nhsalan Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Chuck, I never met Doug but I "knew him" as did so many drum corps fans who heard him play. Will say a prayer for peace for all of his family and friends and a special one for his daughter that she will gain some comfort knowing he'll have the best seats in the house watching her as she ages out this summer. Take care my friend, AA For those of you who knew Doug, and for those of you not fortunate enough to have met him... Doug was a "lifer" in drum corps, from the Colt Cadets, to the Colt .45's, the Colts (see if you can find a 1980 recording and listen to him wail on "There's a Boat Dats Leavin'". More of you will be able to find his 1981 Blue Devils performance as the lower 1/2 of the baritone duet in "Dindi". He proudly donned the uniforms of the Kilties, Royalaires Alumni Corps, and others. He loved playing his horn, and lived life as loud as he played. If you never saw Doug coming at you down a mountainside on his skis, full bore and laughing... what a sight!!! He was a good friend, and I had the chance to say goodbye and tell him what a huge influence he's been on my drum corps life, always encouraging me during my marching years. Peace, my friend. Chuck Naffier 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mpron Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Great story Charlie and way to go!! ...I met Doug, officially, when he marched with the Kingsmen Alumni ('06-07), and he was a standout in a truly all-star hornline. One day, an original Kingsmen (yup, there were quite a few of them marching!) came up to me and asked me to talk to the "large baritone with the goatee." The situation originated in a set where the entire line is compressed into a very small area...at least small for 140 horns, heh...and Doug was placed directly behind said original Kingsmen, at maybe 3 steps. The asker, a soprano doncha know (heh), wanted *me* to ask *Doug* to "...not play so loud." Well, after I got done hackin' up a furrball, catching my breath which was ALL gone, and wiping my face where the tears had flowed, I asked, in the calmest way I could, "...do you know who that is?" Heh, what do you expect from a soprano...he didn't! I let him in on some history, pointed him back to his set, gave him a helping shove, and said, "...wear some earplugs and live with it, dude, ain't NO way I'm tellin' THAT guy to tone it down...NO way!" RIP Pooh, for us that knew you, you live on, and for at least some (like the aforementioned "victim") not privy to your greatness, you live on in their cellular structure... cg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcm_alum Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 He taught me to play THAT LOUD too. One of my proudest moments was in an early season show where a judge from the pressbox asked on the tape that someone talk to me about not overpowering the rest of the horns on my side of the field (during a Forte part no less). A rookie mistake, yes, but the fact that I had the lungs to make that happen it was all Doug's doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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