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We just got back this morning but my mom had it and loved it! We did have one parent who only got sound and no picture till the middle of World Finals and then was able to watch the end so she missed us but she did get the sound. Other then that I heard it was great!

I'll never forget when Guardsmen went barefoot when NOBODY else was! That was seriously the talk of colorguard! lol...... Everybody thought you guys were crazy! And look at us all now......lol...... I agree on Shoes Outside for sure. Indoor we've done it both ways with and without. Right now we're doing without. Its only a problem when you have to go outside to fold floors but if you have a bag with flip flops handy its not as bad......

Emanon Winter Guard and Bayonne Bridgemen show on March 31 performance schedule is up!!! Emanon Winterguard Check the home show page. Directions and contact information are there.

We actually did pretty good. We were going to leave friday but decided not to and left at 6 saturday morning. We did fine on the roads, thank god, and got there ok without any funny stories..... we did however get lost in the parking lot again... we don't do well with parking lots this season......lol....

That was one of my favorites............

^OO^ ^OO^ And I just watched Quasar from the Cape Cod Regional in 1980.....lol!!! God, to watch that now, the day after our own rehearsal.... its just So much different. Who remembers the stack of speakers in the back of the gym! It use to look like a skyline back there! I remember, my first WGI was in Nashville. I started the show about 10 feet from this huge speaker and I had no idea what the hell it was.... till our music started and I almost ####! Remember the judges ON THE FLOOR!!!! How many of them got hit during a show and how many of us tried to hit one or two....lol... I saw an instructor or runner hand back equipment... The biggest thing I noticed was the marching is so much different now then it was then. I know it sounds crazy, especially if you think of like Pride or Northern Lights or Fantasia..... but its seems more laid back now? Not that its not amazing! I think it was just so much more military and now its more fluid. I remember when winterguard really started to make big changes by adding floors and props and putting more emphasis on dance and I Hated it! I thought it was the worst thing in the world! I was one of the ones complaining that if I wanted to see a dance recital I would have gone to one... blah blah blah.... lol... and now, I make sure we have a choreographer and at least an hour or so of body work at each rehearsal .....lol... I could still do without the props, unless they're somebody elses...lol.. but it all has its place, and its all good. I think winterguard is in for another change coming up. NO, I don't know of anything... just seems like its time. First there was the very military stuff... like in the 60's, then uniforms changed a little bit, then small props came out, then the floor changed to match the show better, shows actually had a theme! No more just cutting together 4 of the designers favorites! (and not really cutting together, more like playing a little clip and leaving a small 2 or 3 second gap before the next song because thats how your tape player recorded it from the stereo!) Then more dance was added. Judging went from an M&M sheet (marching and maneuvering) to an equipment sheet and a body sheet. Alot of shows were very mellow. I know out here there were a TON of pretty shows. I think every love song and ballad was used! LOL!!! Then once in a while somebody would do something different. Music got a little faster, props got a little more interesting... Out here I've seen so far, scaffolding, a friend of mine had a guard from NY that actually built a Sphinx in the gym! That was a fun show, there was a gene popping out of a bottle that shot flags out for an exchange.... SPeaking of Exchanges!!! Good God did we do alot of those in the 80's! I wonder if they'll come back? I marched in Conquest. We did this one a for a few years. It was like a signature exchange? Anyway, the weapons laid across the 50 in opposite directions. The flags stood 4 steps from the 50 and we did a regular toss down to them. Its actually really pretty easy. My kids like to see some of the "old stuff" once in a while and of course I oblige them.....lol... So I'll try one of those exchanges and they get so friggen excited! Like its the hardest thing they've ever done! LOL!!! then I watch them do their work and I know for a fact that back in the day.... most of us would have just died if our instructor told us we were doing a 45 toss and catching it behind our back by the silk.....lol.... I think if Randy told us to do half of the stuff my kids are doing now, we would have thought he had finally cracked. But yea, I've seen a few things come back slowly from back then. Some of the work, which is fun! One of the world guards this past year did a toss that Skylarks did I think the year they did the alien show. The rifles toss and look to the back of the gym on count 2 and back to the front on 3 and catch on what ever count. When Skylarks did it the whole line did it together, one of the world guard did it one at a time but it still looked cool! I would like to see some of the old Cavies tricks on the floor again. Some of the things from the James Bond show, or West Side Story.... any of the old trick could come back. I think we may see more of that come back slowly. OK! I've rambled for enough now. Love the youtube stuff! Thanks for that link! Really brought me back.....lol... Now to finally get into those old photo albums of mine and get out some pictures too!!!

Wow.... I was in Nashville with them.... now I'm gonna have to look for my old pictues and get them up here too......lol....... :P Remember those shoes! Everybody wore them! :)

Emanon Winter Guard will be hosting a TIA Colorguard / Percussion show with this season with the Bayonne Bridgemen. Show date is March 31 at Bergenfield HS. This show is already filling up fast! This is one of the last big shows before Dayton Weekend!! For more information email us at tdel@warwick.net. Thank You!!! Vikki DelCorsano Emanon WG

both really good ideas. I like the velcro though. And we're not on it alot, mostly to dance and a little work so velcro could work! We used the double sided tape this year to piece our floor together too. Everybody here said it held up for them so..... Thanks for the ideas! :)

We need to glue a large piece of Mylor to the floor but we're not sure exactly how to do it and not have wrinkles in the Mylor and also it will end up being folded with the floor. Our other option is making it a seperate piece to be set up with their props. Any suggestions?

Now that one I followed! Of course I'm from back in the day so I did that one....lol... My guard does them too with body under it and moving. Like across the floors....

They're doing all the regionals but the group shots will only be at the power regionals, thank god! I couldn't even get a decent group shot from the other nuts.....

We just did the duct tape with our floor. Same thing, we got ours from a billboard supplier and didn't know how to stick it together. We ran the tape down the seams and did the across thing every few inches. We've only used it once so we'll see how well it holds up when we open it up this weekend but I never thought of the carpet tape part. We did a temporary tape job under the flaps. We rolled a piece of duct tape and stuck it there for now. So, I'll be off buying carpet tape soon I see! How does it hold up to the cold, its in our trailer outside all season, and how does it hold up to folding and unfolding all season?

I was just a little excited.....lol....

Hey! Thank god, I don't pick the shows anymore....lol..... thats all Christian and Tony! I'll email you on the props!