johnric

in 1984 or 83 (I can't remember)we had pretty much no food. In Rockford IL. we all had a handfull of popcorn and some water flavored with a little koolaide mix for a meal. good times..

ha! I haven't seen that design in many years!! that Bridgemen T-shirt was designed by our own Jim Reilly (Attreides on DCP) while marching in the BMO!!!

hey!!!! watch it...El Squeego :P

how "old school" of you!! :P we wanta get deeeeeppp!! B)

0.....we are filled with mellowee goodness

yeah but it raises some great points!!!!

and listen you jokesters... start a Rome thread somewhere else would ya??? I'm workin' this side of the street!!

yeah but are you playing lead parts on it??? man 'o man thats tough work!!

you called Rick Gigantor.... that's TOO funny! true he is a gentle giant!! edit for spelling

we do NOT need any more Mellos!!!!! we have 18 now and well thats more of those horns that should be allowed!!!

OK Daniel... you obviously know your stuff!!! So check out the Bridgemen and let me know if we are OK???? :P

I wish I could find my old button that says "#### the Tram Car please!!!"

what the #### are you two talking about???????

We LOVE the Georgia Bridgemen!!!! They always took great care of us back in our junior days!!!! They were one of our biggest supporters!!!!!!!!!!!!

yeah and it takes a while to finish the process... but... once its done, its done! and as long as you renew it its yours for good!!

hey Bill! actually its been kinda half and half and a work in progress. We purchased some new horns, some members own them, and we borrowed some. As we move along we are purchasing horns so that we own all that we need. they're just not the easiest horns to find!!!!

we gave a couple of the soft bags to the guys that needed them right away.. I need to get one. I ain't carrying that coffin around!!

who the heck is playing on the 1 1/2G???? Thats HUGE! when I played bass trombone that was my mouthpiece of choice but here? thats some hard work!

one of the first orders of business when we started the bridgemen corporation was to trademark Bridgemen® and Bridgemen drum and bugle corps®. This ensures that no one can even use our name without our permission. It goes so much further than copyright protection.

wow...finally something to match my lower body ^0^

thats because I'm a line player.... I'll have to speak to those two about overblowing and sticking out!! :P

cool! yeah I love the sound as well.. We decided to carry baris for parades and the euphs for all other gigs. Two of our leads are a little "small" for the horn but they'll get there!! :P

I told you we'd do it someday Chris! :P it just took longer than expected. as for carrying it? Hey I'm 240 pounds.... whats an extra pound or two??? :P

well we seem to have some real talent on lead. Yeah the intonation problems are well known... we are dealing with it though. The nice part is with 8 leads we can back off the "power" and concentrate on playing well. The volume will come from the amount of players and the fact that the horn does put out all on its own. The real nice thing it does is bring the leads back down with the 2,3,and 4ths. We started to sound too much like the mid range. lets face it... low brass is what makes a line sound awesome!!!! so the lower you can get it.... the better!!!

so our 8 lead baris are now on euphomiums. We did it to try and darken the top of our low brass and take some of the brightness out..... besides some of the juniors, does anyone else do this?