That makes me so happy. Thank you.
I won't go into detail, but Cadets 87 is one of my top-10 favorite shows ever....so I'll be quiet for now.
Skip this next part if you don't wanna be bored with the history of how/why I joined, and my involvement with DC and CG.... LOL
DC:
I joined them on a dare. In high school I had a friend who marched Glassmen, and another who marched Phantom, and they both said, "You should march drum corps. You'll love it. C'mon, we dare you!" To be honest, at that point I had only seen about 10 or 12 DC shows, most of which were on TV. I loved watching them, but never thought I had what it takes to do it. So I asked my band director to help me out a little with lessons, etc. because he used to march drum corps as well. Back then I had only seen The Cadets' 1991 show, and had no idea that they had moved up to 2nd place in 1992. I kinda chose this corps because I thought to myself, "It'd be awesome to be in a Top-6 corps, but I'd rather not go through all the stress and insane practicing that a Top-3 corps goes through due to my diabetes. And soooo.....I basically chose Cadets based on what I saw from their 1991 show. After seeing this show I thought, "They'd never make the Top-3."
I have absolutely no regrets. It was an amazing time, and I loved being able to do it. Definitely a huge highlight in my life.
CG:
After marching DC, and being introduced to such an interesting color guard (in my opinion) I started wanting to participate in the color guard activity. A couple years later when I went to college I went to try out for the winterguard called Onyx (whom I believe was only in Independant Open class back then). However, at the time I was the only male who went to auditions, and the people there weren't very nice to me, so I left the audition half-way through. (That was a mistake. They took 3rd in their class at WGI Finals.
) Anyhoo....for the past 6 or 7 years I've been a member of a couple small independant guards that perform at Pride events, etc. But this year is different: I'll be helping a couple freinds start their own Independant World guard, which allows any age group to audition, which I'm extremely excited about.
*whew*
Sorry for the long-windedness.
I'm a big fan of Garfield. They had some of the most incredible shows throughout the 80s. 
I know....it's an odd transition.
