Stormy Knights Guest Book Entries
January 1, 2001 - March 15, 2001
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Date: 1/1/2001 Mr.& Mrs.D GDStraight Ahead@aol.com
Comments:
So where are the Mighty 9?
Date: 1/3/2001 Sal Gambino salgambino.com
Subject: The Mighty 9???
Comments:
Who are the Mighty 9? I've heard a lot about them, but no
one's ever actually told me who they all are. Are they like
the Mystery Men?
Date: 1/4/2001 Fred Petrone frederick_petrone@hotmail.com
Subject: Our Lady of the Snows
Comments:
or just plain "Snows" as we where known, way way back.
Hello, to everyone who was a part of OLS Stormy Knights,
especially those who made the transition from standstill to
M&M. Here are a few people places and things that I can
still remember. Howard Reiff - original drum line instructor.
Freddy Zoeller - who came on board as the drum instructor
when we went M&M. St. Josephs Brigade, a major
competitor during the standstill years. Quartet competitions.
Mr. D, chewing on his cigar, the "7 stroke roll", and our big
fife, drum and G bugle hit: Stars and Stripes Forever. Keep,
keeping in touch, This is fun.
Date: 1/7/2001 Sal Gambino salgambino@yahoo.com
Subject: More names from 1963..
Comments:
Thanks to Fred Petrone the 1963 corps photo is nearly
complete with all the names. Also Fred contributed a great
photo of the 1960's snare line! Speaking of corps photo's
how about some name contributions from the 1972 photo?
Date: 1/7/2001 sal gambino salgambino@yahoo.com
Subject: The Guest Book
Comments:
If you think some Guest Book entries are missing, you're
right. The entries were getting long, so I archived them on a
separate link off of the main Guest Book page, where you
select either SIGN or VIEW. You can still view them. I'll
periodically take off old Guest Book entries and archive
them when the book gets too long.
Date: 1/8/2001 Clint Hathaway Clint@clinthathaway.com
Subject: I like your site, too!
Comments:
Thanks for checking out my site, Sal! I sincerely appreciate
and look forward to all the help I can get. You've got a good
thing going here with the Stormy Knights. Keep up the good
work. Also, I'd like to keep in touch if you don't mind me
bugging you. Ha! Thanks again, Clint at clinthathaway.com
Date: 1/10/2001 Christine Smith-Lehner
Subject: Stormy Knights
Comments:
Thanks for the memories! My parents gave me your web
site to brows through. My father Mr. Henry Smith used to
teach Color Guard and that's where I was. We did pretty
good back then. So thanks.It was nice seeing old times.
Date: 1/10/2001 sal gambino salgambino@yahoo.com
Subject: Web Site Maintenance
Comments:
BizLand, our web site host is planning maintenance as
follows: ### To ensure our ability to continue providing high
levels of uptime, we will be upgrading our Web servers next
weekend. As a result, your Web site, as well as
BizLand.com, will not be accessible for a short time
beginning at 6:00 p.m. EST on Saturday, Jan. 20 and ending
at approximately 6:00 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 21. We
apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and chose
this time period to minimize the disruption to your Web site.
### I don't want you to think the site went south for the
winter...
Date: 1/23/2001 josephine desposito (conca) despos6@aol.com
Subject: Practice behind Mays
Comments:
Just a quick note to say hello to all of you. Our Lady of
Snows Drum Corp. brings back wonderful memories for
mike and I. It's good to hear from all of you. We still have
our Stormy Knights Button!! How about you.
Date: 1/26/2001 Bill Sapienza Wsap1980@aol.com
Subject: Mighty 9
Comments:
Mighty 9. Sorry I havnt been able to respond to this query.
Being the 10th horn in the corp I seem to remember the
folling names that were there in that horn line, when I got to
the "big corps". Mike Desposito, Joe Gentile, Jim Mcallister,
Roger Recker, Jeff Gorman, Pepe Santiago, Thomas
Reagan, Paul Griener. I could be wrong on some of these
names but this is as I recal them from my first memories,
34.5 years after getting my "Silver Horn". Hope this posting
finds everyone doing well. Bill Sapienza
Date: 1/29/2001 Sal Gambino salgambino@yahoo.com
Subject: Mighty Nine
Comments:
Hi Bill: I have to correct one name you posted for the Mighty
Nine. It's Jeff Gordon (not Gorman). Speaking of Jeff, Jeff
mailed me a copy of two pages of Rules and Regulations
from the early days. I scanned then in as JPG's in the Corps
History section. What's up with those Demerits!? I wouldn't
have lasted two weeks if they had enforced them!
Date: 1/30/2001 sal gambino salgambino@yahoo.com
Subject: Chat Room?
Comments:
Anybody interested in a chat session this Sunday (2/4/01)
from 9:00 to 10:00 PM? If it works out we can choose a
regular time. Post a quick note here if you think you'll
make it.
Date: 1/31/2001 Eileen keukamom@yahoo.com
Subject: Rules & Regulations
Comments:
You can tell the rules & regulations were made for the
Catholic school student in mind (borrowing from some of the
Josephite's way of thinking). I think I got 50 demerits just
reading the list while I was whistling, and had my hands in
my pocket! I can't imagine anyone from the X-generation
adhering to the rules & regulations! (Too bad, it might not be
a bad idea!) I loved the part about getting approval from Fr.
Lavelle in order to leave the corps. What were they going to
do if you didn't get his approval? Kick you out??
Date: 1/31/2001 Eileen keukamom@yahoo.com
Subject: Hank Smith
Comments:
Christine, I see no e-mail address for you, but your father
was not JUST the color guard instructor. He was one of the
greatest men I have had the privilege to have met and
known. He has my greatest respect and admiration. He had
the patience of a saint! Another memory, how about the
Bagle shop across the street? They never did so much
business as when we had practice!
Date: 1/31/2001 Bill Sapienza wsap1980@aol.com
Comments:
Sal..Count me in for Sunday evening... As for PAtty's
bagels...man I wish we had bagel shops here in Florida that
were half as good those back home! Remember Margelines
Pizza???...or how about the High Lite deli..or even
better. The Venice restaurant!! (pitcher of water and a loaf
of garlic bread anyone??) I remember Mr Smith as well...I
loved the way he would call cadences...."her left...her left...
her left right left..) Bill
Date: 2/1/2001 josephine desposito despos6@aol.com
Subject: memories
Comments:
hey i'll never forget carmen cluna. He had us walking straight
lines and if anyone were caught chewing gum, well then it
was the GUM ON YOUR NOSE and march with it on your
nose! my in-laws, Mr. & Mrs. D. always had all of us at their
house. Drum Corp. was one of the only ways mike and I
could see each other, cause that's where he was most of
the time. Mike and I have a lot of fun memories. It would
really be great if we could all meet and have a party. let's
work on it.
Date: 2/1/2001 Eileen keukamom@juno.com
Subject: It's a Date!
Comments:
Will try and sign on Sunday night, but with a 28k modem,
it's VERY slow at home.
Date: 2/1/2001 sal gambino salgambino@yahoo.com
Subject: Richard Mascioli
Comments:
Sincere condolences to the Mascioli family. Ellen
Endrizzi-Lessman has informed me that Richard Mascioli,
brother to Susan Mascioli passed away on 1/30/01 at 39
years old. He is being waked at the New Hyde Park funeral
home on Jericho Turnpike.
Date: 2/1/2001 sal gambino salgambino@yahoo.com
Subject: Modem Speed
Comments:
Hi Eileen, 28K isn't so bad, for a chat session that sends
only text. I have a 56K modem, but NEVER connect better
than 28K because the local telephone central office has
lousy equipment. When I called to complain, basically they
told me too bad, they only guarantee voice grade service.
Date: 2/1/2001 sal gambino salgambino@yahoo.com
Comments:
I think I finally figured out my Guest Book problems. Long
messages get rejected. Anybody else experience this?
Subject:
Guest Book Problems
Date: 2/1/2001 sal gambino salgambino@yahoo.com
Comments:
The smell in that store was to die for! What I remember
most about drill rehearsal's was the Mays sign that looked
down at us across from Union Turnpike.
Subject:
The Bagel Shop!
Date: 2/1/2001 sal salgambino@yahoo.com
Comments:
was even bigger at night. If it wasn't for that sign we would
have been practicing in the dark. We directed all our "hit's"
at that sign!
Subject: The Mays Sign...
Date: 2/2/2001 sal salgambino@yahoo.com
Comments:
All chatters should know that the chat room is NOT this
Guest Book. Go to the "Message Board-Chat" link on the
left hand side. Clicking on the Delphi link will take you to the
Delphi site. You must register.
Subject: Sunday Chat- Part 1
Date: 2/2/2001 sal salgambino@yahoo.com
Comments:
Once you register, look for "Active Chats" (not the Message
Board, a chat session is live and interactive). Look for a
"stormyknights" chat session. Anybody can create the
session. We should create only one.
Subject: Sunday Chat- Part 2
Date: 2/3/2001 andy sapienza anlj86@aol.com
Comments:
this site is making me feel old and i was on the younger side
of the old timers. what i remember most was george and
mike d jamming their feet between my shoes so i had that
45 degree thing happening. I also happen to remember being
the first patient of the glen oaks volunteer ambulance corps
when i marched into a parking meter during their opening
day parade. Anyway its great to hear from everyone and that
party sounds like a great idea.
Date: 2/5/2001 Donna Walkuski dtw@uswest.net
Subject: Who rewrote these lyrics?
Comments:
Our day will come It's getting closer now When we will win
St Joe's will stoop and bow Someday when you're old and
gray You'll stop and say Snows had their way Our day will
come To this day, I occasionally sing this with great gusto
in the shower :)
Date: 2/7/2001 sal gambino salgambino@yahoo.com
Subject: Hey Donna, I don't know
Comments:
who wrote the lyrics, but I sure do like them! You're showing
your age tho when you sing to "Our Day Will Come". I guess
I'm showing mine tho when I can match the words to the tune.
Date: 2/7/2001 josephine desposito despos6@aol.com
Subject: go to message board
Comments:
hey guys - you need to go into message board chat, so we
can respond to each other. I tried going into live chat sun.
evening sal, but no one was there!!! If we go into the
message board, it really works well. Classmates.com has
the same type of set up.
Date: 2/9/2001 sal gambino salgambino@yahoo.com
Subject: Chat Room problems...
Comments:
I was in the chat room on Sunday with Bill Sapienza, but we
had some problems. Did anybody else try to get in?
Date: 2/20/2001 salgambino salgambino@yahoo.com
Subject: 1972 Trivia
Comments:
Who wrote and taught the Stormy Knights drill in 1972? This
may help...he brought someone else from his corps to teach
the color guard.
Date: 2/21/2001 Bud Glover nt1fmg@hotmail.com
Subject: Trivia
Comments:
Sal, Drill was taught by Drum Major of the
Caballeros Jim Russo.
Date: 2/22/2001 salgambino salgambino@yahoo.com
Subject: Right On Buddy!
Comments:
Jimmy Russo did write and teach our drill in 1972,
and Vic Benfatti taught the Color Guard.
Date: 2/26/2001 sal gambino salgambino@yahoo.com
Subject: Suffolk-Nassau...
Comments:
Irene Bedell informed me that St. Claires would be hosting
the Suffolk-Nassau Championships on April 29. Want to get
together and support one of the last remaining outposts of
Drum Corps on Long Island?
Date: 3/14/2001 Bill Sapienza wsap1980@aol.com
Comments:
Heeelllloooooooooo oooouuuutttttt
theeeerrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee......
Hope all is well in SK land. Bill
Stormy Knights Guest Book Entries
January 1, 2001 - March 15, 2001
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