Alumni of the

University of Kentucky Drum Line

Name: H. Carlysle Ashby     Years in the UK Drum Line: 1969-1970

Instrument(s) played: drum line

Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky      High School Attended: Atherton

Instrument(s) played: snare      Nickname: DJ

Hometown: Hardinsburg, Kentucky      High School Attended: Breckinridge County

Where I am now: Owner - David's Penny Lane Music in Lexington, KY. 2220 Nicholasville Rd. - Zandale Center - Ph. 277-4979. Stop on in & say Hello!! I perform regularly with the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra. I would love to hear from all drum line alumni.

Instrument(s) played: tenors, bass drum      Nickname: JOE

Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky      High School Attended: Lafayette

Where I am now: I work for Ky. Utilities Company in Lexington. Also, I'm the percussionist for the Southland Christian Church Orchestra and I have played in a few other local churches. Currently I'm living the single life again (so I'm dating around).

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Parties at Newberry's; The INFAMOUS New Orleans trip - Chuck Thornton's most famous line "I'm NOT sick", with a bus breaking down and our bus limping along with them, being separated throughout the hotel, partying in New Orleans, Playing Maynard Ferguson's version of "Rocky" while LSU grad Bill Conti who wrote the "Rocky" score was on the sidelines; A trumpet player and a feature twirler have broken glass flying into their eyes (fortunately they were ok), heighten tension AFTER we won the game; 2 trips to Washington D.C.- going to the Smithsonian Air & Space, running like crazy to watch the Senate in action (in the days BEFORE CSPAN); The Peach Bowl - breaking my drum head during the AM practice at Georgia Tech, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE DON'T HAVE A REPLACEMENT HEAD WITH US", Borrowing a drum head from Plains (Ga.) High School Band (sound familiar Presidential buffs), winning the first bowl game in 20 yrs.; sitting on the floor at the 1978 championship game which was preceeded by renting a car and driving through St.Louis, going to the St.Louis Zoo on a rainy day, after arriving in St.Louis persuading the bus driver to take the bus to a liquor store in return for 1 (or was it 2) FREE six pack(s), telling then Associate Coach Leonard Hamilton that he couldn't have a chair; Newberry; Elliott; Stark; David James FINALLY talking to me in NOVEMBER; Hensley; Ryno (unfortunately); Cook; Simmons (Simmone's); Gerlads; Newhall (including the "fight" at the Miss. St.game); Oldham (from Beaumont to UK); UPCHUCK (see New Orleans); Ben-Hur and HIS CHARIOT; "Perross"; "Burnout"; Recording "THE WHITE ALBUM" in Alumni Coliseum; "Davenport, you got to be kidding me"; Gong falls over by itself while David James and James Cook gets blamed; Party Bus; reworking "The Letter" to "My baby uses a Feather"; reworking "American Bandstand" to "Band Queers"; My memory has stalled (just happens when you get older) this is all for now. Maybe I'll remember some more by the next Alumni Band.! See ya then.

Instrument(s) played: snare

Hometown: Princeton, Kentucky      High School Attended: Caldwell County

Where I am now: I am now the owner of the Music Zone in Paducah (Lone Oak area) 1-888-687-8000. Please feel free to use the toll free number since it's been my experience that most drummers will do most anything to save spending their own money unless we need beer.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Having been in the line with the likes of David James, Joe Craft, Don Newberry, etc.....the experiences were many. Unfortunately because of "foot-band" contest (some of you will remember that phrase from Davenport) I've been unable to arrend any of the Alumni Band events. But hey, that's the way it goes. I would love to hear from any of the old UK Drum Line members from the old days (1975-79).

Instrument(s) played: tenor and snare

Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky      High School Attended: Lafayette

Drum Corps Experience: Instructor - Pride of Cincinnati 1979-81, Instructor - Pioneers (Milwaukee) 1986-88

Where I am now: I worked as a Percussion Instructor with George Rogers Clark High School (with drum line alumni Don Newberry) from 1978-1984 and with Danville High School from 1983-85. I moved to the Milwaukee area in 1985. In 1987 I started with the Law Firm of Borgelt, Powell, Peterson, and Frauen. I work as a Litigation Paralegal and am assigned to a National Ligitation Team that travels the country dealing with product liability matters. Thus far, I have litigated cases in 23 States. When I first came to Milwaukee, I worked with a Corps by the name of the Pioneers. I still play with a local jazz group. I have many great stories that I could tell about the UK Drum Line but I'll save those for the next alumni band .

Instrument(s) played: everything      Nickname: yankee

Hometown: Baldwinsville, New York      High School Attended: Baker High School

Drum Corps Experience: Fulton Gauchos & Watkins Glen Squires (snare)

Instrument(s) played: tenor 79, 81-83, snare 80      Nickname: Joe

Hometown: Somerset, Kentucky      High School Attended: Somerset

Where I am now: I currently work for Toyota Motor Manufacturing at Georgetown, KY in the Production Control Department as Engineering Change Coordinator for the entire TMMK facility. I am also a member of the Orchestra at Porter Memorial Baptist Church in Lexington. I was married to Diana Porter (Trumpet) in 1984 and still married, after all these years! We have one daughter, Sarah age 8.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Walking into Band Camp the first day in 1979 with the New White Ludwig Drums UK had just purchased. Eight snare drums, four triple tenors, and five bass drums (we added two snares, one triple, bongo/timbale set, and the mallets the 1980 season). I definitely understood the appreciation of the new equipment from the upperclassmen, especially the years they had to beg and borrow equipment just to get on the field. Sandy Banks (I can't keep the same beat I'm counting off for the band, but gee I'm pretty!) Wondering how in the world Michael Leach made it out of Henry Clay High School alive at 16 years old and in the drum line at UK, and how he survived Dale. The first time going through the tunnel at Commonwealth before going on the field. The first short road trip to Indiana on National TV, and the first long road trip to Atlanta, going to Tolly Ho for Breakfast before leaving on the trip. One of my favorites is one of the last practices we had in 1981 when we practiced at Shively prior to the Tennessee game. It was very cold and the astroturf was frozen. I looked back at the bass drum line at No. 4 (Baby Huey aka Wes Morgan) who has the metabolism of a thoroughbred horse (or maybe a Clydesdale) Here we are freezing our "Hands", and here he is standing there with steam rising from his head rivaling the cooling towers at UK Hospital! It was one of those sights you just had to be there! Also the 1981 drum line victory at Chicago was definitely a highlight. Being lead tenor that year, and the whole trip: the stopover at Jay Kleocker's High School in Illinois, staying with the families at the farmhouses that night, the practices leading up to the event, how after the performance Dale actually High Fived all of us! (Rare positive emotion!) The announcement of second place, when we figured out we WON! Those times were special. I still enjoy keeping up with the guys from the line from those times!, Plus, I still have an "Unworn" T-shirt of the 1981 World Champions stored away, remember the blue/white shirts I had made with all of the drum line names on it? It will make a reappearance at an Alumni function someday!

Instrument(s) played: cymbals 79, bass drum 80, pit 83

Hometown: Frankfort, Kentucky      High School Attended: Franklin County

Where I am now: After living in both Lexington and Louisville, I have returned to Frankfort and have been back now for 8 years. I am working as a consultant for KForce.com and currently working a contract for the Governors Office of Technology. I have been married to Jennifer for 13 years and we have two children Eric 11 and Olivia 9. I am still playing in various organizations in town. I am recovering from a serious illness that resulted in two major surgeries last fall.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: As a member of the marching band it was a great experience to travel to any away basketball tournament games with the team. One such trip in Nashville will always stick out in my memory. We had an early afternoon game that day and like most of the time UK won their game. As if we needed any excuse to party we enticed our famous Bus 5 driver to stop on the way back to the hotel to get some provisions. I was rooming with Phil Grigson, Dale Asbhy, myself and yes a tuba player that I will call Jerry. Jerry was famous for making a cricket noise that could be heard everywhere in an open building. Such as the hotel we were staying in. Our roommate was celebrating extensively throughout the afternoon and evening. I can remember Jerry walking around the hotel with a big blue glass filled with nothing but KY Bourbon. By the end of the night no one knew what or where Jerry was until our band assistant band directors came knocking on our door after midnight (HC was not at this game). Jerry had gotten a little friendly with some of the alumni in the bar. As a matter of fact a little too friendly with a alumni's wife and they called the police to report his attitude. Our band directors were able to convince the authorities that they would handle this situation and brought Jerry back to our room. He was super drunk and I can remember laying in the Bed when Jerry and our directors arrived. They brought him in and he was very violent one minute and then sobbing the next. It was all I could do trying not to laugh as we acted like we were in bed asleep. Jerry ended up that night by punching a hole in the hotel wall thus breaking his hand. And going to the emergency room where he spit on the nurses. A quote from his drunken stupor will always be etched in my mind as he was crying and says" Rarry, nobody gives a rarry hats rass". I was laughing so hard inside that I could not believe this was happening. Needless to say, Jerry was suspended from the band and we never got to stay in the same hotel with the team the rest of the season. He also got stuck with repair on the room plus 3 nights lodging the hotel could not rent the room out. They were actually in the room the next morning as we were getting ready to leave starting the repairs as we took showers. What a night. I chose this story amongst many I could have told as the seats of Bus number 5 were always hoping on road trips.

Instrument(s) played: mallets, bass drum (#2)      Nickname: Rafael

Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky      High School Attended: Carol Morgan School

Where I am now: After several interesting and booze-infested years at UK, I graduated into a plush job selling (and subsequently marketing) alcohol beverages for a Louisville-based distiller and importer, Brown-Forman. Currently I am the National Marketing Manager for a premium, imported vodka - Finlandia Vodka of Finland.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: All memories have been washed from my brain and I am under a strict code of silence. All I have to say is the drum line was seriously underrated back then and even after we won the 1981 National Championships in Oakbrook, IL, we still never received our due honor. All we wanted was some respect (sigh). Or a six-pack of beer, whichever came first...

Instrument(s) played: snare, cymbals

Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky      High School Attended: Lafayette

Where I am now: I am currently Sports Director of WLEX-TV here in Lexington. I have been working for Channel 18 for the last 11 1/2 years. I Always remember my days with the UK Drum Line. It's where I learned how to drink and play some kick ass tunes. I'm married to the former Jimmie Barlow of Cynthiana Kentucky. We have two boys, Sam (10 yrs) and Max (7 yrs). Have no desire to leave Lexington. I enjoy my hometown and watching the Drum Lines over the years at the UK Football games. I was part of the 1981 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP in Chicago, but I hear no one knows where the Championship Trophy ended up...... HMMM. I remember Dale Ashby as a slave driver, but I had fun in spite of him.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: I remember when we traveled to Legion Field in Alabama, where KY met the Tide in either 1981 or 1982. Alabama Thrashed the CATS...it was Bear Bryant's 300TH win. The UK Football team sucked but the Drum Line put on one Hellava show including a drum break that included "Flight of the Bumble Bee". The Alabama Band just stood there with their mouths open. WE RULED.

Name: Gordon Smith    Years in the UK Drum Line: 1980-1982

Instrument(s) played: snare

Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky      High School Attended: Lafayette

Where I am now: Hey there! I'm one of those Spartan Marching Percussion Festival champs that brought Jim Campbell to UK. I never got to enjoy his expertise. I married Cathy Henderson in 1984 and have two beautiful daughters to show for it. Thank God they look like their mother!!! I work for WKYT-TV and have many opportunities to see the drum line.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Most of the memories that I have are very faint as I was drunk at the time and really have no recollection of those days. However, I do remember stumbling through many football games with fellow drummer John Vidal close behind banging his bass drum. Of course, winning the Spartan Festival was a highlight. That was a great line full of good friends.

Instrument(s) played: snare

Hometown: Cold Springs, Kentucky      High School Attended: Campbell County

Drum Corps Experience: Golden Knights 1974 keyboard, 1975 tenor, 1978 snare, 1979 snare

Where I am now: I am Vice President of Public Affairs at the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. I do government affairs and am a lobbyist for business at the local, state and federal levels and spend much time in Frankfort and Washington, D.C. working to secure project funding and/or advocating public policy issues of my organization that consists of 2000 member firms.

I am married to the former Marilyn Howard of Murray, whom I met during early week in UK band in 1980. She played trumpet and fortunately for me, was forward enough to pull me away from the rest of the wallflower drum line to dance during a dance/social at camp. We were married four years later and that was twenty-two years ago - man, I feel old. We have two children - Stewart (11) and Logan (8). My son Stewart has been attending Drum Corps Shows since he was 2 and we never miss a season. (For you Cavs fans, they are his favorite corps and he has three T-shirts already. He's already a proficient pianist and I have no doubt he'll be working hard to be an accomplished snare). Marilyn is a Senior Medical Sales Rep. for Mead Johnson (Bristol Myers-Squibb).

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: I remember arriving late for the first early week practice, but several years of drum corps helped to earn a place in the snare line. We had some great experiences, including earning the FIRST UK National Drum Line Championship. I was also fortunate to play in the All-American College Marching Band that opened EPCOT Center in Orlando. Marching band was great under Gordon Henderson - we were always behind the majorettes. I roomed with percussionists (Ashby & Grigson) and learned to love and appreciate jazz. I taught and arranged for many drum lines and was the head instructor for Lafayette HS for five years, during which the line won the Frank Arsenault Award for best line at the '83 MBA Nationals (Jim Campbell was a judge). We used to think the alums were a drag, but now that I am one, I wish I hadn't given them such a hard time.

Instrument(s) played: mallets, bass drum

Hometown: Owensboro, Kentucky      High School Attended: Daviess County

Drum Corps Experience: Imperial Guard - 1980 - bass drum

Where I am now: Hello Everybody!! I am living in the Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati area. I am working as a Registered Nurse in critical care and hemodialysis part time. My terrific husband is a Podiatric Surgeon, and I have a son Eric, who is 9, and a daughter Casey, age 7. I stay busy working part time, daytrading as a hobby, helping my husband in his office, and taking the kids to numerous activities!! As far as keeping up with PERCUSSION, I currently teach once a week with the Twenhofel Middle School percussionists---look for them in a few years to be in the UK Drum Line!! (They love to hear UK Drum Line stories!!) -- It is great to see what everyone has been up to. Feel free to e-mail or look me up if you come up this way!!

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: One of my favorite memories was a story about Steve Smith.  Steve had apparently had a really rough night of partying on a Friday night before a home game on Saturday.  He threw a frozen pizza in the oven that Friday night and apparently passed out and never got it out of the oven.  It cooked on 350 degrees for at least 7 hours.  Saturday morning we had our usual early morning drumline rehearsal at Shively.  We were warming up on the 50 yard line and Dale Ashby came walking in with the incinerated pizza on a cookie sheet and placed it on the sideline for everyone to see.  Even the cookie sheet was scorched.  It was hilarious.  Steve Smith, John Newhall, Don Newberry, Steve Elliot, Steve Stevens, you guys are the GREATEST!!  Also Hello to Dale Ashby and David James.

Instrument(s) played: snare      Nickname: Chief

Hometown: Danville, Kentucky      High School Attended: Danville

Where I am now: I'm currently a meteorologist, Information Systems Engineer, and Officer in Charge of The Navy weather office at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Instrument(s) played: snare      Nickname: Shriner

Hometown: Maysville, Kentucky      High School Attended: Mason County

Where I am now: Married and have two great kids! My son Andrew (10) will start band next year. My daughter Erin (7) is planning on playing the flute and the Flag. GREAT! Occasionally I get together with a few of the old guys but mostly with the younger ones. Chris Vance is always good for a few dollars at the poker table! Hey Chris.....Thanks for breakfast!! My wife Vickie and I both teach in Paris, Kentucky and have since we graduated from UK. Vickie is now a certified administrator so we hope soon she will be making more money than I. Oh yea......Vickie also marched in the Drum Line one year. 1983 I think. I think she was worried about me and a certain spending too much time together.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: There are several but I guess the best was actually in percussion ensemble rehearsal one night. Steve Smith came in drunker than a monkey much to Dave Davenport's dismay.(You may or may not remember Dave but I can tell you he had a very hip side). This was not a scheduled rehearsal but everyone was there because we were throwing together a pops program full of jazz and pop charts. Anyway....Dave called Steve a drunken lush when he fell into the marimba and the fight was on. After we broke them apart Dave proceeded to pour out everyone beer on the floor in room 22. Yes, on the floor where the next day Harry would be teaching methods to all of us aspiring band directors. What's worse.....nobody cleaned it up!! To make things worse Tripp Bratton left an empty bag of chips and a banana peel on one of the music stands in the middle of the room. Needless to say Friday morning methods class was great fun, wondering which moment would be the one that Harry stuck to the floor and then realized he was standing in beer. If you want to know the rest.....e-mail. It was unbelievable, but I will tell you that Stu Waldner changed his major that very day!!! Something to do with being as dedicated as the xylophone over in the corner.

There was the time when we were headed for the Super Dome to play Tulane. Gordon insisted that we not drink anything until we stopped to rehearse later that morning for a group of high school students. What an invitation. Hell it was already 7:00 a.m. when we left! What was he thinkin'. Gordon was mad. I don't remember if he was madder at the drum line or the majorettes who kept throwing batons into the drum line. (We threw them back!!) Over and over again!!

Instrument(s) played: bass drum      Nickname: Huey

Hometown: Edmonton, Kentucky      High School Attended: Metcalfe County

Where I am now: I'm a Network Engineer with DataBeam Corporation in Lexington. Married (Lanette Colley, UK Band) with four kids.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Hearing Gordon Henderson say "uh...Huey?", road trip to Freedom Hall when LEXTRAN forgot to dispatch a bus.

Instrument(s) played: tenors & snare

Hometown: Shelbyville, Kentucky      High School Attended: Shelby County

Where I am now: I am a percussionist with the U.S. Army Field Band in Washington DC. I teach percussion at Essex Community College and Tae Kwon Do classes at a local athletic center. I got married in March of '97 to my beautiful wife Elena. She is a wonderful vocalist and we currently travel the world together in the same performing ensemble.

Instrument(s) played: tenors, cymbals, bass drum (1)

Hometown: Frankfort, Kentucky      High School Attended: Western Hills

Where I am now: I have been married for 12 years and we have a daughter and a son. My husband is in management and I am a stay-at-home mom. We also own some rental property (planning for retirement).

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: I remember the first time I saw Tripp and Stu...I thought they were wild. Also the first week of band camp when Philip saved me from being thrown in the fountain by the horn geeks. The bus trips were always fun with those funny tasting brownies :-) Glenn was always trying to get us in trouble, but then what are best friends for? The trip to Denver was great fun, although I wasn't very nice to a certain C.S. Patty was always a hoot. And I learned to appreciate many different types of music from the wide variety that was played on the bus trips.

Instrument(s) played: tenors (triples)

Hometown: Frankfort, Kentucky      High School Attended: Western Hills

Where I am now: After 11 years in the banking industry, I am currently Worship Coordinator and Miister of Education at Crestwood Baptist Church.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Most memories I cannot reveal on grounds that they may incriminate me and those involved - But, those road trips! Who can forget the party on wheels, Tuba players eating grass (the stuff on your lawn) and grocery cart races while the bus was getting fixed?

Instrument(s) played: trios, snare, quads

Hometown: Danville, Kentucky      High School Attended: Boyle County

Drum Corps Experience: Cavaliers 1987 pit, 1988 quads

Where I am now: I am the Percussion Director/Arranger for the Phantom Regiment Drum & Bugle Corps in Rockford, Illinois.

Instrument(s) played: tenors, snare

Hometown: Murray, Kentucky      High School Attended: Murray

Drum Corps Experience: Cavaliers 1986 - tenors, 1988 - snare

Where I am now: Currently living in Manassas, VA (Civil War capital of the world) outside of Washington, D.C. Married Therese Ann Cummings on June 10, 1995. After graduating in the Spring of '90, I moved to Washington, D.C. to become an art director with a graphic design/ad agency run by an old school chum of mine. After about 8 years of graphic design and no money, I decided to get smart and moved to the "dark side" of the PC world (don't worry, my 2 macs at home are doing well, albeit a little ticked at me!). So I got my MCSE in January of '98 and became a network administrator (tedious work). I recently landed my dream job back in November. I now work in the network quality services division of UUNET - A WorldCom company, owners of the world's largest IP network infrastructure. If you surf the internet, you use our networks!

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Certainly cramming the survivors of "The Wreck of the Edmund FitzMorgan" into my 1976 Delta 88. I believe there were 8 of us, and the trip was only half over. And all Logan kept talking about is the fact that HE was the one who had just paid for the fill-up in Morgan's Fox!!! Does anyone remember the Ford Ranchero I had?! That certainly was a piece of work! A kegger and a gas grill chained to the back of that thing for tailgating. VERY nice! The drunken stupor after the bus breakdown in Knoxville. We used the $2.99 Toys-r-Us police helmets to hide that "glazed-over" look! So, you wanna ban 5-gallon hooch containers? Fine! Anyone want some brownies?! Feabaploy!- Anyone recall that delicacy known as "log of bologna and a squirt of Arby's sauce"? The not-so-funny episode of the flaming of Denny's Subaru? The not-so-funny episode of me, Screamer and Denny ending up backwards in a ditch outside of BeaverDam in Denny's Subaru? (stay away from Subaru's!) Scott Kentington Platypus Club - Margie down the stairs? "Shut up! Nancy's trying to study!" And, no, I don't remember the fight I had with Morgan in Chicago!!! What's up with that? Bombay Bicycle Club...Hospital, Diesel...ma-nana-na-na...pool and patio sale, save 40 to 50 percent! Buffet, all you can eat! Dave Farris "skipping to his loo" - "Mommy, mommy, I smell bread!" Rusty-huto! Pizza-crusto! Salty, EAT SOME FOOD! Larry's "cohanes"!

Instrument(s) played: snare

Hometown: Danville, Kentucky      High School Attended: Danville

Drum Corps Experience: Cavaliers 1987-88 snare

Where I am now: I am currently the Assistant Band Director at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington, Kentucky. I have been married to my wife Shayni for 3.5 years, and we have a son named Austin who is 14 months old.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Where do I start? I really appreciate all my friends including me in their memories.... Remember, my high school kids might read this! No seriously, I've tried to block out a lot of these memories, but the ones that I cherish the most are hanging out and drumming with my friends, getting into alit of trouble and making stupid mistakes (just read some of the other posts and you'll see). Getting to experience Feabaploy (sp?) with Mason, Rusty, Mark, and Denny. Annoying the crap out of Larry Byington. Good Friends like Timmy Logan (La La La), Glen Kotche, Brent Wright (Stromboli), Jim Corcoran, Jim Campbell, the Chicago trip, Nashville PAS (man that sucked! - but thank Silvia for the uniforms...Who's idea were those anyway?) Brent Farmer phasing on the Triplet Rolls, Ethington and Brawner not ever learning my name..."my name is Morgan!"

Instrument(s) played: bass drum

Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky      High School Attended: Delran, Delran, New Jersey

Where I am now: I am married and have a son, Max, who is 2 1/2. I dropped out of school to tour with a rock band and ended up playing around the US, Europe and Canada for a number of years. I am currently in the band Taildragger with other alumni, Mark Hendricks (I play drums, he plays bass). I worked as a music/associate editor at ACE Magazine for many years, and now work at KET. My biggest hobby is collecting vintage drums. The most recent was a Leedy 26" bass drum from the 1940s.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: For the Marching Band trip to Mississippi (football season), Mark Hendricks and myself went to K-Mart and bought a plastic, 5 gallon gas tank (the kind you would strap on the back of a jeep). We filled it with gin and lemonade. On the way to Mississippi, we were to stop at Vol Stadium and practice. The percussion bus broke down a couple of times on the way, and at that point, we figured we wouldn't make it to practice with the rest of the band, sooooooo, out came the gin. Well, we did make it. All I remember is trying to play Euphistic Fantasia and walk a straight line. It is all one big orange blur.

But the biggest memory is traveling to Chicago to compete as a drum line in 87-88. It was an incredible experience (other than the car wreck on the way up). We did a Zappa program that was dead-on. We got second, but it was still a lot of fun and excitement. And then years later, after finally getting my video of the performance back from Dave Farris, Hendricks taped over it!!

Name: Phil Kring  Years in the UK Drum Line: 1986-89

Instrument(s) played: quads & marimba

Hometown: Richmond, Kentucky      High School Attended: Franklin County

Where I am now: I am currently playing drums for Blue Honey based out of Lexington.

Instrument(s) played: snare      Nickname: j-Flyman

Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky      High School Attended: Henry Clay

Drum Corps Experience: Star of Indiana 1987-88 snare

Where I am now: I am married with 2 kids. I play drums in a local band called ArtGeko . I am in the Dental business.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Brian Morgan almost killing Tim Logan, David Fannin, Me and Himself while driving to Chicago for the Spartan Festival in 89. Guess that car didn't handle so well after all did it Brian???

Instrument(s) played: cymbals      Nickname: Lis

Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky      High School Attended: Henry Clay

Where I am now: I work at Bloodstock Research as a computer operator. I have been in the computer industry for about 10 years now. I'm going back to school and majoring in computer information systems. I still live in Lexington.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Some of my memories are: Tojo and the inverted, platinum cymbal; Froedge and his "you can f*** off at your leisure" saying; Morgan going off on Bucket because he told him he didn't want to keep taps; Ratliff and Brandon yelling chicken sh** at the top of his lungs after everyone had finally fallen asleep; the butt bucks and the bus during trips; the "new guy" games on the bus; the trip to Chicago and us losing even though we know we were the best; the PASIC adventure playing The Planets; Rusty and Brian's parties; Waller House; Speeding up the "K" for all the horn knobs to march to after they pissed us off; Steven Keys and his "show" for the band (if you were there I'm sorry if you weren't, be thankful); LSU trip; the Florida trip; the percussion bus always seemed to have something wrong with it, we never got anywhere on time; Brian Morgan's car incident going to Chicago; Rusty and Brian fighting and almost knocking over Drew; Campbell's comment about Hartley and it pissing! him off; the Campbell year; Super Tag never ending; Brawner and us hating him and the never ending evaluation. My best memories are of all the people I marched with, you guys were great. Look me up guys and we can talk about old times.

Instrument(s) played: snare      Nickname: Screamer

Hometown: Princeton, Kentucky      High School Attended: Caldwell County

Drum Corps Experience: Cavaliers 1987 - 1988 snare

Where I am now: I've spent the last 10 years playing music in several bands in Lexington. I'm currently playing bass in Taildragger. I try to keep my drumming chops up in my spare time...I just can't stop.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: FEABOPLOY. Chop beefsteak? what is that. funky cold Medina. Blind drunk and screaming with Brian Peck at Pre-Game...jot digga jot digga jot...Writing Euphistic Phantasia with Denny, Morgan, and Rusty. Gas can full of screwdrivers on the band trip to...where did we go again? Atlanta. Morgan playing patty fla flas all the damn time my freshman year. "I am searching for deli roll" Mason getting pissed cause I ate his spaghetti sauce, I thought it was chili. Chuggin half a fifth of Makers with Denny and waking up in puke. Campbell's drum line cookouts. Dave Ferris...what trash can lid? Parties at Phil Krings pad. Tina and Erika. Froedge's kick ass car. Froedge falling out with his tenors on. Becky and Margie. Then there's Morgan's wreck on the way to Chicago. Laughing my ass off with Tim Logan. Jen Rudd and the cymbal chicks. The stupid kazoo part in "Children of the Sun". Denny rushing his snare solo. Rusty's big ol' Delta 88. Throwing Mason's Stewart Copeland tape out the window. Campbell's stick vis. Squeat! Rusty..."oh man, I forgot my wallet". The trips up Cavies camps. All I remember from comp line is...pretty much suckin and some dude named Fungus pulled out his shlong in front of the whole party at the hotel.

Instrument(s) played: snare      Nickname: Corky

Hometown: Radcliff, Kentucky      High School Attended: North Hardin

Drum Corps Experience: Cavaliers 1986 - 1987 front line ensemble

Where I am now: I am back in Lexington!! I still teach at Cumberland College in Williamsburg, KY (down by the Tennessee border). My Wife, Doris, is an RN working in Lexington and my son, Jimmy, is in Kindergarten now.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: "Connect the dots; La, La, La..." Tim Logan...we laughed every day, regardless! Morgan playing the banjo snare at Homecoming. My adventures with Tim and Jeff in Atlanta. Trip to Northbrook. Everyone in the Drum lines from 87-89. "DRUMS!!!!!" -- W. Dale Warren

In the winter of 1988 we took the competition drum line to the Northbrook competition in Chicago. On the way there, some of the guys in another car were playing "let's see how fast we can change lanes!" After a few fast changes the axle broke on the car and it went spinning out of control. Nobody was seriously injured but it sure scared us. We played pretty well at the competition.

Instrument(s) played: snare

Hometown: Radcliff, Kentucky      High School Attended: North Hardin

Drum Corps Experience: Star of Indiana 1988 snare

Where I am now: I'm a Lieutenant in the US Air Force and currently stationed in Texas. I have been happily married to Chante for 8 years and have two wonderful daughters, Julia 5 and Carmen 4.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: marching with toes up and sprinting back to the previous set with Jim Corcoran for about the first 30 minutes of the first practice that we had together in 1987, "what the &*%^$# are you guys doing, this ain't North Hardin", getting to drum with Jim, Rusty, Morgan, Denny, Larry, Mark, Jeff, and Troy, Saturday morning football games against the low brass, helping Morgan test the safety features of his car on the trip up to Chicago, watching Morgan pluck his snares like a guitar behind the homecoming court at a televised game, playing in the rain practically every home game of my freshman year.

Instrument(s) played: tenors

Hometown: Horse Cave, Kentucky      High School Attended: Caverna

Where I am now: Hey, bros...I've been living in Atlanta for about four years. Previous to that I spent a few years in Florida. In both places I spent most of my time touring with rock bands/cover bands. Upon moving to Atlanta, I worked at Atlanta Pro Percussion for about a year and a half, before ending up (it's a VERY long story...) in my present band, doubleDrive, which recently released our first album on MCA Records. Go to http://www.doubleDrive.com OR http://www.mcarecords.com for details. Things are going great, and I owe a lot of it to the experiences I had, musically and otherwise, with my bros at UK. Get in touch with me, you chopless bastards! :)

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: FUAD, sectional rehearsals, harassing the majorettes, and having all my bros move into the DEATH STAR!!!-----you had to be there...if you weren't, you'll never understand! Ha,ha...

Instrument(s) played: tenors 1987-89, snare 1990      Nickname: Dug-e-Dee, Dug-e-Dee

Hometown: Ft. Thomas, Kentucky      High School Attended: Highlands

Where I am now: I'm the assistant band director at Fayette County High School in Fayetteville, GA. It's about 20 miles south of Atlanta. We were invited to represent Atlanta in the 2000 Olympics by playing in the opening ceremonies in Sydney, Australia. We march about 250 and have well over 300 in the program. I miss Kentucky, but like the atmosphere here in GA. Hope to see you guys at alumni band!

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: The ORIGINAL Supertag written for the end of New World Symphony with Tom Brawner as Director. Screaming at the crowd during the tunnel (continued by Ratliff after coming out of his shell) Northbrook Ill.- SCV 83, and Children of the Sun. Bus rides. 5 gallons of Lemonade & pure grain to New Orleans. Jennifer Reese! Waller House! Death Star! Daytona Beach! Tenors-Mason, Peck, Froedge, Brandon, Martha. Becoming a Snare Nazi according to Froedge. Morgan and Rusty fighting before Northbrook. Our crappy PASIC show in Tenn.(Planets), Brian and Rusty's Halloween Parties. Screamer and Denny's keg. Learning Euphistic Fantasia on Ludwig Triple toms. Speeding up the "K" on TBS. Putting Hula skirts on our tenors. Jazz running during rehearsal and Warren flipping out! Messing with pedals after Brandon tuned timps. Dave Ferris' can filled with mud-taped to an umbrella instrument. Tina, Tina and Erika.

Instrument(s) played: Bass Drum

Hometown: Versailles, Kentucky      High School Attended: Woodford County

Where I am now: I am currently drumming with the group "Catawampus Universe" as well as with "The Lily Pons." As well as playing drums with the Pandya's, I also teach private percussion lessons at the Drum Center of Lexington. Come check out "Catawampus" at a club near you and pick up a copy of their new C.D. !

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: I had never heard of "triple stroke" rolls until UK Drum Line. "Even though I played them all the time on jazz ride cymbal patterns, It blew my mind, man."

Instrument(s) played: Snare

Hometown: Hodgenville, Kentucky      High School Attended: LaRue County

Where I am now: Graduate of University of Louisville School of Medicine, Served Two Years as Chief Resident of Residency Program, Board Certified Family Medicine, Assistant Professor of Medicine, U of L/Glasgow.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Really too many to count. It was a blast to perform with so many talented people and I regret that I have not been able to keep in touch. If anyone sees this, please feel free to give me a yell. One memory that does stand out would be the partaking of Cheetoh's off of one individual's drum who shall go nameless.

Instrument(s) played: bass drum      

Hometown: Hopkinsville, Kentucky      High School Attended: Christian County

Drum Corps Experience: Cavaliers 1989 pit

Where I am now: I am currently the Assistant Band Director at Apollo High School in Owensboro, Kentucky.

Instrument(s) played: snare     

Hometown: Crestwood, Kentucky      High School Attended: Oldham County

Where I am now: I have been the Band Director at Thomasville High School in Thomasville, GA for the past four years.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Some of my most memorable times were the tailgating before night games, all the times in Rupp Arena, the time when we were in Birmingham when Shaq was thrown out of the game and then we beat the total hell out of Alabama, and of course how could I forget---New Orleans!!!!

Instrument(s) played: tenors     

Hometown: Aiken, South Carolina      High School Attended: South Aiken

Drum Corps Experience: Star of Indiana 1990 pit

Where I am now: After graduating from UK, I moved to Houston,TX and worked as a percussion instructor for Klein High School and several middle schools. I also played in an oldies cover band. Kim (Maggard) and I got married in Jan. 94 (David Ratliff and Josh Dekaney played a wonderful duet at the wedding). Kim and I got tired of Houston and moved back to Lexington for a short period then on to Nashville. I worked for Innovative Percussion for about 2 1/2 years and I currently work for Mapex drums in sales & customer service. I also build custom drums as a side hobby/business. Since being in Nashville I have played in several bands: Randomonium (Prog Rock), The Guy Smiley Blues Exchange (Funk/Jazz Rock - we put out a local CD - please e-mail me if interested), and I currently play with the Hypnotic Groove Project (Funk/Pop). Newest Hobby: I brew my own beer.

The most important continuing event in my life has been my son Blake. He was born on July 20, 1998.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: My favorite memory of the drum line was the whole New Orleans trip. We had all started playing the game chickens**t! About 3:00 am during the bus ride down someone screamed chickens**t! at the top of their lungs. Mike Frodge laughed for about 1/2 an hour straight. The best part though was during the half time performance at the game. David Ratliff had one of those toy guns that shoots the yellow plastic pellets. While playing with one hand he was shooting the snare line with the other, and when we got to the sideline he started shooting the LSU Band. One half of the tenor line couldn't play our parts because we were laughing so hard.

Instrument(s) played: cymbals      Nickname: Tojo

Hometown: Harlan, Kentucky      High School Attended: Harlan

Where I am now: I left UK in 1991 and went to Fuggazi Business School in Lexington. I worked in Lexington until 1994, until Jennifer and I decided to get married. I moved to Harlan and Managed a Texaco for a year. With that experience I got the job I am in now. I manage the Taco Bell in Harlan. Other than the chance of dying of a heart attack it is great.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Hartley getting P***ed at Mr. Campbell for a fat comment, Freshman joke offs, Jim Corcoran giving me my nickname, Brian Morgan trying to make everyone be like him (Just joking!), parties at Brian and Rusty's, cymbal sectionals (Yeah, Right), Melanie Glascock, one time to Rosemont, IL. to try out for drum corps of the Skinny Guys, the "subtle" scent of coffee in Mr. Campbell's office, Salty....'nough said, Dave Samuels, Ju Percussion , the Planets and Brandon Brooks as the Magician during Neptune, the trips to LSU, Auburn, Vanderbilt, the competition drum line contest in Nashville and Indianapolis.

Instrument(s) played: Xylophone, Bells, Cymbals

Hometown: Albany, Kentucky      High School Attended: Clinton County

Where I am now: I am now the manager for Chef Wolfgang Puck in Illinois

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Bus Number Five-The Percussion Bus for all the away games, nothing ever seemed to be too much and it was always fun. The New Orleans Trip and the Marching Drum Line Competitions. The Camping Trip down on Dale Hollow Lake and every home game. Mr. Warren's megaphone call for the Drum line. Practice in the Rain that never seemed to stop. The ill-fated practice that resulted in a very crooked K in front of the high school in Georgia. The Limo on the TN trip the year after New Orleans when we were on probation for trips. Coach Pitino's first game and mid night madness. Deathstar, rehearsals, and most important--the most memorable friends and events in college.

Instrument(s) played: Bass Drum

Hometown: Munfordville, Kentucky      High School Attended: Hart County

Where I am now: I live in Lexington with my wife, Anna, and son, Preston. We're expecting our second child (son) in September '02. We make it to most all of the home UK football games.

I work for Lion Apparel as their corporate Quality Assurance Mgr. We make fire fighter coats & pants. I've been with Lion since '94. In June '02, I will be temporarily relocated to our London, England office for the summer. Let me know if you'll be in the neighborhood.

I played drums for the Lexington rock band - Tim - from '92 through '94. Now, I just keep a practice pad on a stand in my office and play rudiments that my brother (Dave "Bula" Nash) sends me.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Timeless advice from Jim Campbell that has managed to stick with me, "Just don't suck." Fall, '88 football season - it rained every single home game. Marching band bus trip to LSU...to set the record straight, I would like to clarify that someone pushed my fist through that hotel window - enough said. Honestly.

Instrument(s) played: Cymbals

Hometown: Taylor Mill, Kentucky      High School Attended: Scott

Where I am now: I am living in Florence, Ky with my husband and two kids. I am a store manager for Shoe Sensation in the number three store in the company.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Mostly, I remember sleeping in SCFA during cymbal sectionals, elevator drill and endless ride cymbal parts. But I had a few laughs and made a few friends and generally had a lot of fun. Most of all, I remember all the great people who made those years some of the best of my life.

Instrument(s) played: tenors 1990-93      Nickname: Opie

Hometown: Cynthiana, Kentucky      High School Attended: Harrison County

Drum Corps Experience: Cavaliers 1991-92 tenors

Where I am now: I'm living in northern Illinois now working in the law enforcement field. I finally finished my Masters in 2000 at Xavier University in Cincinnati and moved on up. I'm teaching a few students in the Chicagoland area and I still manage to nab the occasional gig from time to time. If anybody's in the area and wants to stop by just give me a ring.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Living at the Death Star, Tom Brawner absolutely going nuts after we sped up pre-game on national television, PASIC '89 (although I've tried to forget that), drumming on the roof of Fine Arts at 3:00 in the morning with Kotche, Dale Warren threatening to send me home from rehearsal because I didn't care enough about the band, New Orleans, Gainesville, Nashville, Knoxville, Bloomington, driving to Cavie camps in Rosemont with Ratliff and Casey, giving Bucket all kinds of hell he probably didn't deserve (no wait, he deserved it), witnessing Brian Courtney and Steve Keys (tuba players) punching a cow in the ass at a rest stop on the way to New Orleans and then watching it crap on them, and getting to play drums and drink beer with Froedge, Doug, Martha, Ratliff, Casey, Hendricks, Mason, Morgan, Rusty, Tommy, Drew, Kotche, Kretzer, Alan, and all the other guys who I've inadvertently left out.

Instrument(s) played: bass drum 1989, tenors 1990-93, section leader 1993

Hometown: Elkhorn City, Kentucky      High School Attended: Elkhorn City

Drum Corps Experience: Boston Crusaders 1987 pit; Cavaliers 1991 bass drum, 1993 pit

Where I am now: After graduation, I moved to Bardstown, Ky where I taught at Nelson County High School and Old Kentucky Home Middle School for 3 years. I married Susan Long in December of 1994. In May of 1998, I completed my Master's Degree in Music Education (also at UK) where I was one of the teaching assistants working with the band department. I worked as the Assistant Band Director at Russell County High/Middle School in Russell Springs, Kentucky for the 1998-99 school year. Currently, I work as the Assistant Band Director at Madison Central High School / Band Director at Madison Middle School both in Richmond, Kentucky. I am a Performing Artist/Clinician for Yamaha Corporation of America, Band and Orchestra division and also an Artist/Clinician for Innovative Percussion sticks and mallets.I have two daughters, Holly born in 2001 and Katie born in 2004.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: hanging at the Deathstar and the Euclid house including the torching of the couch, starting Bus Bowl, winning BOA in '93, playing a SWEET show at PASIC in Columbus in '93, SUPERTAG!!, "waking up" Guido in Knoxville, Morgan grilling Bucket, speeding up the "K" on TV, Ron Feathers taking a fall with his tenors on during a game, warming-up on a street in downtown Nashville in '89 at PASIC, Tojo waking me up to a "wall of fire" in Nashville in '89, Killion helping pass the time on the way to New Orleans, getting to drum with Tim Logan, Corcoran, Rusty, Morgan, Mason, Froedge, Lymon, Brent Wright, Screamer, Glenn, Alan, Drew, Tojo, Killion, Sam, Doug, OP, Tommy, Case, Willmarth, Robbie, Tweety, Shocker, Judd, Josh Smith, Dekaney, Potsy, Bucket, Rolon, Podge, Sprout and Clark (sorry if I left anyone out!), Corcoran conducting the line singing My Old KY Home during the last Pre-game in '89, Farmer rolling down a hill in Charlotte, Hardee's breaks, the tenor tree, the Comp-line Drum-a-thon in Paris, SWEET road trips to Florida and New Orleans my first two years in band, drumming outside Commonwealth after games, Ethington in the bar on a road band trip with an "O'Douls", the Campbell year (enough said!), the Final Four trip to New Orleans, the 8 am rehearsal when Shocker was ticked at us, all the Road Band trips, taking the women's road band to the '98 SEC tourney in Georgia.

Instrument(s) played: bass drum      Nickname: Squiggy

Hometown: Blacksburg, Virginia      High School Attended: Blacksburg

Where I am now: I finally finished up school and am currently working at a credit agency here in Lexington. In '96 I married Michelle Litton (former UK Flag). I faithfully participate in UK Alumni Band functions and would love to see more Drum Line people there!

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: sweet band trips to Florida and LSU, Farmer rolling down a hill in Charlotte, the Peach Bowl trip, winning BOA in '93, the Deathstar & Euclid house hangs, the "Campbell" year, Chunk relieving himself on JoBu's sleeping bag, all the Road Band trips.

Instrument(s) played: snare

Hometown: Cynthiana, Kentucky      High School Attended: Harrison County

Where I am now: After graduating from UK in 1994, I taught two years in the Boyle County School System. I am now currently the band director for the Elizabethtown Independent School System and am married (Melissa) with two children: Mason (2 years) and Madison (8 months).

Instrument(s) played: cymbals      Nickname: Somehow, I think I escaped this.

Hometown: Fairport, New York      High School Attended: Fairport

Where I am now: I wrapped up at UK in '95 with a degree in Architecture. I practiced architecture for a few years, and then I realized I really wanted to work in the film business. I moved to L.A. and now work in Art Dept's for big budget films (Pearl Harbor, Mission to Mars, Panic Room, Jurassic Park III, Bicentennial Man, and Minority Report). It\'s fun, and I love it!

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Where to start.... man... The parties at the Deathstar rocked. Glenn, how's your floor tom? The trip to LSU was unforgettable! it was great having the university pay for our trip there. how many hurricanes can a person drink? tommy are you sure that that was a girl you kissed? I think on that LSU trip I remember getting the most sleep up in the luggage rack of the bus. At least there you wouldn't have the whole percussion section try to sit on you and break your chair! working hard in the cymbal sectionals, yeah right! (they were more like a Jerry springer episode with Jaeann, Tojo, and mike!) God, those times were the best. You Guys all rocked and i was always amazed at all the talent everyone had. I wish everyone the best! Drop a note! I'd love to hear from you!

Instrument(s) played: snare      Nickname: Mongo

Hometown: Versailles, Kentucky      High School Attended: Woodford County

Where I am now: I am an institutional stock trader for Bridge Trading Company in St. Louis.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Hating Casey (play it), then actually liking Casey. Freshman early week, SUSAN (drum major), Doug Dee with the "Bear in the woods" joke. Sucking...bad! The clean roll in "Hold That Tiger"? The Death Star, Satan Santa, and the Waller house. TINA (in the Waller house)! The involuntary speed up on TBS, and Brawner losing his mind. Living with Morgan!!! Finding $13 in change for treats. The keg in the van before Indiana, and Casey with the apple. LAUREN. Sucking in '91 comp line, and kicking ass in '93. All of the abuse we gave Bucket (warranted)! And finally, not to get to sentimental, but all the people I played in the line with.

Instrument(s) played: snare      Nickname: Lupus

Hometown: Danville, Kentucky      High School Attended: Danville

Where I am now: I am a professional (yuck) software geek by day and crime fighter by night (well, that sounds cool at least).

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Tweety telling that joke on a chair at lunch during band camp '91(..."and he was $%&! her up the...) while all the band looked on in amazement; ASS BUCKET; Mongo and Casey getting chastised for being out of uniform at the IU game (tsk tsk boys), Shocker's 'Iguana Man'; The HUSTLE of course, Brent Wright and the Flams from hell; Froedge with a new stripper EVERY NIGHT; One of Froedge's strippers buying my pizza; Late nights at the Music Library with Dave R. writing 'Pink Elephants' WOW!!; Doug D. 'So there's this bear...'; Ratliff, Killion and me starting the C-A-T-S cheer in Rupp Arena!; Good friends and lousy music.

Instrument(s) played: bass drum      Nickname: Lothar

Hometown: Shelbyville, Kentucky      High School Attended: Shelby County

Where I am now: Living in Miles City, Montana where I am an Assistant Manager for Senger Broadcasting, which owns a a couple of local radio stations.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: All the road trips, especially the LSU Trip and the Peach Bowl, Speeding up the K on TBS, mistaking the Lyrics for Transylvania 6-5000 and Brawner getting ticked, Tojo's "Squirrel meets Bicycle", the Scrotum song, Joke-offs, and Maddog 20/20.

Instrument(s) played: cymbals

Hometown: Bowling Green, Kentucky      High School Attended: Warren Central

Where I am now: I am currently a Satellite Producer with NBC News Channel, the affiliate division of NBC news. I am based out of Charlotte NC, and I think I've finally found a home!!!! (and yes.. I sell air. don't ask!!)

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Opie with the stripper's bows on his head in New Orleans, all the parties, Death Star, Euclid and especially the Waller house, joke me off, NOT having to do loading crew, cymbal hickies, "LOTHAR, king of the hill people", Tweety passed out in the elevator in Nashville, Brent Farmer ('nuf said), doing the "hustle", "take your skirts off and play", Me and Miranda having our annual best legs contest, watching all the guys get dissed by the rushee chicks, elevator drill, shrapnel in my hair, Drew's hairballs, Dan the Energizer bunny.

Instrument(s) played: bass drum

Hometown: Wooster, Ohio      High School Attended: Wooster

Where I am now: I am living in Destin, Florida after a while in Wyoming for graduate studies. I'm a City Planner for the City of Destin for about 3 years now. Just enjoying the beach life and always wondering how the old friends from the UK Drum Line are doing.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: The road trips and the drum line bus!

Instrument(s) played: snare      Nickname: Spanky

Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky      High School Attended: Lafayette

Drum Corps Experience: Bluecoats 1993 snare

Where I am now: I'm currently drum teching with Cincinnati Glory Drum and Bugle Corps.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Pregame at Vanderbilt on national TV - we took the tempo into the stratosphere while the horn knobs train wrecked the "big K".

Instrument(s) played: snare      Nickname: Case or Sir Robin

Hometown: Owensboro, Kentucky      High School Attended: Daviess County

Drum Corps Experience: Cavaliers 1991-93 snare

Where I am now: I am currently teaching percussion at McGavock HS in Nashville, TN.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: I was lucky enough to teach the drum line in 94-95 so I have many memories from both when I marched in the drum line and when I taught the drum line. Memories from when I marched in the drum line include hanging at the Death Star with OP, Glenn, Froedge, Allen, Roy and Salty, the late night hack fests in my dorm room with Ratliff and Robbie, the drum line sucking, the New Orleans trip rocking, Big Daddy's in New Orleans, Tommy Case doing the worm down flooded Bourbon street, the fast K in pre-game on TBS, the three car loads of dudes going to Cavaliers, going to Chicago once a month with OP and Ratliff after making the corps, Gino's East on camp weekends, fun summer with the corps, winning drums that summer, band camp my second year with Robbie, laughing at Shocker for getting pissed because the drum line sucked, the speech from Shocker letting us know how he felt about the drum line, all of the red mile hangs, Demon Santa, the homecoming horses freaking out! the Vandy trip hang at the Vu, indoor drum line, the hangs at our place after all the indoor rehearsals, the hangs at our place after all the football games, another season of drum corps camps every month and the summer, winning drums again, winning corps, coming home and not being in band, teaching the drum line after 94, the drum line being good again, the trip to PAS and then to Tennessee game at the crack of dawn the next morning, teaching the corps again and winning drums again, winning corps again, teaching UK one more time and the drum line being great, the rehearsal in Bowling Green on the way to Vandy, the hang at the Vu part 2, one more year of teaching the corps.

Instrument(s) played: snare      Nickname: Shocker

Hometown: Maumee, Ohio      High School Attended: Maumee

Drum Corps Experience: Glassmen 1984-85 snare; Cavaliers 1987-90 snare

Where I am now: I am currently living in Toledo, Ohio where I am playing drums professionally.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: the "demon Santa Claus" from 1991, the horses freaking out at the homecoming show.

Instrument(s) played: cymbals, bass drum      Nickname: Judd

Hometown: Paris, Kentucky      High School Attended: Paris

Where I am now: I am currently the band director at Garrard County High School in Lancaster, Kentucky

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Ratliff, Drew (Drubaru!), Q, Panch, Kotche, Koontz, Casey, Jordie, Hulka, Shocker, Dekaney, Josh Smith, Tweety, Farmer; "Shut up Andy, We're trying to watch t.v."; "What's up 'Shopper' ?"; Hallsloth; "Who here licks ...?!"; Ass Crisis; Two Words - "Chunk, Jobu"; "What team does he cheer for? - 'College'"; "Everybody Sing!!!", "Do the Hustle!", Cabin-Drunk-Pa Vance-Ice-Snowed in-Frozen Hurl, "I still can't play 12/13!", "Gui f---ing toe!"; Ratliff, Judd, and Robbie-Westwood Apts.- Makers Mark-Tecmo Basketball-"Horse Poop"; Ratliff-KMEA-Penguins; Campbell Year; Ratliff and Drew talking to Bobby Hurley; "Shut up Chopless!--I'm not chopless, I'm Montana Max."; Q-ball and I changing places on the couch.; "Ohhhhh, Back to school..."; Leg; Ethington in Fazoli's; Drew's hairball

Instrument(s) played: snare      Nickname: Tweety

Hometown: Versailles, Kentucky      High School Attended: Woodford County

Where I am now: I am currently working for the Cabinet for Families and Children investigating child abuse and neglect. I got married in March 2002, and we have two children who are from my wife's previous marriage.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Telling the leprechaun joke at lunch, losing my shorts in front of EVERYBODY, "falling asleep" in the elevator in Nashville, breaking my face on the window at Westchase, and eventually getting kicked out of my apartment...the list goes on and on...

Instrument(s) played: tenors      Nickname: Bucket

Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky      High School Attended: Lafayette

Drum Corps Experience: Bluecoats 1993 tenors, 1994 pit

Where I am now: I'm a network engineer for Sapient Corporation in Atlanta. Still spending all my time in front of a computer, although these days I work from home full-time. I married Angela Knopp in September of 1998, and we have an insane kitty named Fiona. When I'm not working, I occasionally find time to sleep.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: warming up at North Hardin in 91 while some dude was on the phone, getting the 'crap' title from Farmer on the bus, giving the 'crap' title to Flack on the bus, Tenors trees, doing the involuntary hustle on the couch at a Euclid Party, WALLER PARTIES, the actual AssBucket story, "Stop Sucking, Me", Doug Dee feeling no pain at Homecoming, Casey farting on Cueball's head on his recruiting visit, the Campbell year, kicking ASS at BOA in 93, warming up the crowd at Commonwealth, HUH!, Shocker dragging Mr.Salty up the stairs at The Huntington, CHICKEN S&%T at the Band Spectacular and Brawner freaking, Z, the Dark Lord, losing my shorts on my birthday in 92, Ratliff dressed as me at a Halloween party, Morgan flipping out on Pointer in front of his parents in 91, the rehearsal Shocker was pissed at us, Farmer as drill instructor, Feathers flipping over his drums on the 50, the Satan Santa, Ponch wearing Amy's dress for the dress-up show, "Hey JoBu what the hell is that smell?", the Peach Bowl trip and throwing our sticks on the field after the 92 Cavies ending.

Instrument(s) played: bass drum      Nickname: Mario

Hometown: Radcliff, Kentucky      High School Attended: North Hardin

Where I am now: Formerly I was the Assistant Band Director at North Hardin High School in Radcliff, Kentucky. I am currently attending the University of Louisville pursuing my Masters Degree in Theory and Composition while serving as one of the Graduate Teaching Assistants with the Theory Department.

Instrument(s) played: snare     Nickname: Jellyfish

Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky      High School Attended: Bryan Station

Drum Corps Experience: Limited Edition 1992 snare, Bluecoats 1993-95 snare

Where I am now: I've graduated and moved to Orlando. I am working for a landscape Architecture firm designing Disney Resorts. I am also still the Percussion Arranger and Coordinator for the Cincinnati Glory Drum and Bugle Corps.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Me and Josh with the "Space Patrol". Me almost getting my ass kicked by the entire Drum Line on the way to the Tennessee game because I wouldn't play new-guy games. "Gui f---ing toe!".

Instrument(s) played: snare & tenors     Nickname: Francisco Pancho Villa

Hometown: Houston, Texas      High School Attended: Westfield

Drum Corps Experience: Cavaliers 1993-95, pit

Where I am now: I received a Master's degree in Music Performance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1999. I also got married the same year and now live in Tallahassee, Florida. I teach three steel bands, one at Leon High School, one at a local community center, and one at Florida State University. My wife, Elisa, and I teach the Brazilian ensemble, Samba Oba, at FSU as well. I accompany two modern dance classes a week at FSU playing drum set, congas, and assorted percussion and I play drum set with a Latin jazz group call Latin Attitude. We play regularly in Tallahassee and around north Florida and south Georgia. I also play with the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. I am now an endorser of Paiste cymbals, sounds, and gongs.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: One of my favorite memories is playing in the little blue band at the Indiana game my freshman year. Being led by Brent Farmer the band proceeded to play the UK Fight Song right in the middle of the Indiana fans at Commonwealth Stadium. At the point the disgruntled hoosiers started throwing bottles and everything else at us. RUN AWAY!!!!!

One of my all-time finest memories was during early week in 1992. The drum line was warming up next to Singletary facing Euclid when who decided to walk by, but hordes of sorority candidates all dressed in white. Now keep in mind that the drum line is smack dab in the middle of a warm-up when, someone who will remain nameless but whose name rhymed with Wheaty yelled, "I thought white was for virgins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Of course the whole line stopped playing and fell down laughing.

Other great memories include the tenor wall, the drum-a-thon in Paris, the Peach Bowl, parties at the Euclid house, and gettin' to play in the basketball band.

Instrument(s) played: cymbals     Nickname: Murnda

Hometown: Greensburg, Kentucky      High School Attended: Green County

Where I am now: I am currently living in Lexington KY and managing the Reserves Department of Young Library at UK. I am now married and have an 18th month old little girl, Autumn. I stay busy between work and home, but I would like to find time soon to get my M.L.S. I came across this website while working on a project for a committee I'm on, and it was hilarious to read everyone's memories.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: "Little Blue Band" running through the stadium. Whew! Drew's hairballs. Jane falling down...all the time. Me, hung over...Brent, banging the crap out of my cymbal during halftime. Ouch! The drum line constantly getting in trouble for goofing off during practice; then having to come in early on game days to compensate. (Great!) Tweetie's ongoing quest for good looking girls... especially the one that turned out to be a guy with long hair. Remember that one? ("Hey baby! Over here! Check me out!!!) The Waller House. "Bucketisms" - including Dave Ratliff's line about Bucket and his hand on the Peach Bowl trip. (Awesome) Some of my best college memories! :)

Instrument(s) played: snare      Nickname: Smelt

Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky      High School Attended: Lafayette

Drum Corps Experience: Limited Edition 1992 snare

Where I am now: I am currently the Adjunct Professor of Percussion at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. I just finished my Masters degree in Percussion Performance from JMU, and I am still playing and teaching a lot! I am starting Doctoral school in the fall of 2005. Having said all of that...GO BIG BLUE!!!!!

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: SUPERTAG including in the back of the empty equipment truck, "waking up" Guido in Knoxville, the snare wall, starting Bus Bowl, All the Old Guys: Drew, Dave, Judd, Glen, Josh & Willmarth, Parties at the Deathstar, Euclid House (including breaking bottles & jars on the back brick wall) & Aylesford Place, Speeding up the "K", marching Pre-game without any sticks because mine were locked in the truck, Jim Campbell's band director year, the Drum-a-thon in Paris, staying at Ma & Pa Judd's house, Chunk relieving himself on JoBu's sleeping bag (YEAH CHUNK!), Jake & I getting Drum-a-thon sponsors from Hooters, Spanky & I dressing up as Bob & Doug MacKenzie for the Halloween dress-up show, Farmer passing the crown of "getting picked on" to Bucket, Road Band with Judd & Cueball.

Instrument(s) played: snare      Nickname: Q-ball

Hometown: Arlington Heights, Illinois      High School Attended: Mt. Prospect

Drum Corps Experience: Cavaliers 91-92, 94-95 snare

Where I am now: I am the Director of Percussion Studies at Lafayette High School in Lexington.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: My best memories are the friends that I made, especially: Kotche, Shocker, Ratliff, Judd, Casey, Ponch, Dekaney, Smelt, Potsy, and last but not least, Sprout. It was a good time.

Instrument(s) played: tenors

Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky      High School Attended: Lafayette

Where I am now: I recently accepted a teaching position with the Lexington Christian Academy in Lexington, Kentucky.

Instrument(s) played: tenors, bass drum      Nickname: Jake

Hometown: Elkhorn City, Kentucky      High School Attended: Elkhorn City

Drum Corps Experience: Boston Crusaders 1990 cymbals

Where I am now: I am currently managing an auto customs store, Trailblazers, in good old Pikeville, Ky. I am married to a wonderful young lady, Christina. Since last we were together, I have put on a "few" pounds and lost a "little" hair.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: The one thing that sticks out in my mind the most is the time that Guido was tell the ever so famous joke "what does Tupperware and a walrus have in common?".... at this very moment Drew yells "your mother!" - classic.

Instrument(s) played: snare, bass drum      Nickname: Cliff

Hometown: Charleston , West Virginia      High School Attended: Capital

Where I am now: From 1997-2001 I was the Band Director at Johnson Central H.S. in Paintsville, KY. From 2001 to the present, I am the Assistant Band Director with the Cameron I.S.D. Cameron, T.X.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Missing the bus on the 93 Peach Bowl trip w/ Ponch, Hulka, and Chad Kohler. All the drum line parties parties.

Instrument(s) played: cymbals      Nickname: Pedus

Hometown: Somerset, Kentucky      High School Attended: Somerset

Drum Corps Experience: Sky Ryders 1992 pit, Blue Devils 1994 pit

Where I am now: After leaving UK in the spring of 1996 I transferred to Eastern KY University where I still need 9 hours to graduate with a degree in Police Administration. I suppose I'll finish eventually.

I've worked in the residential construction industry for almost four years now. Two years ago I formed my own company, Diamond Homes, and am currently building in both Lexington and Nicholasville. In addition to building I have several rental properties that keep me busy.

I've been engaged for almost a year now and am in the process of planning a wedding for early December of this year (2000). My newest hobby is boating. Rick (my fiance) and I bought a Sea Ray last year and I lived on the lake as much as possible and plan to do the same this summer.

I actually live in Richmond and am currently building a weekend/summer get-away on Lake Cumberland in Somerset.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Casey loosing his keys at the bottom of Lake Cumberland while teaching my high school line; Drum corps 92 running to my bus and cooking breakfast for the whole corps the next morning because of hanging out in a grave yard with ----- too long (You still owe me!); Comp line and Peach Bowl; Parties at Euclid; too drunk to walk home and Ponch and Mitch saying " do it for the Cavaliers" (how pathetic!); Driving to Chicago with Potsy, Josh , Mel in the Perriwinkle Lincoln; Playing the nose game; O'Charleys after ensemble concerts; Hanging with Cliff; Drum corps 94 with the Blue Devils and DCI in Boston; Living with "Hall Sloth" my 3rd semester, definitely "bad memory".

Instrument(s) played: snare

Hometown: Spring, Texas      High School Attended: Spring

Drum Corps Experience: Blue Devils 1991-1992 pit

Where I am now: I moved to Louisville (St. Mathews area) in July of 99 and accepted my first teaching job at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in the JCPS system. I teach two 6th grade classes, one 7th grade, and one 8th grade at TJMS. I am also assigned to work at Price Elementary and Rangeland Elementary where I teach 4th and 5th grade band. In addition to these "real" job things, I am also in my 6th year working at North Hardin H.S. as percussion instructor/coordinator. I will be starting in my 2nd year working with North Hardin's newly formed Winterguard as well. Other than that, my life is fairly boring and uninteresting. Not much else to say. Email me some time anyone and keep me updated on what's going on!!!!

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Hmmm.....Getting in trouble for playing "snare/tenor" games at a football game. Also almost killing a certain female drum major who was also a drum corps drum major whose name shall remain nameless for now for trying to force me to take out my earrings at a football game and then having the nerve to threaten me with my scholarship. That was definitely a moment. Also the comp line snare line in '93. Casey, you're one crazy dude.

Instrument(s) played: bass drum      Nickname: Norm

Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky      High School Attended: Jessamine County High School

Where I am now:I am the Director of Bands at Moore Haven Junior-Senior High School in Moore Haven, Florida.  I also work as a music arranger/composer and perform regularly.  Prior to this I was employed as a band staff member at Anderson County High School (among others) and served as a private percussion instructor and salesperson at the Drum Center of Lexington.  I have been married to my lovely wife Cynthia since 1998.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: The Euclid house parties -- The huge pinwheel in pre-game-- The fake step-off-- "...get his shorts..." -- pumping up the crowd with "Judd"-- Throwing nuts-- "Shocker" getting angry-- The Peach Bowl -- '93 Indoor Line -- "Tweety" oggling at the good-looking blonde girl on a bike that turned out to be a not-so-good-looking guy who nearly ran his bike into the bushes! -- "...NOORRMM!"

Instrument(s) played: tenors      Nickname: Potsy

Hometown: Mishawaka, Indiana      High School Attended: Penn

Drum Corps Experience: Cavaliers 1994-96 pit

Where I am now: I am pursuing my Masters Degree while serving as a Graduate Teaching Assistant with the Marching Band Drum Line at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: The tenor wall, hardees and football "interludes," Peach Bowl practice in Atlanta in 1993-2nd coldest rehearsal EVER, rehearsal on the way to Vandy in 1995 - the coldest rehearsal EVER, getting yelled at by that "lovely lady" from the Singletary Center, the "old" guys - Shocker, Uncle Jesse (How 'bout that?!?), Judd, Drew, Casey, Glenn, Jake, Smelt, Q, Franscisco Pancho Villa, Tweety, and many others, the hangs at the Euclid house and the Aylesford Place; Comp line 1993 and the weekend with Ma+Pa Judd in Paris, pregame at warp speed, Supertag-while it lasted, Bucket passing the crown of "getting picked on" to Flack, Snarz R Nazis, the quad guys through the years: Dave, Josh, Jamie, Clark, Bucket, Flack, Hulka (converted), Best, Kork, and Bisquick.

Instrument(s) played: snare      Nickname: Ponch

Hometown: Goshen, Indiana      High School Attended: Goshen

Drum Corps Experience: Cavaliers 1992-95 snare

Where I am now: I freelance teach in Denver at Sheridan HS, Bear Creek HS, and the University of Colorado in Boulder. I'm coming to Dayton for WGI in April 2000 with Bear Creek HS. I also went to Brazil this past summer '99 with Kiki and my roommate to be in Josh Dekaney's wedding! Good times had by all!

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: My favorite memories have to be parties at Aylesford...need I say more? Also Peach Bowl in '93, and of course, FINAL FOUR (final game!) '97. And...dress up show '93 (me as Amy Young), and who could possibly forget I think the best four weekends of my college career: every time we went to Tennessee for an away trip.

Instrument(s) played: snare 1993, 1996 - tenors 1995      Nickname: Hulka

Hometown: Hanover Park, Illinois      High School Attended: Lake Park

Drum Corps Experience: Cavaliers 1993,1994,1995, half of 1996

Where I am now: Right now I am working for an information systems company in Louisville where I hold the illustrious job title of Senior Informations Specialist!

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Ponch puking in the bleachers at Midnight Madness, partying with the Euclid bunch (Kotche, Shocker, Pancho Villa, Judd), '93 comp line, Ma & Pa Judd, having to play a little "Plans, Trains and Automobiles" with Ponch, Jordee and Cliff to get to a Peach Bowl rehearsal (we missed the bus and didn't know where the rehearsal was!), the Colonel Sanders uniforms, AYLESFORD!, and the guys of the '95 tenor line (The first line to play the "Venus-Around-Pattern" at the end of Wheelchair!)

Instrument(s) played: tenors      Nickname: Podge

Hometown: Darien, Illinois      High School Attended: Downers Grove South

Where I am now: I am currently doing my Teaching Assistantship at University of Nevada Las Vegas studying with Dr. Dean Gronemeier.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Bucket always dropping the ball, taking Tweety's shorts in front of the whole majorette section and then hanging his shorts on the tree, where they stayed for two weeks. Finally, taking Ralph Hick's shorts during bus bowl, while we were taking his shorts, his head was constantly banging on the top of the roof of the bus.

Instrument(s) played: snare      Nickname: Bula

Hometown: Munfordville, Kentucky      High School Attended: Hart Co.

Drum Corps Experience: Bluecoats 1995 snare

Where I am now: I am student teaching at Lafayette High School with plans to graduate in May 1998.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: the Peach Bowl trip in 1993, all the road trips.

Instrument(s) played: cymbals, bass drum      Nickname: Sprout

Hometown: Frankfort, Kentucky      High School Attended: Western Hills

Where I am now: I graduated and am now employed as a middle school band director with the Fayette County school system. I am also now engaged, as of May 27th, to LeeAnn Caldwell.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Aylesford after games, before road trips, and in everything in between; Peach Bowl 1993; Hardees sectionals; football sectionals; Singletary sectionals when it was freezing outside; bus bowl games; indoor drum line 1993; Vandy and the Vu with Q-ball; Potsy teaching (well.....?); 1998 Championship game in San Antonio; Casey, Ratliff, Q, Ponch, Hulka, Bula, and all the other misfits too many to mention.

Instrument(s) played: snare      Nickname: Guido

Hometown: Mansfield, Ohio      High School Attended: Lexington

Drum Corps Experience: Glassmen 1989-90 snare

Where I am now: After working for Sprint for a year, I moved back to Columbus. I am a Technical Consultant with UNLIMITED Solutions Inc, a world leader in Point of Sale software (Staples, Honey baked Ham, Arcadia International).

No ball & chain yet. I play a lot of hockey, and am drumming for Adjibella, Columbus's only World Beat Fusion band (that I know of anyway). When I am not slaving at USI, I can usually be found at Joe Louis Arena watching the Redwings tear up the ice.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Meeting Farmer at a drum camp in '88, then both us saying "Hey don't I know you"? at orientation in '93. Watching Bucket get harassed at least once a day by someone. The whole drum line in a big circle all surrounding the Madonna Sex book while we should have been rehearsing. Ratliff grabbing his tenors and running downtown (on a whim) to ram a few notes...just to get some tickets to the Ringo Star concert...this was during camp. Showing up at camp looking like a migrant worker (because I worked outside all Summer for the water Dept.) and thus being granted the nickname Guido (see also Gui-toe, and Gui-f**king-toe). Counting all the brass members in the band and then realizing why Campbell just tossed the woodwinds in the back when writing the drill. A bass drummer setting off some guys car alarm with his bass, every 5 minutes, at just about every rehearsal. That look Shocker would give you when he tilted his head to the side saying "yeah man ..sure". Jim Campbell's 6 L's (look, listen, learn, live, lust & lawyer). And yes ...getting woken up in Nashville by 700 pounds of crazed lunatics and being sent into cardiac arrest, after the poor sucker who roomed with me thought to himself "I guess I didn't flip the button on the alarm clock" .....The cymbal line...Trish..Olive (eghegheghe!) ....Football games (when we weren't watching the cheerleaders, we were watching Pookie Jones blow 4th quarter leads to wind up out of a bowl bid.

Instrument(s) played: bass      Nickname: Jo Bu

Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio     High School Attended: Indian Hill

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: almost getting the hell beat out of me for accidentally wearing a Duke basketball shirt at my 2nd practice as a freshman, getting kicked out of the marching band 3 months in, because I didn't have it registered as a course, and of course winning BOA.

Instrument(s) played: bass drum      Nickname: Anwar

Hometown: Frankfort, Kentucky      High School Attended: Western Hills

Where I am now: I graduated from UK Law in May 2002 and passed the bar so I'm finally a lawyer. I'm clerking for a judge in Frankfort until the summer of 2003. After that we'll see what trouble I can get into.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: The Auburn trip with Ratliff and Sprout I'll never forget, especially the bus ride back right Dave? Also, all the times I filled in/crashed the band's hotel for tournaments and trips: Memphis, Atlanta, Tampa, New Orleans, St. Louis, San Antonio, etc.

Instrument(s) played: tenors      Nickname: Flack

Hometown: Versailles, Kentucky      High School Attended: Woodford Co.

Drum Corps Experience: Phantom Regiment 1998 tenors

Where I am now: I am in my 5th year at UK. Almost out of here.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Kristi Spears telling me I had no pride in this band during early week of freshman band camp. Mark Casey telling me I chose the wrong instrument halfway through the year. 4 years later I played tenors for the Phantom Regiment... :) Bucket throwing his quads in the mud during a rainy rehearsal when we had to come back for the ladder meeting. He later lost the center gig. AND PODOJIL TOOK OVER!!! HAHAHAH Hulka wearing a black wig in the cold weather under his hat. Being handed the title of "Getter of 'crap'" by Bucket when Qball dropped to his knees begging that it not be so. Then handing the title to Schmegma 4 years later. Standing in the end zone doing the tenor wave during Euphistic and my tenors coming off by one pole. Then HYPING OUT afterwards for the crowd. Kork remembers!! San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Indianapolis Final Four trip. Then the next year UK DUKE REMATCH!!!! WHAT A COMEBACK!! San Antonio the next year. WOOHOO!! Watchin the guys play in the ocean during the Outback Pep Rally while all the crowd went away from Penn State's band to watch us... :) ALL THE BUS BOWLS!! Congrats Josh on all the well deserved MVP titles. All the tenor lines I played with kicked butt especially 95 and 96!!! And "They'll only get better when all the snare dudes take off their skirts and stick with their respective instruments"... :) FLETCH, SCHMEGMA.....Keep it real Boys....

Instrument(s) played: snare      Nickname: Shemp

Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky      High School Attended: Henry Clay

Drum Corps Experience: Cavaliers 1996-97 snare

Where I am now: I finished at UK in '99 & then got a master's at Purdue in structural engineering. Now I'm back working in Lexington.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Bus-Bowls! Thanks to Cueball, Casey, Ponch, & Shocker for helping me get into shape for Cavaliers tryouts. Josh Smith hyping up the line by giving running hi-fives down the snare line while bashing everyone's snare with his drum. (...they got new drums the year after I left...) Josh's "echoing" announcements on the bus PA. WASHBOARD!!! Getting the claw clean in '95 (the best sounding snare line ever at UK, I must say) Going to every home b-ball game in '96. Putting some form of the MARS rhythm in just about every show. And parties at Aylesford!

Instrument(s) played: cymbals     Nickname: Sugarbritches

Hometown: Grayslake, Illinois      High School Attended:

Where I am now: I graduated from UK in May '98, and am now an instructor/graduate student in the Miami University's Systems Analysis Department.

Instrument(s) played: snare      Nickname: Fumble

Hometown: Spring, Texas      High School Attended: Spring

Drum Corps Experience: Cavaliers 1997 pit

Where I am now: After graduating in the Fall of \'99, I moved back to Houston and taught 40 private students and the Langham Creek Percussion Ensemble. In the Fall of 2000, I accepted the Assistant Band Director/ Percussion Director position at Langham Creek. After a year of that I had an opportunity to open Aragon Middle School here in Houston as an assistant band director. We are just finishing up our first year where my bands made a superior rating in both sightreading and concert performances. Still not married, but have a serious girlfriend and a dog named Carter (I'm sure you can guess why).

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Having my shorts gotten during bus bowl (learned the hard way to move all genitalia out of the way), Sharon dumping me and then hooking up with Q-Ball two days later (that was fun), coming to the halloween party as a "wetback" and no one knowing what I was (not many Hispanics at UK at that time), drummin for 15 minutes and then going to Baskin-Robbins the rest of the practice, going the entire season faking my way through My Old Kentucky Home.

Instrument(s) played: cymbals      Nickname: Daisy

Hometown: Crestwood, Kentucky      High School Attended: Oldham County

Where I am now: I am currently working for UK running the Student Center Ticket Office.

Instrument(s) played: tenors      Nickname: Kork

Hometown: Springfield, Kentucky      High School Attended: Washington Co.

Drum Corps Experience: Cavaliers 1998-99 tenors

Where I am now: I am currently working for the Republican Party of Kentucky in Frankfort and am devoting my time to several state senate races. Last summer I participated in the percussion internship program at Yamaha in Grand Rapids, MI. I currently play in the percussion group ON TAP, and play drumset in the local band the Hub.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Where to start? Spending my first year with all of the "old" guys (Ponch, Cueball, Sprout, Potsy, Anwar). Cueball reminding me why my nickname would stick..."rhymes with DORK". Hanging out with Digger, Peddicord, Bula, Astro, Bob, and Doozer at the Transylvania Apts, and then at State Street. Watching Digger eat a raw potato at Bula\'s request. Having Ratliff as a TA, finally someone on OUR side! Drumming in the Ocean in Tampa for the Outback bowl. Falling (twice) with my tenors on during pregame. Getting to march with Cavies and winning drums with all of my UK boys - Astro, Billy, Fletch, Hartmann. The '99 and 2000 Comp Lines, which will not go down as the best lines ever, but they were a whole lot of fun. Getting to be an "old" guy for Dance, Prince Albert, and all of those other fools. There was too much tomfoolery to list it all here...

Instrument(s) played: cymbals, bass drum      Nickname: Bloke

Hometown: Nicholasville, Kentucky      High School Attended: Jessamine Co.

Where I am now: Currently, I am the band director at Old Kentucky Home Middle School in Bardstown, Kentucky.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Parties at Alyesford, State Street, and E-street. My first away game in Cincinnati where everyone almost died from the heat. Bus Bowl, Skaggs losing his shorts, and Fletch almost dying. Playing cadences in the ocean during the Outback bowl, and having Condor march the bass drums around the line while we played. The last game I marched being the Outback bowl. Even though we lost, it's something I will never forget.

Instrument(s) played: bass drum, cymbals      Nickname: Tool

Hometown: Harlan, Kentucky      High School Attended: James A. Cawood

Where I am now: I am currently working in the accounting dept. for a healthcare organization here in Lexington, KY. I am still interested in music and have been playing a lot of drumset lately, d I\'m trying to start a band.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Parties at Aylesford (the best!!), State Street, Columbia, E-Street. Bus Bowls. Outback (Tampa) and Music City (Nashville) Bowls. Yelling at the sorority girls during early week. Cymbal sectionals (also known as touch football). Hangin out with the guys. Dressing up as Cochese from the Beastie Boys video for the Halloween party. Doing Indoor Drum line.

Instrument(s) played: bass drum      Nickname: Sauce Pan

Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky      High School Attended: Lafayette

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Early Week joke-offs.

Instrument(s) played: bass drum      Nickname: Mr. Bean

Hometown: Frankfort, Kentucky      High School Attended: Franklin County

Instrument(s) played: cymbals      Nickname: Road Runner

Hometown: Pikeville, Kentucky      High School Attended: Shelby Valley

Where I am now: I graduated in '98 with a biology degree, and I am currently in my second year of med school here at UK. I'm still in town for another couple of years, and hopefully I'll be a doc in May 2002. I'm also now an engaged man. My fiancee Angie and I are getting married on June 10, 2000 in Pikeville.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: All the Bus Bowls, everybody making fun of Washboard's accent, 1st year joke-offs at lunch, Aylesford parties, the cymbals falling all the way down through the stands in '97, fun during cymbal sectionals, Nashville in '97, Swank losing his shorts on the trip to Cincy, Sprout's blow-up doll tied to his drum, S-C-O-R-E score Roadrunner score!, trips to Hardee's before they shut it down, Senior Day in front of 60,000 people.

Instrument(s) played: snare      Nickname: Kingpin

Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky      High School Attended: Tates Creek

Drum Corps Experience: Phantom Regiment 1998 timpani

Where I am now: I am about to enter my fourth year at U.K. I have been active in the U.K. Percussion Studio for three years as a Percussion Minor. I am teaching percussion at Lafayette High School during the 1999 marching band season. I hope to graduate in December 2000.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Some of my fondest memories included our poor attempts at singing "My Old Kentucky Home" and "God Bless America" during pre-game. Of course, I'll never forget Bisquick's MVP performances in Bus Bowl!

Instrument(s) played: cymbals      Nickname: Macarena/Bunny

Hometown: Kildeer, Illinois      High School Attended: Lake Zurich

Where I am now: In June '01 I completed an internship at Yamaha Corporation of America in Grand Rapids, MI. Now I am living in the Chicagoland area and working for a local instrument dealer. I am also teaching piano and percussion lessons and am playing as much as possible.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Oh, where do I begin. OK. CYMBALS ROCK!!! Blimpie breaks, sleeping during rehearsal (did I say that?) Parties at Aylesford, Columbia and State St. BUS BOWL (Bisquick MVP 96-98, PRE-GAME singing God Bless America, My Ol\' Kentucky Home in four part harmony and Oh Canada) and did Fletch almost die?? Tampa on New Year's, fun on the beach and celebrating midnight in like nine different time zones. Ellis, Fletch, Dallas, Nickie Poo, Skaggalicious, Conder, Joey D, and Sean and EVERYBODY ELSE!!! Digger jumping off the roof and Silent Bob juggling what?? Indoor Drum line EIGHT IS GREAT!! Ponch, Potsy and Sprout on Halloween - Podge saying he swears this is his last drink...until the next party! Living with El and everybody and having out come as your favorite character Christmas party. Pep Band with Jeremy going to LA and ALL OVER and meeting DREW BARRYMORE!! Flack being a DUMBA$$ and playing cadences with his teeth (way too much time on his hands) Early week joke off, Washboard's Right right, left left...Swank "GET HIS SHORTS!!! (I love you Man!!)...the four playboy bunnies at Halloween and everything else!! Tanq, Mulva, Miss Lippy and everyone else - I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!

Instrument(s) played: cymbals      Nickname: Whammer

Hometown: Whitesburg, Kentucky      High School Attended: Whitesburg

Instrument(s) played: Bottom Bass (The Pig)      Nickname: P-nut

Hometown: Jupiter, Florida      High School Attended: Jupiter

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: hearing the whole drum line shout "P-NUT BEAT THAT THANG"

Instrument(s) played: snare, bass drum (4th)      Nickname: Miss Lippy

Hometown: LaGrange, Kentucky      High School Attended: Oldham County

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Playing in the ocean in Tampa at the Outback Bowl, "P-NUT, SPANK THAT THANG!" Swank getting pantsed, Bus bowls, Fletch getting MVP with real battle wounds on the way to the Louisville game. Best of all, the Alabama game when we tore down the goalposts.

Instrument(s) played: bass drum (2 & 1)      Nickname: Skidmark

Hometown: Richmond, Kentucky      High School Attended: Madison Central

Drum Corps Experience: Southwind 1997 bass drum, Cadets 2001 pit

Where I am now: I am currently the Associate Director of Bands at Temple High School in Temple, Texas. My experiences at UK have helped me to grow both as a musician and individual thanks mainly to Jim Campbell, Richard Domek, Harry Clarke, Ron Pen, and Robbie Parks.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Getting paid to hang out in Clearwater, FL for a week during the Outback Bowl was about the coolest thing I've ever done. A close second would be wondering what was going to come out of Astro's mouth next. He should write a book or something.

Instrument(s) played: cymbals & bass drum      Nickname: Nibbles

Hometown: Greenup, Kentucky      High School Attended: Greenup County

Drum Corps Experience: Cincinnato Glory 1999-2000 bass drum

Where I am now: Currently in graduate school at UK getting my masters in eduactional curriculum ane a teaching certificate. I am the assistant band director/percussion coordinator at Greenup County High School.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: Ellis calling Flack out, "that's why you marched Phantom". Shaggy forgetting his carrier to the first show in '98. Bus crash on the way to South Carolina in 2000. Aylesford, State, Columbia. Bus bowl. Digger jumping off of the roof. Cymbal football. Cymbal sectionals at Baskin Robbins. Nashville. Tampa and THE OUTBACK BOWL!!!!

Instrument(s) played: cymbals     Nickname: Saltine

Hometown: Brandenburg, Kentucky      High School Attended: Meade County

Where I am now: This is Saltine, a member of the drumline last year.  In case anyone was wondering I am in the process of tranfering to Western Kentucky. I loved UK and all that it offered but because of certain financial situations I had to reexamine my priorities.  I was watching the game the other night and the ref was telling the band to stop playing the drums.  I thought that was just great and I had to tell you guys to keep up the good work.  I really miss everyone and I hope when things get better financially so I can have the option to transfer to LCC.  Well, in the meantime this is a present day Topper, but really a true-blue Wildcat saying thanks, and hopefully I'll see everyone soon.

Favorite UK Drum Line Memories: It is easy to say that best times were bus-bowls, or drum line parties, or the time when we made fun of the guys with mullets.  But I'd have to say the the best memory I can think of had to be in Rupp last year at the Mississippi State game.  I was back in our little secluded area when Richie Farmer came out and stood next to me.  I know that sounds goofy, but for me it was the coolest because Richie had been my hero growing up and to stand with him and talk to him about the game that was pretty cool.  I think that the best times were at the game feeling the atmosphere and just having fun.  I wasn't a very talented drummer, but I loved my teams.  Go Cats!

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