Saw G & G today--Theatre almost empty. The acting--especially the non battle scenes was stilted with more speaking the words than portraying a real character...
I saw G&G Friday with about 50 people in the theater. I liked it but I liked Gettysburg better. I saw that before I got into reinacting and maybe was not as...
... Yes, that's what the word on the street is. ... Will adults? ;) ... Everyone that I've talked to who set up a recruiting table (gag) at the movie has said...
Anyone got a good look at this one? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2162377482 Thoughts? Can someone forward it to Mark Elrod for his...
I'm certainly not up on period instruments like many of you are, but when did Piston valves become available? Rich 5th Mass Battery "Jay Callaham"...
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RAPAM@...
Mar 3, 2003 1:19 pm
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76 Trombones lead the big parade, with a hundred and ten [circa 1900] cornets right behind. Doesn't look ACW to me....nice piston valves and (obscured)...
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Stoetzl and Berliner piston valves start in the 1820's or so...they were RARE in the US during the ACW.....you'd see them in a Theatre Orchestra in NY City but...
Sad news for the D&B Corps world and the Marines Colonel Truman Crawford (USMC Ret.) passed away 3/3/2003 at Hersey Hospital in Hersey, PA after a short...
To Jari: Jari, I know that it is wintertime, and with my ski business I am up to my eyebrows in alligators, with very little sleep each night, but........ Have...
RebSkier@...
Mar 4, 2003 4:36 pm
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R.J.: That is a really great photo, all you said it was! But.........$1025.00 for a photo! Ouch! Give me a break! Someone has more money than sense! YOS,...
RebSkier@...
Mar 4, 2003 4:40 pm
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Too bad we don't know if he's a bugler, fifer, drummer, or bandsman, although often only a band's leader or drummers had the herringbone....
Another good Marine has passed our way, now he is guarding Heaven's Streets, his last post. Your Humble and Obedient Servant, Grover Longnecker U.S. First...
The last few words of OUR HYMN, last verse, contains the following........... "If the Army and the Navy, (and AF too, Jari) ever look on Heaven's scenes, they...
RebSkier@...
Mar 4, 2003 6:45 pm
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Don Thanks very much There was to be a formal announcement of it around April. I have been "hinting" about it and signing email responses with the address and...
Folks: Another poor sucker gets taken in purchasing an "authentic Civil War Bugle", I.D.d no less! For over $500 See e-bay #2161681700 Anyone have the...
RebSkier@...
Mar 5, 2003 12:32 am
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Jari: I meant every word I wrote! This is a really great service to buglers, and also to those planning to purchase "an authentic Civil War Bugle". Just as...
RebSkier@...
Mar 5, 2003 12:40 am
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What is needed is an official reference site where both sellers and buyers can be directed, displaying the various types of both authentic and reproduction...
Joe: Very good points! At least now, they can be pointed to Jari's website for info! YOS, Don...
RebSkier@...
Mar 5, 2003 1:46 am
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And if one of us directs a buyer to Jari's site, and the buyer lodges a federal mail fraud charge against the seller (which you can do if ian item is ...
Col. Crawford's passing is indeed a huge loss. For those who didn't know of his legacy, he was one of the founding fathers of modern drum & bugle corps brass...
I've got the free and ad-free space at the new acwbugler.org to do this, but I don't have the time to produce the material. If someone writes something up in...