Today is Monday, June 30; it's a rehearsal day

We are in Varna, IL

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Today's Menu
Breakfast
Pancakes or waffles
Choice of fruit

Meal 2
Pork fritters
French fries
Corn

Meal 3
(meal 4 from last night, which was changed because of schedule change)
Chicken with dressing
Wild rice pilaf
Fruit

Meal 4
Pizza (homemade) -- cheese or pepperoni
and
Fruit pizza


Photo by David S.

Today's Schedule
8:30 Wake
8:45 Stretch
9:15 Breakfast
10 Sectionals
1:30 Brass lunch
2 Guard lunch
2:15 Percussion lunch
2:30 Brass back on field
3 Guard back on field
3:15 Percussion back on field
6:30 Meal 3
7:30 Back to field
12ish Snack
1:15 Lights out

Today's Cooks
Jody S, head cook
Rod R
Lori C
Pat R
Luba S
Toni H
Betty H


Bill S drives

Today's News
Happy Birthday, Rachel D and Adam N!

They are all working hard at change camp. New music to learn. New drill to learn. Old drill to clean. Tons of stuff to work on. Long days for members, staff, and volunteers. Way to go guys.

After laundry day was over, rehearsal stretched into the night. Thank goodness for a lighted stadium. Thanks, Varna! Meal 4 -- first scheduled for 11ish -- was long after that. It was almost like two days in one. Laundry day; then a full day of rehearsal.

The cooks got pretty punchy yesterday after a fairly short night and long stretches of not really knowing when things were going to happen. And it wasn't from drinking from the mystery cups, thank you very much. :) Mary came over and said she and Bob almost moved the semi because the cooks' laughing was keeping them up. Only on tour can you cram two days into one, have hours of indecision, sit around waiting and then work like maniacs to catch up when things do start to happen, change plans at least twice, and still laugh loud enough to amuse everyone around you. If you haven't been on tour yet, maybe you should go yet this year. It's a good year to be a Colt.

The volunteers were helped out yesterday by parents and others who dropped by to help. Thanks to everyone who stopped in to wash dishes, carry stuff, bring donations, and all the other little things you do to help. What better way to spend a summer afternoon?

A lot of work got done on the new souvie truck yesterday too. (I tell you, it was a BUSY Sunday in Varna) The inside of the truck box got painted and is scheduled for a second coat later in the week and more new shelving was put in. Because a 150-member corps means more instruments, more uniforms, and just generally more stuff, lots of the cooks' food and supply storage has been moved from the equipment truck to the souvie truck. The plan is to move all the cooktruck storage to the new souvie truck, so future head cooks plan your days accordingly.


As always, check colts.org for the latest official word on tour news, housing sites, mail drops, or other corps information.