Maybe 3: The Show at the AC Convention Center

Maybe 3rd - The Show at the Atlantic City Convention Center
by JoAnne Parente

(Editor's note: Let's see how long we can make the month of May last - send in your entries for Maybe, Maybe Not!)

(picture found in Saints Photo Gallery 1, Page 5, Row 2, Picture 1)

Many of us have fond memories from this show - we literally blew down the competition by not blowing so loud!

While the reason escapes me now, we actually arrived fairly early to this show, and most of our competition didn't. That was a rare thing, given we usually got lost or broke down on trips longer than 30 minutes back then.

Bucky Swan and George Lopez checked out the facilities and figured out something that no one else had that day - if we played as loud as we normally would at an outdoor field show, the music would bounce so horribly inside the building it would get ugly and quick.

The advice to turn it DOWN a couple of notches was a good one, and we did a great job that day. Corps with MUCH more prestige and experience had trouble keeping in step because of the echoing ... it was actually pretty fun to watch!


So, did this really happen? Maybe, Maybe Not ...




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