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Leaving in about 45 minutes to get there early and eat some brats and drink some beer. Great lineup tonight, see everyone soon.

Parthenon hasn't had the best Gyros in Madison for years. Athens Gyros on HWY M easily has the best gyros now. They make there gyro cones from scratch and man does it show.

Agree they are clean but there content scores are showing otherwise about a difficult book.

Love it. Favorite post of the day.

There you go sir, make it 259. Before you know it,, youll be at 260. Well palyed. And quit fooling yourself, you have more than 5 post brewing at all times. Fact.

You already are cool with your 258 post count per day. Good on you sir.

Looks like there going in the right direction.......oh, wait...

I can tell you i know several “real” alums who never post here that echo the negative sentiment as many here. Im sorry but being critical of ones old corps leadership doesnt make them any less real.

Both Corps win, thats a nice chunk of change either way.

But if no one brings babies, how will any get thrown?

Whatever, have fun. Again, good day.

Nice, thanks for adding this.

Now we attack, but thats cool i suppose. Good day to you.

Look, the point is this is a duscussion board is it not? Are the people with less than postitve things to say not allowd to post? What afterall is this board for?

No but its your opinion that it doesnt do any good, in fact just the oposite. So one could conclude from your statement that you just shouldnt say anything at all. Not saying anything, and keeping your mouth shut are the same thing. But i apologize for getting it so wrong.

So if people dont like something they shoukd just keep there mouths shut? Man we live in crazy times, god forbid anyone get offended if theres an oposite opinion.

Well i can tell you that the boards im a member of on FB are littered with a heck of a lot worse critisism than what ive seen on the Scouts page. Ive seen zero hate, just dissatisfaction of the corps direction and im frankly not sure why thats a problem with some. It is what it is.

Best Crossmen Worst Madison and by a bunch

The Fan page has also been moderated. There was a pretty long post with many negative responses towards leadership which has now been taken down. Aparantly the only place you can apeak your displeasure with leadership is here. What a joke. If this is indeed Marching Musics Major League, then there should be no problem with critisizm. Youll never see this level of moderation on any pro sports teams facebook page. They are filled with displeasure and ###### off fans. You can only cover displeasure up for so long, it will catch up to them.

Ive been a life long fan of Madison and need to pipe in as a fan, not alum, and not alum from any corps. Ive spent thousands on shows, gear and travel to see the scouts spanning back to 1985. This is the first year i chose to not buy tickets for any shows, which typically is about 4 shows and i take a minimum of 4 people to every show and i pickup the tab. My impression of the organization is at an all time low and ill list my reasons. 1. An overall perceived arrogance from CK and DP whenever i have ran into either of them. Unless they know you, they couldn't care less who you are or what the hell you are doing there. Ive been snubbed multiple times by both of them at many events, including seeing them away from the activity. Ive tried introducing myself many times but they could care less. If your not an alum, forget it. I mean for gods sake even that creep Hopkins was nice enough to have a conversation with me. Madison hasnt done squat competeively in many years so there arrogance is even more baffling to me. 2. Show quality. Beaides last year, there shows all pretty much have the same vibe, the designs have been as good as exactly where they have placed. Its clear the BOD is content placing in the lower echelon of the top 14 or so corps. I don't see this changing anytime soon so ill support corps who are innovating and actually trying to write competitive shows. Watching Madison compete VS SCV last year at Drums on Parade was laughable. I honestly dont think Madison could ever be that good. It was like watching and NFL team taking on a High School team. 3.There identity. Ill just keep this one short, because i could go on and on but, if I as a current MM had to put on that uniform/costume/whatever, after dreaming for a lifetime of marching with Madison, im not sure if i could do it. Its asking an aweful lot for and all male corps (+1 female this year) to wear that debacle of a design. I mean, really who approved this? And how in any way can they think this was a good choice? lastly, im in strong agreement that the upper management needs to go, and for sometime ive felt this way. Its clear its not working. If this corps has any hope to carry on there strong tradition, they better do something about there direction or there will be another VK, Sky Riders, Star, Magic story for people to talk about.

And the sad part is more than one person agreed that a costume that looks like the inside of your body was a good idea. Incredible.

I keep dropping my pencils like gangbusters

This is worth the watch. Even some Cavaliers drill moves mixed in. Some neat playing and body movements

Per Facebook. The Madison Scouts are pleased to announce Chris Tomsa as our Brass Program Director. Welcome home Chris!

SCV, Bloo, Boston, BD. In that order.