Blackstar Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Now that Hannum is back with Cadets it seems that Crossmen and Vanguard produced most of the top notch instructors. At least in the "modern" area. Or am I wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slow Adam Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 I haven't counted, but my guess would be BD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoundmanG Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 I don't know about the most but the 72 Kingsmen had a couple of guys named Tom and Ralph that certainly influenced quite a few drummers over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1STEN2311 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Jim Ancona - Cadets Lee Beddis - Cadets Tom Aungst- Cadets Tom Rarick - Cadets Bret Kuhn - Cavaliers Scott Johnson - Blue Devils Tim Jackson - Blue Devils Roger Carter - Blue Devils Mike Jackson - Blue Knights Murray Gusseck - Santa Clara Vanguard Jim Cassella - Santa Clara Vanguard Paul Rennick - 27 Lancers those are just the head guys that I could think of off the top of my head. but tech staff wise I would say cavaliers also have a pretty high number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGarrett Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Is this a contest? or just an observation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1STEN2311 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 i just think it's pretty interesting information. could be inspiring for the youth. jim cassella was a bass drummer and actually once a bass tech for BD. Jim ancona is one of the few caption heads that is actually a pit guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCIHasBeen Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 ... and if you want to talk about the old days, the Dumont Police Cadets turned out a few as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGarrett Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 (edited) i just think it's pretty interesting information. could be inspiring for the youth. jim cassella was a bass drummer and actually once a bass tech for BD. Jim ancona is one of the few caption heads that is actually a pit guy. well, that's kind of the way it's been throughout drum corps history I think. Not just todays "big name" instructors, but Fred Sandford, Tom Float, Ralph Hardimon, Chris Theo, Jim Campbell, Dennis DeLucia, Dave Vose (sp?), and many countless other great percussion instructors came out of great and even not-so-great drum corps drum lines to go on and be very influential and instrumental in producing some fantastic drummers. A "big name" instructor may attract a lot of talented kids to a corps, but with no intended disrespect meant to any of the current "big names" we have out there instructing the best drumlines right now... a big name guy doesn't make a drumline great alone, it's the components he or she has to work with as a whole from techs and assistants to the players themselves that make a great line. No one person alone turns a bunch of rag tag players into a monster line in one year... it takes a huge cooperative effort driven by someone who knows how to take the hopeful end product to it's destination. Even the top names popular right now started somewhere as a "woodblock tuner and head tensioner" guy... Edited October 4, 2008 by GGarrett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1STEN2311 Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 ha ha agreed. it's important for people to know you don't have to be a blue devils center snare for 6 years to be a great educator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumno5 Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 ... and if you want to talk about the old days, the Dumont Police Cadets turned out a few as well. Well we all know about Dennis DeLucia, that's common knowledge. Who else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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