ABATTBQ87 said:

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Or you realize you were a fish 50 years ago!!

(Or 40 years for me)

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Why you gotta hurt me like that, fish buddy?

Does everyone know that Life magazine ran a story on the Corps and had a full page picture

of the Corps lined up in front of Duncan?

I'll get the date later. 1949 as I remember.

BigJim49 AustinNowDallas said:

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Does everyone know that Life magazine ran a story on the Corps and had a full page picture

of the Corps lined up in front of Duncan?

I'll get the date later. 1949 as I remember.

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March 14, 1949

Club Duncan!

'49 was a good year!

I spent a lotta time on that end of the quad beginning 56 years ago.

Wow is it strange to see your own photo out in the wild. I'm the fellow in the doughboys, I'm interested to see if there are any Old Ag's here who were in centerguard back in their day

ABATTBQ87 said:

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BigJim49 AustinNowDallas said:

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Does everyone know that Life magazine ran a story on the Corps and had a full page picture

of the Corps lined up in front of Duncan?

I'll get the date later. 1949 as I remember.

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March 14, 1949

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Thanks, ABatt

WBBQ74 said:

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Heading out to the Drill Field for the Review. I think this review was to honor the visit of Audie Murphy to campus. The trees in the Quad grew some over the years.

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Mix of OD and Pink trousers

When you read about Jackie Sherril on the football board and realize he's as far in the past to these new fish as Madison Bell was when I was a fish. That seemed like a looooooooooong time ago.

JABQ04 said:

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Man I'd like to hang out with BigJim and listen to his stories.
See story about Country Higgins '48 earnng TWO Silver Stars!

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BCOBQ98 said:

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aggieband 83 said:

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I miss seeing the real drill field uniform. Green fatigue pants, combat boots and white t-shirt.

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Or even with BDU pants as was in my day. Both were sharp drill uniforms.

The shorts and tennis shoes outfit just seems like high school......

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September 21, 1983

ABATTBQ87 said:

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BCOBQ98 said:

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aggieband 83 said:

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I miss seeing the real drill field uniform. Green fatigue pants, combat boots and white t-shirt.

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Or even with BDU pants as was in my day. Both were sharp drill uniforms.

The shorts and tennis shoes outfit just seems like high school......

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Abatt - for some reason Fish from Austin were put in A Batterry- at least 5 I can think of. Two ended
up commissioned in thr AF. The rest all graduated non-reg. This was in the 40s a llittle ahead of you!

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Hey! I was born that fall.

AgLA06 said:

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Hey! I was born that fall.

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Happy 40th birthday

Dad?!?!



Just thought I'd help drive the thread subject home.

To quote the late great Waylon Jennings "Tell me one more time just so I'll understand it". Why are there other than seniors on the bugle rank?

aggiejim70 said:

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To quote the late great Waylon Jennings "Tell me one more time just so I'll understand it". Why are there other than seniors on the bugle rank?

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Highly likely that LTC Adams was still figuring out how to organize the Band having only taken over from Dunn 2 years prior. If you look at older Band photos from the 30's you see the Bugle Rank populated by non zips. I would have to dig into the Band website to watch some old drill tapes to see if they have ones old enough to show when the only Zip Bugle Rank started.

I went back to the CoC website and got on the Aggie Band Drill section. There were some drills from '47 thru '49 and it looked like the BR had non-zips on them. The next available drills were from '54 and the Bugle Ranks were all zips by then. So the mystery is what year between '50 and '53 did it change?

Any guys out there know?

Last edit on this. Got a reply from Mike Hering '76 with the response that on Page 42 of the 'Texas Aggie Band Book', of which I have a copy (1994 I think is when it was put out), there is a picture of the Band marching in Houston in '53 stating that LTC Adams had made the decision to put only seniors on the BR at that time. Assuming that the photo was from the Rice Corps trip in 1953, we have our answer. There have been only seniors on the Bugle Rank since the '53 season.

Thank you for a prompt, on point, courteous, detailed reply. You don't always get that on here. You pay your money, and you take your chances.

Now, let's see if I can hit the daily double. Look in your big BQ History Book and see if the FTAB went to the Gator Bowl after the '57 season, Bear Bryant's last game as A&M coach. I've never heard any stories about that.

"Old Ag" = participating in the Sul Ross Class Reunion last year. 1972 - 2022. Quite an experience!!

aggiejim70 said:

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Thank you for a prompt, on point, courteous, detailed reply. You don't always get that on here. You pay your money, and you take your chances.

Now, let's see if I can hit the daily double. Look in your big BQ History Book and see if the FTAB went to the Gator Bowl after the '57 season, Bear Bryant's last game as A&M coach. I've never heard any stories about that.

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I found on YouTube several videos about the 1957 Gator Bowl. Showed all kinds of pre game and half time pagentry. The Aggie Band was no where to be found in any of them so I have to assume that the Band did not make that trip. I think that the team was going to be offered a trip to the Sugar Bowl on NYD but the loss to Texas on Turkey Day lost them that chance. Bryant had already made it known that he was leaving for Bama and the team likely had the GAS on this game, which they lost in the 4th Qtr, 3 to 0. In the mud.

Anyone know anything else on this?

aggiese72 said:

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"Old Ag" = participating in the Sul Ross Class Reunion last year. 1972 - 2022. Quite an experience!!

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My old man '67 went to his first one a few years back. Said it will be interesting once the first "ladies" start attending.

WBBQ74 said:

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aggiejim70 said:

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Thank you for a prompt, on point, courteous, detailed reply. You don't always get that on here. You pay your money, and you take your chances.

Now, let's see if I can hit the daily double. Look in your big BQ History Book and see if the FTAB went to the Gator Bowl after the '57 season, Bear Bryant's last game as A&M coach. I've never heard any stories about that.

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I found on YouTube several videos about the 1957 Gator Bowl. Showed all kinds of pre game and half time pagentry. The Aggie Band was no where to be found in any of them so I have to assume that the Band did not make that trip. I think that the team was going to be offered a trip to the Sugar Bowl on NYD but the loss to Texas on Turkey Day lost them that chance. Bryant had already made it known that he was leaving for Bama and the team likely had the GAS on this game, which they lost in the 4th Qtr, 3 to 0. In the mud.

Anyone know anything else on this?

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I looked in the online Battalions and could find no articles regarding the band making the trip to Florida; Yell leaders and about 60 students made the trip.

December 20, 1957

So the Yell Leaders weren't even on the sidelines

CanyonAg77 said:

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So the Yell Leaders weren't even on the sidelines

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nope, in the stands according to the article

Dean Brown feeling old. BWAHAHA! The cadet in the fatigues did a dang good job on her boots! She must have been representing the drummers.

bqce said:

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Dean Brown feeling old. BWAHAHA! The cadet in the fatigues did a dang good job on her boots! She must have been representing the drummers.

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That's cute you think the waggle polished those combat boots

I don't know what a waggle is. If you're referring to the young lady, then I expect that she shined the jump boots. Are you saying she didn't? And if so, what proof do you have?

bqce said:

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I don't know what a waggle is. If you're referring to the young lady, then I expect that she shined the jump boots. Are you saying she didn't? And if so, what proof do you have?

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Wow, you were in the band prior to 1977?

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