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Just posted by "sdhundt" on soundmachine,
OH MY GOD !!! I almost fell through the kitchen floor and into the cave below my basement when I saw the Madison Scouts scores. What has become of this corps ?? 27, Bridgeman, Kilties, Suncoast, Velvet Knights, Sky, .....................AND THE many, many, many more, YOU KNOW THE NAMES. Well make a little room, the once proud Madison Scouts are next. Don't tell me it's for the kids either. I put up $$$ to support the Madison Scouts, and so do many, many other people who put up a lot more than I do. But we expect some results. I don't need to see a DCI champion, but I along with many other $$$ supporters want to see a corps that can compete with the VERY FEW other DIV. 1 corps. This has become a train reck. SCOTT STEWART, WHERE ARE YOU ??? PLEASE PLUG THE HOLES IN THIS SINKING CORPS !!!!!! OR HAS THE TITANIC ALREADY SUNK, AND WE JUST DON'T KNOW IT. I think I hear TAPS in the distance, or maybe it's just the birds waiking in this fine morning. WELL WE WILL ALL SEE IN 60 days. OH, regarding the new UNIFORMS. Well I just threw up in my mouth !!! This train has recked and now is falling off a cliff into a bottom-less sea !!! I have never been so down on any corps in my life !!!

Well Mr or Mrs (you don't say which) sdhundt, get a life. Show me anything or anyone that could maintain the top spot continuously with out some down time. Drum Corps can't do it, Sports teams can't do it, governments can't do it.

Madison is putting out a very respectable show this year. They may not make the finals, BFD. Those kids are working hard and learning life lessons. That is what is important.

I would dearly love to see Madison, Troopers & Blue Stars in the finals, but will it happen? I doubt it. But I will still see their shows and support them even if I don't care for Madison guard unis or Blue Stars unis.

Game Face

I waited a long time to see this sight again.

Take that bozo

I found it very interesting that when the Racine Scouts were thanking other corps for honoring their 80th anniversary they did not mention the Kilties.

Ramblings on "Kiltie Klassic"

First off, the newspaper gets the date of the show wrong, I wonder how many people will show up tonight to an empty stadium?
The bleachers were not done so we sat looking into the sun for the first two units.
When they only charge two bucks for a brat you shouldn't expect to much and I was right. Even the mustard was runny.
The crowd seemed quite elderly, another sign the young in Racine have no interest in drum corps.

I am not going to list scores, it's pointless, there were only six units in 3 catergories, not much for the ticket price.

First off, Kiltie brass group (7) to play Bach for all former members, my thought; "If that's the best you got, it's going to be a long night"
Kiltie lead sop playing "Star Spangled Banner" started in wrong key, restarted after 3-4 notes.

Racine Scouts - Painfully small 7-9 horns. They tried hard and their guard was the best section of the corp.

Capitol Sound - Drum line was very clean considering their age and it's still early in the season. I liked their show, uniforms were pretty generic.

Troopers - Biggest ovations of the night from the crowd incluuding yours truly. If I only agree with LC on one thing it's this corp is for real. They may not win DCI this year or next but if they can keep it together, they will be contenders. I would not be surprised to see them in the final 12. PS Crowd went apesh*t for the sunburst. One equipment failure when a snare fell from it's carrier but player recovered within 3 bars. Crowd cheered his efforts.
Drum Major Mark Crimm easily wins best of show.

Pioneer - Guard uniforms were cute. Show lacked punch. Too Irish yet the guard only did about three steps of an Irish jig? As a Div 2 corp they would be near the top, as a Div 1, sorry, not this year.

Madison Scouts - Guard did some fantastic spins, timing their catches well to the music but those uniforms!!!!!! NOT. Percussion section was nice and tight, lead snare in good control of the section. Horn line was coming along, they try some pretty neat stuff, mello playing while being carried flat on his back, horn line spread around entire circumfrence of the field. These kids are not getting the scores they deserve. They have nothing to be ashamed of.

Kilties - Smaller than I expected. I counted 29 horns, 10 guard. I hope all those elderly parents of junior Kilts weren't too disappointed. Fraked solos by El Guapo and Little Jarosz. I do like the fact they still use an honor guard. The mello section was quite young, they should be marching with the Chrome Domes. That was the worst arraingment of Syne I have ever heard. Looked like HDIC was going to have a stroke when he tried (not to well) to hit the high note at the end.

No finale, just call out the DM's for scores. By then stands had emptied out.

My placings

Madison
Troopers
Pioneer
Capitol Sound
Kiltiies
Racine Scouts

Why?

Can the city od San Fransico rebuilt a collapsed freeway interchange in a month but Racine can't put up new erector set bleachers in a year?

a little gift

Stopped by to watch the Troopers practice today but before that I stopped at O&H Danish Bakery and bought enough kringle to give the whole corp a little taste of Racine for desert tonight. The woman working in the chuck wagon lives almost 2000 miles from here but she knew exactly what they were. I was amazed. I told her they were in memory of my friend Bill Adamski who played baritone with me in the scouts before he went on to the Troopers in 68. Bill went into the Marine corp later and played under Col Truman Crawford in the USMC Drum and Bugle corp before his life was cut short by a traffic accident.

a picture is......

worth more than the opinion of most DCP posters.

musical weekend

Last night LOML and I went to the beautiful Schauer Center in Hartford WI to see Lynn Marie and the Boxhounds along with CopperBox. Great, lively show, a hard to describe mixture of rock, country and polka rythmns. The venue is neat also, made from an old canning factory downtown. The designers did a great job retaining the look of the old brick and wood beamed factory while opening it up large enough for a 650 seat theater.

Tonight a major change of pace as I hit my first DCI show of the season at Horlick Field in Racine. Looking forward to seeing the Troopers and Madison Scouts.

Sat or Sun I may drop in on Polish Fest in Milwaukee.

I am going to hell

Vatican issues 10 commandments for drivers.
I violate most of them.

The "Drivers' Ten Commandments," as listed by the document, are:
1. You shall not kill.
2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.
3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.
4. Be charitable and help your neighbor in need, especially victims of accidents.
5. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.
6. Charitably convince the young and not so young not to drive when they are not in a fitting condition to do so.
7. Support the families of accident victims.
8. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.
9. On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.
10. Feel responsible toward others.

First scores are in

From the Highland games.

Kilties 55.03
Cicadas 73.37

Fathers Day observations

3 out of 4 aint bad

Overheard over the back fence.
neighbor#1 "I see you are having guests today"
neighbor#2 "Yes, his parents are coming over"
neighbor#1 "that's why I live soo far away, don't have to deal with that family crap"
"and my father is dead"
neighbor#2 "your lucky"

Gee why don't I even care to learn my neighbors names?

Not your fathers polka music

My favorite "Pokla" music. This girl and her band really turns an accordian on it's ear. You should check out her website.

http://www.lynnmarie.net/

Leann YES Paris NO

Hours upon nauseating hours of press has covered rich slut Paris Hilton's jail fiasco. Meanwhile has anyone heard anything about LeAnn Rimes?
Read this!

PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) — Iraq veteran Peter Reid has gotten a boost from LeAnn Rimes.
A 2004 mortar attack in Iraq's Anbar province left Reid, a Navy Seabee, partially paralyzed, blind in one eye and dependent on a motorized wheelchair. He also suffered a brain injury, and bits of shrapnel remain in his head and body.
Reid hadn't left his Palm Bay house for months because it took two people to lift him into and out of his van.
Now he's looking forward to shopping trips with his wife, Michele, because of a gift from Rimes.
Last week in Nashville, the 24-year-old country singer handed Reid the keys to a new wheelchair-accessible van.
Chevrolet, the Coalition to Salute America's Heroes and Rimes, a supporter of the veterans group, teamed up to present the van to Reid.
"She's wonderful," Reid said of Rimes after returning Monday to Florida. "She walked up to me like I was part of her family. She said, 'Pete, come with me. I have something for you.' I went out and there was the van. It was quite a surprise."
The Chevrolet Uplander is equipped with an automatic door and wheelchair ramp, allowing Reid to maneuver his wheelchair into and out of the van.
While in Nashville, Reid and his wife attended a Rimes concert and her fan-club breakfast.

Flag Day

Remember, today June 14 is flag day. Show your colors. Later today the LOML portraying Eleanor Roosevelt will be doing a free performance at the Veterans Center in Union Grove Wisconsin.

Troopers return

Troopers new black drums and uniforms. I like it.

For the stable

See what happens when I decide granddaughter needs a nice tack box for her horse supplies. I got carried away as usual. This thing stands 33" tall, 25" wide and 16" deep with the doors closed. It has wheels for mobility. Made from baltic birch plywood and maple.

The bad news is I made a duplicate for a dughter to take to dog shows, it's too big to fit in her car.

It's called bugeting

Gas has been high for a long time now fellas. In fact it is lower now than a month ago by almost 30 cents. You should have planned ahead. Sorry all my extra gas money went to junior corps.

Unbelievable

Rich slut Paris Hilton released from jail after 3 days! See if that works for a black, hispanic or average white woman.
As the old saying goes,
It's not who you know
It's who you blow

All Aged = All Flawed

For all you DCA backers.
If your son wrestled for his high school would you let him wrestle with the WWE? If your teenage daughter rode horses would you let her ride in the Preakness? Would you want them to be exposed to the lifestyles, habits and schedule of adults? Then how can you advocate "all age drum corps"?
It seems the only way DCA can survive is to rob the cradle. Why? Because for most people, drum corps is an activity of youth and young adulthood. Most people move on with their lives. True, some remain with the activity for many years but even those people eventually cannot maintain the pace required for a good competitive drum corp. If you want to be in DCA, fine, but return to a minimum age of 21. If DCA can't cut it with that restriction, let it die.

For all to see

How many other Drum Corps can claim immortalization in wood? Chainsaw carving from Racine County Fairgrounds of a Racine Explorer Scout "Chrome Dome"

D-Day

Sixty three years ago thousands of men were crammed on ships facing a very perilous task. The invasion od Europe. Many would not leave the beaches. Remember them, honor them, their ranks are thinning with each passing day.

Why?

Why does a spelling bee of all things get two hours of prime time TV on a major network yet DCI finals are relegated to an obscure cable channel and DCA finals can't even get that?