gmanbay41 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 After the Kingsmen I so wanted to march with the Bridgemen. I even wrote a letter,but no response. Who did you write the letter to??? And Rocketman REALLY?????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 I wanted to join the Garfield Cadets for the 1977 season.... they were one of my favorite corps back then, and they had French horns, which I had played in a local NJ junior corps. But then my parents suggested... OK, insisted ...LOL... that I needed to work that summer, since I had just started college. So I joined DCA's Sunrisers instead. My brother was there, as were a bunch of other people I knew. And they were adding French horns to the line for '77. It would have been nice to march in DCI Finals with the Cadets that year.... but winning the DCA championship with Sun that same year definitely took quite a bit of the sting out of missing that opportunity. I had an outside shot at marching with the Blue Stars in 1979... my age-out year... we had a family friend who lived in Wisconsin, and the plan was to stay there during winter rehearsals when I could, and for the summer when the corps was not on tour. But the plans fell through, and I stayed with the Sunrisers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 (edited) And Rocketman REALLY?????? I hear ya, George. My mom's family was from Bayonne... I spent a lot of time there growing up... and rest assured they all could read, write and comprehend all sorts of worldly things. Including which local waterway would be best to deposit the body of anyone who made fun of Bayonne. Edited February 24, 2013 by Fran Haring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opti-Burr Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 I hear camp is a #####! wow I was censored - I hear camp is really difficult. A friend of mine marched with them (The Commandant's Own) and told me that everyone still has to complete boot camp, which was tough, prior to joining the Corps in Washington, DC. She is an excellent baritone player and is acknowledged as being the first female member on their facebook page timeline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scouttimp Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 if not Madison... Late 80's contemporaries- VK, SCV 90's- Do something like my Colts buddy Pete who started at BK when they finished in 16th place and aged out in finals in a superior drumline 2000's- ummm Cavies (duh) Now?- dang it, it's still Scouts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDempsey Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 St Joes(and did) Garfield Cadets Anaheim Kingsmen Hawthorne Cabs>some of us in St Joes(Joe Pero Sr for sure) were aging out in 1971 and discussed car pooling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Other Mike Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 SCV Madison But back then (early 70's), traveling that far from New Orleans was not something that was even talked about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearlsnaredrummer77 Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 BAC. I had aged out and a lot of my still eligible friends joined Boston in 1986 when it became apparent that GBV were not going to field a corps that year. That was a bummer, I missed everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerriTroop Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 The only other corps that I ever wanted to march in was SCV. My first exposure to them was in 1983, my rookie year in drum corps. And while there were plenty of other amazing and great drum corps that inspired me in my early marching days, none of them stole my heart like SCV did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I went to a Kiltie camp in 75 and the drumline was full. They gave me a flag. I didn't go back. We've been lookin' for that flag ever since!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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