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Hey Mike, I am a drum corps nut. I am such a nut that I am playing a solo on the french horn, of course mine has two valves. How about you? Are going to get that frenchie out of the plastic and play for us?

I'll remember Pepe Notaro brought a corps to prelims once, I think it was St. Ignatius, that had like 15 horns and a total of about 30 kids in the corps, and they were good. It was amazing. They were loud, too. I think it was in Denver. I think that Pepe Notaro corps was the Fitchberg Kingsman. I saw them at a local show in New England and was amazed at how good they were. Pepe could do great things with even small hornlines.

What arranger has written for 9 different DCI finalists? Jay Bocook

No, no. They are those wrap-around contras, right?

Hmm, it would seem somebody is missing from the line up?

If I can get my hands on a valve-rotor French horn, maybe we could do a duet. Hey, I have one. So if you are serious........

If I can get my hands on a valve-rotor French horn, maybe we could do a duet. Hey, I have one. So if you are serious........

Is it true that Our Lady Of The Single Valve Cadets will be there? I don't know about the Lady with the single valve, but I will be playing with only two.

Will there be a posting of the schedule soon?

For me it would be Cavies 1966, seeing them at the Dream that year forever changed my drum corps intensity level. Is that the year they had the awesome bari and contra line?

Donny I play mellophone with a couple of people who have tried the Hammond. Actually the first friend sold it to the second freind. Their comments on it was that it is great for the lower range, but not so good for the higher range. The person who bought it from the friend is using it on an F-mellophone that she plays with a community band when they need projection from her part and is extremely happy with it.

Is that one of those mini's. I know of a contra player looking for something small for his twelve year old. I guess dad's going to train him on it if he can get one.

I'm not part of the management, so can't speak for them, but I'm not concerned at all -- pretty sure it's all worked out. If that really is a rule, it doesn't make a lot of sense, does it? It seems more logical to encourage all varieties of corps at every level -- makes everyone stronger. I marched in the alumni show in the '06 and '07 Bridgemen. It would be pretty funny if that's what qualifies us to go to DCA! I believe it's about the status of the corps. I perform with a mini-corps that does not use the word alumni in its name. There are many members of the group (actually almost all of them) are in other alumni corps. My group is considered an alumni corps because we are a year round organization not one that just gets together to play at DCA. We actually do parades albeit on a flat-bed, but hey it works for us as well as exhibitions at both DCI and DCA shows. I think that whether it makes sense or not, the rule it the rule and few groups that I know of have had a problem with it. I believe its intent is to keep out groups of professionals that just assemble themselves together and come to DCA with no affiliation to drum corps and beat the pants off everybody.

Hi, haven't heard all the details yet. Please let the drum corps fans in southeastern Mass know what's going on. It's the best way to recruit. If you don't have everything in place yet, say so and tell us what you do have.

The rotor was called a thumb rotor. G-Horns had it right about the G-D scale with the rotor that lowered the note a half-step. And as for lamp fodder... that's for the metal clarinets or is that for the ashtray. Either way..... I've seen the ashtrays. Good luck and don't be discouraged by the horn. After all it's a real bugle!