SunSnare83 Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 Jim,"It" works for me... b**bs B) b**bs Just call me "1st snare on the left in the GREAT WALL OF DAVE CHINA shot". That was a FUN year for the perc session. Loved the sound of those North triples and Dave China ROCKED on the conga drums in Legend of the One-Eyed Sailor. Not many people noticed it due to our placement, but in "Late in the Evening", the snare line played a long run of 16th notes right-handed only. It blew people away when people noticed it, unfortunately it was mostly during warm-ups when only the percussion section was playing. Dennis Delucia had Bridgemen do it left handed and had us do it right handed. Now I have to dust off the recording and listen to it again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTux Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Just call me "1st snare on the left in the GREAT WALL OF DAVE CHINA shot". That was a FUN year for the perc session. Loved the sound of those North triples and Dave China ROCKED on the conga drums in Legend of the One-Eyed Sailor. Not many people noticed it due to our placement, but in "Late in the Evening", the snare line played a long run of 16th notes right-handed only. It blew people away when people noticed it, unfortunately it was mostly during warm-ups when only the percussion section was playing. Dennis Delucia had Bridgemen do it left handed and had us do it right handed. Now I have to dust off the recording and listen to it again! Joe, "1979 SMOKIN" pic..... In 1979 I was "SMOKIN" and I wasn't in the drum line! (but I know how we did the "smoke"... b**bs ) (to do that and NOT get in the pic, wasn't so easy) Tony B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Tony, is there a big pic of you DM'ing in the 1979 (pretty sure that's the year) DCA Yearbook/Program (whatever they called it)? Remember it because guy in the pic and I had the same kind of beard, glasses and hair color. Had it at college and a MB friend was looking at it. Then he says "Wow, you go the whole way to Long Island to play? Why does this picture look like you're directing?" :P (Ah, no Al that ain't me. ) Too bad we didn't know the height matched too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny Drum Corps Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 I found myself in the Crusaders shots wearing a Yellow tux coat!!! LOL those were the days Donny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Steiner Jr. Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 I found myself in the Crusaders shots wearing a Yellow tux coat!!!LOL those were the days Donny Donny, I would love to see those pix...can you post them??? and to Sunsnare83.... I noticed....DID think you guys were doin it lefty too...from the crowd....BTW Loved those Sun Drum Lines..God Bless Dennis for the way he wrote...and the way he taught!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTux Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 (edited) Tony, is there a big pic of you DM'ing in the 1979 (pretty sure that's the year) DCA Yearbook/Program (whatever they called it)? Remember it because guy in the pic and I had the same kind of beard, glasses and hair color. Had it at college and a MB friend was looking at it. Then he says "Wow, you go the whole way to Long Island to play? Why does this picture look like you're directing?" :P (Ah, no Al that ain't me. )Too bad we didn't know the height matched too. JimF, John Marci was the "front" DM in 79, I moved out front in 1980. (I had the "goatee" type beard, never wore regular glasses and John had a mustache) Any chance you have (or know of anyone that has) a copy of that DCA program? Is this it? (1978, Tom Hart) His hair was blond, mine is brown, he's about 6'2, and I'm....er, NOT ;-) http://www.sunrisers.com/images/photos/197...art_cover.shtml Tony B) Edited February 13, 2006 by TennTux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 JimF,John Marci was the "front" DM in 79, I moved out front in 1980. (I had the "goatee" type beard, never wore regular glasses and John had a mustache) Any chance you have (or know of anyone that has) a copy of that DCA program? Is this it? (1978, Tom Hart) His hair was blond, mine is brown, he's about 6'2, and I'm....er, NOT ;-) http://www.sunrisers.com/images/photos/197...art_cover.shtml Tony B) When I get a chance I'll try to find the program, scan it and send it to you. From what I remember the program pic looks like the drawing of Tom in the link. He was by himself in the pic so no way of judging his height. I'll also see if I can scan the Sun page from the 1976 DCA Program as I still have that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaminbenb Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 (edited) Oh, the crap I took in 84! I remember we were talking about some old stuff on either a bus or after a practice or something, and the 81 finals came up, and everyone was complaining about the Hurcs (which was something that both Westshore and Reading had in common in those days) And being a transplant from Westshore, it was a good "common ground" thing to start getting some respect from those guys....And I made mention that I thought that Sun should have won...whoops! remember were you were..forgot that Reading was in heavy contention for it!! OOOH I got it from all sides! Lost a little ground on that conversation, but I didn't back down from it. I did have an ally in a bari player that marched with you guys that year (George, can't remember his last name..but we always called him George from "Lon Giland") Jaminbenb,Thought it WAS a long time ago, your not the only one that "saw" it that way..... But, facts are facts :sshh: 1981 Hurcs (corpsreps) 89.65 http://www.corpsreps.com/corpsreps.cfm?vie...orpstype=Senior 1981 Sunrisers (corpsreps) 89.10 http://www.corpsreps.com/corpsreps.cfm?vie...orpstype=Senior 1981 Buccaneers (corpsreps) 88.40 http://www.corpsreps.com/corpsreps.cfm?vie...orpstype=Senior 1981 All Sr. Corps (corpsreps) http://www.corpsreps.com/corpsreps.cfm?vie...orpstype=Senior Tony B) Edited February 13, 2006 by Jaminbenb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaminbenb Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Reading the name Dennis Delucia brings up a story... I'm sure some of the drummers here would appreciate this... In 1982, Westshore had Robb Mueller as a drum instructor, Robb worked with Dennis when he (Robb) marched with Bridgemen (1977, if I'm not mistaken), as well as I think year or two later when he was an assistant instructor, When Robb came to Westshore, we were used to using whatever sticks we liked, At that point most people were using those Studio 200 RG's (which were heavy and short) and a few other models that you needed to cut and just tape the crap out of for a little heft. When Robb came in, he told us that we were all going to use the Dennis Delucia sticks...We got them and most of us hated them because they were a little light, and didn't hold up, and we were constantly replacing them. Since we were technically Robb's first line (where he did all of the writing/arranging/and teaching) He brought Dennis over at a show at one point to see us warm up and play through a few numbers, when He introduced Dennis, Someone asked, "Is this the same guy that makes these sticks?" and he answered, "YES" EVERYONE threw their sticks at his feet and said that they sucked!! It was hilarious! Dennis didn't know what to do, Robb wanted to crawl under a rock! (I think we did roll excercises while marching all the next practice) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunSnare83 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Oh, the crap I took in 84! I remember we were talking about some old stuff on either a bus or after a practice or something, and the 81 finals came up, and everyone was complaining about the Hurcs (which was something that both Westshore and Reading had in common in those days) And being a transplant from Westshore, it was a good "common ground" thing to start getting some respect from those guys....And I made mention that I thought that Sun should have won...whoops! remember were you were..forgot that Reading was in heavy contention for it!! OOOH I got it from all sides! Lost a little ground on that conversation, but I didn't back down from it. I did have an ally in a bari player that marched with you guys that year (George, can't remember his last name..but we always called him George from "Lon Giland") First, if the George you were talking about was the thin redheaded guy, he unfortunately passed away at a young age. Secondly, the Sunrisers always had a special respect and comraderie with the Bucs back then. The key word being respect. We respected what each other stood for and the music we both played. Not surprised the Bucs felt robbed in '81. Didn't they win almost every show that year? Of course we felt "robbed" also. In reality, we just wished we won that year. I believe Hurcs played the show of their lives that night. I just regret that DCA forgot to invoke the penalty for playing Magnificent Seven for the 1,345,875th time. :+) There should have been a 10 point penalty for playing that song. Of course Sun should have been penalized for playing "The Joker" yet again in '80, but we didn't need any penalties that year to not win the show. :+) The Bucs percussion section made Sun's percussion section handmade medallions sort of like Olympic Gold medals as a sign of respect. I still have mine and will never forget that gesture. I knew several of the percussionists. I even went to several Bucs practices to watch since in 79-83 I lived in Allentown, PA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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