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The product you want is Twinkle Silver Polish. It can be found on Amazon. It works better than any other product and doesn't put excessive wear on the silver plate.

Some will say this is nuts...BUT....I'm not nervous hitting the field and hydrate myself well days in advance. My solution has been to wrap a few Sour Gummi worms around my mouthpiece and when I get dry I simply lick the worm and the sour stuff makes me salivate. Works for me very well. I've also tried a shot of Tequila. Not as effective but it's a shot of Tequila!

I was a clarinet player in high school. I was brought to a drum corps rehearsal my senior year and given a soprano bugle. 31 years later I am playing trumpet professionally as a side job. I enjoyed band in high school but there was something about drum and BUGLE corps that made me feel like never before. I realize change is going to happen. But there is a reason it is called DRUM and BUGLE corps. Because the music is made by DRUMS and BUGLES. There are alot of older fans who were around during the VFW/Amer Legion days who don't like the fact that several groups picked up their toys and played somewhere else by forming DCI. If any of these groups want to play a #### clarinet, sax, flute, freakin' oboe or whatever on the field let them remove themselves from the summer tour and convince BOA to create a non-scholastic division. BTW, aside from my performances with a DCA corps at DCI shows, I have not attended a single DCI event in years by choice. I just don't get off on it anymore and the ticket is not worth it. I will occassionally hit the lot to hear some nice sounds in warm up. Maybe I'm old school, maybe I'm wrong, but I still don't buy the ticket because I don't like the product. That is a fact that DCI has got to look at. There are alot of us out there who don't attend for the same/similar reasons.

Thanks Tom, I knew there was a deadline. For some reason I though it was earlier. I'll be patient.

I know it has to be here somewhere, but I can't find it. I want to find out what corps are registered in Open or Class A for the 2010 season. Anyone?

The horse is rotting it's been beaten so much. Here's a new version. What trumpet do you like better? Cannonball Big Bell or B&S. Ready?......GO!!

Just as a matter of standards, King and Yamaha do appear to be the choice of those who are not bound by economics. Jupiter has done a lot of work to make their horns competitive both in quality and in price. As a director, I'm sure you would not sign a deal with a brand on price alone. The horns must play well. That being said, I feel the above 3 have all proven that the horns they are making this year all play very well. King offers a line developed solely for the field as does Jupiter. Yamaha's trumpets (to the best of my knowledge) are not field specific. They do however seem to have the favored mellophone among most players. I know this seems long and wordy so I'll get to my point. Find your price point, look ahead a few years at disposing/replacing your line, and value the judgement of the elite corps in their choices. In the end it is your staff's abilities to teach your members to make great music with the line you provide them. I cannot give any opinion on Dynasty Bb or Kanstul Bb's as I have not worked with them or had close contact to corps that have. Kanstul G's are way above the curve compared to Dyansty yet many hornlines sounded great on both. Good luck with your decision and my best to the corps when they get some new horns in their hands.

I would have to say (my opinion only) that 1987 was the worst for me. It may have been some people's favorite but just ho-hum for me. I'd lost several volumes of CD's from the late 80's and have yet to bother to replace the 87 set. Biggest let down for me was Suncoast Sound's My Fair Lady which was at most "fair" and far from the quality of '84-86" and Blue Devils. Cadets were the only corps that year that made it interesting but I love App Spring regardless. Again, just my opinion. Feel free to begin the "YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING" responses.

IDK, are you? Close? Wait...you leave tonight. Good Luck.

####, I miss Suncoast Sound. What a great corps.

Hey Rick, I had an instructor who claimed to be the QB for that game. His name is Daryl Hernandez and I think he played baritone. Know anything about that?

No Kidding. Scooter is the Man. You can learn more about mellophone from Randomnoise, Scooter (sometimes....) and others at The Mello Cast Chris, you have got to learn to promote, promote, promote.

Certainly a good student horn. Camel Lips was right on about them being very popular. This horn was a step up horn from the standard beginner. Available in nickel or silver the horn has managed to hold up well over time. My suggestion....take it to a good repair shop and have it chem cleaned, new felts and corks and get a nice new mouthpiece (5C or Schilke 15), and a good teacher. I've said many times, it is the player and not the horn that makes great music.

Where else can we rib people without them hitting us in the face. It's all in good fun and really nothing personal.

I have this problem and have tried many different things. I have consumed volumes of water just before and even for a day or 2 before a show. Helps but doesn't sovle it. I have found that for myself, I like to take sour gummy worms and I wrap them around my mouthpiece shank. If I go dry I just take a lick and the sour taste does the job. I also suggest keeping a supply of jalapeno or pepperoncini peppers on hand. They seem to do very well before going out to play. Seriously.