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  1. The Melha Drum Corps is once again sponsoring the BHOF Springfield Regional I & E and Mini Corps show. Saturday April 18, 2015 Melha Shrine Center 133 Longhill St Springfield MA Show starts at 1PM Brass and Percussion individuals and ensembles in competition. Scheduled to appear in ensemble competition are 2 units from Tri Valley Brass from Central PA and The Centurians from Enfield CT. In the mini corps competition Tri Valley Brass will attempt to unseat returning champs The Marksmen Mini Corps from Western MA. The Standish Guard from Plymouth MA will compete in the percussion category. In individual completion on brass will be several members of The Centurions, Marksmen, and Tri Valley Brass, as well as Tom "43" Michealski in at least 2 categories. In exhibition will be the Missilemen from Winthrop MA, CT Alumni from Seymour CT and from Long Island, The Seldon Cadets Alumni. All this for just $10.00! Food will be sold and there will be a cash bar and a wine raffle. Come on out and get your drum corps fix!
  2. Today's the day! Not a cloud in the sky, so come on by!
  3. Maybe someone should tell the Barnum people that they could charge $20. per ticket and then maybe they will do it?
  4. Okay! The numbers as of today are 12 individual 3 ensemble 1 duet 2 mini's 5 exhibition See you Saturday!
  5. UPDATE The Red Knights have decided to enter the Mini Corps competition instead of doing an exhibition. Does anyone want to make it 3 mini's?
  6. The Melha Drum Corps is once again hosting the Springfield Regional i&E and Mini Corps Competition The event will take place on Saturday, April 12, 2014 starting at 1PM at the Melha Shrine Center, 133 Longhill St, Springfield MA Several individuals have already dusted off their horns and entered, but we still have room for you! In addition, the percussion emsemble catagory will once again have spirited competition between the host Melha Drum Corps, and rival Standish Guard of Plymouth MA In brass ensemble the Basement Brass is looking for some competition, as is The Marksmen in the mini corps catagory.. Following the competition several corps will perform in exhibition. PLEASE NOTE This line-up has changed as some units have had to pull out due to unforseen circunstances! (High school band commitments, getting a really high paying gig, etc.) As of this writing we have: Seldon Cadets, Seldon, NY Missilemen, Winthrop MA Defenders, Rockland MA Westchester Brassmen, Harrison, NY And, for their first appearance in BHOF exhibition, Red Knights, Pittsfield MA All this for just $10.00! Food will be available, as well as a cash bar Sign up forms are available at www,buglershalloffame.com See you there!
  7. As I understand it the promoter lost about 5k on last years show. I believe it may have been the last one.
  8. Looking forward to seeing the corps on the field!
  9. FYI The 27th Lancers alumni corps was called The Light Brigade You may want to rethink the name
  10. The ticket price as I understand it is to cover the appearance fees for the corps. MOST corps charge $2500.00 for a parade. Add an evening performance and the price HAS to go up. Even at that some corps LOSE money doing Plymouth as they have to cover travel expenses and food. The 2013 show had 9 corps. The hall holds 1000 people. The ticket price was $30.00. The show producer needs to sell out to cover her expenses, The attendence has been dwindling the past few years and sponsers have come forward to cover the unsold tickets. As I understand it the Plymouth Hometown Celebration Committee covers little to no part of the corps parade or performance fees, The money has to come from somewhere, so the price goes up. If you want to see drum corps in exhibition at a good price then attend any of the Buglers Hall Of Fame I&E and mini corps shows. Most feature a talented line up in competition, and some GREAT corps in exhibition. The price? $10.00! The event schedule is listed on their site www.buglershalloffame.com I will be posting the line up for the Springfield Regional BHOF Show soon. As of this writing we have 2 mini's and 5 exhibition units!
  11. I have called and left message AND e-mailed with no reply. Please respond!
  12. I would suggest seats under the overhang. Our seats were lower in the stands and we fried in the sun!
  13. I guess maybe I thought the corps would be better prepared as the season HAS STARTED. I am hoping that as the shows become polished that some OH WOW moments will come thru.
  14. I must have been at a different show. I found the performances to be weak. I know it is early in the season but I did not have an "Oh wow" moment until the Bucs took the field. Several of us go to Finals weekend every year. After seeing this show we are now considering not going. There was nothing to excite anyone in this show! I will be attending more shows this year and I hope I get a better feeling about what is on the field, but as of now I do not see good things in the future for the activity.
  15. Andy I was honored to share the MC duties with you! Your knowledge of corps history and the MANY people you know in the alumni corps is impressive! Loved playing This nearly was mine with Kevin's. And speaking of Kevin's congrats to their percussion ensemble on their gold metal performance! Nice job guys, and we look forward to many more battles in the future! All the exhibition corps were on their game. I CANNOT believe that CT Alumni could give such a great performance after marching a parade just 2 hours before! You guys are awesome! I was also proud to perform with my other corps, the Defenders. We were there in support of our man Steve Dorgan who was inducted into the Buglers hall of fame that evening. Congrats to Steve and to all of the 2013 inductees! A great day of drum corps, look forward to the video's! Dan Benoit
  16. The Buglers Hall of Fame Springfield Regional had it's best yet field of competitors AND Corps in Exhibition! In the competition the percussion fielded 4 individual and 2 ensembles. In the individual snare Chris Meade of CT Alumni bested corps mate John Monahan and Pittsfield Red Knights Michael Eisenberg and Chris Mossman to take the gold. The percussion ensemble was won by the host Melha Drum Corps edging out a much improved Standish Guard of Plymouth. In the brass there were 10 competetors and The Marksmen ruled the day with Kyle Krug besting CT Alumni's Claudia Furman and Gary Belion in the soprano catagory. Steve Wolf edged out the Defenders Dan Skinner and The Troopers Tom Michalsky on baritone. On Contra Alan Sapouckey won over The Troopers Tom Michalski. Note this is not an error Tom competed on two horns! On midrange Gerry Roderick of Mass Brass bested Betsy Halla of Pittsfield Red Knights. The Marksmen Mini Corps had the crowd cheering as they performed selections from the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. In exhibition, the host Melha Drum Corps performed with their Glockenspeil section. The missilemen Alumni of Winthrop MA fielded a large drum battery and a single soprano with an electric bass guitar and was very impressive! Ct Alumni Brought the house down with 25 plus horns and a solid battery playing selections that included Caravan and of course Hang em High and Mag 7! The Centurions of Enfield Ct and Feeding Hills Ma performed their 2013 show entitled Maroon, Black and Gold. They were short a few members, as this was a rescheduled show, but they still had a very strong showing and impressed the crowd. Capital Brass of Albany NY IS BACK! They performed a wide variety of music including selections from Queen, and Tower of Power and even had a Long drum solo! I did not time them but I believe they were on the floor for at least 20 minutes and left to a roaring standing ovation! The Melha Drum Corps once wishes to thank our judges Dave Negri and Dave Dion for a job well done. :worthy:/>/>/>/> We also would like to thank everyone who came to perform or just to watch the show. The videos should be up soon on BFDTV. Our thanks to them as well! Plan now to be here in 2014! The date is Saturday April 12.
  17. The Melha Drum wishes to thank all of the participants, as well as the spectators who came out today! We had wonderful performances by everyone! The video's will be up next week on BFDTV If you were not there you missed a GREAT show!
  18. Bright sunshine, clear skies and temps in the 50's! COME ON DOWN! Show starts at 1PM
  19. We just recieved 2 more individual entries. We will still accept walk ins. Cmon, you know you wanna!
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