Roger Grupp
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Great promo video -- good luck Dec. 8 and 9!
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Thanks for the great reviews. And I certainly remember videos of Mike DeMeo. Hell of a player!
I keep telling Ponzo, and I mean it -- I wish I had his sound!
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Seriously, I played the whole 1812 just a month ago, and when I heard the shortened Start U version, it seemed like they played everything. What a great arrangement. What a wonderful organization. It's a pleasure to listen to them. And they work harder and smarter than any other group.
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I just want to say I welcome a new corps to DCA's ranks. I hope these youngsters can produce the sound of a mature DCA corps. Even if they don't measure up in that category, I'm sure they'll be a credit to our organization, and may well raise the bar for all of us.
Hooray!
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Tina and I are so sad to hear this news, Fran. Our best wishes to you. She was and you are loved by so many in drum corps.
- Roger and Tina
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Minne-Brass is playing original music by Todd Tanji and Andy Classen. No show title yet.
The song titles are "Information Age," "In a Relationship (It's Complicated)," and "Count on the Blues."
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MBI 90.088
I guess it helped that I didn't play today! What else can I do to improve our score? (Don't say it!)
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I wanna see those 8/8 scores from Kenosha, WI! (Couldn't play with the corps today; had to leave for a gig back in the Cities.)
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Sure wish we could make it out there. Sounds like a great time! I've gotta order another Resonance. I played it for a friend on his birthday, and he loved it, so I had to give it to him!
Sorry I had to rush by when I saw you in the stadium concourse. I had to catch my corps.
We'll get out there to see you soon as we can, or on your next national tour!
Thanks for the inspiration!
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Bucs coming off the field now.....scores shortly
Can't wait to see those scores. Thanks for reporting, Frank.
No competition here in Minnesota, but MBI got to play for 600 screaming high schoolers.
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Waiting for that rankings update (so MBI can enjoy its week of glory!).
For those ready to complain -- yes, we had two shows this weekend. But we had NO shows in July.
On the other hand, it don't mean doo-dah. But we'll enjoy our 93.638 'til it gets crushed next week!
Good luck to all!
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What a great story........a once-in-a-lifetime season for the girls...
They made great use of their time, visiting the Statue of Liberty, and seeing Phantom of the Opera (together), and Chicago and Lion King (separately).
Indianapolis last weekend, and then Racine coming up, followed by South St. Paul and St. Peter 8/22-3. Hmmmm, a successively less exciting itinerary.
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Just wanted to throw in that Blue Knights have kind of bored me most years, but this year's show was stunning. It had me floored. Let's see more of the same!
Guard will toss kis next year!
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Sat a few rows behind them on the bus ride back, hope I didn't freak them out too much
I'm sure you toughened them up!
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Thanks so much to the Caballeros and Caballeros Alumni!
Minnesota Brass got in touch with Cabs and Alumni to help out a couple of our members who wanted to take a trip to New York City. The alumni bus took two MBI members from Japan, Ikumi Aoki and Yui Sugiyama, to the Big Apple and tour the city.
I talked with Frank Ponzo, Alan Katz, Rich Warga, and Louie Storck. And on August 1st, after the Scranton show, they got our gals to Hawthorne, NJ, where they stayed overnight with a corps member. In the morning Louie got them into NYC where they booked themselves into a hotel, and hoped to see a couple of Broadway shows and the lights of Times Square.
Drum corps people are the best!
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Ikumi and Yui got familiar with Minnesota Brass through YouTube and decided to leave Japan for five months to come march with MBI. They're playing tuba and mellophone for us, and doing a terrific job. We love 'em! They have their own corps in Japan, The Saltydogs.
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Oh, boy! My first bus trip in 10 years!
36 brain-dead hours out of my life.
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Congratulations, Kurt! All your MBI friends and I know you'll do a great job.
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The Appleton Americanos had a young woman who could have been no more than 5-foot-one who screamed high notes on a soprano bugle in the late 1970s.
I just saw her once, and never heard who she was, but the image of that little girl -- could she have even been fifteen? -- playing those high notes, with her curly blonde hair sticking out from under a toreador hat is still clear in my mind.
Anyone know who that was?
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It's great to see that so many people are interested in this topic. I've certainly met some fabulous strong, creative women in drum corps -- some of the favorite women of my life.
I'm happy to learn about women like Maria Costa, Anne Jennejohn, and the rest.
I'm not clear in my scanning this topic whether any of the women were the main drum major of a big senior corps before my sister-in-law, the amazing Geni Cavitt. She was THE drum major of Minnesota Brass (then Brass Inc.) for five seasons, 1974 - 1978. Geni was really something on the field. She had complete command of the group with her strong, clear voice, and she NEVER missed a cue. As far as I can remember, she never missed a parade, a show, or a rehearsal, either, in those five years.
Geni now uses that strong, clear voice and winning personality on Channel 10 in San Diego, as a weather and special features reporter.
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Getting back on topic --
The Glassmen's Kevin Creasy played some of the tastiest flugel you ever heard back in 2001 and 2002.
And how many can remember Dave Lang playing baritone as a soloist throughout practically the entire Colts show back in 1984? He was a superb player.
I still aspire to Kevin's and Dave's sound in my own playing.
And I was totally blown away by Joey Pero's "People" solo in 2007. Of course, anything he does is amazing.
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Didn't Empire and Crusaders come to Madison for a show with MBI and others in about 1999?
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One thing I really admired about Cozy was that he was really uncool.
I mean that in the nicest way.
He let his true 'fandom' hang out. He loved everything about drum corps. He loved all the people. He had fun and good things to say about every one and every corps he came in contact with. He wasn't afraid to go a little overboard!
He loved words, too! He was absolutely shameless in his punning and other word play, and seemed to love every clever turn of a phrase -- and boy, could he make them up!
We should all be so uncool.
Thanks, Cozy, for all the nice things you said about us and Minnesota Brass. We love ya, and we miss ya.
Roger Grupp and Tina Cavitt
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I have always wanted to play with the great people at Empire. I love the spirit in their performances, and boy, can they play!
And they were so gracious to us when we were awarded second place to their third. What a group!
Minicorps RIP?
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Minne-Brass will also be back in 2014. We had most of our show ready in March, but unforeseen events ... Well, never mind.