scv_chuck Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Vanguard had a soprano that marched 8 years......and took a year off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield's_kid Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Brandon (the Academy snare kid) also has his own youtube channel. Just search "Brandon Olander." There are some videos about drum corps on there, and also some about his band. There's no doubt in my mind he'll be teaching at either Blue Devils or Bluecoats someday. Great kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Remember this kid from 3 years ago At the age of 15 is in the snare line of the 2013 Academy. Will potentially age out in 2020 He was born in 1998. Now... doesn't that make us all feel old here ? ( haha !) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasboot Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 One of our techs at Surf this past summer marched a total of 7 years. 2 at crossmen. 5 at bd, aging out in 20111 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalTones2012 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Good for him! It was obvious from the start that he would make it into DCI very soon! Although to be fair (and I might be wrong about what I'm going to say), the Academy as a whole looked VERY young this year. I walked by their truck at one of their shows and there had to be a good number of kids around this one's age loading it. Also, I personally know a 14 year old in the hornline. It's awesome that he's marching World Class at such a young age, but let's give props to the other young ones too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob984 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 tribute to Steve "the Kid" Aleman......made the Cadets snare line in 1979 at the age of 12..... marched through the 1984 season (thus the "3peat") and "retired" from the Cadets early to go into the military .....Kid's two brothers also marched several years.....Anthony (percussion/drum major), and Michael (percussion)...........a great trio of brothers............. BG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRacer Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Vanguard had a soprano that marched 8 years......and took a year off! One of the most humble "uber SCV gods" I had the honor of marching with my age out year. I'll never forget the time we were running sets in drill and the sop you mentioned was having a tough day getting to where he needed to be. After the upteenth repetition he finally said in exasperation, "GEEZ! Eight years here, and I STILL march like cr**p!!" ...and, you didn't do too bad yourself, Chuck! The time period mentioned here had a number of REALLY long time vets in SCV, particularly in the guard (one did 78-87 in the A-Corps). SCV's former director put in 7 years in the soprano line (83-89). In the here and now I don't know if current members have that kind of longevity given the requirements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDA16 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 FWIW Brandon was contracted by the Blue Devils this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 FWIW Brandon was contracted by the Blue Devils this weekend. A-Corps? This is great news for him. What is he, 16 years old? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84BDsop Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 A-Corps? This is great news for him. What is he, 16 years old? Yep...from what I'm seeing, he's in the A corps snare line....like a LOT of us predicted when we saw that first vid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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