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This came close to actually happening. In the late '50's/early '60's, the Skyliners used rehearsal space above the Palace Theater.

They would open the windows and the Broadway crowds were mystified to find the source of those great NY repertoires.

The sight of some of Sky's more colorful characters roaming Broadway with their suspicious horn cases and ducking into hidden doorways was a rare pleasure for the corps.

But that was a time when drum corps was a contact sport and anything could be seen on Times Square.

Also known by some as "The Good Old Days".  There's probably a decent book about these and other notorious events of many of those senior corps.

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On 6/21/2022 at 5:00 PM, gunther said:

This came close to actually happening. In the late '50's/early '60's, the Skyliners used rehearsal space above the Palace Theater.

They would open the windows and the Broadway crowds were mystified to find the source of those great NY repertoires.

The sight of some of Sky's more colorful characters roaming Broadway with their suspicious horn cases and ducking into hidden doorways was a rare pleasure for the corps.

But that was a time when drum corps was a contact sport and anything could be seen on Times Square.

Also known by some as "The Good Old Days".  There's probably a decent book about these and other notorious events of many of those senior corps.

Book probably got burned about the same time they st a rted enforcing 10PM curfews at finals. 

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On 6/20/2022 at 10:48 PM, ironlips said:

You mean, people used to BET on drum corps shows?

For shame.   🙂

When I was marching, I bet on the '82 DCI final 12 placements and won over $100.00.💰🤩

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8 hours ago, camel lips said:

Book probably got burned about the same time they st a rted enforcing 10PM curfews at finals. 

That was the town enforcing the curfew, not DCA.

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18 hours ago, JimF-LowBari said:

That was the town enforcing the curfew, not DCA.

Shhh facts 

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On 6/25/2022 at 5:30 AM, JimF-LowBari said:

That was the town enforcing the curfew, not DCA.

Find a better town....oh wait... just return to that town two years later. That makes a lot of sense. SMDH 

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1 hour ago, camel lips said:

Find a better town....oh wait... just return to that town two years later. That makes a lot of sense. SMDH 

Hoping DCA looks at more than curfew when picking a site. Not knowing what hoops have to be jumped thru and pieces need to exist and be in place I’m not going to criticize. 

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9 hours ago, camel lips said:

Find a better town....oh wait... just return to that town two years later. That makes a lot of sense. SMDH 

you get what you don't have to pay for

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18 hours ago, JimF-LowBari said:

Hoping DCA looks at more than curfew when picking a site. Not knowing what hoops have to be jumped thru and pieces need to exist and be in place I’m not going to criticize. 

Yeah... I gotta figure that a town's noise ordinance/curfew is not high on the list of championship venue issues. 

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14 hours ago, Jeff Ream said:

you get what you don't have to pay for

This makes perfect sense. Free does not translate into good. 

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