From: phelps1230@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.marching.drumcorps
Subject: Troopers and Colts(was RE: more war stories)
Date: 13 Dec 92 07:21:21 GMT
Article-I.D.: iscsvax.1992Dec13.132121.9362
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <Bz48Fr.EG6@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, fullchb@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Christian Fuller) writes:
> 
>  You know Brooke, us in the Troopers have never really hated a corps for a
> long period of time. IE the Blue Knights, Magic or Star.   I know a member of your 
> colorguard from last year.  She told me about all the nice things you said
> about us. 

*Sigh* Like I said before, I don't really know when the thing began, or how.
When I walked into the corps and we saw Troopers for the first time, someone
said to me "We hate them". I didn't see any reason for it, but I agreed that I
didn't like your sound. (This is an IMO, you can hate our sound all you like,
doesn't bother me.) 

Best I can figure was that someone from one of our corps was stupid to someone
of the other corps and it mushroomed. All I know was that I walked by the
Trooper busses and was called all kinds of words I would have to censor.
Doesn't exactly make me run out to be your best friend! ;)

>    You know what? we said them back!!  It is hard to take getting beat by the 
> Colts( or Northern Aurora and Black Gold if you want to be techincal) At
> our first year we joked about the Colts beating us, well sure enough they did.

Very understandable. Troopers have had a long history with DCI, and a very good
one. I'm sure it isn't fun for you to lose to us. We used to joke about
Glassmen beating us in '89. They did, once, when we spent the day in a
mechanics parking lot and only had an hour of sectional (we didn't have any
staff, so the rehearsal was REALLY bad, and bad for us). Winton-Salem I think.
Anyway, every year after that they have gone where we are trying to go. They
are getting there faster. Congratulations and continued good luck!

What our staff has taught us this summer is the difference between the program,
and the actual marchers. We learned that the sound we don't like, and other
parts of your program, is not the individuals fault. Your program works for
you, ours for us. Because our teams are in such close competition, we aren't
likely to seek each other out, but I don't hate you, and the attitude of our
corps toward Troopers is changing. Now we kid and laugh instead of hate. Soon,
perhaps, it will all be gone. It's up to both of us.

>    I also heard of the roumer that you Director said about us being pissed of
> and throwing the contras of the truck.  To my knowledge we never threw contras
> (we did the little horns) and if we did I would like to know being as I loaded 
> the truck.

Hmmm...I'm trying to remember what I heard......
I think it was that one person thought you should have beat us by more, and
threw his contra out the back of the truck and really bent it up. Greg is known
to exagerate(sp) to get his point across, so I didn't much believe it at the
time. He was just generally telling us that we had the best show of the season,
and we shouldn't spoil it by caring where we placed. I didn't hear about you
throwing little horns. Equipment is very near and dear to us, so we are 
generally appalled by any such tales of abuse.
> 
> Christian Fuller
> Bari '90-92                         "The promised land"
> 
Christian, if you would like to ask me any more questions, or have any ideas or
stories that would help things, please send me mail. I think the whole thing
has gone on long enough.

Brooke Phelps
Mello 
Colts '89-93
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