BigW Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 We also played for the Lady Keystone Open at the Hershey Country Club in Hershey PA. Nothing like marching down the fairway to the green and hoping you don't trip over a sprinkler head. They did take pretty good care of us with liquid refreshments though. Yeah- I remember the LKO. Maynard had a sweet spot for Jan Stephenson, LOL. I got to see her tee off with him while we got ready to do the march down the 18th fairway for the awards ceremony. We did have a few people lock their knees up the one year- DOH! I remember them hitting the green... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurasop Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Heatwave 1997 - We played at a convention and our job was to follow a guy dressed like Darth Vader around. The funny thing is we didn't know the Darth Vader theme. We only knew the parade tune we used and it was the theme for Star Trek The Next Generation. Very very weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted September 22, 2010 Author Share Posted September 22, 2010 (edited) Hey Bob, I know we played in the disco in 1981 when I was with the corps. We also did the gig at Penn National horse track for the Governors cup. We played in the morning for the start of the 5k run and I think we played a few times in between races but not sure. I know we went out on the track and did minor drill right before the trophy race. Like Steel City Ambassadors, we also played for the Lady Keystone Open at the Hershey Country Club in Hershey PA. Nothing like marching down the fairway to the green and hoping you don't trip over a sprinkler head. They did take pretty good care of us with liquid refreshments though. Yeah, the VIP (finally remembered the name of the place) was after I left and working so 1981 sounds better..... Either 1978 or 1979 we were at a show in Binghamton(?), NY and half the horn line went to "something" that had to do with publicity for the show that night. I was with the half that stayed at the practice site and hung around with our thumbs up our butts. Half that did the "something" came back with dazed looks like they didn't know what wa going on either. Never did find out what happened. Edited September 22, 2010 by JimF-LowBari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piper Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 (edited) It had to be at a firemen's parade one time at their carnival. They were a volunteer fire dept. and ran the carnival to raise money. We were just in an arc in the lot cleaning our show after the parade when one of their guys came yelling and screaming for us to stop playing. Apparently we were drawing too many people away from the carnival. Edited September 22, 2010 by Piper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicslv Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 1989 CADETS I remember getting off the busses and filing into the courtyard of a corporate center around lunchtime. The corp did a standstill of the show and a few other selections. It was actually pretty cool as the music echoed through what almost seemed like a park-like atmosphere and watching everyone come to the windows and start filing outside. I remember leaving thinking that was oddest thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPonzo Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 It had to be at a firemen's parade one time at their carnival. They were a volunteer fire dept. and ran the carnival to raise money. We were just in an arc in the lot cleaning our show after the parade when one of their guys came yelling and screaming for us to stop playing. Apparently we were drawing too many people away from the carnival. I don't see this as strange, as on Long Island, we used to have standstill contests after many of these Fireman's parades!!! Where are you from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumlaw80 Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 When I was in Vanguard, we did a standstill on the grounds of a mental institution in the Bay Area (true story), and it was a lot like those you see in the horror films. The 1988 Vanguard also performed a standstill in a mall in the Midwest, with the drum line still playing a cadence as it went up an escalator. Not scary, but loud as [bLEEP]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCIHasBeen Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Bonnie Brae in New Jersey. Look it up. It was like Bedlam for troubled youth in the '70s (old horror picture reference, think Arkham Asylum for juvies.) We had work weekends there in '75 and '76 ... We might have played for the residents, I don't remember, but it was the strangest place I've ever practiced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyroo Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 When I was in Vanguard, we did a standstill on the grounds of a mental institution in the Bay Area (true story), and it was a lot like those you see in the horror films. The 1988 Vanguard also performed a standstill in a mall in the Midwest, with the drum line still playing a cadence as it went up an escalator. Not scary, but loud as [bLEEP]. Way back in the day, we always did a standstill show at a nearby mental hospital, Danvers State Hospital. We did a standstill on a lawn on one side of the building (the men's wing), and then went to the other side of the building (the women's wing) and repeated the show. The girls in the color guard were not allowed to be in the show on the men's side because there would be a number of patients standing in the windows doing all sorts of crazy (not surprisingly) things - mostly involving certain body parts. For some reason, those same types of things never happened on the women's side - much to this fourteen year old's chagrin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BX5CM Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 I hope someone didn't mention this already but... the Reading Buccaneers played in a mall for the Easter Bunny in 2000... what did we play? Our show music of course... THE PLANETS... for the Easter Bunny. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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