Ol' Skool 20 - Oakland Crusaders 1976

Oakland Crusaders 1976

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[kwinseeeee]

That's awesome! Although I found it pretty amusing that the DM was conducting like a pimp...gotta love the 70's!

[go2thomas]

Hey, pimpin' ain't easy.

[japs52]

no Im not kidding. I marched during this time period and competed against them. We referred to them as a hot dog corps. Id rather eat a poison hot dog than to listen to that dred.

[go2thomas]

Well, you have to give credit, where credit is due. And you can't dispute the fact that they had a good drumline, hot dogs notwithstanding. I think they took 3rd in drums that year. Still hating after all these years? Let it go...

[japs52]

man, if you gotta show old school, dont show crap like that.

[go2thomas]

You're kidding, right?

[gregsaville]

@flammaster

I joined this snare line briefly in pre-season. I left before selections were made, got married and became a drum judge. Didn't stay long enough to claim the honour of membership, but I learned tons from a remarkable Tom Float and some kick-ass snare drummers. Oakland had the cleanest drum line ever! Their fanatical practice and sheer willpower banished errors. ALL errors! Other snare lines trembled. If I ever had a regret, it's not staying that whole magnificent year.

[jazzycat1]

I wish I had seen this corps live!

[5star555555555]

Do people really care what was a hot dog corps and what wasn't? Hell, 35 years later, this sounds amazing. Hell, even if I went to get a hot dog at all during that evening, I wouldn't get it until after the show was over. And I was born LONG after this night.

[thomassalvatore]

I meant Joel at dci prelims sat right next to him in 77 i told him he was really good and one of the greatest drum majors. it was kinda crazy they won the drum caption and didnt make finals. was a strange year gaurdsmen got ripped as well and dont get me started on garfield stilling are spot with their freaking amen shit if they didnt do that we would have made finals.

[thomassalvatore]

@kwinseeeee

[OaklandCrusadersgal]

They were and always will be the best.........and Tom Float taught 76 also

[dfwhoser]

@scv1981 - I was still in the Oakland Crusaders in 1980 and a couple of my best friends left us and went to Vanguard. I remember the 1980 SCV show - one of the most ground breaking, innovative shows EVER - and I remember hearing all the criticism. SCV was once again ahead of the activity, ahead of their time.

Congrats on marching some great Vanguard years. I loved 81 too!

[dfwhoser]

@sluggger222 I just saw this post. I marched in the corps in 1979 and 1980 so I missed the "glory years" but all my friends had been in the first years of the corps. I don't know about the snares being "tickless" in DCI Finals, but I do know for sure that the tenor drums were tickless for the entire 1977 SEASON!!! All those guys were either still marching or teaching when I was in the corps and everyone used to talk about line.

I never heard anyone talk about them tipping their bus over LOL.

[lz4916]

Mark Blandford! That's a name from my very young drum corps past. Bass Drum Stud!

[flammaster]

Tom Float taught this line didn't he? I know he did in 77 but what about this line?