highcountrymike

Thanks, I just bought my airline tickets and we are relly looking forward to our summer season!

Thanks, I just bought my airline tickets and we are relly looking forward to our summer season!

Have fun Jeff! Are you going to field a corps this year? Hope all is well and hope to see you soon! Mike Ryan High Country Brass

We now have more percussion equipment then we know what to do with! What a problem to have! Anyone looking to supplement or get a new battery? Give us a shout at our web site highcountrybrass.org. to get a list of equipment that will soon be on sale. Cool stuff, now we really have to get some more drummers! 3 complete batteries, 6 mallet instruments, 6 or 7 concert basses, 2 full sets of chimes, 5 timps, more heads and stands and sticks than I ever imagined, concert toms coming out of our ears and a ton of misc stuff! We purchased a huge close out of Premier parts as well. If you need rims, tensoners etc we probably have what you need. Now we have to build out our trailer to move everything. Mike

Hey! I play contra, u gotta look past the bad spelling! Thanks for the correction it is now corrected in the original post! Mike

Us too! Can't wait to be seen! Thanks for the good wishes Mike!

Big happening for HCB in Denver! We have just purchased a new equipment trailer! 25' and this one should meet all of our needs at least for the next couple of years. We just purchased some bari's from Chops and we can now supplement our low brass section. Can't wait to get the horns. We also purchased a new pit and battery! Thanks to Premier and to Fred Morris from the Trooper's for their help! New management team for this season and we are adding staff people to help with the battery, horn line and visual. Our show music has been in the hands of the corps for the last few weeks and we have the opener uner our fingers and are working on cleaning our opener. 3 Performances for winter guard and percussion this month! We are moving outdoors next month and are looking forward to our DCA eval with Amber! We just received our final 501C3 designation and have satisfied DCI's requirements to be a member as an all age corps. Our show consists of all original music by John Meehan and we believe it is both entertaining and challenging to play. Our guard is growing and we have a very dedicated group of folks working hard to put together a really outstanding show. Our intentions to perform include: Rocky Mountain Rondevous in Denver, Drums along the Rockies, Drums along the plains, The big DCA Minnesota weekend in St peter and St Paul as well as attending finals weekend in Rochester! Let's get the show on the road. See you on the field. Mike Ryan

Wow! Kick some butt you guys! Mike Ryan High Country Brass

I felt that the eval went great! We enjoyed having Amber out here in Colorado and she got to see and hear our hardworking corps! We had a BBQ after the eval and then our director took her downtown to check out some of the night life in Denver. All in all having Amber here was a fun experience and we appreciate her traveling all the out west to check us out! We are looking forward the the 2 show weekend in Minnesota in late August and we are still very hopeful of coming to Rochester in September! We are in the midst of working for our spring preview show on June 20 at Englewood stadium. We will be performing with the Blue Knights and the Casper Troopers. We are as always thankful for the support of our newly emerging corps from Mark Arnold and Fred Morris . Of course we are very thankful to have George and Lynn Lindstrom offering thir advice and support as well! Also a big THANK YOU to our supporters and well wishers from across the country! Thanks guys. We feel like we're on an island out here! LOL Your encouragement goes a long way. We are looking forward to hearing positive results from our eval soon! More news as it becomes available! Mike Ryan

Help! High Country Brass in Denver, Colorado needs to borrow, beg or purchase cheap, G sops. we have had an influx of members and we are out of horns! What a problem! LOL Please contact me if you have any sops (3 valve if possible) available. Please help a growing corps out! Thanks, Mike Ryan

Thanks you silver haired Devil! The other, Mike Ryan

We have been working hard on our summer show and music and we are very excited to have Amber come to Denver for our DCA eval on Saturday May 9! We are also hosting an open house tomorrow and we will have a BBQ for all who attend following rehearsal. Our open house has been postponed due to either snow or rain for the last 6 weekends! Bummer Weather is supposed to be in the high 50's so it will all be great! Come on out and get playing! By the way we have some of the lowest fees out there! Just $225.00 for the entire season plus bibbers and shoes ( total about $60.00 bucks). Rehearsal 12-4 at Olympic park at Yale and Chambers in Aurora. BBQ from 4-6 pm Hope to see a lot of new faces tomorrow! Check our web site at HighCountryBrass.org for specific info on the open house it also has a ton of new pictures from last season. Mike Ryan

Despite several rumors and e mails floating around out there, High Country Brass Drum and Bugle Corps is very much alive and doing very well! We are still welcoming new members for our summer season. This summer will prove to be the most exciting challenge that the corps has faced to date! We have several local and front range performances this summer with DCI corps as well as participating as a new DCA corps in Minnesota and Rochester NY! Our Eval process with DCI and DCA is progressing very well! We are scheduled for a formal eval in April with DCI and we are scheduled to meet with DCA in early May! We are moving ahead and everyone is getting very excited about the opportunities ahead! If you would like to march with HCB for our summer season, please go to our home page and fill out an application for membership. You will be contacted very soon. You can always come to a rehearsal on Saturdays to see how the corps is run and get a chance to see our drill and hear the ensemble play our summer musical selections. Our last indoor rehearsal at Anderson Rec Center is on Saturday March 28th from 12-4 pm! Stay tuned for our new outdoor rehearsal location to be announced very soon! If you have any questions about rehearsals or the health of the corps, please feel free to post here and we'll answer them as soon as possible! Mike Ryan

Only one such as you,who posses such greatness, would agree! LOL Things are heating up and new members are coming out to rehearsals! Exciting times are looming in the near future! Don't forget the open house. Grab a friend or someone who would like to experience corps "Senior Style" and come out to a rehersal to check us out! See you there! Mike Ryan The other Mike Ryan. LOL

We will be hosting an open house for the upcoming summer season on Saturday March 21, 2009. The open house will be held at Anderson Rec Center at 44th and Garrison in Wheat Ridge, Co. Event hours are 12-4. Come out and see what Colorados only all age corps has in store for summer 09! Musical line up includes: House of the Rising sun Scream machine Don't let the Sun go down on me Birdland And a yet to be determined closer The music is challenging and the drill is spectacular thanks to our drill designer and visual caption head Erik Skinner! We hope to see all of the folks in the Colorado area there! High Country Brass has made a huge move forward this season! We have applied for associate membership in the DCA Central region and DCI all age pacific region! Our summer schedule will include performing at 2-3 shows in the Colorado area, Performing in St. Paul, and St Peter Minnesota in 2 DCA shows and our inaugural trip to DCA prelims in Rochester over the labor day weekend. We are in the process of finalizing agreements with a Brass caption head and are proud to have Jon Van Zandt as our percussion caption! Guard caption, Lisa Cowden, a long time drum corps veteran of guard units and director Jon Sandford round out our staff. If you love to march and play or spin a flag. Come out and check out our next rehearsal! See you on the field! Mike Ryan High Country Brass

Thanks Holly! I agree Irene is a great asset! We love her too! See you over the summer. Mike Ryan

High Country Brass will be holding rehearsals from 12-4 pm every Saturday beginning January 31, 2009. February dates are: 2-7-09 12-4 pm 2-14-09 12-4 pm 2-21-09 12-4pm 2-28-09 12-4 pm As a part of our community outreach program HCB will be performing our summer show music at West High School in Denver on February 11, 2009 at 7:00 pm. If you are in the area and would like to hear what's coming for 09 stop by! Rehearsals are held at the Anderson Recreation Center located at 4355 Field St. Wheat Ridge, CO 80033-3069 Anyone interested in checking out the corps is invited to drop by and see our rehearsal. We still have spots available on the horn line, battery and guard. For more info about HCB you can visit our website at www.HighCountryBrass.org If you marched and would like to again we welcome you to come check us out! Mike Ryan

Still looking for a Drum Major! Come on out ,try it, you'll like it!

Sean is one of my nephews he is at the ripe old age of 16 and I will miss him on our line but very proud that he is marching with Troop this year! Have a great time kiddo!

Thanks for the kind words about HCB! We have a great time on and off the field. We are very excited about the upcoming season and are recruiting like mad to have an even larger unit!

Hi Jeff! Still to early to tell on the entire 2008 contra section, I know 1 guy is marching troopers, and 1 guy joined the Air Force but we are looking at 3 of the 6 returning and we have added 3 more players including 2 women! Solid line and a fun group! Still have horns for 4 more contras so come on out and play. Can use some more sops thought! Especially with the charts we are playing this season!

Thanks Mike! Can't wait to get outdoors and on the field or parking lot without snow! LOL See ya in Rochester! Mike

Hi all! Due to recent changes at High Country Brass, Jon Sandford the director of the corps has announced open auditions for Drum Major for the 2009 spring and summer season! High Country Brass is also very pleased to announce that we are in the process of gaining membership not onlywith DCA but also DCI as an all age corps! This is very exciting news for HCB. We have set our schedule very aggressivly including 3 summer field shows in the Denver area as well as attending the two show weekend in the Minneapolis area in August 2009. We are planning on attending DCA finals in Rochester over the labor day weekend as well. Needless to say, we are very excited about the upcoming challenges facing our corps! Summer music includes Scream Machine, Don't let the sun go down on me, Birdland and House of the Rising Sun. Fun arrangements to play and the drill is very close to complete for the entire show. We are currently marching 33 members but would love to have more! Instruments and guard equipment is available. Hurry out to join the corps! We are working on the music and drill on the floor and have made great progress on the openers! Check our website at www.HighCountryBrass.org for info on how to join HCB and to see the rehearsal schedule. Can't wait for the summer! See you on the Field, Mike Ryan (The "other" Mike Ryan) HCB

I was impressed with the politicos who came to the meeting last Saturday! Nice to see people who really understand the impact that 12 million dollars into their economy makes! That's not including what everyone spent there over the weekend. We all enjoyed the nice hotel at a good rate and the unusual meeting venue. Thanks to the organizers of this weekend. Rochester is a nice city and we wouldn't mind traveling there for Prelims and finals. My only concern for any location for finals is that it be located near a major airport to minimize plane changes and higher airfares form non hub cities. It makes a huge difference to our membership wheather to travel or not if the option is to pay either pay $400 for a weekend of competition at an easily accessible location, or to pay $700 or $800 to a smaller city/airport. By the way,we paid R/T from Denver $245.00 per seat. I found that it was about $100.00 less than flying to Buffalo plus we would have had to rent a car for the weekend.

We had a very insiteful weekend at the congress! Thanks to all of the "old hand" corps who willingly answered any and all question from our rookie group! High Country Brass is verey excited about the 2009 season and we are looking forward to being on the filed under the new Class A guidelines set this weekend! I most enjoyed meeting Mike from the cabs! LOL Right on brother. The Other Mike Ryan