GGarrett Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 It was always Cavies that caught my eye! and uhhhh... it was always the girls from Santa Clara that caught mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc oldtimer Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 (edited) and uhhhh... it was always the girls from Santa Clara that caught mine! BD girls for me. True story: 1977, in Boston (CYO or World Open... not sure) we were taking the field after Blue Devils performed. Our GREAT horn instructor, Jim Elvord, always knew how to motivate us. As we entered the field he had a spray bottle of cologne in his hand and he sprayed a little bit on each horn player’s neck. He said something like: " Blue Devil girls dig this stuff. Trust me". We went out there and beat them in horns that night (our hornline was VERY good that year) Anyway, one downfall..... it attracted a gazillion mosquitoes... but we smelled GREAT!!! ... and I did talk to a few Devil guard members that night so I guess Jim was right. :) Edited January 12, 2009 by dc oldtimer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommytimp Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Well, that certainly was the way BD did it. Not really "in your face" demand/difficulty, and the execution of many areas of the show probably hid the difficulty. Certainly we had somewhat of a "vanilla" symmetrical visual show but you had to match side to side - another exposure lacking in asymmetry. Harder to march, easier to clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elayes Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 BD girls for me. True story: 1977, in Boston (CYO, US Open or The Big V... not sure) we were taking the field after Blue Devils performed. Our GREAT horn instructor, Jim Elvord, always knew how to motivate us. As we entered the field he had a spray bottle of cologne in his hand and he sprayed a little bit on each horn player’s neck. He said something like: " Blue Devil girls dig this stuff. Trust me". We went out there and beat them in horns that night (our hornline was VERY good that year) Anyway, one downfall..... it attracted a gazillion mosquitoes... but we smelled GREAT!!! ... and I did talk to a few Devil guard members that night so I guess Jim was right. :) Mitch, do you remember when you guys stayed with us (BD) at the school in Stillwater? I can't remember whether it was 1976 or 1977. We couldn't walk to the bathroom without being "rated" by a large group of Cavies boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84BDsop Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Harder to march, easier to clean. Not really....larger intervals mean more possibility of someone misjudging and getting tickedfor an intervalerror...especially coming into a prolonged concert set. Any set is difficult to clean if you're at a large interval...and any set can be difficult to clean, even one where everyone ends up on the same yardline (nbecause some people never understand the concept of dressing the line even if they're looking DOWN it). Don't equate simple LOOKING drill with easy to clean drill....that's like saying snare singles are easy....yet they can be a pain to clean if the line's not together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDCorno Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Harder to march, easier to clean. Easier to clean? Depends on what you're doing. Much asymmetry is easy to "clean" - if you keep smooth forms and good intervals, who's to say what's wrong or right? Of course, in symmetrical drills, when things don't match - which side is right??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommytimp Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Of course, in symmetrical drills, when things don't match - which side is right??? Q. E. Mother-humping Dee. Easier to clean. I didn't say easier to march clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84BDsop Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Of course, in symmetrical drills, when things don't match - which side is right??? The side with less ticks at the end of the gig! Mitch, do you remember when you guys stayed with us (BD) at the school in Stillwater? I can't remember whether it was 1976 or 1977. We couldn't walk to the bathroom without being "rated" by a large group of Cavies boys. So.....how did you rate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84BDsop Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Q. E. Mother-humping Dee. Easier to clean. I didn't say easier to march clean. Doesn't cleaning the drill imply cleaning the marching? If you march dirtier than a porn convention, your drill will be just as bad. I don't know if you ever marched tymps or were in the pit the whole time....but try to do a BIG company front rotation like 82 27th...simple in concept...a royal bear to march cleanly....we did one on a smaller scale in 87 Empire...it was one of the most difficult moves I've ever done because there was not a lot of margin for error, especially if you were real close to the pivot pointg and were setting the angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troopers1 Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I'm pretty sure this is 1978 To correct my previous post, the triples are Donna Hunter and BJ McKnight. Regarding the snares - the only reason I recognize Gabe is because I know him from when I was in the corps in '86. I'll see if I can get the others ID'd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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