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To Kay and Christine (BrigsContraChik05) Thanks for your kind emails to batmanmom, aka my mom, she truly appreciates them!!! :)

first off.. topsop, i dont mind ya giving your opinion on our show. by telling my own mother "batmanmom" that she's looking thru rose colored glasses is a little off the wall there. first off, she was there at DCA with her husband (aka my father). They marched back in the era when the front ensemble was a thing of the future. They know what all the other corps were like, they were right there!!! please, i don't mind the opinions, that's totally cool, no prob. just imagine all the hard work that we renegades put in during the 2003 season, it all payed off in the end, at least i think it did. i don't mean to go to bat for my mom, but i felt i had to.

rich, you know 2 of them as part of my real family...my folks!

get rid of the legos??? NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the legos rule!

I use a Mello 6, it is a great mouthpiece. For me, the switch from trumpet to mellophone was not that hard, i got used to it quickly cause im used to holding a trumpet, but the key change took some getting used to. A good starter mouthpiece if you can't get an M6, is a 3C trumpet mouthpiece, but yeah, try long tone exercises, some slurring, even try some chromatic scales from C to C

I couldn't agree more. I own a Kanstul Trumpet, excellent tone, and great craftsmanship

rob, if you can play trumpet, you can play sop.

Sam, you completely camoflauge yourself with the backfield stands. And yes...I CAN SEE YOU NOW!!!

She's a multitasking guard member. HS, WinterGuard, Drum Corps...AND experienced beer server!

Much Better!!!! REPRESENT THE PRIDE OF THE SPARTANS!

didn't you forget something???? ahem ahem SJSU???

3 going on 4 years of College Marching Band and 2 years drum corps

Before I played Mellophone with the Renegades, I play Trumpet. I have played trumpet for most of my life (13 years to be exact), which includes High School, and College Band. I like mellophone for it's rich tone.

Only 4 baritone spots remain open for this year. May camp is coming up quick! Don't have a place to march this summer? We have a spot for you. Visit http://www.troopersdrumcorps.org for 2003 Membership information or email recruiting@troopersdrumcorps.org. Um.............you DO indeed have 1 mellophone spot?? Richard Skare, DONT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!!!!!

Yeah...what he said!

I agree

For about 4 years, i was switching from a Bach 3C to a Bach 1.5C for my trumpet, but now, I use a Schilke 13B.

ML6 mouthpieces, they rule!

When I first started with the Renegades in 2002, I came in wanting to play mellophone, and that's when I first started adjusting to the key change from Bb (Trumpet) to G. It took some time, but now, I can easily adjust Bb to G quicker.

I like the "Play Loud Go Home" thing, that is a GREAT idea.

Yes Evil Mello, your wish has come true, there are French Horns in the Renegade Hornline.

Bach 1.5C Trumpet Mouthpiece (NOT ANYMORE!!!) M 6 mello mouthpiece

You??? Old??? Nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Well... I own 2 trumpets 1. Yamaha Brass Trumpet Student Model which i on a Schilke 13B. 2. Kanstul K700 Trumpet, which is the equivalent of a Bach 37, same mouthpiece Kanstul Model 925 Flugelhorn in Bb. In 2002, I borrowed a mellophone from a good buddy of mine, it was a Dynasty 3-valve mellophone from the Kiwanis Kavaliers, which is in great shape. Thanks Paul Olsen! Last year, i switched Mellos and played on a DEG from Pacific Crest. As of 2004, I now own a Kanstul K180 Mellophone, in G, and it plays like a beauty! Thats me!

My favorite warmup, is actually this year's. 2002 Renegades, we play the SCV C chord progressions. On the field we do it twice, soft and LOUD!! It's fun.