Terri Schehr 14,725 Report post Posted October 13 4 hours ago, MikeD said: At 1971 VFW Nationals in Dallas, as we (Garfield) were waiting to enter the Cotton Bowl for prelims I overheard two stadium employees talking. One of them told the other it was 135 degrees at field level in the stadium. That’s insane. 🔥 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeD 4,726 Report post Posted October 14 2 hours ago, Terri Schehr said: That’s insane. 🔥 Yeah, and back then the unis were all wool! 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terri Schehr 14,725 Report post Posted October 14 2 hours ago, MikeD said: Yeah, and back then the unis were all wool! Yep. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff Ream 16,222 Report post Posted October 14 9 hours ago, MikeD said: At 1971 VFW Nationals in Dallas, as we (Garfield) were waiting to enter the Cotton Bowl for prelims I overheard two stadium employees talking. One of them told the other it was 135 degrees at field level in the stadium. I remember people that marched there in 91 said it was brutal...at night Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeD 4,726 Report post Posted October 15 21 hours ago, Jeff Ream said: I remember people that marched there in 91 said it was brutal...at night Yeah, it was hot at finals too. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fran Haring 7,494 Report post Posted October 15 On 10/13/2019 at 2:32 PM, MikeD said: At 1971 VFW Nationals in Dallas, as we (Garfield) were waiting to enter the Cotton Bowl for prelims I overheard two stadium employees talking. One of them told the other it was 135 degrees at field level in the stadium. Wow... Tony Schlecta must have had a tough time keeping his beer cold that day!!! 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xandandl 6,221 Report post Posted October 16 22 hours ago, Fran Haring said: Wow... Tony Schlecta must have had a tough time keeping his beer cold that day!!! Fran, as the Phantom Regt. thread current discussion seems to remind us, you have to explain your references. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fran Haring 7,494 Report post Posted October 16 52 minutes ago, xandandl said: Fran, as the Phantom Regt. thread current discussion seems to remind us, you have to explain your references. Yeah... sorry 'bout that, bit of an inside joke. I knew Mike, Terri, and Jim would know who I was talking about. Tony Schlecta was the guy who ran the VFW Nationals drum corps championship for many years. He also was the announcer a number of those years... and had a tendency to, shall we say, imbibe a bit while doing the PA work. So... as the show went on, his announcements became more and more interesting. LOL. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KVG_DC 7,271 Report post Posted October 17 Sounds like the Harry Caray of Drum Corps. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff Ream 16,222 Report post Posted October 17 3 hours ago, KVG_DC said: Sounds like the Harry Caray of Drum Corps. no, Harry was talented 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
