buc-aroo Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Blue Devils? With batons? Oh come on now, you got to joking.Sarcasm button off. Please, I know they have several world championship baton corps. I don't remember how it happened that the baton twirlers were there. I don't think anyone minded. Now when the twirlers went to Japan with the Drumline in '88, that was a problem.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcityrabbit Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 I don't remember how it happened that the baton twirlers were there. I don't think anyone minded. Now when the twirlers went to Japan with the Drumline in '88, that was a problem.... I remember them doing the Japan trip, could you fill us in on why it was a problem, sounds interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buc-aroo Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 I remember them doing the Japan trip, could you fill us in on why it was a problem, sounds interesting. We were just jealous. I think the twirlers were chosen because they were a smaller group. It wasn't like a revolt or anything, just wishing we could go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byline Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 My apologies for getting here a little late...1976 Gong Show, Robert Amaya's Anaheim Kingsmen Drum & Bugle Corps rifle routine I thought he was going to be doing it for laughs . . . but he was great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob J Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 And I had forgotten all about "Hooked on Classics" until watching that clip! thanks (not) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottgordon Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 A drum corp drum line did a Twix candy bar commercial. Bridgemen: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrunchyTenor Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 Before long, Isaac Curtis is flying down the sideline untouched and right into the corner of the endzone where we are. I ran HS track against that guy in a dual meet once. All I ever saw were his heels, and they were going away from me at a pretty fast pace! Sure, he was a senior and I was a freshman, but still... Garry in Vegas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Nevermann Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 The 70 Troopers did a halftime show for a nationally televised game on there way back home after the season was over. The '67 Troopers did the televised halftime for the Broncos [i think: I don't know football teams from upside down]. The Macy's Thanksgiving parades in the mid '60 had the Muchachos, BSGK, and Racine Scouts. Oh, and BAC did a halftime in '65. I remember, in Wichita, racing to phone my drum instructor [ex-Blue Rock & Air Force D&B snare Frank Haddaway] whose first words --after I said "Frank, it's Jim...."-- were "I SEE IT! I SEE IT!". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffernbus3 Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 RE: Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, MN. Sigh, I miss that old park. RON HOUSLEY (Mpls: 73-77) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kansasDC Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 The Long Island Kingsmen did two television commercials: The first was the commercial that introduced Diet RC Cola back in the early 70's (72??), featuring just our color guard and an air-head actress as the guard captain. It was filmed at Fordham University on a blistering hot summer day. It took the air-head 72 takes to get her lines right . The second was a commercial for Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks in NYC. The first part was filmed in the basement of the main store in Herald Square. Due to traffic on the Long Island Expressway and in the Midtown Tunnel, we were late getting into NYC and had ten minutes to change into uniforms and get all of our equipment down into the store. Like all good drum corps members of the late 70's, we just stood outside our buses in the middle of Herald Square and changed. The site of 100+ members changing in the middle of the Square was enough to stop even the most hardened NYer . The second part of the commercial was filmed in a park on the upper west side at dusk. We got to practice there all day and then finish the commercial as the sun went down. Macy's used that commercial for several years to advertise the fireworks show in the NY area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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