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  1. Best of luck to the young men and women that are representing the 2023 Madison Scouts. Thank you for continuing the traditions that have been so important to all of the alumni for decades. We will always have the members backs!! Give it your all tomorrow and leave it all on the field!! MYNWA
  2. This is by no means the members fault. Once again they were given a sub par product with the same sub par staff. The talent level with corps below the top 6 or 8 are all about the same. I believe it’s up to the staff to motivate and get the most out of these students. This year’s show is once again not going to put them anywhere near the top 12 and as usual, other corps will get better while this corps stagnates and stumbles into Indianapolis. It’s an embarrassment for anyone ever associated with this once proud organization. I would be happy if they just made Big, Live & Loud this year but I don’t see that happening either.
  3. It’s a slow night in the drum corps world, so I thought I’d take the time to thank Dan Acheson for all of his hard work and dedication to our activity. He successfully navigated DCI though 2 extremely tough seasons during Covid and IMO this season our activity has come back stronger than ever. He had a strong corps background starting with the Queen City Cadets and marched 2 seasons with Madison including 1975. He was a successful director of The Glassmen also before taking over as Executive Director. i sincerely hope they find another director with the same passion and love for the marching arts to replace him. Enjoy your retirement Dan! It’s well deserved.
  4. One of my coolest memories in 1975 was putting on my uniform on in a commons room at a dorm at Temple University while watching the Troopers on TV. I thought, how cool is this, drum corps on TV!
  5. This is just my personal opinion but 95% of the alumni have moved on and aren’t really interested in what is going on with the current corps. They attend a breakfast meeting once a month, meet at the tailgate before the home show, get together for other events like the ALS fundraiser in April, but they are really not all that interested in the current corps. I’m talking guys from the 60’s on up to around the 1990’s. There are about 5% that post on these sites that are frustrated with the corps placements in recent years but as stated, the bulk of the alum still enjoys being together and rehashing old memories but rarely discussed the current corps.
  6. There was an article on the DCI web site a few years ago about the 1974 championship flag disappearing at a show in Syracuse the day after finals. it was returned to SCV sometime in the late 90’s, I think. Does anyone remember that article?
  7. Madison Scouts = drum corps lightning rod. year after year after year
  8. Weather looks dicey in Akron tonight,I sure hope the alumni corps gets to perform.
  9. But Madison is all about the experience- no need to be competitive.
  10. It’s a sad day In Madison when you can’t even retain board member’s son.
  11. Last time to say that. It’s time to go coed but I will miss saying “Men of Madison”.
  12. https://www.cressfuneralservice.com/obituary/322036/Jeanne-Beckman/
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