PJS53 Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Should have added that dropped rifles were considered extremely bad form and frequently resulted in broken rifle stocks that were becoming increasingly expensive and harder to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russellrks Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Speaking of discipline, I remember the first time I saw Anaheim Kingsmen, it was at Pacific Procession in 1972. After the corps performance they sat together in a block at the back of the stadium, seemingly at attention. When someone had to go to the restroom, they were escorted by another member. I have never seen discipline to this degree with any drum corps. I understand that they were as wild as any other corps, or worse, out of uniform, but when they suited up they were all business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsBusDriver Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 (edited) Speaking of leg lift... http://www.anellomouthpieces.com/scv_4.jpg Oh, and that's me, the second flag from the front :D Edited February 5, 2004 by MsBusDriver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBrancheau Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 Maggie Belle: NICE photo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancerlady Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 Speaking of discipline and "old school", I wasn't nor am I as old as some of y'all, but in the last years of 27th Lancers, do you know they still made women in the horn line do the following 1) Weren't allowed to wear any make up, if you got caught you had to do 27 push ups, I know cause I snuck on some eye liner and had to drop and do 27... 2) wear a hair net and made sure that we had pins holding our hair up. 3) Had to know what spot we were at on the field and where we were going too in the drill, if not, drop and do 27....ala George Z would come up and ask, "where is this formation going" and you had to know... 4) We had to carry drill charts with us and have our drill charts memorized. 5) Had to know all the music, same rule applied as the drill, if at any point any instructor walked up and you couldn't play the music...drop and do 27 push-ups... thus the "Nobody said it was easy to be a Lancer"... We usually had up to 7 or 8 women in the horn line maybe more in the last year. We weren't allowed to wear make up only the color guard. No finger nail polish under the gloves, nor any jewerly. Very strict....or should I say disciplined. That has changed, I see.... :yeah!: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburstall Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 as I said it before....today's marchers have it easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHall Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 Remember when you couldn't sit on "concert" side? All competitiors sat in the back stands and you couldn't walk on the track on "concert side. you had to take the long way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorisTS Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 Speaking of discipline and "old school", I wasn't nor am I as old as some of y'all, but in the last years of 27th Lancers, do you know they still made women in the horn line do the following 1) Weren't allowed to wear any make up, if you got caught you had to do 27 push ups, I know cause I snuck on some eye liner and had to drop and do 27... 2) wear a hair net and made sure that we had pins holding our hair up. 3) Had to know what spot we were at on the field and where we were going too in the drill, if not, drop and do 27....ala George Z would come up and ask, "where is this formation going" and you had to know... 4) We had to carry drill charts with us and have our drill charts memorized. 5) Had to know all the music, same rule applied as the drill, if at any point any instructor walked up and you couldn't play the music...drop and do 27 push-ups... thus the "Nobody said it was easy to be a Lancer"... We usually had up to 7 or 8 women in the horn line maybe more in the last year. We weren't allowed to wear make up only the color guard. No finger nail polish under the gloves, nor any jewerly. Very strict....or should I say disciplined. That has changed, I see.... :yeah!: How is this "old school?" I would think knowing your drill and music have been requirements of drum corps from the beginning all the way up to today. (Even if I joke "Just give me the changes, man, I'll improvise.") Most corps don't wear visible jewelry, and if the women have been wearing make-up, I haven't noticed (why you'd want to wear make-up during a long, sweaty rehearsal or show if you didn't have to is beyond me). I've never seen any hornline or drumline woman wear it. The only difference I see between your list and today's corps is the hairnets (and the fact that nobody specifically does exactly 27 push-ups) :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancerlady Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 (edited) Well, what I meant was, it seems to be less disciplined. I know that, and most women do wear some form of make up these days, just not thick. I'm saying we couldn't wear any. I thought the times had changed all these ideas. Well as Steve Martin said once....EXCUSE ME! I watched the DCI broadcast where some women had thick make up on that was all sweaty. And it's old school in that now a days when I go to certain reherasals I don't see kids carrying drill charts, I don't see kids being disciplined as much on knowing where their supposed to be or the fact of how to get there. Now a days they're told get there anyway you can in some drills. Not even march, "left, right" to get there. I can tell it's changed. I meant the tactic was old school . How many instructors make kids do push ups today if they go up to them and ask them to play 16 counts of their show and if they hit one wrong note you have to drop and do push ups. That's what I meant. Todays' drum corps has to be politically correct, some of the things that happened back then, won't fly today. :D Edited February 5, 2004 by Lancerlady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorisTS Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 Well, what I meant was, it seems to be less disciplined. I know that, and most women do wear some form of make up these days, just not thick. I'm saying we couldn't wear any. I thought the times had changed all these ideas. Well as Steve Martin said once....EXCUSE ME!I watched the DCI broadcast where some women had thick make up on that was all sweaty. And it's old school in that now a days when I go to certain reherasals I don't see kids carrying drill charts, I don't see kids being disciplined as much on knowing where their supposed to be or the fact of how to get there. Now a days they're told get there anyway you can in some drills. Not even march, "left, right" to get there. I can tell it's changed. I meant the tactic was old school . How many instructors make kids do push ups today if they go up to them and ask them to play 16 counts of their show and if they hit one wrong note you have to drop and do push ups. That's what I meant. Todays' drum corps has to be politically correct, some of the things that happened back then, won't fly today. :D I wasn't ripping on you, just curious about the specific things you mentioned. As for the make-up in the horns and drums, I'm sure somebody somewhere wears it...maybe I should've mentioned, the corps I was in specified that heavy make-up was not allowed. I never saw anyone besides the guard apply it before a show, and I think we can agree...eww, why? We only carried actual drill charts when we were learning drill for the first time. After that, you were required to carry a dot book and know what you were doing. If you're talking about the "scatter drill" where you take whatever path you want to get to your spot, I'd say it's often overused. Push-ups or laps are done sometimes in some corps, but personally I think they just waste rehearsal time, and what kind of punishment are they, anyway? We do so many for conditioning that doing 25 here and there isn't going to really bother anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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