bartyount Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 Not sure, but I think the OP may have been referring to the fact that many of the members are from Texas. Bluecoats holds rehersals (in the Dallas area, I believe) for those members from Texas and the surrounding areas as well as their regular camps in the northeast Ohio area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartyount Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 <------- This is a picture of me in 92 when I marched Coats. Bartyount?Why do you have a picture of PR when you nmarched Sky and Blue Coats? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan H. Turner Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 Sky Ryders for many years was based out of Hutchinson, Kansas. This thread is stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburstall Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 (edited) Also Bluecoats is still one word. <_< Has been since thier inception... How about them Bluedevils or Blueknights? Edited August 15, 2005 by sburstall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elementwrx Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 Bluecoats holds rehersals (in the Dallas area, I believe) for those members from Texas and the surrounding areas as well as their regular camps in the northeast Ohio area. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The camps are in Cedar Park, Texas which is just north of Austin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scouttimp Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 Coats have texas camps, but they are not from Texas. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I thought for a second that you said they had Texas AMPS. oops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKTrpt Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 (edited) Sky Ryders relocated from Hutchinson, KS to Desoto, TX in 1990. Technically, they WERE a Texas corps when they made finals in 1991. Nearly every corps fields membership from Texas, which makes it perplexing that a successful "dynasty" hasn't flourished. If someone with Bill Cook resources ever starts a corps in DFW - WATCH OUT. :) Edited August 15, 2005 by OKTrpt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmcontra Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 In 1993, six of our twelve contras, including myself, were from Houston, and only two showed up together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartyount Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 Sky Ryders relocated from Hutchinson, KS to Desoto, TX in 1990. Technically, they WERE a Texas corps when they made finals in 1991. Nearly every corps fields membership from Texas, which makes it perplexing that a successful "dynasty" hasn't flourished. If someone with Bill Cook resources ever starts a corps in DFW - WATCH OUT. :) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah. We all thought moving to Texas was going to be a huge boost to the Sky Ryders organization. If I recall correctly, we had something like 200 people show up for tryouts at the November camp for the 1991 season (even after placing 19th in 1990). We thought we were really going to go places. Turns out that too many Texans still wanted to go to a more established top 12 corps. We still managed to squeeze into top 12, but I think the management of the organization turned the current members off. That, coupled with the corps raising it's dues by roughly 50%, alot of people decided it wasn't worth it. Some, like me, just flat out couldn't afford it. So alot of vets were lost. Continued poor management (in my estimation) eventually and unfortunately did it in completely by the end of 1993. Bart Yount Sky Ryders 90, 91 Sop Bluecoats 92, 93 Mello Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapRegTimp04 Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 speaking of texas and drum corps...are there actually any drum corps from texas now? jeezus...if some crazy rich texas guy started a div. 1 texas corp, i would totally go to it...because it would be the biggest bunch of crazy mofo's to ever walk the face of the planet... except state of texas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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