brakedrum Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 (edited) hey check out http://www.scenicruiser.com/spirit.htm. under the 1979 year at the bottom of the page, spirit's big break thru year (only 2 years after being founded) a very well known film in the dci community was made called "One Night In August", its about 30 minutes long and available for download, be prepared, its about 300 megs (on broadband around 30 to 40 minutes). The film is about spirit gearing up for finals, including interviews and clips of all sections and of their show...also shows a small clip of the top 5. in the film you will see a young Freddy Martin (dci hall of famer, founder of spirit, now is brass staff of Phantom) and a young Tom Float rehearsing the line, etc. Also look for a young Mike Back in the snare line and a certain Catherine Gibson (who later became Catherine Float) playing marching xylo/mari...you cant miss her, she is a hottie. You will also see a few shots of the famous Jim Ott (beard and fedora hat), who is recognized as one of the best corps brass arrangers ever. The film quality isnt the best, but something i saw a very long time ago and no fan should be without. they also have some media under the more current years, so check that out. its great stuff also, check out this link http://crash.smugmug.com/gallery/1143/1/32785 :it is a pic of Mike Back goofing off carrying their 36" bass drum in 1982, his first year taking over the line. other old pics: http://xkingsmen.com/photos/1972/72snares02.html...shows Al Murray, Tom Float(wearing glasses) and Ralph Hardimon all playing in Kingsmen. also: http://xkingsmen.com/photos/1972/72snares03.html color photo of young Hardimon: http://xkingsmen.com/photos/1972/Palmer125.html big pic of float in center: http://xkingsmen.com/photos/1974/74%20dci%...n%20snares.html Edited April 13, 2006 by brakedrum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codyIL03 Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Wow, its always good to see some old school. Kudos to you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
festive Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 :spit: What is with that 77 drumline? Anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGarrett Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 earlier than that, festive...more like 73 or 74. Great links to some great pics from back in the day... thanks for getting those links up brakedrum! ^OO^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brakedrum Posted April 13, 2006 Author Share Posted April 13, 2006 earlier than that, festive...more like 73 or 74.Great links to some great pics from back in the day... thanks for getting those links up brakedrum! ^OO^ no problems! always interesing to see where we came from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russellrks Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 (edited) That '72 pic of the snares shows Ralph with a match grip while the rest are traditional. After a closer look it appears that Ralph's left stick is broken and he did what he had to do to keep on playing with what was left of it. By the way, anyone who takes the time to download "One Night in August" will see some of me and a lot of my voice in it. The whole staff was generally very shy about being interviewed for this documentary and the film crew was getting so desperate that they climbed up to the top of our scaffolding while I was running a marching rehearsal and trapped me for an interview, some of which is on the video and the rest was edited and used throughout the narration. Edited April 13, 2006 by Russellrks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russellrks Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 earlier than that, festive...more like 73 or 74.Great links to some great pics from back in the day... thanks for getting those links up brakedrum! ^OO^ Actually Spirit was founded in 1977 and the pic of the drumline from that year is probably the largest battery picture I have ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGarrett Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Actually Spirit was founded in 1977 and the pic of the drumline from that year is probably the largest battery picture I have ever seen. I was referring to the Kingsmen pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyboy Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 If you haven't seen the video it is well worth the download. It is hard to believe it is almost 30 years old! The show is cool "old school" the drums have plastic heads and the drill isn't break neck, but other than hair cuts and marching keyboards, these kids look just like today's members. Oh yea, some long clips of other corps in there too....cool. SCV bottle dance, Phantom, 2-7, Bridgemen, Devils and of course Spirit of Atlanta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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