FIRST drum corps show you ever heard
Overhype
Just out of curiosity, what was the first drum corps show you ever saw or
heard, either on tape or in person.
The first show I ever heard still remains in my top 3 favorite shows of
all time. That show was the 1983 edition of the Blue Devils. Man, I love
"Everybody Loves the Blues."
The first corps I ever heard live was the Koyama (I think) Japanese boy
scout drum & bugle corps which played the Star Spangled Banner at the first
show I went to, the Odyssey Classic in 1985 (Cerritos, CA). The first full
corps show I saw was the Musketeers from Phoenix, AZ. Anyone remember them??
Bob
jeremy dean nutz
the very first drum corps i ever saw/heard was CBC '95 on PBS. i really
liked that show and then i saw Cavies right after them and thought they
were even cooler. the first corps i ever saw/heard live was PR '96 in
Columus, OH in that damn baseball stadium. i remember sitting there
during the contra soli intro and i couldnt find the synthesizer. i could
have sworn they had one out on the field. when i realized it was the
contras i was even more awestruck.
jeremy nutz
Colin Hartnett
First one I saw was the Jersey Showdown in 1992 with cadets, xmen, glassmen,
and a few other corps... i forget... I was a little tyke just starting out
on the drums... My parents decided they should introduce me to corps even
though they were only light fans(not the hard-core people we get on
here...;-) and didn't know much about the activity.
c o l i n h a r t n e t t
t h e d r u m l i n e f o r u m
http://drumline.ml.org/
Overhype wrote in message <19971116082...@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
jeffrey spoonhower
Colin Hartnett (char...@audiophile.com) wrote:
: First one I saw was the Jersey Showdown in 1992 with cadets, xmen, glassmen,
: and a few other corps... i forget... I was a little tyke just starting out
: on the drums... My parents decided they should introduce me to corps even
: though they were only light fans(not the hard-core people we get on
: here...;-) and didn't know much about the activity.
The firt show I saw was VK 1990 on the pbs
highlights. I got home from another tough
day in the 8th grade and turned on the tv. It
just happened to be set to pbs and the highlights
show just happened to be on. Now, 8
years later i'm a dc freak!! I love it!!
-Jeff Spoonhower
fire...@geocities.com
The first show I ever saw/heard was on a tape when my band director
showed it to us in class one day. One of the most exciting high
school firsts in band class. The first show I ever went to was the
first one I performed in this year... :) I loved every minute of it.
Alison
BK Mello '97
James Dees
Overhype wrote:
> Just out of curiosity, what was the first drum corps show you ever saw or
> heard, either on tape or in person.
>
The first show I ever say was video of 90 BD, the Tommy show. Awesome. Didn't
know much about the activity, only a freshman in HS.
The first show I saw live was the Drums Across America show in Atlanta in 91.
Crossmen (the Metheny show) and Phantom were there... both were unbelievable.
The next year, I marched.
Later
James Dees
Southwind 92-94
Rudolph L. Engman
Lets see. I joined a corps before I had ever heard of them, so the first
show I saw was the first one I was in, Oswego, IL, 1991. Since I was in
a small corps, we went on first and so we got to go back in the stands
to watch the rest of the show. I just remember seeing the part in
Cavaliers show where the colorguard tossed the flags over the corps to
each other. It didnt make a huge inpact on me or anything, but I was
impressed.
Yvonne Engman
JAMISON EIGE
The first Drum Corps show I heard or saw, I was in...Yes that's right! I
joined Drum Corps having never seen or heard one. My first show was in Quad
Cities, Iowa in 1988. I will never forget the experience I had...
We left the school to begin tour, and then after about 2 1/2 hours of bus
travel we pulled over. Our Chuck Truck had jackknifed in the median. We
had our first breakdown, and my first drum corps experience. We finally
made it to the school where the contest would be held (minus 1 chuck truck).
I remember seeing the rainbow trailer for the Sky Ryders in the parking lot.
I also remember the Geneso Knights and the Phantom Regiment there
rehearsing. This was one of those contests where every corps was staying at
the same school.
After a lunch of stadium dogs and soda and some rehearsal that
afternoon, it was time for the show. Since I was in the pit (the hardest
working section of the corps) I was able to watch many of the groups
perform. I'll never forget the feeling in my stomach when our performance
was over. WOW!!!
I went on to march for four years, the last two of which I was fortunate
to be picked to be the drum major.
If you are trying to decide if you should march Drum Corps...Go for it! It
will change your life, for the better!
If you marched Drum Corps, cherish it, and remember the great times you had
while participating in this fine activity.
Jamison E.
Glassmen 88-91
SC Sader
on tape ? 75 Scouts
live ? Charioteers
Mike Dubil
BAC 81-82
JimVBrown
First show I ever saw was the 1986 Railmen. It got me hooked and marched them
in 87. But that was a long time ago and a long dead corps.
James Brown
the "Original" Godfather of Soul
Roscoeee
first show i ever saw live was winchester ky show in 1995 with glassmen,
cavies, colts and a few other. the first show i ever watched was of 1993
devs. favorite show. got me into corps.
Joe Williams
Glassmen Soprano 96-98'
Blugrass Brass Mello 95'
Madison423
>Just out of curiosity, what was the first drum corps show you ever saw or
>heard, either on tape or in person.
1992 was my first drum corps experience....saw finals on TV. Was hooked after
Bluecoats were done, and I have been ever since! And then later in the
broadcast I saw Madison, and....... :-)
--Matthew
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"You'll Never Walk Alone"
Fieldpaint
The first recorded show I saw was '89 Vanguard. (Sometime around January of
'90) Later that year I went to Winston-Salem, NC and watched VK do a
run-through before the show at the show-site. I wasn't quite expecting drum
corps to be THAT loud. My first memory of live drum corps is of the '90 VK
baritone line pushing against my chest as I stepped past the wall and into the
stands. An interesting side note: One of the first corps to go on that night
in Winston-Salem was a little corps called Carolina Crown. I remember being
impressed with their performance, being that it was the corps first year on
the field. I had no idea that four years later I would end up marching my
first of three years with that little corps. (94, 95, 96)
Rick
MDPlez
The first corps I heard was on tape: The Bridgemen from the late 70's or early
80's when they played an Earth, Wind, & Fire song.
I remember thinking as a new H.S. marching band member: very cool!
Michael Pleasants (MDP...@aol.com)
Overland H.S. - Aurora, CO
Marching Scots '80-'83
Percussion (Bells-'80; Tenor-'81; Snare-'83)
Drum Major - '82
Rigroves
>Just out of curiosity, what was the first drum corps show you ever saw or
>heard, either on tape or in person.
>
For me, it all began in early July of 1992, at show here in Washington
state(Edmonds).
At the time I was young drummer, probably 13. And what I thought I was going to
was a marching band competion to watch my bro march. Man, I sure was ignorant
then.
Going on, I arrived quite early to the show, must have been about an hour or
even earlyer. Anyway, with my ignorance, I noticed all the busses and equpment
trailers that kept arriving. In particular I kept noticing busses that said
"Freelancers" on the side of them. I began to think some to the effect of
"Gee, this must be something big or something with these marching bands."
Eventually while getting through the parking lot, in line, tickets, I could
hear the sounds of various drum lines, and thought it was kinda cool.
Once I got a program I read through and noticed the phrase "drum & bugle corps"
and immedialty wondered what is this? Military stuff?
Finally the show began, yes there where 3 marching bands that started it off.
Then came drum corps.
First was SCV Cadets & thought it was kinda odd that there where no
woodwinds{didnt really mind thought :^) } and they where pretty good, same
with the next few corps, BD "B" & Mandarins. Then was the Seattle Cascades. I
still remember that show, Kizmet. Even thought the corps was difficent in
areas still remember the color guard unis, and that tent that was set up in
the field.
Next came the Marauders....WOW! Even the drum major was bad-ass. "Call of the
High Seas" show is still my most favorite Marauders show I have seen or heard.
So awsome to watch. Next was the Freelancers(those from all those busses I saw
rolling in). Again, pretty cool. Then last but not least, Big, Bad & Blue, the
Blue Devils. I can still see all those dice set up across the field, and that
snare line coming up to the hihats. Also(found this out from my bro who had
been in one of those marching bands that had been doing the DCW tour that this
show was the very first show BD took off the coats for When A Man Loves A
Woman) the coats coming off and the color guard.
To be honest, I was wired for over a week, I mean REALLY wacked out at what I
just experienced. It was so incredibly cool. And being a very young drummer I
really appreciated what I saw.
Then 3 years later(1995), I found myself in Stockton, at the "Moon Light
Classic" marching cymbals with the Seattle Cascades, stepping on to the field,
smelling the sweet green grass and catching a slight glance at the energtic
crowd. {Man I can't wait to, FINALLY, be able to march again(yes Seattle
Cascades are gonna be active in '98!) this season.
And the rest is history...
Hope this didnt get to be to long winded. And thanks for having me look back at
my very first memories. I doubt I will ever forget any of those firsts.
Robert Groves
rigr...@aol.com
Seattle Cascades '95, '98?, '99?
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BrianHaag
>Just out of curiosity, what was the first drum corps show you ever saw or
>heard, either on tape or in person.
1986 Blue Devils on the PBS broadcast. A friend of mine called me up and told
me
that a marching band competition was on, and when I flipped to it, Devs had
just
started Conquistador. Wow, what an introduction! It's still one of my
favorites.
Brian J. Haag
bria...@aol.com
Bill Haas
Dinosaur alert:
1962, the first contest I ever marched in, at age 8. Junior bands went on
first in CYO contests, So I got to watch all the rest of the show. Finally
(last) came the senior Drum Corps. St. Mary's Cardinals (later North Star),
St Francis Sancians, Holy Family Defenders, Immaculate Conception Reveries
(later 27th Lancers) and Finally Big Green, St Kevin's Emerald Knights, an
honest to God powerhouse hornline. . Knew then and there I was gonna march
in a drum corps, and it took 6 years, but finally I did in 1968.
Bill Haas
St Mary's/Beverly Cardinals 1968-70
olde...@caa.mrs.umn.edu
Sioux City, Iowa, 1992
What I remember is Blue Knights, Colts, and Phantom Regiment.
It was amazing.
Michael Oldemeyer
Phantom Regiment 94,6,8.
euphonium
Hajjej
the first show i ever saw was the 89 scv. the first show i ever saw live was
the massolin ohio show in 95 when i saw cbc, bd, and crown. ive never been the
same since :)
John Shawler
Jonwband
The first show I saw was the "Innovations In Brass" in 1979. The show was held
at Fawcett Stadium in Canton, Ohio. At the time, it was a Division II show
featuring corps like the Bluecoats (who were division II then), the Oakland
Crusaders, and the Phantom Regiment who was in exhibition (Div I) for that
particular evening. I had seen some video clips from the 1978 finals the year
before, but I was in complete amazement once I saw the corps for the first
time live. Phantom did Elsa's Procession To The Cathedral that evening.
Needless to say I was "Blown Away." Since then, I have been so hooked to drum
corps that I have been to finals in 1981, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 92, 95,
96, and 1997.
Jonathan Willis
T. A. Holleran
1960. Bowen Field. New Haven, CT.
Archie, Reilly, Hurcs, Cabs, etc.
The one thing I remember ( and correct me, history mavens)
was Acrhie's "Dipsy Doodle" with dm McConkey gyrating. Fans
around me clucked disapproval: "That's not drum corps."
Funny how much you hear that same comment today, while
Archie's tune was tame by comparison.
Ace Holleran
FStegall
My first exposure to drum corps was in 1978, when my college band director put
"go home, watch DCI" as the last item on the band camp week schedule. Most of
us were wandering around asking "what is DCI??", but on that Saturday night,
my roommate and I went to his house and did turn on PBS, and were totally
blown away!! (for some reason, I remember not being all that turned on by the
guys in the yellow raincoats, but what the hell did I know???).
My first live show was 79 finals in Birmingham. The morning of finals, a few
friends and I decided to drive over and see what it was all about (I lived
about 3 hrs from B-ham). We bought out tickets at the gate, went in, found
our seats, took a few pictures of Maynard Ferguson, and for the next four
hours, experienced total emotional overload....even though I had seen the
broadcast the year before, I had no clue what the reality was like. I clearly
remember yelling, cheering, jumping up and down, applauding, and everything
else I could do, and feeling a very strong sense of frustration because it
just did not seem to be enough to express what I was feeling that night. Even
now, it was probably the single most intense evening I've ever experienced.
To any of you who were marching that night - 18 years later - thank you for
giving me the gift of drum corps, because that night is when it became more
than just another marching band competition......
Floyd Stegall
Tour manager - several corps over several years....
KKirwan835
The first show I ever saw....
1989 DCI Finals....SCV's show stuck with me for a few years until I saw my
next show.........
The first LIVE show I ever saw....
Not including Div II/III......the first of the "big boys" i ever saw was 1991
BD. I saw them practicing the portion of that show where the closed in really
tight during Bird & Bela.....they called it the "loudest note in the world"
set. Awesome!
Mc...@ix.netcom.com
First show for me was 1951 at Roosevelt Stadium in Norristown
Pennsylvania.
Audubon Bon Bons - Audubon, NJ
Osmond Cadets - Phila., Pa.
West Reading Police Cadets - Reading, Pa.
Yearsly Black Hawks - Phila., Pa.
Nuss O'Hara Todd Invaders - Norristown, Pa.
Rising Sun Cadets - Phila., Pa.
Liberty Bell Cadets - Phila., Pa.
Bracken Cavaliers - Bristol, Pa.
I was only 5 years old at the time, but I remember it like it was
yesterday. And yes, I've been hooked ever since.
Many of these old junior corps still have members who are active today
in the Archie and Reilly alumni corps.
LEG at cba
In article <19971116082...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
over...@aol.com (Overhype) writes:
>Just out of curiosity, what was the first drum corps show you ever saw or
>heard, either on tape or in person.
OH boy. This is gonna be hard. I just told my wife if my hair starts
smokin' to pull me away from the keyboard for a minute or two...
The first show I really remember at all was a senior show my dad took me
to when I was about 5 or 6 years old. I don't recall if it was in Albany,
NY, or Pittsfield, MA, but I do remember the Cabs playing "Cherry Pink and
Apple Blossom White". I think Yankee Rebels were at that show, I seem to
remember "The Stripper". That was about 40 years ago and may even pre-date
Fleetwood!
Hey! Where's that smoke comin' from?!?!
Larry Girard, Jr.
<<< Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are mine and do not
necessarily reflect the position of any organization with which I may be
affiliated unless specifically stated otherwise. >>>
Kathy Gallmon
Aquinas Stadium
Rochester, NY
I don't remember the names of any of the corps from the first show
I heard because I was pretty young, around six or so. The stadium used
to have huge shows with sold out crowds. It had since been demolished
for a technology park.
I remember beautiful corps, great music and there was always a
crowd favorite. I remember retreat with all the color under the lights.
I think those great reasonably priced shows laid the groundwork for
the avid interest in drum corps in this area.
Kathy
Steve Sorrell
>>Just out of curiosity, what was the first drum corps show you ever saw or
>>heard, either on tape or in person.
I started watching finals on TV in 1978. I attended my first show in
1979 in Atlanta. The weather was really bad. Only a couple of corps
got to perform before the rains came and stopped the show. I did get
to see Oakland-Etobicoke; were you in there Sue? A couple of hours
later, when it was almost definate that the show was going to be
cancelled, Spirit set up a concert arc under the stands and let it
wail! The crowd was enormous, so I couldn't even get close enough to
see them, but boy could I hear them (you can imagine how that sounded,
I'm sure).
The first complete show (without any rain delays) that I got to
witness was 1980 finals in Birmingham.
Steve
Antunes
DCI finals in 95. Stumbled across it in time to catch the Madison
Scouts. My son was a high school freshman in marching band, so I
had been to numerous band competitions, but had never seen corps.
First live show in 1996 at the Pearl St. stadium in Malden, MA,
to see my son with East Coast Jazz.
I remember the Spartans were there too. Made a point of taping entire
1996 DCI broadcast. In 1997, made it to about 5 shows, taped broadcast,
and ordered finals tape. Never marched myself, but I love watching.
Lynne
band/corps mom
RDeschene
Steve,
>I started watching finals on TV in 1978. I attended my first show in
>1979 in Atlanta. The weather was really bad. Only a couple of corps
>got to perform before the rains came and stopped the show. I did get
>to see Oakland-Etobicoke; were you in there Sue?
God, was I ever?!! ;-) There was this part of our show where the guard
got down on the field and did scissor-kicks, etc., and because the
field was Astro-Turf, there was all this standing water; I remember
that when I was down on the ground, doing these scissor-kicks, etc.,
the water was up to my shoulders, and it felt like I was swimming! ;-)
Plus, the flags were, of course, completely soaked, and it felt like
we were spinning & twirling cannonballs, not mere flags, at the end of
our flagpoles! God, what a night! I'll never forget it! (The good
thing, of course, was that the field was Astro-Turf. Had it been
grass, I can't imagine how bad the MUD would've been. Ick!!!)
Sue
James C. Nevermann
Back in Spring 1965 our new corps [Scarlet Lancers, Wichita KS]
car-caravaned on a Sunday up to Hutchinson to see the Sky Ryders
practice. We were just dumbfounded... how could it possibly get any
better than THAT?!
--
Jim Nevermann
SBE Technical Illustration
Work:(425)342-0844 Mail stop:04-AF
MIRIAMDON
My first corp was when I was in junior high attending summer band. I came out
after class to walk home and there on our football field were the Troopers
rehearsing. Needless to say I was quite late coming home and the first words
out of my mouth were "Mom we are going to UNO tonight!! There are these
marching bands(pardon, it was my first day!) only they are so good, and we
have to go."
22 years later and 15 finals, I still love to see the Troopers as they hold a
special place for me.
(PS Spirit's equipment truck broke down, they showed up late, marched with no
unis, and borrowed horns that night. But what a sound!!!!!!!!!)
Don
James A. Chappell
Jonwband wrote:
>
> The first show I saw was the "Innovations In Brass" in 1979. The show was held
> at Fawcett Stadium in Canton, Ohio. At the time, it was a Division II show
> featuring corps like the Bluecoats (who were division II then)
Neat trick, considering the following:
1. There was no division II in 1979
2. The Bluecoats were inactive in 1979 (though there may have been an
"Innovations in Brass" that year)
You may be thinking of 1978 (when Bluecoats placed 28th in OPEN class at
DCI),
or 1980 (when they placed 38, again in open class). AFAIK, the
Bluecoats
have always competed in Open Class at DCI finals. The Bluecoats were
known
to compete in Class A at the U.S. Open and the American International
(kind
of a cheap way to get a national title).
To bring this back on topic, my first show was the "Drum Corps Fiesta"
in Berea
Ohio on June 24, 1978. I was there as a member of the Buckeye State
Caballaros
(in one of their many "rebuilding" years). The first time I saw a top
12
caliber corps was at the U.S. open lster that year.
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RDeschene
Floyd,
>My first exposure to drum corps was in 1978, when my college band director put
> "go home, watch DCI" as the last item on the band camp week schedule. Most of
> us were wandering around asking "what is DCI??", but on that Saturday night,
> my roommate and I went to his house and did turn on PBS, and were totally
> blown away!! (for some reason, I remember not being all that turned on by the
> guys in the yellow raincoats, but what the hell did I know???).
>
For some reason, Bridgemen never went over very well on TV ... at
least, not with the people I talked to. People who saw them peform
"live" were usually just totally blown away (unless they didn't like
the humorous/theatrical aspect of Bridgemen's shows, & thought all
drum corps was supposed to be serious; those people never liked
Bridgemen, whether they saw them in-person or on TV). I think TV
didn't always convey the total Bridgemen effect ... which, for me, was
always very powerful. I may not have liked every single thing they
did, but I appreciated the fact that it's more difficult to pull off
comedy (and pull it off as well as they did) than it is to pull off
drama (and Bridgemen had their share of drama, too; remember their
version of "West Side Story"? Wow!!!).
Sue
Stephen Moore
Mc...@ix.netcom.com wrote for millions to see:
: First show for me was 1951 at Roosevelt Stadium in Norristown
: Pennsylvania.
:
: [...]
: Bracken Cavaliers - Bristol, Pa.
:
: I was only 5 years old at the time, but I remember it like it was
: yesterday. And yes, I've been hooked ever since.
My first exposure had to have been about that same time, 1950 or 1951.
Our village (about 800 people) staged a monstrous Armistice Day
(as it was then called) parade. I was 4 or 5 and remember a group
warming up in the school yard across from my house. The thing
that struck me was that they had pink see-through Lucite drums.
I later learned that kind of group was called a "drum corps," and
much much later that the Lucite guys were probably Bracken.
First record I think was Fleetwood's "Off the Line."
Stephen Moore
US Army "Old Guard" Fife and Drum, Class of 1967-70
Yankee Rebels drums 1965-72 (on and off)
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Robert Shane Crocker
: >Just out of curiosity, what was the first drum corps show you ever saw or
: >heard, either on tape or in person.
First show saw on TV...
90 Phantom Regiment
The first corps on the PBS broadcast. I remember borrowing this tape from
an instructor the following fall thinking..."why are these horns here, i
thought this was DRUM corps".
First thing I saw live...
92 Freelancers drumline in the lot at Vandy (Preview)
I was like..."no you guys go ahead I just wanna stay here" it took a lot
to get me in the stadium. I was totally stoked. I walked a little
further towards the stadium and saw Bluecoats snareline playing eights.
All I can remember is thinking how high their left hands were coming up.
weird...
Shane
Southwind 94-95
Bluecoats 97
GPeter7967
Bill,
Just to correct, the IC Reveries and 27th both existed at the same time. I
think 27th started with people breaking away from IC. By the way Bill I
believe we competed against one another in 69 when I was in the Norwood
Continentals. (from one dinosaur to another!)
Gary Peterson
Continentals 69
21st Lancers 70-73
Defenders 74-78
gary peterson
JASSCord
The 1st show I saw was as a infant watching my father march in the Miami
Rebels senior, The first I really remember was at a Cavalier practice before
a VFW finals.
GFRask
The first show I ever saw was the 86 Lake Highlands show in Dallas. A brand
new Band Director who we barely new took us to see
Railmen
Marauders
Troopers
VK
Sky Ryders
Suncoast Sound
Santa Clara
I remember thinking, "I have to march VK or Sky Ryders." I ejoyed two
seasons with Sky, 88 and 89, and have been hooked every since.
Gale Rask
BklynMario
>The first show I ever watched was ...in 1956...a pre-season show in the
Newark, NJ armory.
Our parish corps--Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, in Brooklyn, Pepe's original
corps--was trying to re-organize, and figured that taking the kids, ( I WAS
one of them back then!), to see a show would be a good way to motivate us.
Our buslaod of Brooklyn street urchins and urchinettes, got there a bit late
and we were unable to get any decent seats. Someone who knew someone who knew
someone else, somehow managed to allow us to sit on the floor the front
sidelines.And that was the beginning. Needless to say, I was awestruck,
dumbfounded, overwhwhelmed, bewithched, beautifully bothered and bewildered,
and fell hopelessly in love with drum corps---or maybe it was just the way
Bon-Bons majorette looked--
forever after.
And who was there you ask...Holy Name Cadets, (they're still around :-) ),
St. Vincent Cadets, Wynn Center Police Cadets, St. Joseph's Hilltoppers,
Bon-Bons, Blessed Sacrament, some others- memory is s-l-o-w-l-y fading. And,
the George Washington Carver Gay Blades, and.......rump-rump-rump...The
Hawthorne Caballeros, who played a song called"Cherry Pink, and Apple Blossom
White," which was popular at THAT time...(BTW Alumni stiill plays it! As if
you didn't know!!!)
And... the majorette from the Bon-Bons lost a tassle from her sash, which I
scooted-only kids can "scoot"--out to purloin and cherish for the next forty
or so years,or so...and the sight of Pepe being greeted byEVERYONE:: "Hey,
Bob!"---he had yet to assume the Pepe persona....and the busride back to
Brooklyn, still hearing the sounds of drums and bugles in the HollandTunnel,
and in my brain merging in rushes and whispers.
And...back at the church hall, Pepe aked me," Well, whaddaya think, kid?
Did ya' like it?"...I don't remember exactly what I said. I DO remember that I
must have said too much, because Pepe smacked me in the head, in a friendly
way --we did that sort of thing in Brooklyn--and told me to go home, it was
getting late.
I had a hard time falling asleep that night...I kept hearing music and.....
mario.
Charles D Casteen
My first exposure to DCI was at band camp in 1980. My band director brought
in a 40"big screen projection TV so the marching band could watch DCI
finals in Birmingham (Back then they showed the entire telecast) WHAT A
SHOW!! I was hooked. I had never seen anything like it. I was hooked.
I went to my first live show in Raleigh NC in 1982. I remember it like it
happened yesterday. The corps that performed that night were in this order
of performance:
Avant Garde - The infamous "Help Wanted" sign on the Timpani picture was
made that night. Flourescent Green uniforms really stood out. I thought
they looked like lime sherbert but I didn't care....This was the first Drum
Corps that I ever laid eyes upon and was impressed. Being a trumpet player
and hearing a 16 year old Tony Gambaro scream like that was just simply
amazing to me.NOTE( I WENT ON TO MARCH IN AVANT GARDE 3 YEARS LATER).
Crossmen - This was my favorite corps of the night for 2 reasons (That horn
line wailing on "Artistry in Rhythm" and THOSE CAPES!!!!!) I thought the
crossmen were sooooo cool. I proceeded to the souvie stand a bought a
Crossmen bumper sticker and put on my 1970 Plymouth.
Spirit of Atlanta - What a Sound is all I can remember saying. I didnt
think any corps could play that loud and play well. Great Show!
Bridgemen - Believe it or not...they were not my favorite. I loved the
tables and the Black Market Juggler solo! These guys were all wearing
shirts after the show (They won tonight) saying THE HYPE IS NOW!!!!! Yes it
was!!
North Star - My first impression---8 BASS DRUMS - THEY CAN PLAY A SCALE IF
THEY WANTED TO! They had a flat show that night. They would go on to place
16th at DCI.
27th Lancers - After I heard that unique sound blasting Seahawk and
Niner-Two, I just knew that they would win this show hands down (they were
2nd). That colorguard was larger than life and the Danny Boy wheel was
pretty straight and brought the house down. I just remember how much in awe
I was of the group (NOTE, I WENT ON TO MARCH IN 27 4 YEARS LATER).
So there you have it...my 1st show. It's so sad to think that 4 of these
corps are no longer around that made such an impression on me (I folded 2
of these personally). The last corps that I would go on to march with was
not even born yet.....can you say Star of Indiana. Wouldn't you know
.....just my luck, THEY"RE GONE TOO.
I would love to see all 3 of my former corps back in DCI. I miss them all.
Doug "Roscoe" Casteen
Pandypb
94 in Canton Ohio and I remember the Blue Devils, Santa Clara and Phantom stand
out in my mind. Other than that I really can't remember... Bluecoats, Magic
(I think)....
R3...@vm1.cc.uakron.edu
My first show...1977 U.S. Open in Marion, Ohio. I was 3 years old. All I
remember was that Phantom Regiment was there.
Gadget
Donluvbucs
>FIRST drum corps show you ever heard
1950. - At age 9 my dad took me to see "Uncle Tommy" play in the West Reading
Police Cadets at Albright College Stadium in Reading Pa. I don't remember
Uncle Tommy or much about the show. What sticks in my mind is Bracken
Cavaliers from Bristol Pa. and their illuminated drums. They had flashlights
inside of them or something? Pretty cool to a 9 year old. Six years later I
started my drum corps career as a french horn player with West Reading.
West Reading Police Cadets broke up in 1958 so I joined the new senior corps
in town, The Reading buccaneers. I'm still there!
Donnie
Karl Engman
same here; same show same corps same year. go figure
-Karl
On Sun, 16 Nov 1997, Rudolph L. Engman wrote:
> Lets see. I joined a corps before I had ever heard of them, so the first
> show I saw was the first one I was in, Oswego, IL, 1991. Since I was in
> a small corps, we went on first and so we got to go back in the stands
> to watch the rest of the show. I just remember seeing the part in
> Cavaliers show where the colorguard tossed the flags over the corps to
> each other. It didnt make a huge inpact on me or anything, but I was
> impressed.
>
> Yvonne Engman
>
>
AcornLover
My high school band director took a bunch of us to a CYO championship when I
was in 9th grade, I do not remember who was there, but I was so amazed that I
went to watch 27th Lancers practice as often as I could after that! (after I
got my license).
As a graduating senior, I received a music award at school to buy any ticket
to any music event I wanted. Guess where I went- CYO Nationals at Manning
Bowl ,Lynn, Mass. 1975!!! The Lancers are the corps I remember best, at the
time their rifles were the best I had ever seen, those double flags that just "
materialized" kept a bunch of us asking "How do they do that"? until I went to
colorguard camp where they showed us- the best camp!!!
Kathy
The Old One
RGIL67
The first show(s) I ever HEARD was a recording of the 81, 82 dci championships
played by my HS band dir for me - - Spirit of Atlanta, Blus devils, madison -
27th lancers - Garfield cadets - santa clara - bayonne bridgemen, etc - - GREAT
STUFF - REALLY GOT ME INTERESTED!
First show I saw was 1983 in NJ - Cadets - devis - 27th - WOW!
Bud McCormick
I started marching in 1963..The first big show that made the IMPRESSION
was the 1969 VFW Nationals at John F Kennedy Stadium in
Philadelphia...The KILTIES, the TROOPERS, CAVIES, BLESSED SACRAMENT were
all Amazing...The Kilties and Troopers got me on my feet, the entire
performances as well as the rest of the crowd...MrBUd
DTaylor91
The first drumcorps I ever heard live was the 1980 Garfield Cadets, at a
"clinic" they were giving in Columbia, S.C..
I was really impressed.
That night at the show, I heard the 1980 Spirit of Atlanta.
I was (and still am) hooked.
Don Taylor
Xarchieman
OK.....I guess this old timer has you all beat. My first show was the
Philladelphia City Championships held at Shibe Park in 1949. I was 4, but
remember some of the corps and by 1959 I was doin' it too.....right up until 3
years ago.....
VenusKnite
>>>Just out of curiosity, what was the first drum corps show you ever saw or
>>>heard, either on tape or in person.
Well I don't know if I'm different about this.
I joined a drum corps before I actually saw one.
In the fall of 1980 my band director recieved a letter from
the Bluewater Buccaneers about the starting of a feeder
corps in the Port Huron area.
The Bluewater Buccaneers were based in Sarnia, ONT
so they were a Canadian corps.
I went, more out of curiosity then anything else. Within
a month I was put into the marching corps (the Bucs)
learned the music and show.
My first show was in Kitchner, ONT. Here I saw many
of the A and A-60 corps, and I think also the DutchBoys
at the time.
Since then I've been a particapant/fan. Marched 2 years
with Buccs then marched again in '89 - '91 with the Royal
Lancers senior corps.
- Steve Burstall
'81, '82 - Bluewater Buccaneers
'89 - '91 Royal Lancers
'97 - drill writer Racine Scouts
Ron Allard
On 25 Nov 1997 14:42:53 GMT, venus...@aol.com (VenusKnite) wrote:
>My first show was in Kitchner, ONT. Here I saw many
>of the A and A-60 corps, and I think also the DutchBoys
>at the time.
Just out of curiosity - there used to be (back in the 60s) a senior
show in Kitchener (one of my first marching shows)...
Anyone remember who the host for that was? Was there a senior corps
out of Kitchener that I'm just plain forgetting about?
Ron in Vegas
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Cavie95
My first show - 1990, Ogden Utah...
my corps - the Marauders
Freelancers - freaky guard costumes with a cool Batman theme
VK - strange but hip
SCV - loved that Carmen show
I'm amazed I still remember it...seems like ages ago
Evan "Woodstock"
FMM Cavaliers 1994-95 Sop
Marauders 1990-93 Sop
SnareGuy3
On video, Blue Devils 82, and 84.
Jason Lowe
DHass11576
My first show - Fort Wayne, Indiana 1986:
What I remember was the Sky Ryders' Wizard of Oz show...
1996 - Fort Wayne, In - My age-out year in the Madison Scouts. I was a visual
instructor already at the high school, and everything had come full circle. I
was about ready to march my age-out show on the field where I saw my first drum
corps show, 10 years earlier.
..and to top it all off - We sang "Never Walk" right before we took the field.
Thanks Scott!! - it WAS a HAPPY home show!!
*****************************
Doug - In Fort Wayne, IN
Jordsterr
When I was in high school, we were all told at the end of the first week of
band camp to go home and watch DCI. It was 82. I taped it (that was luckt
foresight) and I would go home every day and watch the Garfield Cadets and the
Bridgemen (they went over pretty well with me!). My first live show was in 83
in Chattanooga TN. I went first to hear a standstill in the park given by
Pride of Cincinnati (I live in Cinti now). I remember there was a girl in the
color guard who was just sucking. She didn't know the routine at all. That
night in the show, she was wearing a sling. I always wondered what
"unfortunate accident" happened to her:}
Also in the show were Florida Wave, The Saginnaires (later Northern Aurora),
Suncoast Sound and Spirit of Atlanta.
It really saddens me that all of these corps have since folded. I'm glad
Spirit came back. Can't wait till they're in finals again. "We Are The
Reason" still makes me cry.
Jordi Vilanova
94-97 Bluegrass Brass
87, 88 Garfield Cadets
86 Star of Indiana
JRAbney
Saw a little corps called the Charioteers practicing in Ensley Park near
Birmingham, Alabama in 1975. My band director took us to see practice because
a former band member from our school was in the corps. I was hooked from that
moment. A weird connection: I talked to the Charioteers'
drum instructor that day in '75; didn't have a clue who he was. He (Jim
Dinkins) several years later was a DCI drum judge who judged us many times when
I marched with Spirit.
Jeff Abney
Spirit of Atlanta tenors 1980, 81
Tanthelas
I went to Montreal with the Lions Club Band from Kansas for the Lions Club
International Convention in 96. While I was up there, we went and saw a DCI
show, the only two corps I can remember were Les Etois (i know my spelling is
atrocious, but then again, I don't speak French) and all I remember from that
show was the spinning drum rack that they repeated last season, and Cadets'
show. Nobody at the show yelled BEEF!, that is with the exception of those of
us from the States :-).
Richard Gooch
Colts Contra Line
97-98
ARichJay
First actual show was in the late fifties in East Tenn. Can't recall who was
there other than the hometown corps (Presidents) who went on to place 6th in
VFW "Dream" in Los Angeles (58 or 59?).
Next real shows were '71 or '72 World Open in Lynn or Revere MA. Saw two shows
that weekend but can't remember which was in which town! I do remember SCV,
27th, & North Star performing though!
Been to every DCI Final since '84 in addition to '72, '76, and '79.
Richard Jenkins
aric...@aol.com
GPeter7967
Richard Jenkins wrote:
>Next real shows were '71 or '72 World Open in Lynn or Revere MA. Saw two
>shows
>that weekend but can't remember which was in which town! I do remember SCV,
>27th, & North Star performing though!
Not trying to nit-pic but North Star wasn't in existence yet in 71 or 72.
World Open was held in Lynn. Love the Manning Bowl!!!!!!!!
Gary
Paul Pearsall
>>Richard Jenkins wrote:
>>Next real shows were '71 or '72 World Open in Lynn or Revere MA.
>>Saw two shows that weekend but can't remember which was in which
>>town! I do remember SCV, 27th, & North Star performing though!
>gpete...@aol.com replied
>Not trying to nit-pic but North Star wasn't in existence yet in 71 or 72.
>World Open was held in Lynn. Love the Manning Bowl!!!!!!!!
>
>Gary
Gary's right. North Star first competed in 1976. You probably saw
the corps that combined to form North Star - the Reveries, Cardinals,
Blue Angels, and Legionnaires.
The World Open was held at Cawley Stadium, Lowell MA, for several
years, including the infamous show when the Kilties performed while
the field sprinklers went on.
-Paul
GPeter7967
Paul wrote:
>The World Open was held at Cawley Stadium, Lowell MA, for several
>years, including the infamous show when the Kilties performed while
>the field sprinklers went on.
Paul,
I think they held the Eorld Open at Cawley one year while Manning Bowl was
being renovated. Cawley was always a favorite field to march in. I remember the
sprinkler incident. Kilties were fantastic that year and that drum major was
loaded with class!!!!
Gary
MDurkinS86
First encounter was in 1977. Was a parade in Fort Edward New York. I was at the
bottom of big hill. Heard big sound of brass and drums but did not see it until
Avant Garde turned the corner at the top and was playing People. Went to a show
same year in Troy New York and sas Squires, Garfield, AVant Garde, and have
been hooked ever since.
AHAMAY420
I went my first show in '95. It was nightbeat in Charlotte. That's was when the
Cadets did "An American Quintet". That show hooked me on Drum Corps forever!
Hornman331
Dutchtown Ramblers 62 or maybe Ridge-Culver around the same time.
The Itkor's
I saw the 1982 Bridgemen in Hershey, PA on July 24th of that year. Great
stadium, great corps...great year. Some class "A" corps was on the filed
and Bridgemen's tympani players walked in. I'll never forget my first
glance at those kewl banana suits. Too bad, they went downhill just a few
short years later!
Joe Itkor
RSBDrum
Beverely (MA) Cardinals & Pembrook (MA) Imperials in Lowell MA. We were
driving by and saw the crowd of people, so we went in. My daughter who was 8
at the time said she would like to try it. She marched in a number of corps
along side her sisterl till she went to college. The family continues to
follow the activity to this date. Only NO more sleeping on gym floors 1980
was the best Year!!!!!!!.
Luckyjason
Spirit of Atlanta 1991......" Glory"
Jason Parker
Spirit of Atlanta Snareline 1995
Cavaliers Snareline 1997-??
RizzoPark
Cadets 1990. I was at Spirit camp and they performed indoors because it was
raining. The next day Spirit of Atlanta performed for us outdoors. Both corps
blew me away.
Ryan Parker
Duvibz
Early 1970's The White Tornado's from Kankakee, IL. Very cool guard and I had
never heard "sound" like that before. I got hooked, joined a local corps and
haven't looked back.
Interesting, first "big" corps I ever saw was Spirit of Atlanta 1980, in Alton,
IL. Either the day after or soon thereabouts after they lost Jim Ott. They
turned around with 'Georgia' and I about fell over the top of the stadium!
I've been Jonesing for that sound ever since.
Jeff
Mark Lieberman
mdurk...@aol.com (MDurkinS86) wrote:
My first drum corps performance I ever saw live was the 1989 Cadets in
Bayonne, NJ. I was a 14 year old rookie in the Florida Wave and, not
only did we have to go on after them, but we didnt even have our new
unis yet so we performed in jeans and our Wave t-shirts (I guess I
could put that under the 'oldest drum corps shirt' thread). And to
top it all off they made us face away from the field so we couldn't
see. It was my first drum corps show ever so i was just a bit
excited...Mark...turn around....stop watching them...heard that a
lot...
Mark Lieberman
1989-1991 Florida Wave soprano
1992-1996 Blue Devils mellophone
1993-1997 Alliance of Miami
RARIDAN
The first corp that I ever heard was the Bluecoats in 1975, a friend had
invited me to a practice. I joined the bass drum line that day and stayed for
three years. Along the way I was fortunate to encounter many corps. Among the
first where the Marion Cadets(OH),Toledo Glassmen(OH),Cardinals of Precious
Blood(ONT),Troopers(WY), Colts(IA), and many more I can't remember right now.
I am always thrilled to see that my alma matter is consistently in close
competition with the corps we looked up to in our early years, Phantom,
Madison, Santa Clara, etc.. This should serve as inspiration to young people
just getting started in a small corp.competing in mostly great lakes shows or
similar organizations. In 1977 the Bluecoats finished 27th in the DCI
championship in Denver (prelims actually in Boulder). Now they are in the
Finals every year.
RAR...@AOL.COM (Pete Reynolds)(Bluecoats75-77)
SnareGuy3
1984 Blue Devils
Jason
DOO53
1982 blue bevils on tape but still enough to get me hooked!
SnareGuy3
>1984 Blue Devils
On video, I might add, but still enough to get me hooked.
Jason
Bill Semeyn
1956 Michigan VFW State
"Seniors"
Detroit Edison "Lamplighters"
Grand Rapids "Crusaders"
Flint "Skylarks"
"Juniors"
Sarnia "Lionettes"
Grand Rapids "Green Hornets"
Detroit "St. Francis Boys"
How's that for "old"
--
Bill Semeyn
kilti...@datawise.net
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world”
-Mahatma Gandhi
Tubaguy7
1995 Madison- if that doesnt get you hooked, i dont know what will.
Zach
Fred E. Hedemark, Jr.
Tubaguy7 wrote:
>
> 1995 Madison- if that doesnt get you hooked, i dont know what will.
>
> Zach
My first was SCV 1987.......That hooked me on drum corps too well!!!
Fred Hedemark
Star 1992-1995
Lead Baritone