TRacer Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Before internet. Hard for people of the 2000s era to comprehend but we didn't have smart phones or computers on tour.... Our entertainment was tapes/CDs coloring books etc.... Pay phones/collect calls/phone cards- that was technology CDs and phone card...pffft, what luxuries. We had it rough...the hornline were the Hunters, and the color guard were the Gatherers; if we were lucky, our bus would hit a deer if the drumline pushing it aimed it right, which meant we ate good that night...if we wanted to read, we had to cut down trees and make our own paper pulp...drawing was accomplished using charcoal wood and a flagpole....modern communication consisted of a Realistic TRC-427 CB Radio and two cans attached with a length of string...we didn't need showers because that's what sprinklers in public parks were for, and laundry got done faster when we wore six sets of clothes and ran around in them....if we ran out of food, the alternates had to draw straws....discipline was level-thigh high mark time for 10 minutes measured using a sundial made from a pole shoved in the ground...there were no time zones, as everything was Drum Corps Standard Time..."Dots" were a magic candy in a yellow box in a display case at the moving pictures theater that played movies which had sound...."dressing forms" meant using our eyes to learn and clean drill... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_brandt Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 CDs and phone card...pffft, what luxuries. We had it rough...the hornline were the Hunters, and the color guard were the Gatherers; if we were lucky, our bus would hit a deer if the drumline pushing it aimed it right, which meant we ate good that night...if we wanted to read, we had to cut down trees and make our own paper pulp...drawing was accomplished using charcoal wood and a flagpole....modern communication consisted of a Realistic TRC-427 CB Radio and two cans attached with a length of string...we didn't need showers because that's what sprinklers in public parks were for, and laundry got done faster when we wore six sets of clothes and ran around in them....if we ran out of food, the alternates had to draw straws....discipline was level-thigh high mark time for 10 minutes measured using a sundial made from a pole shoved in the ground...there were no time zones, as everything was Drum Corps Standard Time..."Dots" were a magic candy in a yellow box in a display case at the moving pictures theater that played movies which had sound...."dressing forms" meant using our eyes to learn and clean drill... This is gold, my friend. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icecubeguy Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 So Coats took drums, Crown took brass and Cadets took everything else and were close #2 in both brass & drums The drum thing seems to flip-flop nightly. Someone is going to have to step up and "own it" Cadets really pulling ahead in visual & a solid gap in GE as well Academy guard with a very nice score and placement - great to see from them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icecubeguy Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I still do not understand the new GE sheets I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Dixon Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I still do not understand the new GE sheets I guess why do you say that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShouldveMarchedAgeOut Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 and the Cadets drum major was kind enough to take a picture with the wife...even as DM retreat was calling sorry I didn't take very many pictures...I get way too enthralled at drum corps events. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWilliams Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Cue Cadets fans jinxing of their corps in 3 2 1 All we can do is hope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWilliams Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I don't get it.... He's saying you might be jinxing the cadets with your ostentatious statements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShouldveMarchedAgeOut Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I don't know if I'm just crazy but Crossmen's bass drum heads looked more like wheel spokes and less like the inside of an orange. not sure if this change happened recently or I'm just crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skevinp Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 well I was trying to make a point about the "mental game" in another thread but someone dismissed it! I honestly think the losing is starting to get them down. But I'm probably just projecting. Yeah that's all you said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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