10 wacky moments in DCI history
DRUMLAW80
1. Allentown PA, 1985 - Two enraged (and still in uniform) members of Bayonne
Bridgemen wrestle in a giant mud puddle after prelims.
2. Salt Lake City Utah, 1987 - During an exhibition at the local high school
(which replaced the rained out show at Weber State) the Santa Clara Vanguard
tenor line exits the giant red tunnel in "slow motion" during the prelude to
Russian Christmas Music, and proceeds to move around the field in a Spider-man
like fashion. Suddenly, they pull out cameras from underneath their tunics and
begin to take photographs of the corps while the opener is actually in
progress. Needless to say, the drum staff was not amused, and the tenor line
receives gym cleanup for a week.
3. Denver Colorado, 1991 - Members of SCV drum staff wear white SCV "Miss
Saigon" tunics to a showing of Terminator 2 at the local movie theater.
4. Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1984 - After a member of the local football
team walks up to a Crossmen bus and punches a baritone player through the bus
window, two buses of enraged Crossmen spill out into the streets and engage in
open combat with the football team. One car accident, several minor injuries,
two seperate riots and a car/bus chase later, the corps successfully escapes to
Ohio.
5. A dark highway in Delaware, 1985 - While travelling to a party in Delaware,
a car full of Crossmen drummers and a girl from the Spirit of Atlanta crash at
high speed into a horse that has escaped from a local farm and is running amok
across the highway. The car is destroyed, but luckily the corps members escape
with only minor injuries. The severaly injured horse must be shot by Deleware
State Troopers. At rehearsal the next day, the entire drum line makes the
"whinny" noise as the snare drummer that was driving the car steps into the
line.
6. Denver Colorado, 1991 - After winning high drums at Drums along the Rockies,
the SCV drum line takes the drum trophy out to the parking lot and destroys it
in an attempt to break it into little pieces it with a baseball bat.
Unfortunately, this turns out not to be such a good idea when a bass drummer
gets hit in the head with the bat in the ensuing chaos (requiring several
stitches). When members of the pit find the remnants of the trophy, they
nearly break the SCV equipment truck's hydrolic lift by trying to crush it.
Gail Royer nearly fires the entire SCV drum staff, who was hiding from him on
the Freelancer's staff bus.
7. SCV 1993 (all of it).
8. Somewhere is Massachusets, 1986 - At Garfield Cadet's first show of the 1986
season, the opener (On the Water Front) must begin with the center snare giving
the count-off as the entire rest of the corps faces backfield. Unfortunately,
he becomes distracted, and does not give the count-off. The opener begins with
the mellophone solo, but with NONE of the corps marching as they are supposed
to. A millisecond later, the first count-off of the 1986 season begins - not
with the word "mark" (and in mark time mark), but with panic and the word
"shit." And the entire corps out of step. :-)
9. DCI Prelims 1987 - For some unknown reason, the SCV drum line does not make
it onto the field for Prelimins with the rest of the corps. As the SCV drum
line leisurely walks towards the stadium, one drummer is startled to look
through the tunnel to see the rest of the corps on the field, and about to
start the show without the drum line. The SCV drum line proceeds to run
(literally) onto the field, and have it's best show of the season. (This whole
story will appear in "Tale of a Drum Line: 1987 SCV")
10. DCI Finals 1987 - SCV age-out tenor player Dave Gary forgets his uniform to
DCI Finals, and only gets to perform with the corps, because SCV Booster Club
members are able to piece him together a make shift uniform from spare "parts"
laying aroung in the truck.
** humor purposes only, no offense to anyone. Yes, this is all true. ****
MRKCAS
DTaylor91
>8. Somewhere is Massachusets, 1986 - At Garfield Cadet's first show of the
>1986
>season, the opener (On the Water Front) must begin with the center snare
>giving
>the count-off as the entire rest of the corps faces backfield. Unfortunately,
>he becomes distracted, and does not give the count-off. The opener begins
>with
>the mellophone solo, but with NONE of the corps marching as they are supposed
>to. A millisecond later, the first count-off of the 1986 season begins
>- not
>with the word "mark" (and in mark time mark), but with panic and the word
>"shit." And the entire corps out of step. :-)
This reminds me of of a similar incident. It wasn't funny at the time, but here
goes:
1984 Suncoast Sound. The closer (Satisfaction/America) started with a vocal
command from the drum major (the old "resume hut!"). Most of the hornline was
behind the hash at that point, and the corps was kneeling, with our heads down,
at the end of "Requiem". One night, the crowd reaction to "Requiem" was so
loud, and so long, that the part of the hornline behind the hash never heard
the command to start. We were sitting there, kneeling, and out of the corners
of our eyes, we see the colorguard collapse the "Wall", and the front half of
the corps step off. In a panic, people start popping up all over the place like
popcorn, and trying to jump into the drill (we're talking about 35-40 of us).
Oh yeah, the show was DCI Finals.
Don Taylor
Ulek
>here
>goes:
>
On the field are the Racine Kilties. Just finished thier concert number
"Babba Yaga." The drum major is supposed to bring up the horns and call a
resume march, to which we play "The Great Gates of Kiev" on one. Except.... he
forgets to bring the horns up. The drumline plays on one, some of the horns
play on two or three and most of the horns play on one of the second measure.
It took about half the song before it got together again. That was 1972 DCI
finals.
DRUMLAW80
>popcorn, and trying to jump into the drill (we're talking about 35-40 of us).
>Oh yeah, the show was DCI Finals.
Finals? Really? Ouch.
BTW - I thought Suncoast was great that year.
Lee Rudnicki
Kevin Gamin
drum...@aol.com wrote on 3/26/00 2:34 PM:
>> place like
>> popcorn, and trying to jump into the drill (we're talking about 35-40 of us).
>> Oh yeah, the show was DCI Finals.
>
>
> Finals? Really? Ouch.
>
> BTW - I thought Suncoast was great that year.
Same here, although I've never seen the show, only heard it. I guess all
the confusion didn't affect any of the horns when they had to play. That
would mean a good recovery. :)
--
Kevin Gamin <empireb...@earthlink.net>
The Conquistadors
DM is supposed to count 1,2,3,4, to cue the pit and drill...but instead only
gives 3,4. The entire pit freaks, doesn't come in, then Bill saves the day
and comes in by himself, with the rest joining in soon after. Fortunately
the corps recovers quickly.
The wacky part ---> As the drum bus listens to the percussion judges tape on
the way home from the show...the judge sneezes right at the pause and misses
the entire slip-up. He comes back back into the tape right after the corps
has fixed itself, and says something to the effect of "oh, excuse me, I was
out for a second."
Tim
Steve Spang
> Freelancers 1991 - The week before finals, at a major pause in the show. The
> DM is supposed to count 1,2,3,4, to cue the pit and drill...but instead only
> gives 3,4. The entire pit freaks, doesn't come in, then Bill saves the day
> and comes in by himself, with the rest joining in soon after. Fortunately
> the corps recovers quickly.
Been there, done that. It may not mean much now, but, it happened during the
60's just like the 90's (excuse me 2K). It still happens with NWV occasionally,
and still screws up drums coming in with the horns at a given point. Some
things never change ...
> The wacky part ---> As the drum bus listens to the percussion judges tape on
> the way home from the show...the judge sneezes right at the pause and misses
> the entire slip-up. He comes back back into the tape right after the corps
> has fixed itself, and says something to the effect of "oh, excuse me, I was
> out for a second."
Well, we didn't have taped reviews in those day's. But, a slip on the ol'
clipboard was just as effective. Remember the use of floaters, a.k.a. judge
killers, during those weak moments?? 8-)
> Tim
Just some thoughts, ... I'm feeling better now. The new medication seems to be
working ... duh ....
--
Steve Spang
"Klaatu barada nikto"
Charliebsn
>
> On the field are the Racine Kilties. Just finished thier concert
>number
>"Babba Yaga." The drum major is supposed to bring up the horns and call a
>resume march, to which we play "The Great Gates of Kiev" on one. Except....
>he
>forgets to bring the horns up. The drumline plays on one, some of the horns
>play on two or three and most of the horns play on one of the second measure.
>It took about half the song before it got together again. That was 1972 DCI
A similar thing happened in 1985 with the Garfield Cadets AT FINALS! There was
a drum interlude just before we started Candide and the hornline was lined up
from Goal line to goal line. Because we were spread out so far apart this
required certain people in the hornline to count off with the drum major. Rich
Armstrong (our DM) got the cue to start off counting from a cymble crash or
something like that but the cue did not start in the right place so he started
counting off anyway. In the middle of the count off he heard the cue and for
some reason stop counting for a second ,well the people out on the 5 yard lines
did not catch the pause and continued counting off. So the first 16 cts of the
Candide overture is a shittin mess and to this day I have no idea how we ever
got back in sync.
Darren R Webb
Here's one from the Bluecoats first show of the 1990 season (my first show
ever as a rookie contra bass). The first version of "Don't Get Around Much
Anymore" had a big baritone solo right smack dab in the middle. As the solo
hit it's last note, the rest of the hornline came in on count one along with
a step off.
The soloist messed up a couple of the last notes, and started over at the
beginning of the measure. The DM not know who to cue was at a loss. Half
of the corps stepped off in time the others waited until the solo was
complete. The rest of the chart was a train wreck. Great way to start your
first drum corps show! Thankfully the rest of that season was pretty good!
Darren Webb
Bluecoats Contra Bass '90-'91, '93
DRUMLAW80
I heard about this at the first camp in 1986.
The staff gave it to us as a good example of what happens when a well trained
corps doesn't panic, and focuses on a fast recovery (which it was).
70sBONES
1978 Denver--Crossmen drop from 6th in prelims to 9th at finals after a
flat performance. On retreat, the entire drumline decides to destroy all
the drum heads. Only the horn line plays going off the field.
1979 Whitewater--Representatives from Premier fly in to see their drums
being carried by the Bones. Only problem is that the night before we got
a new set of Ludwigs.
Scott
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out. Never lost a beat.
From the stands, you could see flashes of silver from the horns as the
corps continued marching. Incredible performance and crowd reaction
when it was obvious the corps was not going to give up.
Rob
Sambuca312
Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights are on the starting line. Called to attention
and ready to go. Drum majors Al LaRocca and Gene Kennedy are on their way to
the center field 50 when....the VFW Comissioner of drum corps Tony Schlecta
CALLS AN INTERMISSION!!!! The DM's halted in mid field, turned around and
returned to the starting line. The corps stayed on the starting line for
approximatly 15 minutes before the contest resumed. Blessed Sac finished fourth
that night. Makes one wonder how things would have turned out had not an
"unscheduled" intermission been called.
SAM
Eric R.
I beleave. Someone lost thier hat. The horn line went into a backward
double time move and a flugle horn player (who used to live with my
parents and I) steped into the hat. This created a domino effect as
about 15 horn players fell over each other. The reason I bring this up
was my parents drove all the way to Michigan and was visiting some
relatives and they all witness this. If it was anyother show I would
probably had forgotten it but to this day my Mom will bring it up from
time to time.
Eric R.
Suncoast Sound
Soprano 88 & 89
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Drubert22
down on the 4th of july show. Somehow they all got back into the drill a few
counts later. Weird!!!
KZ2
brains!!!!)
MUD!!!! ....we were in the "Class B" show and if you didn't duct tape your
shoes to your feet they were gone.....half the corp lost their shoes.....guard
members lost black riding boots!! ....the flags were like sling shots....mud
flying every where!
Karen
Peter W. Fritsch
on finals for both Class A and Open. I am still washing the mud off
me...hehehe
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1999 Syracuse DCA show- Bush finishes their onfield warm-up and begins
dispersing to their opening sets, only to find that the field sprinklers
are on! Undaunted, the corps sets up the opening set anyway, and ignores
the streams of water spraying over them. A judge passing by comments
"you guys are hardcore" or something to that effect- to which I respond
"no big deal, we've practiced this"
(and it did happen in a practice once, except that time there was no one
there to turn off the water before things got silly)
Sambuca312
Retreat(Finale). An on-the-field fistfight breaks out between St Vincents
Cadets of Bayonne NJ and St Marys Majestic Knights of Charlestown MA. Why?
Who knows (does anyone out there remember WHY?) The two corps had 'duked it
out' one other time that season, and the VFW contest comittee must not have
know of the lingering bad feelings when they placed the two combatants
side-by-side at retreat.
SAM
Mick Chez
I was with the Reading Buccaneers (Champs that year). The
Harrisburg Westshoremen played “Impossible Dream†that yeaar and
thought it would be nice to release "Doves" during the end of
their performance. I‘m not sure that were actually used doves
or if they just pigeons. Apparently no one told them that the
birds that they had purchased would NOT fly at night. The birds
hung around Hershey Stadium all night. They had to be chased off
the field for the rest of the evening. During retreat the birds
could be seen perched on shoulders, drum sticks and just about
everything else.
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> 10 wacky moments in DCI history (that I have personally witnessed)
Good thread, Lee...
#5. The Cavalier's semi experiences difficulties at a show in Arkansas,
1992. As we were sitting talking to some judges, we hear a thunderous
crashing sound. Turns out the Cavaliers had unhooked the cab and trailer,
and didn't remember to put it back together. The Cavie driver simply got
in and started to drive....oops.
#4. 1991 Finals Night: I decide to part with a teddy bear that had been
given me (see story below). So I flung it into SCV's block during the
retreat (the first time, btw, that DCI allowed us to mingle). I saw it
get tossed down to the Devs, and so on. Apparently, it made it all the
way down to Sky Ryders, where one of my summer friends recognized it as
mine, and sent it back through corps 11-4. Some dude at Vanguard gave it
to Kevin St Angel, and you can imagine my surprise when Kev came up to me
and said "someone in Sky Ryders wants you to have this." I should have
kept it, but I ended up leaving it on the field. I hope he found a good
home.
#3. 1991, Montreal. We were on our way to the show when our Long Ranger
started picking up someone's conversation. "Man, it's really blowing
here.....of course, the French are known for that."
#2. Watching Dave St Angel give the judges the finger, which prompted me
to put down the white tape on the field (with the help of a willing
Madison Scout) that read "DCI Sucks." Not proud of this moment, but it
must have been wacky to see, as we marched off in retreat.
#1. Getting hit in the head with the big-ass french flag from the 1992
show because a rookie set the angle too far forward. I couldn't put on my
helmet for 3 days after the show.
++
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This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper"
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himself"
-Tolstoy
James C. Nevermann
Following a short drum solo, our second number opened with The
Hallelujah Chorus fanfare... except one side of the hornline came in
four counts later than the other side.
Same year, same song, different show.
The hornline was doing two big centerwheels, between which the
drumline was supposed to come through as the wheels merged into a
single company front... except the drumline didn't make it through.
The stuff of nightmares.
--
Jim Nevermann
[usual disclaimers]
Robert Brown
> > 10 wacky moments in DCI history (that I have personally witnessed)
>
> Good thread, Lee...
>
> #5. The Cavalier's semi experiences difficulties at a show in Arkansas,
> 1992. As we were sitting talking to some judges, we hear a thunderous
> crashing sound. Turns out the Cavaliers had unhooked the cab and trailer,
> and didn't remember to put it back together. The Cavie driver simply got
> in and started to drive....oops.
>
This happened to the 1983 Blue Devils, on the way to Drums Along The
Rockies. Even worse, the truck was on brand new asphalt and the front end
of the trailer embedded itself quite deeply in this new asphalt after the
crash (I've got a picture of this that I should post).
Have you ever timed how long it takes to hand crank those little wheels of a
fully loaded trailer?
Rob
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1976" Kolle
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perform a show because they had just cooked their entire collection of percussion
equipment in a chuck wagon fire. The best part about it was that the drums suddenly
sounded cleaner with other guys playing them. ;-)
#2 Denver, CO, 1988 - Blue Devils, on the field warmup. As section leader, I had
the honor of kicking off the percussion section with the infamous "Robbie Bucks"
count off. It was cold, I botched the count off by crossing my sticks, and the
whole line came in with an attack that resembled a 13-stroke roll. Additionally, at
the end of "Robbie Bucks" which was about 10 seconds in length, there was a time
change that, since we were all laughing at my expense, I botched that too.
Resulting in yet another 13-stroke roll-like attack. The good news: everyone was
loosened up with a good laugh, we had one of the best shows of the year, including
high drums, and the drumline handed me the trophy at the end of the night.
-Kevin
DRUMLAW80 wrote:
> 10 wacky moments in DCI history (that I have personally witnessed)
>
> 1. Allentown PA, 1985 - Two enraged (and still in uniform) members of Bayonne
> Bridgemen wrestle in a giant mud puddle after prelims.
>
> 2. Salt Lake City Utah, 1987 - During an exhibition at the local high school
> (which replaced the rained out show at Weber State) the Santa Clara Vanguard
> tenor line exits the giant red tunnel in "slow motion" during the prelude to
> Russian Christmas Music, and proceeds to move around the field in a Spider-man
> like fashion. Suddenly, they pull out cameras from underneath their tunics and
> begin to take photographs of the corps while the opener is actually in
> progress. Needless to say, the drum staff was not amused, and the tenor line
> receives gym cleanup for a week.
>
> 3. Denver Colorado, 1991 - Members of SCV drum staff wear white SCV "Miss
> Saigon" tunics to a showing of Terminator 2 at the local movie theater.
>
> 4. Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1984 - After a member of the local football
> team walks up to a Crossmen bus and punches a baritone player through the bus
> window, two buses of enraged Crossmen spill out into the streets and engage in
> open combat with the football team. One car accident, several minor injuries,
> two seperate riots and a car/bus chase later, the corps successfully escapes to
> Ohio.
>
> 5. A dark highway in Delaware, 1985 - While travelling to a party in Delaware,
> a car full of Crossmen drummers and a girl from the Spirit of Atlanta crash at
> high speed into a horse that has escaped from a local farm and is running amok
> across the highway. The car is destroyed, but luckily the corps members escape
> with only minor injuries. The severaly injured horse must be shot by Deleware
> State Troopers. At rehearsal the next day, the entire drum line makes the
> "whinny" noise as the snare drummer that was driving the car steps into the
> line.
>
> 6. Denver Colorado, 1991 - After winning high drums at Drums along the Rockies,
> the SCV drum line takes the drum trophy out to the parking lot and destroys it
> in an attempt to break it into little pieces it with a baseball bat.
> Unfortunately, this turns out not to be such a good idea when a bass drummer
> gets hit in the head with the bat in the ensuing chaos (requiring several
> stitches). When members of the pit find the remnants of the trophy, they
> nearly break the SCV equipment truck's hydrolic lift by trying to crush it.
> Gail Royer nearly fires the entire SCV drum staff, who was hiding from him on
> the Freelancer's staff bus.
>
> 7. SCV 1993 (all of it).
>
> 8. Somewhere is Massachusets, 1986 - At Garfield Cadet's first show of the 1986
> season, the opener (On the Water Front) must begin with the center snare giving
> the count-off as the entire rest of the corps faces backfield. Unfortunately,
> he becomes distracted, and does not give the count-off. The opener begins with
> the mellophone solo, but with NONE of the corps marching as they are supposed
> to. A millisecond later, the first count-off of the 1986 season begins - not
> with the word "mark" (and in mark time mark), but with panic and the word
> "shit." And the entire corps out of step. :-)
>
> 9. DCI Prelims 1987 - For some unknown reason, the SCV drum line does not make
> it onto the field for Prelimins with the rest of the corps. As the SCV drum
> line leisurely walks towards the stadium, one drummer is startled to look
> through the tunnel to see the rest of the corps on the field, and about to
> start the show without the drum line. The SCV drum line proceeds to run
> (literally) onto the field, and have it's best show of the season. (This whole
> story will appear in "Tale of a Drum Line: 1987 SCV")
>
> 10. DCI Finals 1987 - SCV age-out tenor player Dave Gary forgets his uniform to
> DCI Finals, and only gets to perform with the corps, because SCV Booster Club
> members are able to piece him together a make shift uniform from spare "parts"
> laying aroung in the truck.
>
> ** humor purposes only, no offense to anyone. Yes, this is all true. ****
Jeromey
encircled by his or her friends, filling their now retired
marching shoes with recycled beer ,on the field during retreat
at DCA finals in 96?
How about when the lights went out in Sranton in 91? Fireworks
set the surounding woods on fire while someone relieved them
selves.
Or how about when Barron wore a sock(and nothing else) before
finals in 93?
Or how about when the Bridgemen jumped on top of the Cavies in
Montreal in 1984, when the lights(you guessed it ) were dimmed
for the fireworks show.Hi Jim Short.Jeromey
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1992 Finals Retreat:
Before retreat I asked my buddy in VK for some candy. He said "OK" then
walked away. Later on retreat a stream of jolly ranchers came sailing
over the Blue Knights *AND* SCV into the Crossmen block where it bounced
off the hat of the guy next to me. (Nice aim Joe! missed me by THAT
much)
1992 Final Retreat (again):
Stuffing 12 rolls of masking tape and a few disposable cameras in my
buddy's contra to bring on the field along with a whole bunch of other
people's stuff, including a sleeping bag to keep it all from falling
out. Only one roll of tape made it back to me, I think a few rolls
migrated over to Phantom's block (and Nikk Pilato)
THun528570
my will power. Dave and Matt, please forgive me.
For those of you in attendence, this will bring back some horrific memories.
In 1983, the DCM Championships in Dekalb were at the very least, blustery. A
more accurate discription would be, really f---ing windy. I was with The
Knights and we had beat the Caviliers in prelims and they were on the field
right before us in finals. As we stood at the back of the field, we waited for
the big finale during "Pines of Rome". It was a flag exchange over the horn
line, right on the 50 yard line as they rotated. The wind was from the right
end zone to left as you were sitting in the stands. A conservative estimate
would put those winds at 30mph +. Being in close competition it was with glee
as we watched the flags from the left land on top of the contra in the middle
and the flags from the right travel as far as the ten yard line to the left.
The exchange was supposed to be 40 to 40. Not one was caught as far as I can
remember.
At Dubuque later in the summer, under like conditions and much to our shagrin,
the guard did not attempt the exchange. Thanks for the memory to all of the
Cavies.
Tom Huntley
PS Don't forget the chain from the Phantom slave thrown of and landing on one
of the tympani during dead silence in Canton in 1981.
Robert Brown
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> #1 St. Charles, Virginia, 1985 - Providing the BD drumline with our (VK's)
drums to
> perform a show because they had just cooked their entire collection of
percussion
> equipment in a chuck wagon fire. The best part about it was that the drums
suddenly
> sounded cleaner with other guys playing them. ;-)
>
Does anybody have a picture of this?
Those two days were pretty low for us. The realization that our summer
might be over was quite a sobering thought. We were pretty damn lucky the
horns and uniforms weren't on that truck!!!
Rob
Blue Devils 81-85
CHEZ
GARFIELDS SHOW 1977.
I WAS MARCHING IN THE EDISON SAINTS. playing a bill chase show.
2nd tune " invitation to a river "
it starts with a tymp roll ------my solo a G to G ------followed by a
big chord.
the saints had new uniforms that season and this show was early in the
season.
we had these tassels on hanging down our right side . ( the side you
hold your horn at a carry ).
I went out for the solo and whipped my horn up right at the last
second.
only to find my tuning slide came out and was hanging on one of these
pieces of fringe on my cumber bun tassel.
I freak , ----i grab the slide and put it back
in.....---------------upside down.
now its stuck and out about 5 inches...
the tymp player , now stops .----------------------------silence....
the drum major ( seeing my freaking out ) jumps off the podium .
runs up to another horn player and grabs his horn.
I take my mouthpiece out ( a jet tone at the time ) and we exchange
horns.
i go to put the mouthpiece in and his is stuck in and would not come
out .
he played on a 3 c .......me a jet tone with a octave coming up
...still silence .
i try my best and crack it but good......
the place explodes.........
\
anyway thats how I remember it.
ALAN CHEZ
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Scott Williams
field house watching the show on the bigscreen. when Cavvies were just
coming off the field, one of the guys looks around and says. "Hey,
shouldn't we be in formation now?" yeah, like about 20 minutes ago. We
book out of there, trying to look like we're not running and we end up next
to Phantom, We politely ask if we can go through their block as a courtesy
because we were stupidasses and weren't paying attention. YEAH RIGHT!!!
The bari player looked at us like we just broke out of an institution.
apparently SCV was lined up on the other side of the stadium from where we
were. oh goodie! we somehow end up in the tunnels under the stadium and
basically flat out run past BK who was lined up next to SCV who is already
on the field. AAAAAAA. BK hornline is cheering us on as we fly past and
get out to the field. Which at this point is pitch black and we can't see a
thing. so we're calling out, "hey, where's Vanguard" in our loudest
whisper, which I'm sure most of the front rows can hear. finally we hear
voices that sound familiar as we wander around the field in darkness still
whispering, "where's SCV?". We didn't have our horns or our Aussies.
Luckily when we finally found our way back to the block, our buddies had
been looking out for us and had everything waiting for us. Lot's of
questions though. "Where the hell were you?" We used the explanation
possible. " We were making out with some girls from Sky Ryders." Which was
partially true, I was anyway!
I remember making Crossmen's eyes bleed when we turned and faced them
when playing the bottle dance the last time.
Scott Williams
SCV 92
VK 90 (that was an interesting retreat!)
RMM '86-'89
Scott Williams
playing "the Magic Flea" as our opener and I had a big solo in the middle.
Well at one show, one of the people who puts the flags around the field for
the color guard, put one flag 5 yards off. during this solo I also happen
to be marching backwards. well wouldn't you know that as I step over the
flagpole I slide my front foot back and catch the pole between my legs.
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SOLO!! the solo sounded lovely until, da da da
da da daBRAPPBLPBLPBLPLLLL!!!! I spun around in trying to keep my balance
and I ended up basically running at the trumpet behind me. he put his horn
down and his eyes grew about 2" wider and I'm not quite sure which of us
yelled out loud in this enormous silence (now that I wasn't playing
anymore), "OOOOOOH SHEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIT!" and I could hear the crowd go,
"OOOOOOOOOOOO". Up to that point the show wasn't that great, and the
audience was getting hot dogs, but after that incident they became glued to
their seat just to see what would happen next. We finished the performance
decently, but that was MY most embarrassing moment marching in competition.
Scott Williams
'92 SCV
'90 VK
'86-'89 RMM
DRUMLAW80
>had
>the honor of kicking off the percussion section with the infamous "Robbie
>Bucks"
>count off. It was cold, I botched the count off by crossing my sticks, and
>the
>whole line came in with an attack that resembled a 13-stroke roll.
>Additionally, at
>the end of "Robbie Bucks" which was about 10 seconds in length, there was a
>time
>change that, since we were all laughing at my expense, I botched that too.
>Resulting in yet another 13-stroke roll-like attack. The good news: everyone
>was
>loosened up with a good laugh, we had one of the best shows of the year,
>including
>high drums, and the drumline handed me the trophy at the end of the night.
That's a great story Kevin. :-)
DRUMLAW80
Maybe we should take everyone's stories, and make a book. Think DCW would
publish it for us?
Hmmmmmm.
Sambuca312
The Racine Kilties are on the field, in the middle of their performance, and
the on field sprinkler system activates. The corps is blasted with streams of
water but continues on with their show, and get even better and more hyped.
The crowd picks up on this and awards the corps a standing ovation.
VKGARRY73
>Providing the BD drumline with our (VK's) drums to
>perform a show because they had just cooked their entire collection of
>percussion
>equipment in a chuck wagon fire.
Does anyone have pics of this? I'd love to see BD with DayGlo yellow drums!
VKG
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Nikk Pilato
> to Phantom, We politely ask if we can go through their block as a courtesy
> because we were stupidasses and weren't paying attention. YEAH RIGHT!!!
> The bari player looked at us like we just broke out of an institution.
Well, you guys were sweaty and disheveled, your uniforms weren't
fully on, and you didn't have your horns. For all I knew, you guys were
impostors trying to break ranks! ;) I only allow emergency personnel and
little children through the ranks.
Rod Gornto
one pissbreak-related story...
To remedy this apparent omission...
-1993, Ypsilanti, Michigan Preview of Champions-Prelims-
Star of Indiana's hornline had circled in full uniform in a parking lot
at the bottom of a steep hill. All day, it seemed like nothing had
gone right. Chunks were off, we were playing like a big bag and
everyone was just "kind of there." Many of us, also, were synched up
where nature was concerned so about 2/3 of the way into warm-up, around
30 made a united plea for relief. (Kind of like the Kurds) Anyway,
Donnie reluctantly let the ones who had to go, go. I didn't notice at
the time, but most everyone found a spot up the hill somewhere. After
everyone made it back to the circle and started playing again, out of
the corner of my eye I saw something sparkle in the late-day Michigan
sun. Quietly, a quickly widening amber-colored river was making its
way into the circle, narrowly missing a few well placed, cream-colored
shakos. No one moved, and the yellow river bisected the circle pretty
evenly. I remember thinking something along the lines of, "well, it's
been a good life..." After Donnie saw it, things sort of went
downhill. No pun intended. I have never before nor again heard
anything like what came out of Donnie's mouth. The soliloquy ended
with, "I am SICK and TIRED of these PISSING ESCAPADES! They will STOP
NOW!!!!"
Those are words that I live by. Whenever someone asks me what I got
out of my eight years of marching and teaching drum corps, I make sure
to tell them this story.
Rod
melloman7178
our rifle squad--straight where a "True Scotsman"is vulnrable--from
underneath!!!!!!
Remeber,wherever you are-you are there
Jeff Lee
1993 BD drumline running/falling down the steep grass back side of the
stadium in Hayward while the corps was finishing its 60 second warmup on
the field.
Who took Kelvin's activator?
1993 BD pit setting up on the field for finals... - "er...Heffe, we
don't have the bag with the bass drum/ gong mallets, brake drums, mixing
bowls, and assorted other mallets". Run Heffe Run......me running to
the busses during the 60 second warm up (the large bag had ended up in a
bus due to the down pour). OH, no one knew which bus... found it, Run
heffe run.... back into the stadium entrance, 60 second finished,....
can't.... make.... it..... no...strength left....I'm fired.... Thank
god glen bueker knew how to catch flying duffle bags hurled from the
endzone as the drum major saluted.
Who took Kelvin's activator?
1993 Phantom regiment pit (nice going al dunn) dumped two octaves of
sound disks in the stadium tunnel in Nashville. SC was performing soft
pretty music, I was 3/4 of a mile away in the lot and it was LOUD and
lasted forever.
Who took Kelvin's activator?
1993 BD support staff member trying to blow up the pit instructor with a
hand grenade.... serious ....
Who took Kelvin's activator?
That's it for '93
Heffe
DRUMLAW80
about making sure TWO people hold each mallet instrument as it is lowered by
the truck lift ...
We hear a giant crash.
When we look towards the truck, one of the new sets of vibes is lying
completely upside down on the pavement near the truck lift (next to a very
scared SCV pit girl looking as she was about to cry).
When you (Ralph) are right ... you're right.
In any event, Ralph showed great restraint after "the big crash," but the pit
defintely learned its lesson.
Kevin Murray
KM
MCJORDANSC
opener, slipped and fell off the side. Unfortunately for him, the whole crowd
(and probably the live television audience) was watching him at the time
because he had just thrown a mace about 30 feet in the air, making a perfect
catch.
sirnose99
completely upside down on the pavement near the truck lift (next to a very
scared SCV pit girl looking as she was about to cry).
The same thing happened in '91 with Scotty. It was a xylophone that time, however. I wonder which is louder?..Damn lift.
Wayne
South Pacific
Ivan, when Warren climbs the pole, we noticed Dustin (DM) stops
conducting and starts laughing. We all stop and look up and
notice Warren is wearing a bra.
One of the good things about marching in an all male corps, is
the use of the womens shower room, for the obvious reasons such
as more room. In 95, we were at Centerville, (OH) HS. We had a
free night and most of the corps went down to Dayton for movies
and cocktails. I was one of the few that stayed behind. There
was another corps staying at the school (I think it was CBC).
Not thinking anything about, I went into the ladies locker room
to enjoy a hot shower to myself, when the door burst open and I
heard a bunch of girls talking. To avoid a lawsuit I
screamed: "DON'T cOME IN HERE!!!" They all shrieked, and were as
confused as I was, and to make matters worse, my towel was on
the other side of the room, so one of the girls took it and
threw it over the wall to me. With my pride in ruins, my towel
and I left. To an 18 year old, a scene like that was a dream
come true, but nothing came about...(damm) ;)
John
Daniel O'Neal
>
> The World Open, Lynn MA, Aug 1973.
>
> The Racine Kilties are on the field, in the middle of their performance, and
> the on field sprinkler system activates.
Which I'm sure was a lot less pleasant for the Kilts than it might have
been for many other corps. Or perhaps it was more pleasant ... whatever
floats your boat. 8^)
Dan
DAVID CORREIA
To set record straight that year World Open was held at Cauley Stadium in
Lowell, MA. One of the Kilties rifles was in mid rifle toss and caught the
rifle when the sprinkler went on under him. The applause for them was great
for their total concentration.
Jeff Lee
DRUMLAW80 wrote:
>
> 1989 (?) SCV Camp - 15 minutes after Ralph Hardimon publicly admonishes the pit
> about making sure TWO people hold each mallet instrument as it is lowered by
> the truck lift ...
>
> We hear a giant crash.
>
> When we look towards the truck, one of the new sets of vibes is lying
> completely upside down on the pavement near the truck lift (next to a very
> scared SCV pit girl looking as she was about to cry).
>
> When you (Ralph) are right ... you're right.
>
> In any event, Ralph showed great restraint after "the big crash," but the pit
> defintely learned its lesson.
--
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Pit Director - Blue Devils
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MarkJnstne
It's mid July, I think, and we're (Sky Ryders) really starting to kick some
butt that summer, after a long bout with mediocrity. It's show time for the
home crowd...time to show them what we're made of now.
We're given a dress set command, setting the OTL form, waiting for the "ready
front" command...which never comes!!!
The horn line is at dress set, and the next words we hear from the DM is
"1...2...3...4..." ARGHH....the COUNT OFF!!! What do we do? WAIT? START?
Half went with the DM, and the other half waited...for about 2 seconds, when it
became apparent that that was the only chance we were going to get to start!
I'm sure that most corps people could probably recount a similar story, but it
sure would've been nice to show Hutch our best show. No offense to Brady
though! Stuff happens!
Mark Johnstone
Sky Ryders 1983-1988
DRUMLAW80
Actually Jeff, more like the end of the beginning, no? :-)
Lee
(looking forward to seeing BD)
MagiBell
that we could compete on a race track?. Anyone else remember that fiasco?
They had a great fireworks program after it anyway.
Maggie
SCV 70-75
THun528570
had 124 in the corps (not much drill) and basically did a stand dtill and still
scored 85. Thanks to those old, drunk and partially insane VFW judges for
recognizing true excellence. Loved that show.
Tom Huntley
Geneseo Knights
DarkImage4
and we had to compete on a horse race track. The field didn't go back past
center X, we (the pit) had to lift all of our eguipment up onto a stage up
front and the DM conducted from the stands. That was an interesting show to
have one or two show before DCI Finals.
GEORGE 82
Garfield Cadets prepare to burn up the field. DM Tony Aleman begins to count
off the show.......I begin to panic.....NO, NO, NO....HE FORGOT TO BRING UP THE
HORNS!!!!!
Thank god the members were aware enough to bring their horns up on their own
and play.
George Lea
Garfield Cadets (1981-1982)
MCJORDANSC
>so
>that we could compete on a race track?. Anyone else remember that fiasco?
I remember doing that at the fairgrounds in Springfield, Illinois.
Scott Walker
sweeten our coffers with a few thousand in prize money. We'd finished seventh or
eighth at DCI Midwest and the next day found ourselves marching on a 90 foot wide
racetrack. I believe Geneseo beat us in the prelims (Yes, they had prelims!), so
we wasted a whole day of practice compacting our drill to fit the limited amount
of space, just so we could get the money. Prior to the show, the VFW judges
inspected us, which didn't help our score to much since our white pants were
filthy with
Whitewater mud. Weird show.
Scott Walker
Suncoast Sound
VKGARRY73
>What about the year( 72 or 73 I think) that we had to squish our shows down
>so
>that we could compete on a race track?.
The Milwaukee Mile at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds in West Allis, WI. This
was the day after finals at Whitewater in '72.
VKGARRY73
The "First Annual Klondike Days Drum and Bugle Corps Extravagaza" (no shit!)
had a prelims, which must have been for start times, because I think everyone
did the finals show.
The prelims were being held in an indoor fieldhouse which was about 20 yards
too short. Since these were still the days of enter from the left, exit to the
right, all the corps had to do a right face, march down the field about 20
yards toward the left-side endzone, then continue the show with the
"out-of-concert" so there would be room to finish the show.
Only a few corps had to do this, as they finally listened to the complaints of
the corps staffs and management, and moved it outside to a temporary field
marked by cones.
Best part about winning that show was being the first unit in the parade the
next morning, ahead of all the horses.
This was also one of those shows that began on the 5 and ended on the 5,
because of the 110 yard field. (CFL - Eskimo Stadium)
michael davis
Not a 'DCI' moment, but a DC moment anyway.
I taught a GSC corps in the 70's, the King's Regiment. We went to
a show held in Havre de Grace, MD. The show was held on a pier,
and the pier was not as wide as a full field (not to mention the
judges having to stand on a flat bed trailer to get a 'high'
view of the show!). During the show, one of the bass drummers
backed up...up...up...up...!SPLASH! right in the drink he went.
At the same show:
There were lots of folks out in the bay water-skiing and just
having a good time tooling about while the show was in process.
One fellow was parasailing from a boat, lifting off from the
water and not the back of the boat. Unfortunately, he had on a
very loosely tied bathing suit, and when he lifted off, his suit
didn't. Made for quite a sight, as he...er... "dangled" up in
the sky sans suit.
Mike
THun528570
us. That was basically our Memorial show. We had won it so many years in a
row that they almost named the trophy after us.
As it turns out you guys placed 13th (boo) and we got 15th at DCI. Your show
kicked that year and I've practically worn out my "record" of it. Nice job.
Tom Huntley
Scott Walker
Damn Tim ,good memory,
You're right. It was 1982, which makes it all the more melancholy, since it was
the first time Sun coast Sound made to the finals against anybody. It broke
our hearts to finish 13th that year. We had a great show.
Charliebsn
I remember that show! Tony(DM) was never aloud to call the horns up again,
The Pit loved it though, It was the first and last time you ever heard them
during the Intro of Rocky Point Holiday. The funny thing about it was that we
still won the show by almost 20 points.
C. Bailey
Garbageman
the total brass section playing in the beginning. They played the old ending
to the Mass. No reprise of Rocky Point yet. Bayonne was decent at the show
also. George Lea, send me an E-mail if you want a copy.
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James C. Nevermann
>
> What about the year( 72 or 73 I think) that we had to squish our shows down so
>
> SCV 70-75
I do indeed. PR was at the Milwaukee "race track show" with you guys,
Kingsmen, Madison & others in '73. We had the usual field width to
march, but only about half the depth. All forward motion was at half
stepping and diagonal movement depended on the angle. We practiced the
show for about two hours that day. It was an odd but still rather
interesting contest approach.
--
Jim Nevermann
[usual disclaimers]
Knighter
Suncoast Sound trying to actually perform drill on the dirt
filled, horse racing track. That was one of the most hysterical
moments in a VERY LONG list of hysterical Illinois State Fair
shows.
Nothing personal against Suncoast. It was just fun to watch a
large corps, any large corps, who had not had the Illinois State
Fair experience come in and enjoy a Twilight Zone day.
In article <38E437BE...@home.com>, Scott Walker
ClassActionBand
though.
;)
Clayjn
sharing the school.. limited edition ( where i marched ) we shared the school
with boston. we went on ealrier then B.C. so we had dinner time before they
left the field .. 10 guy where just starting to shower when a gaggle of boston
babes walk around the corner.. the term deer in headlights comes to mind..
cause we ALL stood there looking at each other .. we al started to luagh and
the girsl just came in and started there showers.. needless to say when we meet
up with B.C. IT WAS A PRETTY DAM FUN TIME...