You know you're "Old School" when revisited...

[SkyRaider]

You are at least a little old school if you can remember:

1) Sitting in front of the TV to watch DCI Finals. . .

All top 12 corps. . .

Live as it happened;

and

2) You remember anxiously awaiting the DCI Finals records.

(For those of you who don't know what records are/were, they were large, black vinyl disks that were played on a machine called a turntable that reproduced sound by using a needle. No lasers.)

[jojo]

you know you're old school if ...

- you can remember at least 3 drum and bugle corps headquartered within 25 miles of where you lived

- you saw the Blue Devils perform when they were still a Drum and Bell corps

- you wore boots and kick-pleat skirts and carried a 7-foot pole with a pike on top

- the only yard line on the field at finals was the 50

- whatever you carried on the field stayed WITH you

- people you knew as kids have become respected and revered instructors, arrangers, corps directors. etc.

- you remember full corps retreats and playing yourselves off the field

- you can remember that the show started the MOMENT you put on the uniform

- winterguard was "competition" guard -- sans music

- the people you march with in senior corps are amazed that you're still doing this stuff :P

Edited June 5, 2004 by jojo

[Malibu]

You are at least a little old school if you can remember:

1) Sitting in front of the TV to watch DCI Finals. . .

All top 12 corps. . .

Live as it happened;

and

2) You remember anxiously awaiting the DCI Finals records.

(For those of you who don't know what records are/were, they were large, black vinyl disks that were played on a machine called a turntable that reproduced sound by using a needle. No lasers.)

Oh Geez.....I must be an "old phart" too.....I remember this! :P

[TerriDitt57]

Do you remember the sprinklers going off during the Kilties show at The World Open?

I can top that. My S.O. had the sprinklers go off on him in Kilts.

[susantaylor40]

1. National parties that consisted of a National Flag carrier, a guard with a side arm and a guard with a saber.

2. Flag slings

3. You find thay you always lead off when walking with your left foot.

4. You can name off a town or city and Canada and the drum corps that was situated there.

5. You remember Cadet class, All Girls, and A class.

6. You are at your uncle's funeral and start writing drum music to the recorded Amazing Grace ( my brother-in-law actually did this)

7. Multi tenors cosisted of 2 drums.

8. You remember marching tymps and keyboards.

9. You remember cranks on the above mentioned tymps.

10. The Canadian dollar was worth more than American.

11. You still have most of the t shirts you bought during tours in the 70s.

Edited June 5, 2004 by susantaylor40

[Walter]

You still have all your old t-shirts Sue???

Mine only lasted until I got my first car, I wish I hadn't done that!!!

But on the other hand I couldn't wear them today any way!!

[Malibu]

You still have all your old t-shirts Sue???

Mine only lasted until I got my first car, I wish I hadn't done that!!!

But on the other hand I couldn't wear them today any way!!

I still have all of mine from '77-current. In fact, in 1980 my boyfriend (now husband) bought one of every top 12 corps and NEVER wore them! They are still packed away in a vacuumed sealed bag. Some day we should put them up for auction on ebay.

[susantaylor40]

You are at least a little old school if you can remember:

2) You remember anxiously awaiting the DCI Finals records.

(For those of you who don't know what records are/were, they were large, black vinyl disks that were played on a machine called a turntable that reproduced sound by using a needle. No lasers.)

Even better.... getting DCI Finals on.... wait for it...... 8 TRACK!! I have 76 on 8 track.... and a player to listen to them on!!

[Russellrks]

Posting buckets

[bassrig]

1. National parties that consisted of  a National Flag carrier, a guard with a side arm and a guard with a saber.

2. Flag slings

3. You find thay you always lead off when walking with your left foot.

4. You can name off a town or city and Canada and the drum corps that was situated there.

5. You remember Cadet class, All Girls, and A class.

6. You are at your uncle's funeral and start writing drum music to the recorded Amazing Grace ( my brother-in-law actually did this)

7. Multi tenors cosisted of 2 drums.

8. You remember marching tymps and keyboards.

9. You remember cranks on the above mentioned tymps.

10. The Canadian dollar was worth more than American.

11. You still have most of the t shirts you bought during tours in the 70s.

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well, let's see........ I remember the cranks on the tymps, and I remember having to carry the keys and tymps. I was actually grateful they changed the ruling to allow tymps to be put on the feild instead of carrying them around, nothing looked dorkier in the drumline.... I also remember flag slings..... yeah you never see them anymore ha ha ha... and when my son joined D&B corps last year, my father pulled out his old records of the 74 Muchachos. My son couldn't believe you could actually play a book like that with only a valve and a rotor ha ha ha ha.