SnoWhite421

It's a rags to riches story. Our hero starts out in an orphanage (beds, "motherless child"), but fights his way to success (Big Shot). But just what defines success?

Pretty sure this was taken Thursday morning in 2011. First saw it a couple years ago. The Colt Cadets are parked on the far left with their brown bus and red trailer. We had just gotten a white Traverse. We were parked just a couple spots away from the sidewalk and another white Traverse was parked a couple spots down from us.

Thank you!

When I was in high school, we made the three hour trip down to Amarillo for a band festival then went to the amusement park. My favorite was to ride in the front car of the water slide. If you ducked at the end, everyone behind you got wet while you stayed dry(er).

Talked to some of the members (and shared some bug spray) before the show in Muscatine. Happy to be among the first to cheer for them! I think they are going to do very well. Good luck with the rest of 2014 and hope to see more of you next summer!

Yes! Colts!

If you're wondering who comes up with this stuff, take at a look at the Colts' staff page http://www.colts.org/staff.asp with links to everyone's bios. Our son (sixth season on contra) tells us that the drill is challenging and fun. The guard are a combination of the tinman, the lion, and the scarecrow. Probably doesn't come across clearly on a computer screen. Easy to see from the stands. The Colts had an upbeat show celebrating their 50th anniversary last year--Field of Dreams. It's on Fan Network with the other upbeat shows from previous years.

Red Team !!!!

Welcome to the Colts family, BaritoneDad! It's a great place to be. And thanks CrownBariDad!

Hmm...some of the underdogs might surprise you. Would really appreciate some show observations! Have one marching Colt Cadets and one marching Colts. (Plus one on Colts staff and her fiance is on Spirit staff.)

GO COLTS!!!

Let's go Colts!!!

Very bummed. Looked like a great venue, crowd and line-up. Any impressions of the Colts?

We've been having drum corps/resume related conversations with our daughter, who will march her sixth summer and age out this coming season. After five years with the same organization, she's considering auditioning with BD and mulling the pros and cons. If she stays with her current corps, she stands a good chance of being section leader, and she already has a lot of ideas about what she would like to do in the position. If she auditions and is accepted by BD, she stands a good chance of getting a championship ring. Something we've pointed out is that, when she talks to potential employers, unless she's applying to tech somewhere, they're not going to care that she plays the mellophone well and marches cleanly. They will, however, be impressed if she explains that she took the five-year investment that the corps put into her and returns it by helping to make her section be the very best it can be in a potentially very exciting year for our organization. Also, her dad works for a major retailer and does a LOT of hiring, including department managers, pharmacists and optometrists. He told her that most everyone has the same major-related campus organizations on their resumes, it doesn't mean much unless you can show active participation and leadership in that particular organization. Just going to the meetings doesn't cut it. So, basically, it doesn't matter so much what you are involved in as how you contribute while you are there. Good luck with all your pursuits!