kiltiesdrumguy Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 I was sitting around at work and people were discussing how they got strange sunburns and it made me think of the snare drum stripe caused by the slings back in the olden days (mid-late '70's for me). I would get back to school after the summer of touring, play basketball or something and take my shirt off. People who didn't know what it was were kind of freaked out. Talk amongst yourselves.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickCogley Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 Here's 27th's snareline in 83. I'm left front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vibraphonusrex Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 I wasn't a snare drummer, but I sure remember the tans. In my corps, in 1979 and 1980 at least, you could tell the snares by the sling marks from the right shoulder, the tenors and mallets from the T-bar marks, and the timpani and bass drummers from the crossed sling marks on their backs. The cymbal players actual got small white areas on their hands. Bob Blomberg Geneseo Knights, '79-'83 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiltiesdrumguy Posted July 23, 2003 Author Share Posted July 23, 2003 Nice picture, when did snare drummers get so young? I never got those kind of tans though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Flag holsters used to leave a giant X on our backs ... combine that with our bright white feet from wearing tennies all the time ... bet that was sexy in a bathing suit huh B) I've always loved drummers ... I just don't think I remember 'em being that young !!! Sheesh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickCogley Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Young is right. I was 17, and half of us were about that age, the others were closer to 20. I used a sling in highschool, but never in drum corps - always had a T or a V tan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jascd Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 (edited) Ah yes, the carrier tans! The Yamaha vest carriers left us with half "X's on our fronts - I looked pretty strange when I went swimming, and had to answer a lot of questions about how I got the "X" on my chest. Also, snare players, did you notice the differences in tan from your left arm to your right? I still do more than 10 years later! Horn players would get shadow tans sometimes, but these were pretty rare. Funny, though! Edited August 3, 2003 by jascd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickCogley Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 We got uneven tans in Defenders when I marched traditional grip, but we played matched grip in 27th, so the tan was even, just like our rolls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecoats88 Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 as a bass player you'd never get a tan on your front because the bass blocked most of your body. and my feet still don't tan to this day, even when i go to the beach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jascd Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 as a bass player you'd never get a tan on your front because the bass blocked most of your body. and my feet still don't tan to this day, even when i go to the beach. The sock tan! I swear, the secret "lapel pin" or ID Badge of the Drum Corps Fraternity. At the beach, I have guessed with nearly 100% accuracy which people were in corps at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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