[2019 Madison Scouts!]

8 minutes ago, Madcityscout said:

With the khaki unis they are really going way back on the tradition!

My son loves the uniform!

[2019 Madison Scouts!]

Fasten your seat belts and hold on to your hats folks!

 

[2019 Madison Scouts!]

I am not sure how many vets returned. There seemed to be quite a few.  This is my son's first year and he is a junior in high school. There are some other high school members.  They have a couple color guard spots to fill. It looks like a really good group of kids for this year.

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This is my son's  first  year marching, so  I don't  know  how  much and when  they  would  normally share with alumni. When  do  you  feel  they  should  be  making everything  public?  Why  shouldn't  they  wait  until things are pretty well set before making an announcement?

 

 

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31 minutes ago, Madcityscout said:

Anyone heard anything about the 2019 show at all?

The music is awesome.  I am really enjoying watching it come together.

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2 hours ago, Pit Dad said:

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9 hours ago, Vance said:

So I'm sitting in Indianapolis right now checking out Scout's camp this weekend.  Friday night was all music, but basic stuff like cords, balancing and volume.  There were using Xenos because my horns was been trucked out from Wisconsin and was delayed. 

Today (Saturday) they'll spend most of the day time on marching and will work on music starting at 8 pm.  I had a lengthy chat with the director and we have quite a few agreements.  During their january camp, they had 24 of my Bb soprano and rehearsed with them back and forth with the Xeno so they can hear the difference, and they like what they heard; this weekend I also brought my latest production model of the Bb bugle "Jr." with the Kanstul powerbore flare bell, intended for their lead players.  They will spend the evening with them.   I was told my mellophone have surpassed Yamaha, and my baritone and Euphonium is just good and they love the sound, the question now is whether to bugle or not bugle.  

The line is fairly young, I counted with 76 brass, only about 30 vets, but I explain to them that it is a good time to switch so these younger players can be trained properly.  They even have some 14 year olds, something I haven't seen since my BD days.   Lots of potential and plenty of kids with a eagerness to learn.  Also I counted 4 or 5 new visual staffs from BD, so they are serious about cleaning the feet! 

So I'm adding some icing to the cake....Their opener is from Bartok with some interesting Advant-Garde jazz.  I like what I'm hearing so far.  

For those who remembers the end of their 1997 show with that glorious 45 second FFFFFFFF hold, with the drum major picking up his camera and took bunch of photos of the audience jizzing all over themselves in the stadium???  I told them it's time to bring that back!!!!

14 year olds?  I know there are young students who are very talented but that would be a lot to ask of a 14 year old.  I know that was the way things were back in the '70s and early '80s but trying to compete against the top level corps with students that young is just a little scary.

 

What section are the 14 year olds in? My son is there and my husband is with him. My husband has not seen or heard about any 14 year olds. There is a 16 year old trumpet vet that already has a contract and a 15 year old baritone player that is there for his second callback.