9/1/01,
SYRACUSE, NY: As the first California Drum Corps ever to attend
DCA, the Renegades have won the coveted 2001 DCA Minicorps Championship
with a score of 97.8. Our thanks to the great people of DCA and the
fans in Syracuse that supported us - especially our friends from Mighty
Saint Joe's.
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Evil
carnage commences as the Renegades 2001 Minicorps astounds the crowd
with Seven, Mambo and One More Time, Chuck Corea.
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 Renegades
and Ghost Riders get together with the Legendary Ken Norman after the annual
playing of Auld Ang Syne.
"Thank you DCA for an experience we'll never forget!"
Ghost Riders and Renegades became great friends over the weekend.
Not only did the minicorps have a great time performing, everyone also made
many, many new friends in our new senior corps family.
Black Renegades jackets were a guaranteed way to meet new friends. Countless
people thanked us for coming out east and wished us luck in the future.
"Bring the whole corps next year and really shake things up."
was the phrase of the day.
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Joe shows us his medal and his equipment for the minicorps' exciting beer-ripple
finale.
We play now. The Renegades joined everyone on stage for Auld Lang Syne.
Room 418 was the center of Evil for a night of celebration after minicorps
competition.
A foggy camera lens, cases of beer and a major lesson in partying from those
rock'n Mighty St. Joe's. We tried, but the Renegades simply couldn't keep
up with such hardcorps senior corps partiers.
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Chris Nalls can now add drill-writing to his long resume. Intricate drill
with perfect staging helped present the Evil ones in their best possible
light.
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Renegades walk into PC Stadium for their first exciting taste of 2001 senior
corps.
Seconds after this picture of Tom Peashey and the Renegades was taken, an
evil downpour flooded the fairgrounds following the Friday night standstill.
Greg and Chris are enthralled by Tom's colorful senior corps stories.
Prime seats during DCA finals (thanks again Tom) meant the judges looked
at Renegades jackets during the entire show.
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Once again, Renegades wish to thank Mighty St. Joe's and especially Ben
Wilt and family for providing/transporting drums for the weekend.
Tom begins the ceremony with an emotional tribute to Jason Lowe, bringing
special meaning to the CorpsVets' Class A victory performance.
RAMDies meet the charming, yet evil, Chris Nalls.
"Surfers in Renegades? We surf the web!" Chris Nalls responds
during an interview with Drum Corps World.
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What Heat Wave lacked in size, they made up for with excellence and volume.
What an awesome Baritone line!
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The Grenadiers travelled from Canada to wow the crowd with an exciting,
fast-moving performance.
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Minnesota Brass were cool and collected while they blasted through a dynamite
musical book built on music from James Bond movies.
You could feel the electricity from the moment the Cabs entered the stadium.
This corps knows how to perform! When people say, "You gotta see it
to believe it," they are talking about the Caballeros.
A front stage bar, incredible screaming soloists and Frank Sinatra's exit
in a cloud, Empire Statesmen were a class act from top to bottom.
Before leaving retreat, Bucaneers play their wonderful musical show for
a cheering Brigadiers. An emotional moment for all.
First place Brigadiers featured a mesmerizing drill, outrageously great
color guard and a wall of sound horn line. These guys ROCK!
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Gino conducts the Brigadiers horn line in a stirring choral before their
final standstill performance.
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The view is pretty damn good in the middle of the Brigadiers horn arc during
their victory concert.
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The final retreat was a wonderful spectacle of color and sound. All that
was missing was a bit more black and a lot more evil.
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This year...in the stands. Next year....the view is better from the field.
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Mission accomplished. Off to bed to dream about DCA 2002.
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Links
to other pictures:
www.corpsreps.com
Ron Allard Photo
Album
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Tom
Peashey Photo Album
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