DCI at the Movies!

Freddie, Mike, Philip and Greg

I had a super, fun-filled night last night at movie theater. I met some great guard/corps friends for an evening of drum corps for DCI's "The Countdown" at the San Francisco's Center's theater downtown.

Oh, what a ball it was. There was much laughter had by all.

Because I'm a geek, here's a photo of the theater marquis:


of course, Philip spotted this sign first, and thought that perhaps we were being directed to theater 7 instead:

:)

Not including the five of us, there were probably about 20 other people in the theater.

Philip led the way and decided it would be best for all if we sat at the very top - as far away from other people as possible. Knowing this group, our "out loud" voices were sure to come out, and we didn't want to offend. ;)


DCI on the big, BIG screen

It was a fun show to watch the show. They showed top 5 from last year's DCI, as well as a sneak peak of 3 corps for this season, and 5 "classic" shows from the past.

...and when I say "Classic", I mean shows from "our" era - from 1985-1987. ;)

The best part was watching all of these shows with this group of friends. All of them marched in different corps for several years (including Sky Riders, 27th Lancers, Cadets, Cavaliers and Mandarins) and some of them are still very involved in the activity. So involved, in fact, that one of them even had his named mentioned by one of the DCI commentators. You can bet that got a good giggle out of our crowd. :)

It's been years since I've been to a live drum corps show. I can't even remember the last time. I did go to the DCI Tournament of Champions Show (or whatever it was called) about 5 years ago in San Jose.

For those who were wondering (and I don't think there's many of you who are) I'm certainly a drum corps fan (started going back in 1983 or '84) but not nearly as much of a fan of drum corps as winter guard. I never marched in drum corps (although I did have a 6 week stint in the Blue Devils in 1991, before I figured out it wasn't my thing) but many, many of my friends marched in drum corps. I certainly have a HUGE appreciation for it, and always enjoy watching a good show.

I'm planning to go with a bunch of friends to the Drum Corps show at Stanford at the end of June. It'll be good to see a live show again.

After the movie/show, we headed out to the Castro for a quick drink. Again, much laughter ensued, and we had a great time. As Greg said, my abs hurt from laughing so much. :)

Thanks, boys, for a fun evening! Let's do it again sometime soon!