Tuesday, January 30, 2007

I thought so!

I thought they had been awfully quiet after their last kamp.....

"The Kilties will hold their next full corps rehearsal camp on February 10th & 11th!!
Positions are open in all captions (Color guard, Percussion, Brass, Honor Guard, Support staff),"

Now on to other matters - Horlick Field

The field was built during the Great Depression by the CCC and WPA. One of thousands of make work projects across the country.

It hosted a girls professional baseball team, The Racine Belles, during the WW2 years. They used a 10 inch ball.

The field was THE BEST venue for drum corps in the area until the eighties when the city let the park go to hell and the area around it transitioned from lower middle class to slum.

Some of the factories in the area have been torn down, some only partially torn down, some still stand.

Parking in the area is good but not exactly safe at night.

DeMark's bar is just that, a bar that served food primarily to the now non-existent factory workers. I would hardly call it a restraunt. Of course neither is Chubby's, or Rojo's or George's Pub or any of the other bozo bistros.

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