LancerFi Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 What corps merged to for The Thing in the early 70's????Corps from Milwaukee I believe, I saw them in Wisconsin somewhere in '73. I thought it was kinda neat to be called The Thing, of course I was only 14 at the time. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You know, along the same lines at the first VFW that 2-7 attended, when people heard the 27th Lancers, it was "the Who?" that caught on as a name that year at that show. I believe it was VFW....well either way, signs were made at the hotel saying "The Who?"...just a bit of trivia I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LancerFi Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 (edited) Nancy - I've been collecting some old Fleetwood records over the years but don't have that one - which one is it on?Uncle z - your pic is scaring me, man! What kind of unis did the Amoebas wear? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Rob, I agree, that pic is kind of scaring me as well. :P Anyway, I'd have to look at all volumes to see which one that corps song is on.... :P You know to go completely off topic, when you quote someone and it says "snapback" (anyone else notice and think of this) I always think of dress center-ready front scpeel where the head snapped back, OR during rifle sectionals, where we'd have our heads snapback, or whatever.....very old school stuff, I just found it amusing and I felt right at home with it being called ["snapback"] OK, back to the Amoebas, Rocketman, I never thought of that, they would not know that they existed would they? (insert smily scratching chin here) LancerFi - thinks Rocketman is very smart! :) Edited September 5, 2004 by LancerFi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvfan Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 Anyone remember the "Fresno Ferns" hoax from the 70's? I read about it after it happened in an old book called "Drum corps there and then, here and now". Lost the book and the "ferns" tshirt I found on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocketman Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 OK, back to the Amoebas, Rocketman, I never thought of that, they would not know that they existed would they? (insert smily scratching chin here)LancerFi - thinks Rocketman is very smart! :) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> OK, but think about this. Aren't corps shows put under a "microscope" so to speak? That would be the only way to actually see thier show! Think about it! Rocketman - Amoeba Fan Club ampssuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggbert Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 (edited) ... Edited September 8, 2004 by Eggbert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocketman Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Now, this is just a rumor, but I had heard that there was some dissension in the corps that caused a split! Can anyone confirm? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You people, don't you get it? amoebas SPLIT! Rocketman - I give up! ampssuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffernbus3 Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 (edited) Hormel All-Girls Drum And Bugle Corps were a unit created by The Hormel Company to promote their products after WWII. They put out the call for women who were formerly military and had musical backgrounds. In fact, the first woman bugler in the history of the United States Army, was their drum major. I've emailed her a few years back (I have to look up her name again) when doing some small research on the Hormel Girls. Drum Corps History Vol II has some pretty good pictures of the corps. And it should also be pointed out that they were the first Senior All-Girl drum corps to participate in American Legion Nationals (in 1948, I think) in New York.....I have to look up details, sorry.... The girls used to travel across the country in 35 brand new white Chevys...way cool. There was also a Hormel Girls Radio Show that was Nation-wide and widely popular back then, but they were mostly singers and band instrumentalists and not the corps...as far as I know. The Hormel Co. has a great 100 year history of their company in Austin, MN.....free! Just look up public relations for Hormel and they'll send it to you.....it's a big thick book and there's a great double page spread of the Hormel Girls marching in, I think, Eau Claire, WI (my books are all packed away or I'd have the correct details). And yes, Ryan, Hormel also had a "Mexican" music ensemble called The Hormel Chili-Beaners at one time. But no, The Hormel Girls were never "officially" called The Spam-ettes, although they were sponsored by the AL Spam Post of Austin, MN........as were the later Spamtown Lancers of the 70s?..sorry, details again are not at hand so don't quote this stuff as gospel without doing your own check first. There's also a great Hormel Museum in Austin, MN which features the Hormel Girls and I know of, but have not heard, a recording of the Hormel All Girls. One day I'll hear them. ....not only could they play, they were hotties!!! And ex-service women and former military musicians, too. Gotta love that! RON HOUSLEY www.cafepress.com/fresnoferns Edited September 11, 2004 by ffernbus3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffernbus3 Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 ...and for SCVFan..... www.cafepress.com/fresnoferns is the address for the one and only OFFICIAL Fresno Ferns Drum & Bugle Corps on-line store. The Ferns are hunkered down at The Barn right now working on some new projects: a new CD is definately in the works. Mr. F. DaKatt, the reclusive brass arranger for The Ferns --think Phil Spector without the guns-- has sent out some new charts and the transcriptionists are trying to figure them out as we speak. The guy seems to have a fondness for sketching out parts on the back of coffee shop napkins and worse and then stuffing them in a mailer and sending them over to us at The Barn, so this transcription stuff is necessarily slow and tedious work. Sometimes very difficult to decide what's a slur and what's snot...or worse....except in context and it's very labor intensive work not to mention potentially infective. Hence the latex gloves. But on the serious side: www.cafepress.com/fresnoferns will get you to the store, which is, btw, a non-profit venture as all funds made from Fresno Ferns schwag will be returned to the Drum Corps Activity as sort of a seed-venture to help re-stock, as it were, the number of viable drum corps for the future generations to partcipate in and enjoy. RON HOUSLEY Elected Minister Of Information by the ORIGINAL FRESNO FERNS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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