Friday, May 1, 2026

Boston Crusaders 'Animal Farm' for a drum corps May Day

A happy drum corps May Day on Flashback Friday. For today's drum corps holiday retrospective, I'm following up on a suggestion I included in my response to a comment on 1979 Santa Clara Vanguard's maypole in motion for a drum corps May Day to use Boston Crusaders "Animal Farm." I think its time has come. Watch The Controversy Series, Part 2... 2014 Boston Crusaders by Marching Arts Network TV.

In part 2 of this series exploring controversy in DCI, we take a close look at the Boston Crusaders, and specifically the time they decided to call out DCI to their faces... some would say at the cost of competitive success!
I am quite familiar with "Napoleon's" proposals. I wrote for Drum Corps World from 1996 to 2008 and wrote two articles about them. One led directly to the other and the outcome disgusted me. Both also led to the G7 proposal, so I wasn't surprised it elicited such a public backlash. CNN even reported on it! "Napoleon" wanted more mainstream media attention for the activity and he got it, twice. He should have been more careful what he wished for.

I was feeling like posting this show for today at least one month ago. Then I found out that a new Animal Farm movie is being released today. Watch Animal Farm | Official Final Trailer | Andy Serkis | In Theaters Now | Angel.

We're about to change the rules.
Animal Farm — A Cautionary Tail. Takes over theaters May 1, 2026.
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Starring Seth Rogen, Gaten Matarazzo, Steve Buscemi, Glenn Close, Laverne Cox, Kieran Culkin, Woody Harrelson, Jim Parsons, Andy Serkis, Kathleen Turner & Iman Vellani
Perfect timing!

Follow over the jump for last year's top posts featuring drum corps, nearly all of which were also top posts on Facebook.


Spartans at the Macy's Parade for a drum corps Christmas earned 3,580 views, reached 2,318 users, and had 23 interactions (most for the month and year), including 19 reactions and likes (most for the month and year) and 4 shares (most for the month and year), plus 8 link clicks (most for the month and year) on Facebook.

WMUR covers the Spartans in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade earned 8 interactions (second most for the year and most for month), including 1 like and 3 shares (second most for year and most for month) at the Crazy Eddie's Motie News Facebook page plus 4 elsewhere, all likes (second most for year and most for month), on 54 views and 38 viewers/reach on Facebook.
 
A drum corps Veterans Day and 250th Marine Corps Birthday with The Commandants Own earned 61 views (most for month) from 42 viewers (tied for most) and 5 interactions, including 2 likes and 2 shares (tied for third most for year and second most for month) at the Crazy Eddie's Motie News Facebook page plus 1 elsewhere on Facebook.

1993 Cadets 'In the Spring, At the Time When Kings Go Off to War,' for a drum corps Vernal Equinox earned 5 interactions, including 2 shares (tied for third most for year) and 3 likes/reactions on 56 views. It ended March 2026 with 99 views (most for month), 67 viewers/reach (most for month), much of which it accumulated on or after March 21, 2026, and 5 interactions (most for month), including 3 likes/reactions (tied for most for month) and 2 shares (most for month).

As a bonus, I'm including another Facebook share that celebrated a holiday with music.


Harp Twins play 'Silent Night' and other carols for Christmas Eve earned 97 views (second most for the year), reached 66 users (second most for the year), and had 5 interactions, including 1 reaction and 2 shares (second most for the month and tied for the third most for the year), plus 1 link click. During December 2025, it earned 93 views (second most), reached 60 users (second most), and had 3 interactions, including 1 reaction and 2 shares (second most), plus 1 link click.

That's a wrap for today's holiday look back at the 15th year of Crazy Eddie's Motie News on Facebook. Stay tuned for a return to the News & Doc Emmy Awards followed by the highlights of tomorrow's Saturday Night Live as today's Sunday entertainment feature.

Previous posts in this series Previous retrospectives about holidays. Previous retrospectives about Facebook.
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