Who Made A Difference?

By KeithHall
July 24, 2008 in Historical Junior Corps Discussions

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Posted September 22, 2008

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Posted September 22, 2008

Well in my opinion, the individual who has had the greatest impact on Drum Corps, and most of the time not in the ways I like, is George Hopkins.
Hopkins has been the driving force behind almost all major rule changes in the last 20+ years.

I don't often agree with what he tries to push through, but impact on the activity is impact.

For good or bad, he has had A LOT of impact

Not to beat a dead horse, but Hopkins was Angelica's protege. All roads in the activity seem to lead back to him.