I'm watching the DCI (drum corps intl) world championships on espn... and I may be crazy, but the announcer for the little historical intros prior to each corps' performance sounds exactly like the narrator of the Budweiser Real Men of Genius radio spots.
Beer and brass. But that would be silly. With how fast those kids are tossing those rifles in the air, just a little beer would likely be lethal. Some poor Blue Devil trumpet player would be decapitated. A single feather from his hat fluttering in hushed silence to the turf below. Snare drums would be pierced. Spinning flags shredded. Closeted flag corps guys in shimmery, bright pink and neon blue unitards and too much make-up would be screaming and fleeing off the field - the methamphetamine making them a little more paranoid than the rest of the corps.
No. Beer prior to marching/tossing would not be a good thing for DCI. You know, besides publicity.
Me & Ray
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Actually, you'd be surprised. These are mostly college age kids, after all, and only moderately supervised in my experience. Their.... university behavior...usually migrates even to the squeaky-clean corps. Not to mention some of them are actual musicians, and you know what them musicians are like. BD, for a long time, had a reputation for having a fondness for a certain powdery substance (and it wasn't talcum powder, although that does wonders for the chafing set).
Bah...I deleted the first comment because it had a distinct "one time, at band camp" flavor to it. Now, reading the revised comment, I realize that that one does too. So never mind: believe what you want.
Well, as one who went to band camp every year from 7th grade on...
Just know I get you, Alan - I really do.
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