ContraBrad Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 my thoughts and prayers go out to the family... may he rest in peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lp1955 Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyboy Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 (edited) This is Joel's picture. Edited September 5, 2005 by dannyboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniSopGuy Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 As I sat in the stands last night, I could not comprehend what I was seeing. I did not know Joel, but that did not diminish what I felt as I learned of his fate. My thoughts and prayers are with Joel's family and his extended Kiltie family. As the Kilties re-entered the stadium, the hearts of everyone in the stands were with you and I am sure they still are now. RIP Joel, and may God comfort the entire Kiltie family as you deal with your grief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaScroll Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 Much respect and my condolences to the family, friends, and past and present corps members who have marched with him. Also hearing of the corps' performance from home, love and respect to the Kilties for holding it down in a time of peril. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTux Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 To Joel's family, friends and the ENTIRE Drum Corps community... Our deepest sympathy and condolences in the loss of this great man. R.I.P. and Gods speed, Tony & Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loujaue Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 The Mon Valley Express would like to send our prayers and condolences to the members of the Kilties and Joel's Family. I was there and saw him go down during the show. It was a very sad moment for all there. The Drum Corps family as a whole has lost one of its own. Jay McPherson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 (edited) The Mon Valley Express would like to send our prayers and condolences to the members of the Kilties and Joel's Family. I was there and saw him go down during the show. It was a very sad moment for all there. The Drum Corps family as a whole has lost one of its own. Jay McPherson <{POST_SNAPBACK}> On behalf of The Kilties, a response to how things unfolded and a thank you from The Kilties to our drum corps brothers and sisters has been posted. Unasked, DCP has "pinned" that item. Thank you DCP. ....to Joel, WWBD! Edited September 5, 2005 by bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brassop Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 (edited) Joel was a talented musician. He really developed over the years from an old school balls-to-the-wall horn player into a soloist of finesse and skill - due in large part to the tutelage of Jerry Kelsey. I appreciated Joel's input into my playing because he was honest. That honesty shown in his humor as well. He was incredibly funny because his sharp intellect met his childlike spontaneity when he spoke. As children say the darndest things, so too Joel. He was humble with a spirit of jovial welcome, often encouraging those around him. It is said, "You don't know what you've got 'till it's gone". Gone is the character we knew as "Lothar" (an abbreviation of lothargic, that stuck from his Junior days). Gone is his deft humor that with one word, aptly placed, could double over an entire corps. Gone is the gifted Mellophone player, an affable, welcoming soul that reached out to others while never putting on aires. " Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind? " A wisp of Joel's memory will ever linger with the strands of Kilties' Auld Lang Syne. - Derek Harmon Kilties Competitive Corps Charter Member '94-98 Minnesota Brass '99-'00 Kilties '04 Edited September 5, 2005 by Brassop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 (edited) As, most likely, the only member of Shenandoah Sound currently home and with internet access. I would like to speak on behalf of Shenandoah Sound that we offer our deepest condolences. Life truly is fragile as members from the corps we loved such as Hanover Lancers and with them losing Posie in Havre De Grace, to what occurred around just over 24 hours ago. In the way that only everyone ever in a drum corps may feel and in the tradition from all corps that no person, who has stepped on that field..... will walk alone. For all members of drum and bugle corps are a member of a very proud and long standing tradition. The tradition of you walking onto that field, and you perform with, and against, the best of the world in the effort to not only entertain the judges, but to entice the fans and you fellow marchers. Again, I say this, on behalf of Shenandoah Sound Drum and Bugle Corps. We offer our condolences and remember for yourself and for the past and future marchers, "No marcher, weather past, present or future, will ever..... walk alone." <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Better than I can put it Scott, thank you. There was a group of Lancers at Prelims when Joel went down and it was just a sick feeling of "Not Again". The saddest place in Drum Corps today has to be the Kilties buses. I'm not speaking officially for the Lancers but I'm sure the corps members would want to express their sympathies for Joels' personal and corps families. As Scott said and the Lancers motto puts it "You'll Never Walk Alone". And bravo to the Kilties corps for the way they left the field and then returned to do their show. Edited September 5, 2005 by JimF-xWSMBari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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