N Murphy

I have a former student wishing to sell her 36" king sabre. In excellent condition, it was used for 2 seasons. She would like to sell for $150. If you are interested, please contact me and I will give you her contact information.

Sorry, you are right. I realized that while I was away from my computer and forgot to come back and change it! doh!

The Indiana High School Color Guard Assoc. (IHSCGA) has 3 A classes. AAA, AA, and A. All 3 are scored on the Regional A score sheets, but AAA and AA are 'divisions' of the A class, and have Divisional Finals. Only class A groups can go to State Prelims and qualify for State Finals.

Yes! Interplay! I saw them at the Indy Regional that year, and their music cut out, and they kept going! It was great! (I had to you-tube it to remember, and found a video taken from the side of the floor)

the music sounds so familiar but I can't figure out who used it? Thanks!

Have you thought about calling a dry cleaner and seeing what they say about it? Maybe they know the rules.

Which ones in Indiana did you find?

I use 5/8" diameter lag bolts with a 1" washer. For the top, I use a 5 to 6" long bolt, and a 2.5 or 3" long bolt for the bottom. the washer keeps the bolt at the end of the pole, it fits right on top of the end. I then insulate them with 3/8 wide sticky side weatherstipping. I stick 2 pieces of weatherstripping on either side of the length of the bolt, squeeze and quickly shove it down into the pole. This stops the rattling on the inside of the pole. Nice and quiet!

A few things: You and your co-captain must be on the same wavelength. When I was a senior, I was co-captain. I wanted to get things done. my co-captain wanted to be everyone's friend and wasn't as hard working. Made for lots of conflict. Lead by example. In terms of bonding, what about organizing a picnic with some activities (maybe making tie-dye together and wear on the same days?), friendly tug of war, get out the slip n slide!! LOL!! bowling is always fun, miniature golf, stuff like that. Congrats!

That absolutely does *not* burn my hide. . . I think it's AWESOME that you have such support! What a great administrator he is! I'm very happy for you!

My band director knows better than to not show up at a show. Of course, the band director happens to be my husband. . .. There would be some serious cold shoulders if he didn't show. However, he does enjoy watching us perform, so he tries very hard to come to the closest ones (usually he has our son with us so the longer days are not that easy for him to attend). I don't expect him to come to every show. Now the PRINCIPALS on the other hand. .. . . I couldn't get them to come across town to watch us. Better yet, I could only get the Assistant principal to see our *very last* performance, which was after a band concert at our school. The main Principal couldn't even show, after multiple invitations. There was always some other more important athletic event that he needed to attend. . that burns my hide. . .. I will continue to invite them to see us perform, hoping that maybe someday they will learn to appreciate us, and watch. It would mean so much to my kids. Right now, they don't think that Administration cares. Anyway, onto the topic of "circuit dues", here in Indiana, our dues are $200 for the season, and $50 for each contest you wish to go to, and $75 for State competitions. The $200 qualifies each group affiliated with that particular school (so if we had a cadet group, they would not have to pay an additional $200, they would be incuded, but they would have to pay the contest fee) and gets one vote at meetings. (I am the main member, I get to vote. If we had a cadet group, they would NOT get to vote)

Well, at the time, as far as I knew, it hadn't broken all the way, it just had a crack in it. Apparently, it *was* broken worse than I had thought. I wouldn't have knowingly spun a very broken in the classroom. That's just stupid. Mistakes happen. . .

Well, I was doing a speech in English class in High School and was using a rifle that had been broken, and was also taped. I went to do a small flip, and one half of the rifle went one way, the other half hit the glass in the classroom door (but didnt' break it). Needless to say, I got an A on the demonstration because my recovery was awesome, but that just shows you how dangerous it is to even use a taped broken rifle.

I am a director. Last year, the boosters purchased a 36" King for one of the girls who couldn't afford to buy one. We have decided to change to 39's. so, we have this 36 to sell. It has been used for a fall and winter season by a high schooler. It has normal use scratches on the hilt and basket, the blade is currently taped white (and has been since the beginning). Blade is not bent, and it is tight. Asking $125. please email me at nmurphy @ joink.com (remove spaces) Thanks! Nicole

OMG, that's SO dangerous!

We spin Premier's. www.premierrifles.com They hold up really well and I believe are a really great product. I haven't been disappointed yet, and I've been ordering them for 3 years.

I am a director of a SA group. We just completed our 5th year in winter competition. Our dues for the winter are $250. The boosters cover 60% of the cost of the uniforms. The rest gets paid for from the dues. Currently, the school corporation pays for our buses. Our tarp is made of billboards. We design our own show. The more members we have, the more we have to spend. In the fall, for a rookie member, it can be around $450 or so. But it really depends on the need of the student. They are required to pay for their warmups, practice flag, any gloves they need, their makeup (they pay the boosters, and I pick out the makeup--much easier than giving them a list of stuff to purchase), bodyliners and such. There is a breakdown of what their fees are paying for. We do our very best to keep the cost down for the kids. A lot of familes in our area are struggling, so we do our very best to keep the fees down as low as possible. We fundraise a LOT. In fact, we are getting ready to do another fundraiser to boost the guard account--we just depleted it to purchase some Kings.

I wish I could have seen it! On a side note, I think WGI needs to review what they've written about Avon. There is a male in their guard this year. "the ladies of Avon. . . " Congratulations AVON! BTW, 3 of the top 5 are from Indiana!!!

No, we don't do any WGI events right now.

Our budget is really small, and we design our own shows. We had (what I thought was) a really neat concept, great song, floor design that went with it all. We pushed the kids work wise. We weren't the cleanest of clean, but out of 19, we had 13 rookies, and only 6 vets. That's tough numbers experience wise, but I really feel we did a good job pulling it off! What I wish: to have someone in the 'design capacity' to tell me what I did right, and what I did wrong. Not to pick me apart in terms of performance and expression, and shoulder facings. I want to know if the DESIGN of my show, the IDEA of it, is it on the right track? This was my 5th season doing this. 2nd year in class A. In Indiana. This is our second season writing our own show. (in the past we had another person writing the drill). Any takers?

I sent you a PM.

claims you dont' need to tape it, and that it comes as a base weight, and you can add weights to make it heavier if you wish. Says it's maintenance free, 100% recycalable, made of molded polyethylene polymer. This rifle also comes in colors. BRIGHT colors. eww (my opinion) is this the rifle that George Miller and sons was developing? their website says they were coming up with a rifle that would not break. Any thoughts? Who's going to try it first?

I know that the hilt is made of that pot metal too. We had a few split, and it showed this cheap metal on the inside. I think it's extremely dangerous that they are breaking and splintering like this.

Their school could also have rules against parents carpooling the students to an event, with it being a liability issue. I am fairly certain my school has this rule as well. We can take our buses out of state, but the band must pay for them, the school won't pay for any part of it. Any in-state bus trip is paid for by the school (right now) This really stinks when a group has the potential to do really well in an event, and they just have no way to travel there (can't afford a charter, can't take a school bus. . .) but I'm sure the director has looked into ever avenue to get the group there, and has just run into dead ends everywhere they turn. Such a travesty.

Sounds like someone did this??? huh?? I just got my second tat on my foot (not guard related) in September, and I'm curious how it does this next summer. My other one is hidden by clothing, and is 14 years old, so it's not a big deal. new tattoo and sun does NOT sound fun. (ooh, that rhymed!)