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I have believed all along that the Academy would have problems after San Antonio. They have been on a 8am - 10pm schedule 5 days a week cleaning almost since May. Now all of a sudden, they have to deal with FLOOR TIME, and riding buses until 3 or 4 am and not staying in their own beds most of the time. They have a real schedule advantage in that the last two weeks is back on home turf. 2 or 3 Arizona shows and then Pasadina....gee there's a long drive!! Let's see....Boston, North Carolina....the Midwest, etc. Everything is in their favor at the end. But, they will struggle with all the things everyone else has been working with for 2 months and are used to. There scores are bound to plumet, then rebound. But will they recover? Next year, they will have to tour a lot more with the finals in Indy. That should level the playing field alot!

Blue Stars are doing 3 in the Chicago area..... They are: Niles - 9:00am Skokie - Noon Morton Grove -2:30pm

I recall someone on the staff bus talking about the found cell phone. You should check with the corps director Chad Armbruster. If the owner wasn't found, I think that it was going to go to him. You can reach Chad through the Blue Stars Website! Papa Tom Richards Brass Staff