n happen. I mean it aint about the S word at all...now I know that when I drive our good, god fearing American colorguard to their performances I use that word quite a lot, especially at them d@#$ed foreign drivers, so it aint that they have not been "acquainted" with that particular word a tall. I tell you what...

    Oh and as regards your Unicorns.... ####...####...####...####!!!

    I despise unicorns!!!!!!!!

    Rivalries in DCI.

    in DCI World Class Corps Discussions

    Posted

    I look through the posts here and see that all is the same in all areas of the world. I love how the BD and PR rivalry started in 2008! LOLOLOLOL

    In 1981 the PR beat US the BD ONE time. It was at the Rockford show. Look at the recaps. There was no time that season where they were even close except for then. We disliked them from before I got there in 1981 with "Scrubbing Bubbles" being our name of choice for them.

    In 1981 the SCV beat us for the championship. Not many know this but the Blue Devils FULL FIELD CORPS was put together by a few disgruntled members/staff from SCV... It was their goal to beat SCV and beat them badly. So the rivalry there started before the corps ever competed! Bringing us back to 1982 there were 4 isolated horn and drum attacks that ended the tune T.O. At ALL BD rehearsals while singing and marching those isolated hits became F%$^ The Vanguard... So please do know that Drum Corps rivalry is alive and well and many of your rivalries that you think you have... Were ours before we pased them down to you! :tongue:

    Edited to add this last part: I recently spoke with a young gentleman about marching in the Renegades... He is giving it consideration but has a hard time marching with BD ageouts as he was in SCV... In his words, "I know there are some really great people that come out of the Concord Corps but I have been trained to hate them..." This was in the past few months...

    Now that's what I'm talking about!!!! :tongue:

    I remember getting on a Blue Devil bus to go up to the Portland show in the Winter of 75/76 to find that they had found a company named, "Vanguard", that made toilet seat covers and displayed in the front of the bus so every time you exited you saw "Vanguard Toilet Seat Covers"! I laughed my ### off.

    My personal rivalry ended when I said "I Do" and married a Blue Devil, but Park & Bark and "Really, you call going up and down yard lines a drill concept?" are words that still exit my mouth.

    I love you guys!!!

    By the way, "Cities of Glass" was an amazing show!!! D@#$ it!!!!

    Rivalries in DCI.

    in DCI World Class Corps Discussions

    Posted

    No seriously, almost every post has been prefaced with, "I think."

    Let's take this discussion back a few years...

    For the record, regardless of the facade, there has always been a huge rivalry between Blue Devils and The Santa Clara Vanguard. Seriously. We all talk pretty when the lights go down, but underneath it all...yea. Look at the evolutions of the two corps. I will go to war for some of the BD shows and have, but I will also talk the longest poo about them too. I think the words, "Park and Bark" and "Smoke and Mirrors (2010 excluded)", play heavily in my verbage. I marched with some of those guys in college, suprising how limited their vocabularies are for college kids, and while we rocked it in band, on the Summer field, it was war.

    Now I know that if you go wake up some dinasours, the guys/girls who actually marched, you'll find that there was a corps called Blessed Sac that wasn't very fond of BAC (Boston Crusaders) and the Kilties needed police escorts into and out of the country of Canada.

    Homework is called for here. :thumbup:

    Rivalries in DCI.

    in DCI World Class Corps Discussions

    Posted

    Your question, "Do rivalries between corps still exist" has an entirely different meaning today then compared to the era in which I marched and especially for those that preceded me. Back in the 70's and maybe even the early 80's, the concept of "rivalry" was often times something much more personal then today's meaning. At times, it meant down right hostility and personal retribution. Sometimes, if things weren't cleared up on the field, issues were dealt with off the field. Back in the time when drum corps and shows were predominately local, there was no love lost between us (Madison) and the Cavies, Kilties, PR and Blue Star with a close second being Santa Clara and maybe the Bridgemen. I personally recall several situations that resulted in off field extra curricular activities....a little rumble anyone? One of the most memorable occasions was when a group of guys from Santa Clara and the Blue Devils decided to collectively join forces and do something about us stealing their girlfriends away from them while on tour. Their attempted "smack down" occurred after one of the Drums Along the Rockies shows somewhere in Colorado (something ____Hot Springs???). All I can say is, BIG MISTAKE! It was ugly and fast. Lets just say that after that evening, we seemed to have an abundance of California girls gracing our Madison confines. But this was nothing compared to the stories I've heard from "old timers" that marched in the 50's and 60's. I've listened to first hand accounts of those particularly from East Coast corps that would regularly "take it to the streets"! Yes, the good old days of a friendly rivalry!

    Someone had to take 'em.... :thumbup:

    What Sparked your Drum Corp Interest?

    in DCA - All-Age Corps Discussions

    Posted

    Hadn't missed many from 1961 through 1968, after 68 I was either competing some where else or not where I could see who was on the field in the Bowl for a lot of the shows there... (I don't recall seeing a Baritone "intentionally" tossed but I have seen a few "tossed" BITD. LOL)

    My days of competing was from 1963-1985 What year was the SCV toss?

    69, when you were with BAC.

    How does this community feel about fielding cymbals?

    in DCI World Class Corps Discussions

    Posted

    cymbal lines are awesome!

    The DCI cymbal community is a strong, tight group. We all hang out at shows and keep in touch in the off season. There is a certain level of togetherness that i only see in cymbal lines and nowhere else. its very rare when you can go up to the tech of another corps and have them know every kid in all the other lines... yet in cymbal land its a common occurrence. If you ever watch cymbal I&E you are in for a huge treat as well. over the years ive seen everything from crazy acrobatics to hip hop and pop music.

    i guess what im getting at here is this: hatters gonna hate...

    Who is this?

    What Sparked your Drum Corp Interest?

    in DCA - All-Age Corps Discussions

    Posted

    As a kid, growing up in Lynn MA and lived across the street from Manning Bowl....

    As soon as I was allowed to I joined a the local Corps (all male) so I could compete in Manning Bowl. I've competed there with all 5 of the Drum Corps I've marched with... :sleeping:

    (Shows in Manning Bowl are the ONLY shows my entire family has seen me compete in Drum Corps. With two sisters, one older & one younger, I was the only one interested in DC.)

    Were you there the night a baritone was tossed over SCV's head to another corps who wore gold? That night is legendary in SCV lore. :sleeping:

    What Sparked your Drum Corp Interest?

    in DCA - All-Age Corps Discussions

    Posted

    When I was five years old, I was helping my father mow the lawn. There was a strange, rhythmic rumbling coming from the distance. I looked at my dad, who had a huge grin on his face and gave him the classic, "Huh" face. he told me to go get my stuff that we were going for a ride. What i saw when we pulled up was a memory that has stuck with me through thick and thin, even after the party with 27th in Edmunton, which caused me to forget much of my math background. Drums everywhere, glocks everywhere...

    A little background information might be called for. In Northern California, every year in October, there was what was called, "State". The morning started with drill teams and progressed to the myriad of drum & bell corps that existed in California back then. I think batons factored into that equation too. There were so many at one time it lasted all day. Then, when the sun went down came the Drum & Bugle corps!!!! Oh my frigg'n god!!! I was home. There was over a dozen corps back then so it was quite a show, in fact The Show out this way, since touring hadn't been innovated yet. Remember too, that these were the days when drinking and smoking in the stands were not only allowed, they were encouraged...

    I went to this thing for years, I took some lessons, but didn't really pick a corps I wanted to march with, until 1967/68 when this ragtag group of kids came out dressed in green satin, yes, green satin and walked like gods. Once, again, I was home. I knew I had to be a part of this, and in 1973 that dream came true when I donned the now red tunic of the Santa Clara Vanguard. Which made my dad beam!! Did I mention he marched in the 40's?

    2011 Phantom Regiment Guard

    in DCI World Class Corps Discussions

    Posted

    We'll see. It is an amazing staff and it would be awesome for Phantom to have a great guard!!!

    I don't think that this is great news - I understand the feelings that alot of people have for the all female history of the Phantom guard...

    But all female guards are simply not competitive in today's world class corps. I just don't see them becoming more competitive by reverting to this. Even the best all female winterguards (Blessed Sac) eventually added men to give them a competitive edge. The energy derived by a mixed guard along with the added writing opportunities and strength moves will be greatly diminished in my opinion.

    It just seems like a very strange thing to do - and I think it will end up hurting them competitively.

    Later,

    Mike

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