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1 hour ago, year1buick said:

He was on brass staff at Regiment during my years there. Super great guy and instructor.

yeah he was a great guy

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Not corps but could have been given the circumstances.  We had a piccolo player in band who got super bored during summer rehearsal on the lot when staff were trying to fix something with one of the b

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The ultimate freak injury in drum corps was from the 1948 Michigan American Legion state preliminary contest.  As the AP described it: "Thomas A. Edison post from Detroit took second place despit

Chief Guns
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Summer of 2003, Yokosuka Navy Base in Japan, Change of Command Ceremony.  Member of the 7th Fleet Navy Band had a flying cockroach land on him during the ceremony. Anyone that lived in Japan, kno

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On 10/14/2025 at 8:21 AM, OldCorpsGuy said:

Not drum corps related, but I’m looking at major knee surgery right now (possible torn meniscus and torn AcL and/or MCL) after tripping over my cat. 

I broke my arm last year trying not to step on cats.

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2 hours ago, Mikah said:

I broke my arm last year trying not to step on cats.

Looks like I tore my meniscus and maybe patellar tendon. Joy. 

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On 10/28/2025 at 9:00 PM, OldCorpsGuy said:

Looks like I tore my meniscus and maybe patellar tendon. Joy. 

I'm so sorry.  I've always heard it's easier to recover for a clean bone break, than torn ligaments, and tendons. 

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