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- From: rdorocke@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (rob lawrence dorocke)
- Subject: Re: Madison music
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 04:53:31 GMT
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- In article <1ec7qfINN281@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> cf123@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Christopher Leigh Putnam) writes:
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- >
- >A friend of mine that has worked with Star for the last 6 years
- >told me that the '91 show used only about 5% of Zingalli's drill.
- >Ther rest, was from Todd Ryan and someone else (????). While
- >I usually enjoy a well performed AZingalli drill, the awesome '91
- >Star show you speak of is not really his work.
- >
- About all he wrote was the rotating box in the opener and the rotating
- cross at the end. Personally, the rotating cross is my favorite
- dirll move of all time, bar none!!
- >That is the pronblem with having big name people on staff. Sure,
- >they're great (usually), but the people that do most of (if not all
- >of) the real work go unnoticed because of a big name instructor.
- >It is my belief that Todd Ryan was MAJORLY underated as a drill
- >writer because he worked under Zingalli or along with him on his
- >(toTodd's) greates t show, '91 Star's.
- >
- He wrote most all of the '90 show, but was dying of symptoms of AIDS during
- the '91 season. I guess he didn't spend much time with the corps in '91
- and chose to rest at home in Mass.
- >So, IMHO, Todd Ryan is like the grerwat ballplayer fro a great
- >team that goes unnoticed because of the AWESOME player on the team.
- >
- >Chris
- >Star in '93?????
- >Baritone
- PS I'll see you in two weeks at Star camp!! I can't wait
-
- Rob
- (rdorocke@ucs.indiana.edu)
- >--
- >Please send all mail to cputnam@vax1.umkc.edu
- >
- >IRC nick-BlueDevil FurryMuck name-WolfBlitzer
- >
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