More more debut camp photos

These from Lisa P.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2069370&id=66800029&l=fb2afd8e65

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2069375&id=66800029&l=033671c38f

(Thanks Lisa! Sorry I didn't get to them yesterday. Working on something for Greg with Tami R. You can tell it's getting close to tour -- the plans just keep getting bigger! And not just for the corps!)

More debut camp photos

These from Peggy F

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=148515&id=1559393848&l=9680734ab1

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=148510&id=1559393848&l=7b70ec2acc

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=148508&id=1559393848&l=02e82e7a53

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=148506&id=1559393848&l=37e470f24b

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=148501&id=1559393848&l=3910ad9562

Thanks, Peggy!

Debut pictures

Links to Tami's facebook.com picture files from Spring Debut Camp:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=104403&id=746978522&l=1fa48244f1

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=104392&id=746978522&l=081d2b1b6c

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=104388&id=746978522&l=98d248aa7f

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=104162&id=746978522&l=cf40647f6c

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=104158&id=746978522&l=7db5b39b9e

April Camp Menu

Friday
Meal #4
Hamburger
Chips

Saturday
Meal #1
Pancakes
Bacon
Cereal

Meal #2
Chicken Breast
Alfredo Noodles
Green Beans
Fruit Cups

Meal #3
Fijitas
Fiesta Rice
Lettuce Salad
Cake

Meal #4
Corn dogs
Potato Wedges
Must Goes

Sunday
Meal #1
Biscuits & Gravy
Muffins
Bananas
Cereal

Meal #2
Ham/Turkey Sandwichs
Bag Chips
Granola Bar
Fruit by the Foot

April Camp Schedule

Friday, April 24, 2009
7:30 Unload equipment & food and registration
8:30 Full meeting in cafeteria
All members, parents & staff
9:00 Rehearsal – Brass in cafeteria
Guard in main gym
Percussion in band/choir rooms
Pit in foyer/hallway
11:30 Snack
12:30 Lights out – men in front half of main gym
Ladies in back half of main gym

Saturday, April 25
8:00 Wake/Eat
9:00 Brass & percussion stretch in front half of maind gym
Guard stretch in back half of main gym
9:00 Volunteer meeting with Bill Symoniak in cafeteria
9:45 High & mid brass marching in back of main gym
Low brass rehearsal in cafeteria
Percussion rehearsal in band/choir rooms
Guard rehearsal in front of main gym
Pit rehearsal in foyer & hallway
11:45 All brass music rehearsal in cafeteria12:45 Lunch
1:45 Low brass marching in back of main gym
High & mid brass rehearsal in cafeteria
Percussion rehearsal in band/choir rooms
Guard rehearsal in front of main gym
Pit rehearsal in foyer & hallway
3:45 Full brass music rehearsal in cafeteria
4:15 Percussion marching in back of main gym
5:45 Dinner
5:55 Full staff meeting in band room
6:45 Full corps meeting in main gym
7:15 Guard rehearsal in front of main gym
Brass body in back of main gym
Percussion rehearsal in band/choir rooms only
Pit rehearsal in foyer & hallway
8:45 Brass in cafeteria for warm up
9:00 Music ensemble in front of main gym
Guard rehearsal in back of main gym or cafeteria TBD
11:00 Load truck/cars/bus with everything possible & clean school
11:30 Snack
12:30 Lights out – men in front half of main gym
Ladies in back half of main gym

Sunday, April 26
All sections please pick up lunch in cafeteria prior to departure!
If you don’t have a car, luggage may be placed under bus & then placed in the

wrestling room at Senior until your departure.
8:00 Wake/clear gym/pack/eat
9:00 Percussion depart for Senior/unload & rehearse outside
9:30 Executive Board meeting at Colts Center
11:00 Guard departs for Senior
Colt Cadets rehearse in main gym at Senior
Colts guard rehearses in upstairs gym at Senior upon arrival
12:00 Brass depart for Senior
12:30 Full ensemble in main gym at Senior
1:45 Rehearsal ends/prepare for performance
Order of Appearance at Spring Debut
2:02 Introduction & welcome – Greg
2:05 Introduce Senior Guard
2:15 Introduce Colt Cadets
2:30 Introduce Colts
2:55 Meeting with Colt Cadets & Colts in back of gym
3:15 Load equipment truck
4:00 Dismiss

Updated Calendar & Simple Exercises

Yes, we have an updated calendar for your review. Select Cook Calendar 2009 under Links on the right. Pick a time when we don't have many volunteers and email me at colts.cooks@comcast.net with the days you can help.

Just as the members need to exercise to get in shape for tour, the volunteers also need to get in shape for the Cooktruck. Here are 3 exercises to get you ready:

1. Find the institutional aisle in your market; pick up two #10 cans of fruit; ask a passer-by to add a third can; carry them to the farthest end of the store and return to the aisle. As you might have guessed - the souvie truck that carries the extra cans isn't close when you need it.
2. Fill your wheelbarrow half full of dirt and get your hand spade; use the spade to granulate the dirt to a smooth, soft pile. This will serve you well when you need to brown and then chop 40-50 lbs of hamburger for meal #3.
3. Spend a 1/2 hour in the bright sun while wearing a winter coat and shorts in the parking lot outside a Super Walmart; quickly remove the coat and go into the walk-in freezer for 10 minutes. This is needed when Jody swears there is another box of butt chops in the freezer and she needs it for meal #4.

Oh yeah - it's Spring Debut camp weekend! See you all soon. Travel safe.

Spin

Photo by David S

Vis

Photo by David S

Iron

Photo by David S

Link to D.C. trip links

Click on the Colts D.C. trip link in the links list at right and you'll be taken to a page listing a lot of the links to coverage of the Colts' trip to the Obama inauguration parade. The page itself is not much to look at right now, but it's a place to pull together the coverage all in one place. (I'll try to make it look prettier if I have time before tour. Or someone else better versed in html than I am can have the code and fix it up for me. Hint, hint.)

I have a few more links to list, and some of the Facebook photo album links no longer work (some only stay public for a limited time, apparently). E-mail me with other links you've discovered that are missing from the list.

Thanks,
david

Snack

Photo by David S

Breathing

Photo by David S