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And all this time I'm thinking - well, at least you gave that picture of me at individuals to me a few months ago; so it won't end up on DCP. Ha!

That was 1980. Also one of the last public functions those uniforms were worn. I had the highest percussion score, all classes, at prelims. I think Bill Renaud had a higher score that night, on snare.

25 years later, I can still make a camera lens go all blurry.

Regards,

John

and when you had hair. :P

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Someone is missing from the snare line?  I thought Shawn marched tenors in '81?

Yeah, his last name, Lariviere (I think), just came to me. In 82 Jay moved to snare and Paul Cloutier (27th) joined the line. Shawn went back to tenors in 82. He never really liked playing snare.

Sandy moved to the pit in 82 and Scott played tymps.

Regards,

John (and I still have hair, you just have to look harder, or get glasses)

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Missing snare drummers are Greg Lavielet (sp), and Paul Clloutier. Missing tenor drummer is probably Andy Hardman on one of his slacker fishing days. What a twit. He'd skip rehearsal so he could go fishing. Where would he go fishing? Down at the river where you could see him from the practice field. Twit!

Here's the deal with me on snare. The instructor we had that year, Jim something, told me he needed another snare and one less tenor and that if I didn't go up to snare he would cut Jay. What a cheese dog. So I went on snare (yuk) dealing with the Campbells so that Jay wouldn't get cut. Hated it. Absolutely hated it.

I can't remember Kevin "America's" last name either. He was one of the few guys who came over from America to join the corps and I don't think anyone knew his last name. Since there was at least one other Kevin in the corps (Bly), everyone started calling him Kevin America!

Say, to the guy with the cigar dog for an Avitar. What's your name? What did you march in Buccs? I should know you. I knew just about everyone.

Shawn

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Yeah, his last name, Lariviere (I think), just came to me. In 82 Jay moved to snare and Paul Cloutier (27th) joined the line. Shawn went back to tenors in 82. He never really liked playing snare.

Sandy moved to the pit in 82 and Scott played tymps.

Regards,

John (and I still have hair, you just have to look harder, or get glasses)

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Missing snare drummers are Greg Lavielet (sp), and Paul Clloutier. Missing tenor drummer is probably Andy Hardman on one of his slacker fishing days. What a twit. He'd skip rehearsal so he could go fishing. Where would he go fishing? Down at the river where you could see him from the practice field. Twit!

Here's the deal with me on snare. The instructor we had that year, Jim something, told me he needed another snare and one less tenor and that if I didn't go up to snare he would cut Jay. What a cheese dog. So I went on snare (yuk) dealing with the Campbells so that Jay wouldn't get cut. Hated it. Absolutely hated it.

Say, to the guy with the cigar dog for an Avitar. What's your name? What did you march in Buccs? I should know you. I knew just about everyone.

Shawn

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Greg Laviolet, that's it. Let's all stay on the same year, 81. Between you and Steve, you're making me question my sanity. :rolleyes: Paul marched 82.

Jim Brandt may have said that to you , but he didn't have the ability to make that kind of move. You were on snare because I wanted you on snare. Everyone in the battery was where they were supposed to be.

I wish I'd known he said that. (of course now you're going to say I was standing right there). It seems like I spent a lot of time in the fall convicing you to make the move.

In hind sight 4 tenors and 5 snares wouldn't have been bad, but I couldn't wrap my head around anything less than 6 snares at the time, clean snares.

Had you stayed on tenors, that would have been a better tenor line, but you made it a better snare line.

Andy is the missing bass. We only had three tenors 80 - 82, didn't we? He did play bass one year.

I can't see the avatar's right now, but I'm sure that's Steve Burstall you are asking about.

later,

John

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Toronto Optimists late 1960's

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Magnificent Yankees, Utica, NY early 70's

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1966 Magnificent Yankees, Utica, NY

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