Colts 2010 Wrapping up.

Just wanted to post one more time with some Picture links and a huge thank you for all the awesome email and positive feedback. It has been one heck of a season. Since it was our first we were astounded by the pace of the corps. All those members, all that equipment, all the volunteers on and off tour. The staff and interns… The logistics are mind boggling!!! But it all went down pretty smooth as far as we know .

I think this Colts thing can be summed up with on word  - PASSION. Overused and cliché’ I am certain but truly fitting when it comes to the Colts and this activity. Passion for excellence by the members and Staff, Passion for the Members by the parents and volunteers and passion for the activity by all. It is a wonderful opportunity for the kids and for having gone through this they are all better prepared and developed for the rest of what life has in store. Forever changed by the hard work, sense of pride, and teamwork over the season.

Parents and volunteers this activity is expensive! In financial terms (fees, equipment, travel etc)  in the case of parents and in terms of time and sacrifice for volunteers. The pride we feel for our son Jacob (and all the Members) is an awesome reward. Knowing how valuable this will be for their development into great young adults makes this a bargain at twice the price.

It was nice meeting as many of you guys as we did. Had a great time on the truck (virtual and physical ) Have a Great rest of the year!!!

Sincerely,

The Schroeders

Below are some pictures I found but please send me any links you want and I will amend this post to include them these are just the ones I found. I know there are more out there and I am happy to post.

Connie C has 3 albums on Facebook that are new:

Colts finals week part 1

colts finals week part 2

colts finals week part 3

Lisa M posted a couple albums:

Colts 2010 Finals Week

Colts 2010 Houston to Atlanta

Colts 2010 Day 61

Mid- Season Update on the Fan Network

We are in Atlanta, GA .  Weather

Today is a Show Day.

Tomorrow – Hendersonville, NC

Today is a HUGE day with Atlanta’s Regional at 3:00. All the World Class Cops will be performing. You can watch it on the Fan Network as video on demand and Live. Not sure when it will post on demand. The Competition is being held at the Georgia Dome in air conditioned environs!!

Big Thank you to our Atlanta families for all the donations and help (Look at the volunteer list!!!)

We could still use some more fresh fruit.

Regional competition at NFL Georgia Dome=no cooktruck service, so the cooks are busy making sack lunches for the bus ride there & pizza delivery tonight.

 

 

Birthdays:

Leanna R Baritone 7/31

Volunteers

Lori C Head Cook	Jack W	Dale C
Rod R	Stacey W	Pat R
Lisa M	Joe C	Mary J
Tom H (Drive)	Lisa P	Olaf N
Judy H	Lauren R (Sew)	Susan P (Sew)
Kathy H

 

Schedule

 

7:30 Wake/Eat	3:52 Arrive
8:30 Stretch/Cals	6:07 Perform
9:00 Block @ Field	7:30 Meal 4
12:35 EPL	12:00 AM Depart
2:20 Depart for The NFL Georgia Dome

 

Menu

Meal 1	Meal 3
French Toast Sausage  Muffins (Thanks Lexi’s Mom!!)	Sack Lunch
Meal 2	Meal 4
Lemon Pepper Chicken Broccoli Cheese Rice Mixed Veggies Water Mellon	Hamburgers Scalloped Potatoes Apple Cake

They Sleep Where?

We are going to be on the road tomorrow and the daily post will be late I wanted to leave you with a little something that we took in Tiffin IA of the Gym the Colts were staying it. This is organized chaos if I have ever seen it. The funny thing is…. It works.

 

You should see how they charge all those MP3 Players and Cell phones!!!

 

On the 4th of July the Colts got Pizza and it was a hit!

Pictures From the field

Haven’t had a Cook Truck call in a couple days (it has been very hectic) so I wanted to post some excellent pictures I have gotten from them over the last few days. We were actually able to attend the Ocean Springs show and WOW what great southern hospitality was bestowed upon all the corps. I guess that doesn’t make up for the brutal weather but it is something. The show was fantastic. Getting better every day.

I’ll get a full report out later. Today they are @ Pace High School in Milton FL. That is pretty close to Pensacola.

 

Mardi Gras Themed Meal 3 prepared by Mike, Ray, Eric and Alex! Clearly they were into it!

Mike and Ray are preparing a special meal that I am told was very tasty and well received.

When there are not enough Shower stalls this is how it works –Line up and shower from the cook truck!

Pictures From Last Night

Crys Sent some files from Dallas last night. Thanks Crys!

 

This part in the Show is what they refer to as “Whack a Mole!” You have to check out the show to understand.

 

Kristen O’s Birthday fun!

Pics from Sioux Falls

Re-Posting some Twitter pics from the Performance @ Sioux Falls SD

Horn line Warm-Ups

 

Colts Take the field. GO RED TEAM!!!!

What the heck are “Must Goes”

I haven’t heard from the cook truck today (I think today was a free day) I watched the show and the changes are fantastic!!!

Since I had no update from the truck I thought I would post a few pictures I took during an interesting meal service. You see an item occasionally in the menu on the daily blog posts called “Must goes”. This is simply leftovers from nights past that we set out and let the members serve themselves. The kids love it because it is basically a free for all  See here:

Must goes are very well received by the members as seen here

 

You take what you want and move along to make room for the next person. as we run out the volunteers bring new trays out. It really frees up space in the fridge which is, as you can imagine, at a premium!

 

Lindy and Jake take a small moment. You don’t get many!

Deserts are still typically served from the truck but that is it. This night we had Apple Pie, Lemon bars and maybe even Cheesecake (can’t remember as I was a stocker on that night in Cedarburg WI) I know those Kids can put away some Brats though. Man we served a TON of brats and dogs.

Lisa, Rod and Dale serve as Debbie looks like she is helping a member with some medicine.

Post From Jody G (Departing Head Cook)

Jody G. left last night from St. Peter….had to be at work this morning.

New head cook – Deb L.

Volunteers on the truck….Lisa, Dale, Rod, Luba, Cindy, Anne – Bill is driving a van and also helps out doing just about anything and everything

The crowd at St. Peter was very enthusiastic last night. Lots of Minnesota high school bands attending and performing.

The weather yesterday was a welcome change….sweatshirts were needed in the morning and by mid-day the clouds moved out and the sun was bright in the sky ( as a Minnesotan – it was one of our perfect summer days!)

The show was not adjudicated and that felt a little strange…but, the corps did a fantastic show.  Everyday – it improves and more changes are occurring.  The cooks got to watch the run-thru yesterday and the energy on the field was felt by us all.  The members are an amazing bunch of young adults.  They have drive, energy and work ethic like no other. The staff are so very positive in their remarks to the members and I think that is reflecting in their work ethic.

I hope you can put on the blog also – a big thank you to the volunteers on the cook-truck…they are an awesome and hard working group of people.  I never miss the lack of sleep when I get back to my real world– but, I truly miss my drum corps friends ,fellow volunteers and the laughter we share and most importantly the kids who make this activity what it is.

Jody G

Check out the Colts on DCI Fan Network!!

Luke, Peter and Mike from the snare line plugging the show! Great Stuff.

Pictures of the Storm From the Field

 

Had another tornado warning tonight. Here are the pics I pulled down from Twitter.

From the Shelter

Ominous From the Stadium

 

Look at this cloud

Rain rain go away!!!

Bad Weather in Davenport

Looks like the power is out and there are tornado sirens Colts are all indoors and safe

Cooktruck battening down the hatches!! 

Photos from Belmont

 

Jeff Q posted pictures of the Colts from the Belmont WI Brass N Brats performance  including rehearsal pictures, show pictures and other Belmont pics. Posted on up on Sarah’s Website.

Thanks Jeff!!!

Show Day!!

Colts and Colt Cadets getting ready for the show.

Brass & Brats re-scheduled

Change in plans.  Too much rain!  brass and brats tomorrow.  the cook truck is an ark!!! – Melanie H

Morning in Belmont

Well, looks like they made it! Wish I could be there for Brass & Brats.

Dance!

Tubas working on getting the Music Just Right!

 

Thanks again to Melanie H for the Pics from the field!

Pollock From the field

Pollock Brass Video from The Colts on Vimeo.

Pictures and Video from the Colts Twitter feed

Video of Pollock

Pictures from the field