Report from New Richland

Suzanne called in the report this morning. Thanks, Suzie. Nice to talk to you. (Not that is isn't nice to talk to Bill. It was just different.)

Well, it is a "wet and drippy day again here" in New Richland, MN, after a wet night in Stillwater where the corps did a standstill performance. No scores. (I didn't think it was supposed to rain this much until we got to Orlando)

Some news toward the bottom of this entry, but first, the usual rundown.

Menus
Breakfast
Orange-cranberry muffins
Bacon
Fresh fruit
More donuts

Lunch
Grilled cheese sandwiches
Tomato soup
Fruit salad
Apple pie

Dinner
Lasagne
Salad
Italian bread
Spice cake

Snack
Chicken nuggets
Watermelon

(this was the plan for meals, but it may have changed because of changes in the schedule listed below)

There was a pretty standard rehearsal day schedule listed on the board first thing this morning but Bill called later to say that the staff had realized that all the clothes that everyone in the corps had were wet from 2-3 days of rain so they set up a quick laundry day. The revised sked.

Schedule
(revised)

11 Brass laundry
11 Guard and percussion rehearse
11:30 Mini-snack
1:30 Guard and percussion lunch
2 Brass lunch
2 Guard and percussion laundry
5:30 Dash and grab mini-snack
6:30 Ensemble
8:30-9 Dinner pack and load
10:30 (or so) Depart for Rockford, IL

The news was that apparently government vehicle inspection officers were at the show site (some said Minnesota state officers, some said federal officers, some said state officers at the direction of feds) and inspected every bus. The Colts had a couple of infractions, but nothing that kept them from leaving the site Tuesday night. The buses the kids travel on were OK.

I hear that at least one other corps had more issues with their inspections, but I don't have anything official to pass along, so I'll just shut up.

Today's cooks
Suzanne
Kathleen
Oalf
Bill
Luba
Sue P.

Thanks cooks for all you do every day!


Suzie said to make sure we send out a big THANK YOU to all the friends and family who bring donations for the truck and for the kids and support the Colts in too many ways to mention.This has got to be the best group of supporters in drum corps. We love you and keep it coming!

There have been more donations coming in. Here are just a few of the items people have dropped off recently for the kids.
Fruit
Cookies
A bag of sunscreen
Brownies
Paper supplies
Cereal

It's all good.