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To find out you need to march Regiment....SUTA!

SUTA!!! Wish I could be there.

I was just watching L.A. Ink, which I normally don't watch, but for some reason I turned it on. Anyway there was a young man named Travis getting a tattoo and he had marched with Impulse. He gave the whole rundown of the activity and what it meant to him, complete with some action shots of him performing. Very cool. His tat was pretty cool too. He did the original artwork himself, it was a skeleton holding a bugle, wearing a tattered Impulse uniform. His dad marched too, '72 Kingsmen.

Because it's about a seven or eight hour drive from Minneapolis to Rockford and we had five or six hours to do it.

In was in Stillwater in 1986 too, watching my corpsmates get sick as we warmed up. We lost about 35 folks (sick not dead)to food poisoning that night and had to do a standstill. The next the Minn. DHHS didn't want us to leave the state, but the Rockford show was that night. After some artful negotiation we were allowed to leave the state with a police escort to the Wi. border. We then high tailed to Ill. were we picked up another police escort to Rockford. Funny thing, being young I didn't call my parents when all of this happened, however it made the AP and they read about it in the paper that morning. They weren't planning on coming to the show but htey wanted to see if their son was still alive. I got chewed out pretty bad for not calling.

Happy Brithday Roman, thanks for the great memories during my two years with Pioneer.

86 was my rookout year and it was pretty rough. We had inexperienced staff in all captions, and they rotated in and out all season. I remember more than once, a new staff member "fixing" something that a previous staff member had spent days "fixing". We were also pretty young that year, there were alot of kids bought up from the cadet corps just to fill spots. There was also a massive drill rewrite midseason. I don't remember it being the whole drill, but most of it was trashed and replaced. That said, it was the best time I had in drum corps. We were treated well and with respect. I will always be forever grateful for the experiences I had that summer. Plus I made some great friends that year whom I still keep in touch with, even if it's just at the occansional show. So here's to Ducky, Moose, Brian Hildreth, Eric Short the tall Drum Major, Ron Schultz, Billy Hyde, Ingrid Hyde, Mom Hyde (I know what I did), the uniform ladies(thanks for coming to my wedding) and all the rest from 86. Walt

I'll be at Lombard with my wife and two friends who are all Regiment phans. So, you can be with Regiment phans and a guy you marched with.

My condolences go out to the Chamberlain family.

92 Crossmen, that little lullabye gets me everytime....

Hey Garry, My buddy Al and I started that, when she went to PR we always gave her a shout out! Tell her "Yo Adrain" for me.

1983-Pnuemonia 1986-broke the big nerve on the outside of my left thigh, didn't hurt cause I couldn't feel anything, but the corps nurse said she heard it snap at the front of the field (I was on the back hash). 24 years later it feels like my leg is asleep all the time.

My condolences and prayers go out Harvey's family. I had the privilegde of judging with Harvey many years ago and he was a true gentleman. He will be missed.

Here is my first effort... http://www.micromarching.com/show.php?sid=211 Tell me if you like it

Posted on PackersNews.com Lambeau memory: The band played on I was 13 years old in late fall of 1959 when I went to Lambeau Field for the first time. I was a member of the Northernaires, a drum and bugle corps from Menominee, Mich., that put on a performance for the pre-game festivities. I remember coming out on the field and lining up on the north goal line in preparation for the performance. I was in awe of the size of the stadium and the number of people there for the game. I stood on that goal line mesmerized. I’m sure I did a 360-degree turn so that I could take it all in. I also distinctly remember the individual next to me that literally reached behind and grabbed me by the shirt as we stepped off the goal line to begin the show. I was so oblivious to the signal to begin that I if he hadn’t done so, I might still be standing there. That began my love affair with the Packers and Lambeau Field that still exists today. Pete Price, Lodi

The bean thing is just a way to force yourself to keep the front of your foot off ground a little longer than you normally would. If you think about having a rock in your shoe you'll know what I mean. The less time you spend with your toes on the ground the easier it is to get them up again. I know it sounds weird but try it, you'll see what I mean. If you need more help just send me a message through my profile.

I taught marching for about fifteen years and yours is a common problem. There are two things you can do to help the situation. 1) Find a curb that is about 4 inches or so high, face the curb and put your toes on it, do this one foot at time. Now let the muscles stretch until it feels comfortable. slowly move your foot up the curb about a half inch at a time, always letting the muscles stretch before moving again. Do this a couple of times a day, you won't be able to do much at first but after a few days you will be amazed at how much higher you can get your toes. Keep stretching those muscles everyday, it will also help reduce injuries when you start rehearsals. 2) This sounds funny but will help you keep your toes up when moving. Get some medical tape and some dried beans, something that's about a quarter inch around. Cut a piece of tape about the width of your shoe and put three or four beans on it. Put the tape with the beans in your shoes where your toes go. Now go practice marching...slowly, it will be uncomfortable to keep your toes down for long. You will be creating a muscle memory that will help you when it comes time to audition again. Obviously don't do this in a real rehearsal situation, you'll just look funny and maybe hurt yourself.

This is definitely '86, I'm the second soprano from the right, my rookout year.

Nope, Dan did the opener solos, I did both the solos in Casal's. Actually, in the early part of year the opener solo was a duet, myself and Eric Ashcraft I think. Then Dan came in April or May, and the duet was rewritten to the solos because Dan was more of a screamer than me, and it did work better than the duet. And I think you're right, that's the end of Night Streets. Funny story, I almost got decked one night getting to my solo set. Of course I had to go through the guard to get there and in early part of the season there was a hole that I would cross through. At some point a new guard member filled that hole and for some reason we didn't do run through before the show. Anyway, solo time comes and I am heading to my spot and here comes a guard member right at me doing a spin. I hit the deck, she went over me and I stood up slightly shaken by the experience. So the whole time she was learning drill nobody ever said to her to let the guy with horn through. Funny now, not then.

Tommy, Is that the beginning of Casal's Suite? I think it is, if so I'm the guy in the middle of the color guard circle, gettin' ready fer ma solo.

"They had a TON of people go down and still won vis." Let's assume an average weight of 150lbs per marching member. One ton of people then equals 13.333333333333333333333333333333 people. For the Cadets at WW in 84 this may actually be correct. But I think it may have bee closer to half a ton. :P

Thanks for the compliment, it was a hard season for us after WW. But not as hard as '83.

Although I did not know Nikki, as a PR alum my thoughts and prayers go out to her family. :angel:

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