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Cavies Alumni Great Job! I loved the show. The old school uni's were cool. The drums were great! THe guard really super! But I must say I enjoyed the horns the most (I'm a soprano). Great sound!! Good stuff all around. Drum corps needs more satin. Thanks again and thanks for the memories. Randy Ferrie Director MSARP

First off, fearing for your childs saftey is a little over the top. Not a lot of band nerds beating the sheet out of each other these days. I saw the Cadets in Madison. I loved the horn line ( I am a trumpet playing nerd) Most powerful and full sound I have heard at DCI in long time. But with the Friends set in the middle of the field it is hard to ignore. I especially like how the narration centers around negative and yes real world problems. I live in the real world, I want to go enjoy a show and be free from the everyday BS. I do like how all the narration is of elements that you can't be against. Breast cancer.....if you don't support it you hate your mother. Divorce......if you don't support our shows theme, you hate your mother. Single mom at work fighting against the good old boys club........hummmmmm. maybe there is a message. Support our show or everyone will know that you hate your mom. Maybe she had an affair in her buisness world which caused the divorce and the poor guy she cheated on got the shaft and the kids. There was not a lot of narration about the 3 kids that she shafted because she had to be out in the exciting world of buisness. She just uses them as a crutch or a trophy as needed. I've seen it a thousand times. You are right, I could feel the contempt for you childs corps. But more for detracting from what could be a great show. As for saftey. I doubt it. RF

Madison alumni and Suporters Don't forget the official unofficial get together to support the corps at the Stadium bar starting around 3pm. We will be raising funds for the Scouts, get your one time only T-shirt......I gave the Madison Scouts GAS!!!. RF

Hey Cossetti, you voted to repeal prohibition didn't you RCF the King

As I see it no Booze, no Alumni corps. Thank God prohibition was repealed. RCF the King

I was in 3 True Madison Alumni MSARP Bridgemen......non Alumni Reilly Raiders....non alumni. I have a great time with all three, three different worlds, three different objectives All with the same overall plan. play with great players, get Drunk make life long friends. As for hurting recruitment, I say Na..Na. Would the non members have joined that particular corps if it was not the one that they followed and loved? RCF the King

WOW RF

lyn don't tell me that I'm making STUPID STATEMENTS. I for one know how much it cost to run a corps. I was stating my opinion. And that's how I still feel. If it was important to them they would have made it. I do not think that doing TOS would keep them from making Bloomington. As for a recession.....I run 2 companies. I know that there is a recession ON! You on the other hand ................... I do not believe that you are the press secretary for George L or for George H. Marching a practice with the Cadets does not make you an expert. RF

That is the biggest bag of BS that I have heard in a long time. 1/5 of the budget increase. Where are they coming from and this is only 1 of 5 gigs that they are to travel to? WOW, ....It's not a recession its a small downturn. At least come up with a better explaination of the economic impact. 1/5 of 3.25% of BS

in 1977 Madison Breakfast crew and lunch crew.. were the first ones awake. We would go to the nearest supermarket breakfast 2% milk flintstone vitamin dixie cup of off brand cereal dixie cup of oj lunch dixie cup of milk 2 slices of bread 2 slices of mystery lunch meat pre show dinner on your own post show dinner Billy beer RF

I marched in the Scouts and the Scouts Alumni Project. I also marched 2 years with Bridgemen Alumni. I must say that it is a much closer feel in the Project compared to the Bridgemen. Marching with guys that got you intersested in coming to Madison as well as marching with the guys you watched after you aged out. In the Project we are all Brothers. For the most part, I had come in contact with most of the Project members over the years or knew a friend of a friend. Marching in a lead line with a who's who of Madison if not DCI still amazes me. Guys like Metzger, Schipper, Owens, Jarosz, Coolidge, Lile, Strueber, Ybara, Bakker and Albert(from the Netherlands). Marching in the Bridgemen was a little different, I was not an original member. They are run very well and there are many great people. But there is an slight undertow of cadet era vs yellow coat era vs non marching members. Which if you think about it, is probably natural. Although all are welcome, you still feel it. I really enjoyed marching with the Bridgemen. I especially loved playing in the lead line with some great guys. Some will remain friends for life. McDermott, Hoover, Dom, Hunter, Sponge Bob, Darth Vayda, Fat Bob, Always Solid Bob, Creeden the horse and of course Sperm. All under the musical direction of Mr Jim Jordan and Uncle Johnson. I'm not saying all actual alumni is better than non actual alumni. These are things that I have experienced. I must say that at the end of a show with the people cheering and I just blew my jabronies off, I am a Madison Scout again. I am a Bridgemen. I am a Reilly Raider. I am part of the group I just performed with. The rush is that you know you laid it out there and the guys in the line with you did the same. That's what makes me a Drum Corps person. RF

SoundmanG That's pretty cool. Robert also marched in the Madison Scouts Alumni Reunion Project or as we call it "The Project" He marched rifle as he did in 1976. He also, which I think is really cool, went on the infamous Gong Show and won. If you remember that was a crazy show. RF

If I may ask.......Who was the Madison Scout??? RF

I just marched a parade in Las Vegas with the Reilly Raiders. THe Temperature :70 degrees parade length : 1 mile slight down hill the whole way no turns crowd...6-8 deep the whole way After the parade many, many Miller Lites and many great drum corps stories with a great group of old schoolers RF

6 corps ala Blast or larger for smaller indoor venues. They will all tour together in a drum corps palozza type of caravan. Championship will be a side light as the Alumni Spectacular is to DCA. This was predicted 20 years ago by someone on the DCI board. RF