OldManDrumCorps Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 My junior corps I chose because some When I was in college I made some friends that had marched there and they said I should go back with them the next year. My first senior corps I joined because it was literally a 45 min drive from my house. My current one, I don't know why I joined. I guess I am just crazy because it is a 7 hour drive (I moved). It is going to be a blast though. I've never chased rings, just tasty beats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soccerguy315 Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 I've never chased rings, just tasty beats. I read this as "tasty beans" and I was like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Register Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Went there because they where the only hornline that made me emotional. I stayed there for the people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buick Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 SAK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cron Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 (edited) I chose Crown because I was from Fort Mill and it was really the only feasible option travel/finance wise. I stayed because I loved it despite several offers to join higher-ranked corps at the time. I was happy and felt at home with Crown. I was also fortunate enough to experience the first few years of Crown as a finalist corps which was a pretty unique experience. Edited April 28, 2010 by Cron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amadorj Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 (edited) I didn't get into drum corps the normal way: 1. Got caught cutting school 2. Told to come after school to detention 3. Instead of cleaning chalk erasers I was handed a baritone bugle 4. Ended up marching that year (1966) with the Sparks D&B 5. Sparks turned into the Santa Clara Vanguard (1967) 6. Marched seven years ('66-'72) Soooo glad I cut school that day! Edited April 28, 2010 by amadorj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuriousMe Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 I grew up with Drum Corps, both my parents marched and we went to shows, listened to records (yes...records, I'm old) of shows at home, etc. The summer after I started playing trumpet in school, I started bugging my parents about joining a drum corps. As I was 10, I wasn't in a position to figure out much more than that. My parents made corps decisions for me and my siblings for the first three local corps' I was in. When that one folded, a bunch of friends were interested in heading to Bayonne and after MUCH persuading (I was 14 at the time, and my parents were not drum corps naive....Bayonne was a tough sell) our respective parents let a group of us march that year. As far as Garfield, they had been my favorite corps (I loved the horn line, especially the mello parts) but I didn't think I could actually march there. A friend persuaded/bullied me in to going to a camp (thank you :) ) and no one was more surprised than me that I made the line :-) I was thrilled that I had the honor to march there till I aged out. Peace, CuriousMe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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