Dave Scott

Tommy, I'd recommend Max Schlossberg's "Daily Drills & Technical Studies"

Check with Paul Collins at the Brass Shop, that's where I bought my Kanstul powerbore. (608) 834-6014 thebrassshop@charter.net

JC, Make that six corps from the Midwest as RA will be doing the alumni show sunday morning and performing in exhibition at prelims saturday night. See ya there!

Aint gonna happen Chris. We have no interest is fielding a competitive senior corps. Heck, it's a major effort for us old-timers just to do the exhibition gigs. If competitive senior corps is your thing, I'd recommend our Mad Plaid friends in Racine. Great group of folks!

Thom, Shostahoosier has been invited several times to RA camps. Maybe senior exhibition corps is not his thing? We held our winter rehearsals in Bensenville, IL this year and have been holding camps in Mooseheart this spring and summer. Both are in the western burbs, however, there are plenty of members that live in the city that would be happy to give Shosta a ride. We are performing this sunday at the Cavaliers show in Naperville and holding camp at Mooseheart the weekend of August 27th before heading out to DCA in Scranton. Shosta is invited to stop by and check us out. Dave PS - BTW, we have a few Chicago Connection alums marching in the Big Blue.

"Dynamite Sprint" is an original composition written by Dave Glyde.

We are playing a jazz arrangement of Stars & Stripes this season which calls for a piccolo sop. Does anyone know where there might be a used one for sale?

John: You are correct, some miscommunication. It is Gus "Cosmo" Barbaro. He is going to be our new percussion caption head for the 2005 season. Thanks, Dave

I've heard of Tom Sorensen who played snare in the Kities back in the 60's and was also their drum caption head for many years, but who is Gus Sorensen? Is it the same guy? If not, could someone give me some background on Gus? Where and when did he march? What corps did he teach and when? Thanks.

Check out a Laskey 75c.

Hope to hear Chris Metzger-Forbes scream again with the Madison Alumni Corps!!

JC: It was good to meet you, Jerry, Chris and Jim Dittrich at George's after the show. As always. I enjoyed hanging with Mac, my bud from St louis, as well as other Kilties that marched RA in 2002 like Adam, Jeff and Mike Kaufman. Thanks to Mike Phillips for the invitation, it was indeed a hoot! All the best to the Mad Plaid this summer! Dave

LASKEY 75c

Yep, my Kanstul Powerbore #5884 is like that too.

Ever dream of playing in a huge horn line of 85+? Well, here's your chance to be a member of the 2004 Chicago Royal-Airs. All new musical program to include : New Orleans, Strike Up The Band, God Bless The Child, Stars and Stripes and What Kind Of Fool Am I. Brass arrangements by John Zimny. Brass staff : John Zimny-caption head. Brass techs - Tom Devitt ,Greg Neulieb, Keith Harper, Merl Beebe and Don Sonne. The Royal-Airs will be appearing in exhibition in the midwest at several DCI & DCM shows. There are openings in all sections. Next camp in Oswego, IL on January 24th & 25th. Stop by and check out all the excitement. For more information and details on the camp, see our website at: WWW.ROYALAIRS.ORG

The Chicago Royal-Airs have alums from over 50 different corps in our ranks. This season we have a number of Cavaliers in the snare line. Skip Swoverland (70 - 72) RA Percussion Caption Head '04 Paul Milano (70, 72-76) Bill Morgan (75-76) Paul Leo (68 - 74) Don McWhorter (66-74) Joe Balzer (74-76) The other snares are Rich Meyer (Fox Valley Raiders) and Ed Honda (RA 65-68). Former Freelancers caption head, Donny Silva, is writing the drum book this year. Next camp is January 24th and 25th. Thompson Junior Hight School 440 Boulder Hill Pass Oswego, IL There's still openings in all sections. Stop by and check out all the new music! WWW.ROYALAIRS.ORG

I have no clue what's up with the scores? But for my money the Coats have a wonderful sound and blend. Doug Thrower's arrangements just keep getting better and better every season, and Larry Hershman and the design team continue to do an outstanding job selecting the music.

I'd have to agree with Erin, the '81 Sky Ryders had a great contra line. In fact, the entire horn line was outstanding! Mainly because of John Simpson, their brass caption head (and Erin's father).

Chris is no longer with Drum Corps World. The articles "Inside the Arc" are written for DCI and posted on the DCI website. Dave Scott RA DCW staff

The Chicago Royal-Airs Reunion Corps is in need of guard techs to work with visual caption head Paul Zimny on the 2003 field show. If you have any interest, contact Bob Doran at: rdoran8728@aol.com Dave Scott Chicago Royal-Airs http://rdoran.tripod.com