JohnZ Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 when several members of your corps send black roses to a certain nemesis judge, it tends to get noticed. yeah, I think that qualifies as 'infamous'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 when several members of your corps send black roses to a certain nemesis judge, it tends to get noticed.yeah, I think that qualifies as 'infamous'. LOL, another legend is from the old Red Carpet Association (circuit for small Sr corps). Supposedly one corps had too much pull in the circuit which helped in selecting "sympathic" judges. Another corps raised Hades about it and had one (more?) of those judges removed from the Circuit Championship show. End result was the corps with pull LOST to the corps that complained. Supposedly the "corps with pull" sent a Christmas card to the winning corps signed "Merry Christmas ###holes". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucbari Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 (edited) It's off season and things on DCP slow down a little. So for fun we've had several posts identifying 'famous' members of the DCI fraternity. How about those 'black sheep'. There must be some out there somewhere. I went through this entire thread before responding. I'm surprised some of the oldtimers forgot the most notorious group of drum corps people EVER!!! Yes I'm referring to I.C. Reveries 1966 sitdown on the starting line at VFW Nationals. They got screwed and did not make finals and decided to not take it. To quote Corpreps they "passed into drum corps history" when they somehow got through the gate and sat down on the starting line and would not move. They performed their show but were not judged. The parish removed their sponsorship but the Director ( all drum corps people know who I'm referring to) gathered the kids together and formed a new corps and the "27th Lancers exploded on the drum corps scene". Classic. The sad part is the corps I.C. Reveries will always be known for the sitdown and we forget they were a #### good corps, a corps more then worthy of a finalist spot that year. Just as an aside to their worthiness this was also a year where you could put together a top 8 that would have been within 3 points of each other. A truly legendary year with Cavaliers, Royalaires, Skokie Vanguard, Kilties, a legendary Troopers year, Blessed Sacrament, St. Lucys and again a legendary Boston Crusaders show. Edited December 9, 2009 by Bucbari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Late 1970s, Sunrisers had a bass drummer who apparently had problems remembering when rehearsals started. It got to the point where the rest of the drum line started a pool... each picking a time when they thought the bass drum guy would show up! The above is one of the tamer stories that I could share from my days with Sun. We most definitely had a cast of characters there. LOL Fran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byline Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Wish someone had snapped a photo of the snare line rehearsing in their undies atop a small hill one hot, humid summer day in '78. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 From the "all-time best excuses for missing rehearsal" files: A guy from my junior corps (Manville Crusaders) once called in and said he couldn't make it to rehearsal because he was "seeing all kinds of colors, man." True story, I swear. Fran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecoats88 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 we had a kid show up for first tour with a pair of black socks. That was all he had was a pair of black socks. I don't think he realized we were gonna be on the road for a couple weeks. The staff sent him home to pack. His nickname in the corps was moonbeam cause he was pretty much a space cadet. After the 1982 finals one of our members ( a baritone plug) stepped of the curb to cross the major street out side the stadium to get to our busses. Unfortunately for him he stepped right in front of a motorcyclist. They went flying through the air and landed a good 10-15 yards from the point of collision. Needless to say he did not travel home with the corps that night but spent about 6 months in a montreal hospital then was taken home to southern ohio by ambulance in a full body cast. oh and by the way his nickname during the season, before this incident occured, was ####head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander71 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 When travelling down a Pennsylvania highway in 1971 busses carrying the Burlington Commanders swung out to pass a US Army National Guard convoy. We immediately started handing out cold Canadian beers to thirsty Guardsmen riding in the backs of trucks. As luck would have it, both organizations pulled into the same rest stop. Within minutes a football game was organized, our own internal "mini-corps", the SS Kadets, were doing an impromptu concert (beer commercial songs) and more (much more) beer was being shared. I still laugh when I remember the sight of one of our long-haired french horn players driving a jeep with a recoilless rifle mounted on it and wearing some guys helmet. The Guardsman in the passenger seat and he were laughing hysterically. After about a half hour we were on our way again, happy with making new friends and all agreeing we should do this every year. True Story! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Murray Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Think McShane was also the one who walked up to the lifeguard with a pair of swim trunks in his hand saying "Someone lost these in the pool... oh wait they're mine". Might have been the hotel that the corps got a police escort out of town. Bahahahahaha I'm surprised some of the oldtimers forgot the most notorious group of drum corps people EVER!!!Yes I'm referring to I.C. Reveries 1966 sitdown on the starting line at VFW Nationals. They got screwed and did not make finals and decided to not take it. To quote Corpreps they "passed into drum corps history" when they somehow got through the gate and sat down on the starting line and would not move. They performed their show but were not judged. The parish removed their sponsorship but the Director ( all drum corps people know who I'm referring to) gathered the kids together and formed a new corps and the "27th Lancers exploded on the drum corps scene". Classic. The sad part is the corps I.C. Reveries will always be known for the sitdown and we forget they were a #### good corps, a corps more then worthy of a finalist spot that year. I love reading stories like this. Thank you. From the "all-time best excuses for missing rehearsal" files:A guy from my junior corps (Manville Crusaders) once called in and said he couldn't make it to rehearsal because he was "seeing all kinds of colors, man." True story, I swear. Fran "I swear to god, it is" - Donnie Baker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsksun4 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 We had a couple of guys try to steal the Syracuse exit sign off the NYS thruway in the 60's, but didn't have the right tools at the time. They did manage to get two gum ball machines from a supermarket though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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