Lenny, Doug Grunn and I leaving practice and driving up to Ross's house in Conn. We bought over $20.00 worth of food (remember that was a lot back in 77) that we only ate about half of. We left the rest in Doug's car that night and forgot about it the next day. There it sat, in 90 deg. the next day, in a closed car while we were at an all day practice before the show. Needless to say, the car was a little ripe by the time we went to it after practice. I don't think Doug was ever able to get rid of the smell completely. BTW: that was also the night the Hawthorne song was born on that ride up to Conn.
God, I forgot all about Hortence. The looks we used to get on retreat from other corps. For those who don't remeber, Hortence was a mellophone which had been run over by a car a few times. It became the midrange mascot. Not to be outdone the sop line found a big rock for our mascot and I forget what the baris used. Every retreat, we get on the field, be called to parade rest and you would hear the cling of Hortence being dropped on the field followed by the thump of the rock. and there they would stay until retreat was over when they would be picked up and carried off when we left. That had to be 80, because that's when even Sky thought we were a little touched in the head. (Then again.....we were)
Mike Clougher
