KeithHall Posted November 19, 2006 Author Share Posted November 19, 2006 Your corps bugles were not chrome.You remember when drum corps didnt have contra basses. My first soprano was a Getzen brass, valve/rotor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbalaya Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 My first horn was a shofar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfers71 Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 My first horn was a shofar That's actually funny.....and might I say ...oh never mind...ok ...old! sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusti Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 When almost every town had a drumcorps.. All the Imaculate Reception Corps. talk about old First Horn, Getzen one valve and slide no rotor. girls had 10 lb rifles and carried sabres.. ready line, inspection line. 6 judges no tape recorders. eastern mass circuit, cyo circuit, NO DCI yet, Vfw and american legion circuits. 3 parades on july 4th,, Memorial day services.. as for forgotton corps names 21st Lancers, Norwood Ma Norwood Continentals Hyde Park Dantes New Bedford Whalers Telstar from Tewksbury Ma i believe Bedford Miltiamen Saugus Socialites Joanettes from Leminster Braintree Braves Marlboro Dukes West Shore Imperials Amvet Brigadiers Burlington Citations The Targets those are just a few of the mass corps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 My son asks," what time is it ?"and I respond "its 1/4 ta eight". He says " Whats that?" Its another confirmation that Im old. These kids were raised in the digital world and clocks with hands are read by them digitally. The time was 7:45. Memory... Whenever anyone in the corps asked "Does anyone know what time it is".... there would be a CHORUS of..."Does anyone really care".... Did it this year with the band I teach (knowing it was a bad move even as I said it)....the kid who asked got insulted when I answered him with that phrase! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 The most fun was watching the faces on the McDonalds employees! Oh, and trying to go thru the drive thru on foot! We once pulled into a fast food joint (might have been a Genos)...and the manager came racing out, a lok of horror on his face...and waved us away! :) On the way to Miami in either 70 or 71 we stopped at an 'all you can eat' fried chicken family-style restaurant in northern Florida...when we left they had to close up for the night, as we ate ALL the chicken they had! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbalaya Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 great stuff and memories posted here, which caused a funny recollection........the wife and I were returning by car from a winter vacation trip to Montreal in the mid-sixties, when we stopped at an all night diner in upper New York state. While we were eating, two buses of drum corps kids pulled up. One waitress loudly exclaimed to the rest of the wait staff something like 'Oh my God, it's more of those drum corps people'.......whereupon three of them took off their aprons and walked out the door. I would expect that there had been an indoor show somewhere along the route........ Jimbalaya We once pulled into a fast food joint (might have been a Genos)...and the manager came racing out, a lok of horror on his face...and waved us away! :) On the way to Miami in either 70 or 71 we stopped at an 'all you can eat' fried chicken family-style restaurant in northern Florida...when we left they had to close up for the night, as we ate ALL the chicken they had! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfers71 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 When almost every town had a drumcorps.. All the Imaculate Reception Corps. talk about old First Horn, Getzen one valve and slide no rotor. girls had 10 lb rifles and carried sabres.. ready line, inspection line. 6 judges no tape recorders. eastern mass circuit, cyo circuit, NO DCI yet, Vfw and american legion circuits. 3 parades on july 4th,, Memorial day services..as for forgotton corps names 21st Lancers, Norwood Ma Norwood Continentals Hyde Park Dantes New Bedford Whalers Telstar from Tewksbury Ma i believe Bedford Miltiamen Saugus Socialites Joanettes from Leminster Braintree Braves Marlboro Dukes West Shore Imperials Amvet Brigadiers Burlington Citations The Targets those are just a few of the mass corps Hmm I thought that The Telstars ewre from Woonsocket??? now for CT JR corps Besides The Surfers (yay) colors blue and gold(later became Sword Excalibur)light blue and black Spanners...gold and black Jewett City Fletcher Raiders.. Blue and black Norwich Firettes All girl... bright red Norwich Fantasia...Norwich Stafford Spring ??? what were they? Renegades? red blue..white? Ambassadors.. black and gold?Willimantic Golden Antlers.. The Centurians Enfield Sabers Seymour Vanguard Blue and white Colonades ...purple Fairfield Milford Shoreliners blue and gold Oxford Explorers something Lancers Stateliners ...greenwich black and gold Emerald Cadets green and white..black Ct Yankees...black and gold? NDettes green and ? Pal...black and gold ...ok there's more but my brain is mush..and why and am I doing this? dining at Augie Rays... I don't eat at McD's not since he 70's shining black boots before a comp.. enough enough already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle z Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 You are an olde pharte if you can't remember the Free Day in Montreal. B) Corkie, I can't even remember the free days in La Crosse!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass5 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 You may be an old phart if....you cleaned and polished your uniform & equipment more than you cleaned & polished your show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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