Midlanders Alumni Corps

Looking for 3 tickets for the DCA semis in Rochester on Saturday, Sept. 3rd and three for the Alumni show on Sunday, Sept. 4th. Contact me with your purchase price and seat locations via e-mail at rmadzia@yahoo.com.

2-valve are fine for traditional marching music but we play a lot of jazz numbers and the A flats and D flats add an extra dimension as does 18-20 horns playing twelve different parts.

2-valve are fine for traditional marching music but we play a lot of jazz numbers and the A flats and D flats add an extra dimension as does 18-20 horns playing twelve different parts.

As a non-sponsored group, The Midlanders Alumni Corps is trying to exist on a shoestring while attempting to expand our membership. With that in mind, we purchased two Kanstul two-to three valve conversion kits for our G contras. This has given us virtually new horns for a very reasonable price. I'm wondering if similar conversion kits exist for other G horns, most notably euphonium or baritone. If you have such a kit that you would like to part with or know where a kit is located, please e-mail me at rmadzia@yahoo.com. Corps-dially, Rick Madzia President Midlanders Alumni Corps

Please send a current list of horns still for sale to rmadzia@yahoo.com.

Dale, If these are still for sale (pardon the rhyming), I have a few questions: 1) Does the sale include mouthpieces? 2) Does the sale include cases? 3) If they're still for sale, can you send me pictures of both horns and your location? Use my e-mail address of rmadzia@yahoo.com. With thanks Rick

True enough but the reason for needing 3-valves in our corps is that our arranger writes such creative charts that we need that 3rd valve for all the sharps and flats of our big band/jazz style. All our other horns are three valve and this, when combined with our 11-part harmonies, makes for a fuller sound.

Thanks to the person who directed me to the Brass Shop, I was able to get one contra and two euphoniums, all 3-valve G bugles. I now only need one more 3-valve contra. Let me know if you have this horn or know where I can locate it. With thanks. Rick Madzia President Midlanders Music Group

Any 3-valve g contras left?

Paul, I sent the e-mail you requested to your e-mail site (the brassshop@charter.net) but it bounced back. Do you have another e-mail address I can use? Rick Madzia (rmadzia@yahoo.com)

He's now living in my home town...London, Ontario.

The B flat was a Yamaha and the G is a Dynasty

I played a B flat contra for five years with Preston Scout House alumni and at 6'4" and 230 pounds, I couldn't get anywhere near the sound out of that horn than I do my G contra with Midlanders. To me, G bugles are just that; bugles...made for the outdoors. I knew we would run into this problem and I firmly believe that there are 3 valve G's out there. We had no problem getting sopranos, mellophones or baritones. Somewhere, contras and euphs are sitting, waiting for my wallet.

I am the president of the Midlanders Alumni Corps from London, Ontario, Canada. We formed (as do most alumni corps) two years ago after a reunion of our junior corps of the 60's and 70's. We are steadily growing and with the music that makes up most of our book now (big band, jazz) we are switching from two to three valve G bugles. As a start-up group, we can't afford new and could really use 2 or 3 used contras and euphoniums. If you know of or have these instruments that you don't need any more, let me know through this forum or e-mail me at rmadzia@yahoo.com. Rick Madzia President Midlanders Alumni Corps (MAC)[/size]

I played contra for the last five years in an alumni corps and for the last four, I used the Helleberg Heavy (it looks like a beer can on a stick). Although a bit pinched on the notes above the scale, it more than made up for it at the bottom end.