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AMEN!

The 4th valve can be used in place of 1/3 combination. It significantly helps tuning on those notes.

1. Cabs 2. MBI 3. ES 4. Bucs 5. Hurcs 6. Bush 7. Renegades 8. Corpsvets 9. Crusaders 10. Brigs 1-4 will be close, like always (pretty much a toss-up, all depends who shows up and who the judges want to win 5-6 These two could flip easily, esp in August with Bush 7-8 All depends on how the transition to Bb works for CorpsVets 9-10 Close all summer, with Brigs up top at first but Cru catching in the end 11-13 Kilties, Alliance, MCL Just a tough year to break into the top 10... Alliance feels the move

Sounds like a great weekend!!

Have fun this weekend!!

Happens every year!! Fill a hole for CRU!

It is just life, I graduated with a degree in accounting in August 2008 - and I am still working Landscaping.. Economy sucks, I got over it - I will do anything to march

I second that, I dont buy the videos just because of the ridiculous price (not to mention the crappy quality). If someone could make better quality for less for the individuals to buy... why couldn't this happen. Side note, HD would be AWESOME Just looking on Best Buy: 3 pack of Blu-Ray is $28 (25GB, $9.33 each - .37 per GB ) 100 pack of DVD is $57 (4.7GB, $.57 each - .12 per GB) Either way, Should easily be able to beat $30 for one performance, $40 for two (single corps) or $100 for a show!! Prices are just out of hand... why cant someone else bid, someone should be able to answer this!

At Lake Erie Thunder, we are currently playing that piece. Almost the whole thing is written in 4/4 3/4 4/4 3/4 (which could be 7/4 i guess, but we conduct it 4-3-4-3-4 etc) Great song!

I saw him Sunday - but have not heard from him since. Can Nick come out to play?

Do you know where he is? If found, please deliver back to Erie, PA!

Great to see some interest! Currently, we are building our line, and probably have 2 (?) snares. (Im just a visual guy, I have no clue what they are going to do - I just see people moving around alot.) As for the drill, shouldnt be anything too demanding, I believe we are using a drill to enhance the music.. not be the focus. If you have any questions, contact Ed Coleman V on the website (or me personally and I can get you more in depth information.) If you are interested, come check us out this Sunday.. 12-5 PM, Iroquois HS http://www.lakeeriethunder.org

Lake Erie Thunder is glad to announce Camp #8 at a new rehearsal site!! Please go to the south of the building and park in the parking lot, we can direct you from there! Iroquois High School 4301 Main St. Erie, PA 16511 We still have spots available in ALL sections, including need for Low Brass, a few more pit and drum line, and a few spots are left in the color guard! Come and check us out, thats all we can ask!! We have now introduced our full summer schedule, something easy and fun for people of all ages! 3 Music Camps, 4 Drill Camps, 2 Parades, 6 Shows Come join us on the field this summer! For more information, please visit http://www.lakeeriethunder.org/

Not for us people still using them....

Yamaha made G horns?? Guess I've just never heard of them before, espically with 3 valves ( I know there were alot of different makes with 2 valve versions, but thought only Dynasty and Kanstul had 3 valves)

I will chime in both aspects here... 1.) I believe a Kanstul Powerbore is only about 3.5 lbs. And I do find myself seeming to forget about horn angle sometimes just because I did play the larger horns. That being said, adding a weight (a heavier mouthpiece or heavy caps) made the horn just that much heavier that I thought about it (out of comfort normal zone) 2.) For euph, we added two 1 lbs weights (total 2 lbs) onto the horn. One around the bell(with a piece of cloth under it to avoid scratching) and one under the valve casing wrapt around all the tubes under there. We would use the for practice indoors. Then for the ensemble at the end of rehearsal we would take them off and be beasts with great horn angles.. because your holding 8 lbs instead of the 10 you were holding all day. Outside, we opted to only use the one under the valve casing, and would take it off for the final runthrough of the day. We did this till about early July (DCA) and by then, the horn was seemed "lighter" and like we werent holding a euph. I know that some people may say that the added weight may make the horn play different.. and in some cases and physics it may just be true. But it is probably so small of difference on a larger horn that it practically plays the same anyway.

Rehearsal in 2 hours!!

REHEARSAL ALERT!! I have just recieved a phone call, we are now rehearsing at East Erie Turners!! Rehearsal is still from 12-5 PM. The address for EET is: 829 Parade Street Erie, Pennsylvania 16503 If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Rehearsal this Sunday at East High School in Erie, PA from 12-5 PM... Stop by and say hello!

Rehearsal is getting closer and I cant wait! Come and check us out.. we wont bite.. I promise!

Rehearsal in less than two weeks and things are really starting to heat up around here (except for the weather.. projected to get 5-12 in of snow today/tonight... Normal Erie stuff) We have members from OH and New York that are available for carpooling, please contact me for more information!

Oops.. Hope Jeff is there!

Had me going for a minute, but then I thought that you were just going to use it for the DCI shows to try to fit in (ducks). Happy April Fools.. that was a good one! (Woulda been awesome if Bucs woulda done something like this or told us they were folding)

Great video and very nicely done!

The next rehearsal for Lake Erie Thunder is Sunday, April 19th at East High School from 12:00 - 5:00 PM. We are still accepting new members in EVERY section! Come and check us out and join us on the field this summer! If you have any questions, or would like to carpool with someone from Ohio or New York - please contact me and I will help you out! Visit the Lake Erie Thunder Website for more information!