A few misconceptions here. or from your view. Larry Harris was an amazing leader , Tony Aleman also and they stuck together quite well even after you tried replacing him in the winter and putting Tony on bass drum . Those two as well as the vets bonded amazingly and we let nothing get past us.. we worked very hard but kept that CADET family vibe we created in 1980.-1981 . Those two together held us accountable .
Beating SCV was amazing we were more in shock than anything and pushing the bus to get it started was quite embarrassing for the members. We also had a great run that night . The vets in the corps that night made it our mission to go for it . Donny Van Doren was 100% in on that and pushed us. Prelims 1982 we had our worst run in weeks. It wasnt we gave up ,we just had a very bad run . We knew we had a much better one in us . I remember taking the corps picture in some park after prelims ,,first off we were beat ,second we really had a bad run and needed to regroup. BUT WE NEVER GAVE UP !
Ahhhh … I think the frustration was not prior to the show … it was after … ala the next morning. As for Larry vs Tony … well it was not a one or the other , but from a memory standpoint , the abuse and threats that were sent to me via e mail and one time on person , made an impression on me . I still remember it obviously . Not dismissing Tony but ,,, rather bringing attention to a situation back in the day . Happy Sunday
Ha - George Lea was a good guy and his fod made it all make a little more sense as to the timing of losing my mind
U didn’t have to worry about you being offended :-)
A few misconceptions here. or from your view. Larry Harris was an amazing leader , Tony Aleman also and they stuck together quite well even after you tried replacing him in the winter and putting Tony on bass drum . Those two as well as the vets bonded amazingly and we let nothing get past us.. we worked very hard but kept that CADET family vibe we created in 1980.-1981 . Those two together held us accountable .
Beating SCV was amazing we were more in shock than anything and pushing the bus to get it started was quite embarrassing for the members. We also had a great run that night . The vets in the corps that night made it our mission to go for it . Donny Van Doren was 100% in on that and pushed us. Prelims 1982 we had our worst run in weeks. It wasnt we gave up ,we just had a very bad run . We knew we had a much better one in us . I remember taking the corps picture in some park after prelims ,,first off we were beat ,second we really had a bad run and needed to regroup. BUT WE NEVER GAVE UP !
Ahhhh … I think the frustration was not prior to the show … it was after … ala the next morning. As for Larry vs Tony … well it was not a one or the other , but from a memory standpoint , the abuse and threats that were sent to me via e mail and one time on person , made an impression on me . I still remember it obviously . Not dismissing Tony but ,,, rather bringing attention to a situation back in the day . Happy Sunday
7points for making a Substack correction. I still have yet to fix the typos in my Crossmen story that a reader sent me two years ago.
I remember the “F*** You” speech very well and have told that story many times.