tommytimp Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Here's a pic of the guy marching with chimes in 74 Kingsmen: Is that not Katherine Float on the chime-xylo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russellrks Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Is that not Katherine Float on the chime-xylo? Catherine didn't march Kingsmen, she marched with Spirit of Atlanta in '79 and probably a few years beyond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommytimp Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Thanks, Russell. I thought the mythology was that the Floats met at Anaheim. Guess not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Clark Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 I think they used to call the Spirit thing the xylovibes ... I recall meeting the guy playing them somewhere down South on tour that year (although the bell player was far more interesting to most of the guys) ... Said the thing weighed a frikkin' ton and sounded like crap. Said bell player was Catherine Float... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Matczak Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 No, didn't mean to mislead. I was remarking on marching a marimba with vibes . . .Seems like it would have been pretty darn heavy. Only brought that up because (I am not a percussionist) I didn't recognize that a lot of corps marched marimbas (if they did). I would not have recognized the one shown as I thought the vibes were part and parcel with the marimba . . . so if it didn't rotate, what was the point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCIHasBeen Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Said bell player was Catherine Float... No ####, Sherlock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tansea Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Here's a pic of the guy marching with chimes in 74 Kingsmen: If in fact that is 74, those are both guys...hehehehehehehehehehehe!!!! *catching breath* That was awesome!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdostie Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 so if it didn't rotate, what was the point? It turned out to be a pointless post. I would delete it if I could . . . I was wondering how many actual marimbas with vibes were marched - if that was common. I have never actually picked one up, but it always appeared to me to be the heaviest piece of equipment on the field - I could be wrong there, just my impression. It's been an awful long time, and my memory isn't that good, thus the question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russellrks Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 (edited) I taught Spirit's M&M back in those days and I remember seeing the xylovibe in the corps hall one day. Out of curiosity I decided to put it on and and took about eight steps one way, then turned around and came back. I couldn't believe how heavy it was. It felt like the muscles of my lower back were trying to pull away from my spine. After that day I had the utmost respect for the guy who carried that thing and I made sure to never question him if he decided he needed to sit out a run through every now and then. Edited May 21, 2008 by Russellrks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vickie Kingsmen Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 If in fact that is 74, those are both guys...hehehehehehehehehehehe!!!!*catching breath* That was awesome!!! Yes, it's 74 and it is Bill Johnson on chimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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