At a small show in the Chicago area (Elmwood Park) in 1986, the score
of the last two corps barely added up to ONE-THIRD of the winning corps.
If I remember...
Bluecoats: 70-something
Knights: 60-high
(other corps)
New Day: 17
Prairie Fire: 8
YES!!! A corps actually scored an "8" (I know it was a single digit score)
BTW- this show was so small, our top bass drummer's family comprised one-fifth
of the audience.
Gotta love DCM shows...
Jay
Latter,
Shannon Jeffreys
scje...@olemiss.edu
>I heard of a low score from Prairie Fire before.
>I new somebody that marched with Troop in 87.
>He said when they anounced the score "Prairie Fire 7.5"
>Somebody yelled back "No!,not the captions". And then
>somebody yelled back "No!, that is the Score".
>Latter,
>Shannon Jeffreys
>scje...@olemiss.edu
I saw Prairie Fire open at Terre Haute, IN in either 86 or 87. There were 12
people on the field, and if I remember right they only scored a 7 or an 8. I
really felt sorry for those kids. They were trying, they just didn't have any
numbers or any guidance. You can't hide weaknesses with only 12 people.
*(8-{)}
MH.
Latter,
Shannon Jeffreys
scje...@olemiss.edu
>>I heard of a low score from Prairie Fire before.
Prairie Fire returned to Pioria that night neve to be heard of again.
Their name lives forever in the annals of drum corps.
Bill
Bill Cook
--
John Weldy (unless it's my wife Michelle)
** Bluecoats Mellophone 93-94
** RAMD Repertoire Hound
-----------------------------------------------------------
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"Except that Andrew Lloyd Webber guy...he writes too much!"
-Cosby
BOYCOTT BEST BUY!!!!!
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Taco Sanchez
Wheaters Winter Percussion Ensemble 96
Although it is a bit sad, these corps are the ones I probably respect the
most because they have the guts and dedication to go on the field
anyways!!!
JoEllen Rogers
drum...@aol.com wrote in article
<19961123030...@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
> Total recall (maybe not..)
>
> <drum...@aol.com> wrote:
> >What is the lowest score in DCI history? If I remember correctly, a CORPS
> >actually scored an "eleven" or something like that at DCI Canada one
> >year.. (Was it the corps "New Day"? ) Anybody with archives of recaps????
>
> At a small show in the Chicago area (Elmwood Park) in 1986, the score
> of the last two corps barely added up to ONE-THIRD of the winning corps.
>
> If I remember...
>
> Bluecoats: 70-something
> Knights: 60-high
> (other corps)
> New Day: 17
> Prairie Fire: 8
>
>
> YES!!! A corps actually scored an "8" (I know it was a single digit score)
>
> BTW- this show was so small, our top bass drummer's family comprised one-fifth
> of the audience.
>
> Gotta love DCM shows...
>
> Jay
When I used to teach division III, my favorite thing to do was go to DCM prelims
for A and A/60 corps. This would start at something like 7am on tuesday or
wednesday morning of DCM week.
There would be all kinds of small corps that I'd never heard (and I'd been
doing corps for 8 yrs at that point). Some of these corps had less than
ten members and very young. This one inner city corps had a tiny little
cymbal player that breakdanced for the drum solo! This kid was was a cross
between Emannuelle Lewis and a young Sammy Davis Junior...He was
incredible, all three and a half feet of him! I remember the audience
erupting into wild applause, all twelve of us (well, what do you expect at
7:30 in the morning?!!?).
I remember, Miles, the horn instructor where I taught would record all the
performances on a little recordable walkman and he would listen to 'em on
the bus rides.
You had to love these little kids, sure they maybe their level of
performance wasn't up to the level of the older kids; but they had HEART!
BTW: The corps with the little dancing cymbal player got a score of 6.7,
with penalties:)
In 1993 For the first show we, the Blue Stars from LaCrosse, WI, scored
a 19 (or something like that) We were so bad that the some of the
judges tried to persuade us to fold. It turns out that we got better.
(we were the 1993 div. 3 world champions) I guess it only goes to show
you that you shouldn't count out anybody in the first week of June (or
anytime, but especially in June).
Nick Young,
Blue Stars baritone '93 Contra '94,'96
I seem to remember someone getting a 4.something back in the late 70's.
--
| |"You're not me,
James A. Chappell | chap...@inlink.com | therefore you're
St. Louis, MO USA | http://www.inlink.com/~chappell | irrelevent"
O- | | -- Dogbert
>I would love to go out with my mello and just run around the field
>playing weird shit for 10 minutes and see what kind of score I'd get.
John,
I laughed so hard just thinking about the possibilities.
Of course, I think in 1993 many people were relating your fantasy to
the performance of Star!
Scott
No offense to anyone who ever marched with them but, I
distinctly remember the night the announcer stepped up
to the mic and said "... and in last place ... with NO score ..."
That's right - the entire Corps got zipped. Again, this is pre-DCI
when the tick pencil just kept marking errors.
It wasn't uncommon for a Corps to get zeroed-out in a particular
caption but, I don't remember it happening to any other Corps on
the whole.
Again, sorry BW Alumni.
Andy Lisko
St. Raphael's/Bpt. PAL 58-68
NY Skyliners 69-81
Of course it should count! DCI is a drop in the bucket of drum corps
history. As a matter of fact, we have RAMDers right here and now who
marched in the 40's and 50's; so there :)
Whitney,
who's still working on compiling the poll results for years and drum
corps in which RAMDers performed. I'll have it ready next week!
I (LEE RUDNICKI) know the NJ Hoboken State Chicken Day Band Parade,
Competition, and Ukelele Festival or whatever is important, but it would
make the point of the DCI post meaningless... Sorry to offend you
(Whitney).
-Lee "I (LEE RUDNICKI) didn't sign my name" because I (LEE RUDNICKI)
didn't realize people were so clueless Rudnicki (LEE RUDNICKI)
11/30/96 Poll- 99.98% of people (Including Whitney) that read that knew it
was me (LEE RUDNICKI). Apologies to the clarinet player (Phred Schleplip)
from Montana that did not...
ah, those were the days!!!!!
Gary Brattin
G-Tuba
BK 80,81,82
VK 82
BD 83,84,85,86
Better not forget this...
Matt Dillon
'82-'83 Valley Fever
'84 Blue Devils
(All minor digs welcome with a smile :{ ))
drum...@aol.com wrote in article
<19961130212...@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
On Sat, 30 Nov 1996 drum...@aol.com (Lee Rudnicki) wrote:
> Whitney (you) - I'm (LEE RUDNICKI) sorry I (LEE RUDNICKI) didn't sign
> my (LEE RUDNICKI's) name, I've (LEE RUDNICKI) written so much lately, I
> (LEE RUDNICKI) assumed people (everybody on AOL)
^^^
I am not on AOL. RAMD is an internet newsgroup that is read by users of
*many* servers, not just America On Line.
> would have known it was
> me (LEE RUDNICKI).- Especially since I (LEE RUDNICKI) started the
> category "Lowest Score Ever"!!!!!!!!!!
One of the interesting aspects of the internet is that we have newcomers
every day. A reader could have joined RAMD a couple of days after your
original post.
Also, not all RAMDers will have opportunity to read an entire thread. With
the amount of traffic that RAMD has, there are very little readers who read
every post. That's why leaving part of the post to which you respond is
helpful and so it signing your name.
Besides, it just plain 'ol polite to sign your name.
> I (LEE RUDNICKI) guess you (Whitney) were too busy compiling polls or
> whatever it is that you (Whiney) are doing these days.
I *am* busy compiling a poll and you missed the November 30 deadline :(
(FWIW, over 175 RAMDer's responded.) I would have missed *this* post had
you not sent it to me by email.
> Sorry if I (LEE RUDNICKI) confused you (Whitney).
> I'll (LEE RUDNICKI) make it clear for you (Whitney) - I (LEE
> RUDNICKI) started the category. I (LEE RUDNICKI) was curious about the
> lowest score in DCI.
I re-read your original post. In fact, you did ask about lowest score in
*DCI* history, not drum corps history. I came into the thread late
<shrug>.
> It wasn't some sort of weird evil conspiracy against you (Whitney) or
> people that marched before DCI existed. (De Ja Vu, huh?)
No deja vu here. What are you referring to?
> I (LEE RUDNICKI) know the NJ Hoboken State Chicken Day Band Parade,
> Competition, and Ukelele Festival or whatever is important, but it would
> make the point of the DCI post meaningless... Sorry to offend you
> (Whitney).
Apology accepted.
> -Lee "I (LEE RUDNICKI) didn't sign my name" because I (LEE RUDNICKI)
> didn't realize people were so clueless Rudnicki (LEE RUDNICKI)
> 11/30/96 Poll- 99.98% of people (Including Whitney) that read that knew it
> was me (LEE RUDNICKI). Apologies to the clarinet player (Phred Schleplip)
> from Montana that did not...
Of course I knew it was you. De ja vu, eh?
Whitney
On Sun, 1 Dec 1996, Whitney Densmore wrote:
> Nothing like getting your point across.
>
> On Sat, 30 Nov 1996 drum...@aol.com (Lee Rudnicki) wrote:
>
> > Whitney (you) - I'm (LEE RUDNICKI) sorry
Oh, wow, a Lee Rudnicki apology. You don't see that every day.
> I (LEE RUDNICKI) didn't sign
> > my (LEE RUDNICKI's) name,
That's OK. We know who you are, especially when you act as a B-52, not a
B-2! :->
> I've (LEE RUDNICKI) written so much lately,
Now we know what he's apologizing for! :->
<snip!>
> > I (LEE RUDNICKI) guess you (Whitney) were too busy compiling polls or
> > whatever it is that you (Whiney) are doing these days.
^^^^^^
That's a Freudian Slip!
<snip!>
> > I (LEE RUDNICKI) know the NJ Hoboken State Chicken Day Band Parade,
> > Competition, and Ukelele Festival or whatever is important, but it would
> > make the point of the DCI post meaningless... Sorry to offend you
> > (Whitney).
>
> Apology accepted.
<snip!>
> Whitney
>
Gracious of you. Keep up the good work--you might make Lee into a good
net citizen yet!
Vince
If I would win, I'd do a full field encore...it's for the fans! :>
Actually, I'd never win because I'd be DQ'ed at every show due to every
single member in the corps being too old! That'd be cool...a corps
that's disqualified at EVERY show!!! :>
> > >I would love to go out with my mello and just run around the field
> > >playing weird shit for 10 minutes and see what kind of score I'd get.
> > Well, if you win, are you going to do a full field encore or just a standstill?
> If I would win, I'd do a full field encore...it's for the fans! :>
> Actually, I'd never win because I'd be DQ'ed at every show due to every
> single member in the corps being too old! That'd be cool...a corps
> that's disqualified at EVERY show!!! :>
Not if you entered as a Senior corps! I know DCM has a division for the
seniors. Somehow I doubt you'd be accused of copying the juniors...
:-)
--
Levi Boldt
Michigan State University
Professorial Assistant
'94 Coachmen, '95-'96 Colts
http://www.msu.edu/user/boldtlev
[] "He came to pay a debt He did not owe
[] because we owed a debt we could not pay."
[][][][][] -anonymous
[]
[] "He is no fool who gives what he cannot
[] hope to keep to gain what he cannot lose."
[] -Jim Elliot
[]
[] "If Christ be God and died for me, then
there is no sacrifice too great for me to
make for Him."
-C.T. Studd
> On Fri, 6 Dec 1996, Richard Vincent Lamb wrote:
>
> > Time to pretend it's June...
>
> Okay, then tell me where and when the Cybercorps tailgate party is in
> Toledo! I'll bring the dogs and a new cheese slicer :-)
As soon as I find out when the show is, I'll invite you (and all the
people on the cc list for my reply to your announcement about when DCI is
being televised in Detroit) to the tailgate party. Oh, and I hope the
cheese slicer doesn't break again!
> > On Sun, 1 Dec 1996, Whitney Densmore wrote:
> >
> > > Nothing like getting your point across.
> > >
> > > On Sat, 30 Nov 1996 drum...@aol.com (Lee Rudnicki) wrote:
> > >
> > > > Whitney (you) - I'm (LEE RUDNICKI) sorry
> >
> > Oh, wow, a Lee Rudnicki apology. You don't see that every day.
>
> Maybe *you* don't :-> Lee and I have exchanged a few emails since this
> post. I find that he will apologize if he is made aware that he offended
> someone unintentionally.
Cool. There's hope.
> > > I (LEE RUDNICKI) didn't sign my (LEE RUDNICKI's) name,
> >
> > That's OK. We know who you are, especially when you act as a B-52, not a
> > B-2! :->
>
> Lee has asked for a translation.
Here it is:
In article <19961207202...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
drum...@aol.com wrote:
Hah. Lee finally replied after a year and a half!
>Tanslation Please....
Hmm. I've complained before that AOL needs a spellchecker....
:->
Back to Whitney.
> How about a visual representation?
>
> >From Roy Merritt <mer...@visi.net> at rec.arts.ascii
> <snippette...>
>
> +------------Check
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>
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Good job, Whitney, even though that's actually an F-117, not a B-2.
However, it depicts the same *anti-radar-detection* technology that I'm
referring to! :->
> Lee, you *really* should take a trip to http://dejanews.com and read
> some of my past posts. I've read *all* of your posts.
Same here. In case you get too busy to read them all, check out my
posts on Re: Review of Concord Pavillion Concert, Apr 2, Re: gRAMDies'
Winners, and Re: CADETS Looking for director! They're all meant for
you, but I don't know if you ever saw them. BTW, they were all posted
about June 1...hence the "time to pretend it's June" comment.
> > > I've (LEE RUDNICKI) written so much lately,
> >
> > Now we know what he's apologizing for! :->
>
> :-D Vince, you are bad
I know ]:-}
> <no wonder we get along :->.
:-)
> IMO, Lee's posts
> *are* getting better.
I have to agree.
> > <snip!>
> >
> > > > I (LEE RUDNICKI) guess you (Whitney) were too busy compiling polls or
> > > > whatever it is that you (Whiney) are doing these days.
> > ^^^^^^
> > That's a Freudian Slip!
>
> Hey, I didn't even catch that! Actually, that's a common typo bestowed
> upon me at GlobalMUSH, which you would know if you'd call a rehearsal
> some time, Dr. Science.
I'll have to figure how how to get my modem to work again. My computer's
in the shop and the net connections have all changed. I think I'll have
to go through my account at emich.edu.
> (Are you reading, Jazzy?)
>
> What *were* we talking about anyway? Isn't this a drum corps newsgroup? :->
:-D
> > <snip!>
> >
> > > > I (LEE RUDNICKI) know the NJ Hoboken State Chicken Day Band Parade,
> > > > Competition, and Ukelele Festival or whatever is important, but it would
> > > > make the point of the DCI post meaningless... Sorry to offend you
> > > > (Whitney).
> > >
> > > Apology accepted.
> > <snip!>
> > > Whitney
> > >
> > Gracious of you. Keep up the good work--you might make Lee into a good
> > net citizen yet!
>
> Well, that's up to Lee. :-)
Here's what Lee had to say:
In article <19961207202...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
drum...@aol.com wrote:
>I doubt it...
>-Lee
Oh, well. I still think it's possible.
> > Vince
>
> Whitney
>
Vince
Heck, you might make top-3... another corps did in 1993!
> > Well, if you win, are you going to do a full field encore or just a standstill?
> > :)
> >
> > Gadget
>
> If I would win, I'd do a full field encore...it's for the fans! :>
> Actually, I'd never win because I'd be DQ'ed at every show due to every
> single member in the corps being too old! That'd be cool...a corps
> that's disqualified at EVERY show!!! :>
I'm having problems posting my articles via Cisco.com. My apologies if you
receive this (and a couple of other posts) twice:
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On Fri, 6 Dec 1996, Richard Vincent Lamb wrote:
> Time to pretend it's June...
Okay, then tell me where and when the Cybercorps tailgate party is in
Toledo! I'll bring the dogs and a new cheese slicer :-)
> On Sun, 1 Dec 1996, Whitney Densmore wrote:
>
> > Nothing like getting your point across.
> >
> > On Sat, 30 Nov 1996 drum...@aol.com (Lee Rudnicki) wrote:
> >
> > > Whitney (you) - I'm (LEE RUDNICKI) sorry
>
> Oh, wow, a Lee Rudnicki apology. You don't see that every day.
Maybe *you* don't :-> Lee and I have exchanged a few email since this
post. I find that he will apologize if he is made aware that he offended
someone unintentionally.
> > I (LEE RUDNICKI) didn't sign my (LEE RUDNICKI's) name,
>
> That's OK. We know who you are, especially when you act as a B-52, not a
> B-2! :->
Lee has asked for a translation. How about a visual representation?
>From Roy Merritt <mer...@visi.net> at rec.arts.ascii
<snippette...>
+------------Check
Six!--------------+--------------------------------------+
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`M, .|'
`M, .|'
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'Y3333333333|3333||33333333MM3333$3333333333P'
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`Y|MM'
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Lee, you *really* should take a trip to http://dejanews.com and read
some of my past posts. I've read *all* of your posts.
> > I've (LEE RUDNICKI) written so much lately,
>
> Now we know what he's apologizing for! :->
:-D Vince, you are bad <no wonder we get along :->. IMO, Lee's posts
*are* getting better.
> <snip!>
>
> > > I (LEE RUDNICKI) guess you (Whitney) were too busy compiling polls or
> > > whatever it is that you (Whiney) are doing these days.
> ^^^^^^
> That's a Freudian Slip!
Hey, I didn't even catch that! Actually, that's a common typo bestowed
upon me at GlobalMUSH, which you would know if you'd call a rehearsal
some time, Dr. Science. (Are you reading, Jazzy?)
What *were* we talking about anyway? Isn't this a drum corps newsgroup? :->
> <snip!>
>
> > > I (LEE RUDNICKI) know the NJ Hoboken State Chicken Day Band Parade,
> > > Competition, and Ukelele Festival or whatever is important, but it would
> > > make the point of the DCI post meaningless... Sorry to offend you
> > > (Whitney).
> >
> > Apology accepted.
> <snip!>
> > Whitney
> >
> Gracious of you. Keep up the good work--you might make Lee into a good
> net citizen yet!
Well, that's up to Lee. :-)
> Vince
Whitney