Camp day!

Camp starts tonight!! Click here for all the info!


Photo by Rod R.
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It's not too late to sign up for tour!

We really need your help! Please contact Bill at colts.cooks@comcast.net to get your name on the schedule! You'll be so glad you did!!!


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Fly like a bird

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That's what I'm talkin' about!

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Debut camp info at colts.org

Lots of information about April camp has been posted at colts.org. Read it all because there's surely something there you need to get done before Friday (or before summer). Car wash information, new stuff about uniform parts, volunteer signups, and lots more included.

Through the eye of the Tuba

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Horns

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Drums

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Drill

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Lineup

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Bells

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The Buzz

Photo by Rod R.
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New cook calendar

There's a newly updated cook calendar posted. Click on the link in the right sidebar to download it to your desktop. You'll see that there are still LOTS of holes to fill to make up the cooktruck crews for the summer.

There's a special need for head cooks in June. Please contact Bill at colts.cooks@comcast.net to get your name on the list. We are getting really close to tour now and it is not a good thing to start out on the road without a full cook roster.

Don't make me beg.

david

Play

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New galleries

Two new galleries to look at today. One by Paul R. and one by Rod R. (no relation). Lots of good stuff there so enjoy!

These galleries have been inspected and are guaranteed 100 percent uniform free.

Fitting

Photo by Lisa P.
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Contras

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Drill camp photos posted

Photo by Lisa P.
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Lisa has sent in a whole bunch of photos from drill camp in Sterling. (There's a link to her gallery in the right sidebar or click here.) Rod promises to post all his, and I've had other offers to send me photos on disk. Bring 'em on!

(At this rate, you guys don't need me to take pictures anymore.)

Thanks to everyone!
David

UPDATE: Some pictures in the gallery were removed pending an official announcement.

Lori's camp report

Lori has sent in the menu and her report from camp. Now let's hear from the rest of you!

Drill Camp Menu

Friday Snack

Nachos w/cheese

Saturday Breakfast

French toast

Sausage patties

Cereal

Saturday lunch

Pulled pork sandwich

Au gratin Potatoes

Green beans

Tropical fruit

Saturday supper

Beef stew

biscuits

lettuce salad
Cookies

Saturday snack

Sub sandwich

Chips

Must Goes

Sunday breakfast

Scrabbled eggs

Bagels

Cereal

Sunday Lunch

Ravioli

Rolls

Corn

Veggies and Dip

The Report:

The Colts worked through a whole lot of drill pages. I think I heard some of them same over 40 pages.

They also had the chance to see the new uniform style. There is still a few changes on the uniform to be done.

It was a great camp and the kids seemed to be ready to take on the new season.

Cook crew had a pretty light work schedule due the lack of proper equipment.

Sewing crew worked on sizing uniform pants, mini flags, practice flags, and such

Jean Scott was working on the show flags

Building crew worked on storage cases for the steel drums and other projects.

With the free time the volunteers had they managed to have a quick game of volleyball. (what fun and no one passed out or had to be taken to the hospital..........)

I'm sure you will get many more responses to how great the camp went.

LOTS of FUN had by all.

Take Care,

Lori

Send me a camp report, please

Hey, since we couldn't make it to drill camp, you all need to send me your own camp reports so I can post. I have the weekend schedule (thanks Mike) and am posting that, but you guys need to give me menus and other details.

Sterling Camp Schedule 2007
Friday

8:00 PM Move in equipment
• Semi will be parked at building 3
• Musical equipment to indoor field in building 1 (main building)
• Food to building 3 concession stand
• Personal items to multi-purpose room in main building (building 1)
• Uniform fitting & sewing will be in building 3

**Field marking crew- start marking field w/blue painting tape on indoor field- full field.

8:30 PM REGISTRATION (in main building near multi-purpose room).

9:30 PM Visual in main building indoor field

11:30 PM Snack (in building 3)

12:30 AM Lights out

• Sleeping area in multi-purpose room
• Staff upstairs room above multi-purpose room
• Volunteers—anywhere in building 1

Saturday
8:00 AM Wake/eat (Please roll up your sleeping bags and place with your stuff along one wall of room)

9:00 AM Cals- Indoor field

9:45 AM Sectionals

12:00 Lunch

1:00 PM Sectionals

2:00 PM Visual- indoor field

5:00 PM Dinner- building 3

6:00 PM Meeting for everyone- indoor field

6:30 PM Visual

10:00 PM Snack in building 3
11:00 PM Lights out

Sunday

8:00 AM Wake/eat (Roll up bags and move as much of your personal belongings to your vehicles as possible. If you did not drive just place belongings against wall).

9:00 AM Cals.- indoor field

9:45 AM Sectionals- indoor field

10:45 AM Visual

11:30 AM March and play

12:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM Visual ensemble on indoor field

2:45 PM Final run through of show

3:00 PM Final meetings, announcements

3:15 PM – 4:00 PM Clean, pack, load

Next rehearsal is April 27-29 in Dubuque. Debut weekend!

It's Time to Step Up

Exactly 2 months from today, the Colts will be on the first day of their summer tour. The feeding of your sons and daughters will then be in the hands of cooks that donate their time and energy. These cooks will prepare and serve 160 meals - four times a day. They also must wash the dishes, take care of the garbage, go grocery shopping, restock the shelves, and be a nurse.

The cooks do all of this for the kids - your kids. To properly feed and care for them, it takes a Head Cook and at least 4 additional cooks. David posted the updated cooks calendar earlier this week. Take some time to review the calendar and see when we do not have the necessary number of cooks. Then match the dates when we have our cook shortages to the times you can go on tour and care for the kids. Our schedule takes us out east twice; down south twice; and throughout the midwest. In other words, we'll be in your neighborhood.

If you are reading this post, I know you support (and care deeply) about the kids. Not sure if you can handle the cooking? Then we can use you to drive the vans that the cooks sleep in. Either way you win! You get to spend time with the best kids in Drum Corps. Please "STEP UP" and put your support into action by volunteering to be a cook or a driver. Contact me at colts.cooks@comcast.net and let's provide the support the kids deserve.

Bill

Camp is coming

Camp is coming. Camp is coming. Camp is coming....

New cook calendar

The latest version of the 2007 cook calendar was posted this afternoon. Click on the link in the right sidebar to download it to your computer.
David

Still here

The Virtual Cooktruck crew is still on the job. Only there's not much to say with camp being cancelled and me being in Philadelphia for a week. And there's other stuff. Pilates is in Ireland at the moment. Then there's family stuff, dogs, and oh, the job. Gotta go do that job thing.

I got an email about drill camp this morning. That helped. If you didn't get it, then you're not on the mailing list and better contact colts@colts.org and get that seen about.

Hurry up and be camp time again, please.

David

Virtual camp

Well, since real camp has been cancelled this weekend, why don't we have Virtual Camp?

Whenever you're bored from being snowed in and decide to visit the Virtual Cooktruck, why not leave a comment saying what you WOULD BE doing if you were at camp.

Cooks can say what they would be cooking. Drummers could say what they would be doing. The guard could say they'd be at Fulton freezing. Brass would be in horn arc. And everyone would be doing something incredible in vis block.

The snowed-in cooktruck staff

(I'm not really snowed in. I'm in Philadelphia, where it was in the 50s today and sunny. Don't hate me. And I didn't wish for snow so everybody else would have to miss camp since I was missing camp. I promise. -- David)

Go look at colts.org RIGHT NOW

There's IMPORTANT camp information there. Like there's NO CAMP THIS WEEKEND.

Check colts.org for details.

This is why it is SO IMPORTANT that you check colts.org (not here) for the latest camp info.

(As Greg says, it's the first inconvenience of 2007. Go Colts!)

David

Kicks

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Direct

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Huh?

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Drum room

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Pit get together

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New stuff

New stuff added tonight.

There's a new version of the summer cook calendar posted. (Still plenty of room for you to sign up. Download it, print it out, and bring it to camp with you so Bill can sign you up for the correct week. Do it now so you don't forget!)

And there's a new gallery of February camp pictures taken by Rod R. Thanks Rod! (Rod will be the chief photographer during March camp in Dubuque. Here's to good shooting!)

Thanks,
david

Impact point

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Direction

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Rehearsal

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Full speed in February

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Contra action

Photo by David S.
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February pictures (finally) posted

A gallery of pictures from February camp has now been uploaded. Click here or on the link in the right sidebar.

Camp recap posted at colts.org

A camp recap (and a link to a weekend video by Nic) is posted at colts.org.
Enjoy

Revised cook calendar

Bill sent me a revised cook calendar today, so the new one can be downloaded by clicking on the link in the right sidebar.

The calendar is coming along but there are still major holes to be filled before tour. (And did you realize that there's just three more camps before Memorial Day weekend and the actual start of tour?)

Please look at the calendar and start making your plans to join us on tour. Don't miss any of the fun!

February camp schedule

Friday, Feb. 9
10 p.m. Unload equipment/registration
10:45 p.m. Full meeting in cafeteria
11 p.m Rehearsal – Brass main gym, guard multipurpose room, percussion music rooms, pit cafeteria. Parents meeting in woodshop
12 Snack
1 a.m. Lights out

Saturday, Feb. 10
8:30 a.m. Wake/eat
9:30 Brass/percussion stretch in main gym; guard leave for Fulton Elementary
10:15 Brass vis in main gym, percussion music rooms, front ensemble in cafeteria
1 p.m. Lunch for brass/percussion
1:15 Guard lunch at Fulton
2 Board meeting at Colts Center
2 Brass in multipurpose room, percussion vis in main gym, pit in cafeteria
5:30 Dinner for brass/percussion, guard leave for dinner
5:45 Guard dinner; full staff meeting in band room
6:30 Full corps meeting in gym
7 Guard depart for rehearsal, percussion in music rooms, brass main gym, pit cafeteria
11 Snack
12 Lights out

Sunday, Feb. 11
7:30 a.m. Wake/eat
8:30 Brass/percussion stretch in main gym, guard in multipurpose room
9:15 Guard main gym, brass multipurpose room, percussion music rooms, pit cafeteria
11:15 Percussion lunch
11:30 Brass lunch
11:45 Guard lunch
12:15 p.m. Percussion in main gym
12:30 Brass/percussion ensemble in main gym
12:45 Guard in multipurpose room
2 p.m. Performance
3 Meeting in main gym
3:15 Clean/pack/load
4 Dismissed

Feb camp menu

Friday

Snack
Corn dogs

Saturday

Breakfast
Waffles
Sausage patties
Cereal

Lunch
Butt chops
Tater tots
Cottage cheese
Veggies and dip

Dinner
Chicken casserole
Peas & carrots
Lettuce salad
Cake

Snack
Pizza
Mustgoes

Sunday

Breakfast
Egg bake
Coffee cake
Cereal

Lunch
Ham
Scalloped potatoes
Corn
Dinner roll
Fruit cup

Thanks everyone!

The menu, the schedule, and pictures will be posted this week, but first things first.

Thanks to everyone who helped out at February camp this weekend. Especially Jody G. and Lori and Barry in the kitchen and their great crew who kept everyone fed. (ummmmm, butt chops at last.)

Dave and Tom and Jim and everyone else who helped out with the projects at the center. Lauren and Sue P. on uniforms. Luba and the rest of the volunteers for check-in. Penny and Polly and Pat and everyone with souvie flags. And all the people I'm leaving out who did the thousands of little things that have to get done every camp and seldom get acknowledged. Like the Peter and everyone else who drove the guard. Like all the board members who met Saturday. Everyone who makes sure the syrup bottles stay full at breakfast. And especially the guys who carry out trash and wipe tables and clean up spills without ever having to be asked.

We couldn't do this for the kids without each one of you. So, thanks to EVERYONE.

Camp today

Camp starts at 10 p.m. today. And the word is don't arrive early, just this once.
Details at colts.org.

Cymbals

Photo by David S.
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Volunteer projects for February

There was a comment the other day wondering what the volunteer projects for February camp might be (thanks Penny).

Here they are:
Prepare, cook, serve and clean up food for the members;

Uniform fitting;

Sewing flags;

Complete the painting at Colts Center (unisex bathroom, entry way-if warm enough, back hallway, ceiling in selling area);

Finishing touches at Colts Center (trim in Jeff's office, threshhold to main office, etc.);

Build rolling cabinet cases for steel drums (need construction types who are good with power tools and enjoy a challenge).

Looks like there'll be lots for everyone to do, so bring your work clothes and pitch in!

Notes on February camp at colts.org

There's info on February camp (no location, yet) at colts.org. Note that camp doesn't start until 10 p.m. for this camp with rehearsal at 11 p.m., and we've been asked not to arrive before 9:30.

Here's an exerpt from this morning's informational email.

As with every weekend, parents are encouraged and needed to give us a hand in the kitchen and on projects. Volunteers make the Colts successful, and it is the best way for you to learn about our program, meet the people and find out what it's all about.

We will prepare and serve 1000 meals this weekend, and 50,000 during the summer, all with parental help. Look over the summer schedule and plan to give us a hand as you can. Thank you! We need you!

Horns

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Paperwork

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High brass

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Line up

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On Your Toes

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New gallery!

More pictures from January camp -- these by Rod R. Click here to go to the gallery, or you can always access it from the link at right.

Enjoy, and thanks Rod! Glad you escaped the chores at the Colts Center and got to take some fantastic pictures!

The Staff

In time

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Revised cook calendar available

A new 2007 Cook Calendar is available by clicking here or the link in the LINKS section at right.

Some great cooks have been added to the list, but we still have plenty of space for more! Please contact Bill at colts.cooks@comcast.net to reserve your spot on tour.

We really need everyone's help this year to cover a challenging tour schedule. Please sign up, even if you can only help for a day of two. Every helping hand counts when you're feeding the Colts!

Thanks.

PB&J

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V Team

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Contra power

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Ibe in the news

Here's a picture of Ibe Sodawalla at Band Fest in Pasadena, Calif., -- part of the Tournament of Roses celebration -- with a band from Wisconsin. Ibe was the arranger for the band's field show. Ibe got a nice mention in the Green Bay Press-Gazette coverage of the band's trip.

The photo is from the Press-Gazette. Here's the original caption from the newspaper's slideshow of the band trip: Band director Tom Busch and music arranger Ibe Sodawalla watch as the band practices in preparation for Band Fest and the Rose Bowl Parade. Photo by Jennifer Koss, Pulaski High School teacher/yearbook adviser

Go Ibe!

(Thanks to Chris Tanner for pointing out the article and photo and suggesting we link to it from the cooktruck. If you know of someone in the Colts family [even you] who has been featured in the news, please point it out to us and we'll link to the story if it's possible.)

Across The Floor

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Full ensemble

A brief note from the Colts' January camp and a slideshow are also up at dci.org today.


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Spin

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Take my picture

A gallery of photos from January camp are up. Click on the link in the right sidebar to see them.


Photo by David S.
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Weather-shortened camp

Camp was dismissed at 10 a.m. today to allow everyone to get on the road and at least a good way toward home before dark. Hope travel went smoothly for everyone. Leave a comment and let everyone know how your trip went, if you'd like.

Thanks to everyone who helped over the weekend. Much good work, by members and volunteers, was packed into a short time. A highlight for me was ensemble on Saturday night. Incredible music and musicians.

Here's the weekend schedule and menu. Pictures will follow later this week.

January Camp Schedule

Friday

7:30 Check in
9 Full corps meeting in gym
9:30 Sectionals
9:45 Parents meeting in wood shop
11:30 Snack
12:30 Lights out

Saturday

8 Wake/eat, full staff meeting
9 Brass/percussion stretch in main gym
9:30 Guard leave for Fulton Elementary rehearsal; brass rehearsal lower gym; snares/cymbal marching in main gym; bass/tenors in music wing; pit in cafeteria
12:30 Lunch – brass and pit
12:45 Lunch – percussion; guard lunch at Fulton
1:30 Individual brass auditions; trumpets/mellos marching in gym; baritones/contra in multipurpose room; percussion in music wing; pit in cafeteria
2 Board meeting at Colts Center
3:30 Individual brass auditions; baritones/contras marching in gym; trumpets/mello lower gym
5:30 Dinner; guard leave Fulton
5:45 Guard dinner; staff meeting
6:30 Full corps meeting in main gym
7 Guard departs for rehearsal; individual auditions; percussion sectionals in music wing; brass main gym
9:30 Ensemble
10:45 Guard leave Fulton for Washington school
11:15 Snack
12:15 Lights out – men in main gym; ladies in lower gym

Sunday

8 Wake/eat
9 Meeting in main gym
9:15 Clean/pack/load
10 Dismissed

January camp menu

Friday snack
Chicken nuggets
Chips

Saturday breakfast
French toast
Bacon
Cereal

Saturday lunch
Brats or hot dogs
Pasta salad
Baked beans
Tropical fruit

Saturday dinner
Fish sandwiches
Scalloped potato
Green beans
Brownies

Saturday snack
Tacos
Mustgoes
Jell-o

Sunday breakfast
Egg wraps
Cinnamon rolls
Cereal

Camp is on

Hi,
Camp is on (see the notice from colts.org below), and we made it to Dubuque. (Thanks to the Super 8 for the internet access....) See the note from the Colts staff on what to do if the weather changes your travel plans at the last minute.
See you at Washington Middle School.
David


Camp Is On As Scheduled
January 12, 2007
Colts Staff This weekend's audition camp to be held at Washington Middle School in Dubuque will continue as scheduled. Some areas of the country south and west of Dubuque are facing a winter storm that is making travel difficult. However, many camp attendees are not as affected by the storm so we plan to proceed for those who can make it to Dubuque.

If you are traveling in an area where travel is difficult, and you do not feel safe traveling, please make the safest decision for you and your traveling party. If you were sceduled to be at camp and will not be attending for any reason, you must call the office with your change of plans to maintain your status in the 2007 Colts.

Jeff MacFarlane will be organizing the check in of camp attendees. If you were planning to DRIVE to Dubuque, and you will not be able to make it, call Jeff on his cell phone: 563.599.8553. If you are traveling to Dubuque by AIR, and your flight times change, call Vicki on her cell phone: 563.564.9016 once you have a confirmed arrival time at your destination airport.

Travel safe! We look forward to seeing many of you in Dubuque tonight.

Camp today!

Volunteers should make sure they read colts.org to see the range of projects on the agenda for the weekend. Sounds like some major shifting going on at the Colts Center. And there'll be lots of kids to cook for and sewing to be done.

Also, Vicki says to watch the weather carefully in your area and plan accordingly. Remember to communicate any last-minute changes in your weekend plans to colts@colts.org

See you this weekend. The Virtual Cooktruck Crew.


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Cooks

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Camp is at Washington Middle School

The location for January camp has been posted at colts.org. It's Washington Middle School. (The easy to find one, not the hard to find one.)

Remember to check there not here before leaving for camp on Friday for last minute changes or instructions.

Volunteers

Photo by David S.
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E-mail from England

Instead of a picture today, we bring you an e-mail from our favorite English age-out of last year:

Hey David, just wanted to say how awesome we look this year- of course I say 'we' in the loose sense as I am now classed as practically old aged!!! I forgot just how much I miss everyone until I saw all the camp pictures just now. Could you tell everyone just how much I miss them and that I love them all. Tell them to keep up the hard work as summer is over soon enough but totally worth the energy! I'm hoping to get out sometime in the summer to see the show. Well, i'll have to keep it short and sweet as I'm at work but please keep in touch.

Hope to see you soon,

Love Charlotte- the english chick x

Latest cook calendar posted

You'll get the today's update to the cook calendar if you click on the link in the right sidebar.

David

Guard

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Stuff

There's a link to the cook's calendar in the 'Links' area in the right sidebar. I'll try to keep the latest version linked to that so you get the most current one when you click on it. I'll try to say something when we've posted an updated calendar, but I know already that won't happen. Just know that you're getting the latest version if you click on the link.

And I posted a picture tonight. I'm going to try to be better about that this week, but with the way things have been going, who knows? I find it very odd that I've learned most of what I know about working with/on the internet and blogs from running the Virtual Cooktruck for three years, and now I'm doing more and more of that at my real job, which means I have less time to do this. Hmmmmmm.

David

Brass

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Cook calendar pdf

Click here to have a pdf copy of the summer cooks' calendar downloaded to your desktop. We're trying to get it formatted so you can view it online, but for now, download and pick your week!
Thanks,
Cooktruck/Volunteer staff

Drummers

Photo by David S.
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January camp info posted

Information for the January audition/rehearsal camp has been posted at colts.org. Or click here to go directly to the information page.

Don't forget. While you're at colts.org, be sure to RSVP for January camp. It makes planning easier and saves you money.

Merry Christmas, Colts!

Photo by David S.
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I hope you all got what you wanted for Christmas. Or, if you didn't get it, I hope it comes right after January camp.

The Colts Virtual Cooktruck Staff

David and Jody S., Bill, Rod, Jody G., Jim J., and Olaf

December camp video posted

There's a nice December camp posting over at colts.org -- which mentions a new camp video. Click here to see it.

David

Outside in December

You either have to love or hate the weather in Iowa. I do.

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December camp gallery

Pictures from last weekend's December audition camp are up. There's a December camp link under Photo Galleries in the right sidebar or click here to go directly to the first page.

There's also a mini-gallery of Colts December camp up today at dci.org. Look under the December audition camp briefs item.

David

Great camp!

Camp was fantastic with a big turnout of prospective Colts, great weather, and many old and new volunteer friends. I'll get to a more complete report and lots of thank you notes as soon as I can. But for now, here a picture from Sunday's premiere performance of the 2007 Colts, camp menus, and a weekend schedule to tide you over.

P.S. If you missed Sunday's performance, you missed a chance to hear this year's Colts play Freebird! and to see Gramma Mary leading the crazy volunteers in a real bleacher boogie!


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Menu

Friday snack
Nachos
Peanut butter and jelly


Saturday breakfast
Pancakes
Sausage patties
Cereal
Peanut butter and jelly

Saturday lunch
Lettuce salad
Chicken breast
Mashed potatoes and gravy
Pudding cups
Peanut butter and jelly

Saturday dinner
Ravioli
Garlic bread
Corn
Peaches
Peanut butter and jelly

Saturday snack
Grilled cheese sandwich
Bowl of soup
Peanut butter and jelly

Sunday breakfast
Egg bake
Fresh fruit
Cereal
Peanut butter and jelly

Sunday lunch
Hamburgers
French fries
Green beans
Cakes
Peanut butter and jelly


Schedule
Friday, December 15, 2006
7:30 p.m. Registration begins; unload equipment and food
9 p.m. Full corps meeting in cafeteria
9:30 p.m. Rehearsal
Brass – cafeteria
Guard – multi-purpose room
Percussion – band room #163
Pit – hallway
10 p.m. Parents meeting
11:30 p.m. Snack; staff meeting
12:30 a.m. Lights out

Saturday, December 16, 2006
8 a.m. Wake/eat
8:15 a.m. Full staff meeting
9 a.m. All stretch in gym
9:45 a.m. Sections
10:45 a.m. Individual brass auditions begin
11:15 a.m. Snare visual in gym; bass/tenor/cymbal sectionals
12:30 a.m. Lunch brass
12:45 a.m. Lunch guard
1 p.m. Lunch percussion
1:30 p.m. High brass visual far gym; guard main gym; low brass cafeteria and individual auditions; percussion band room; front ensemble in hallway
3:30 p.m. Low brass visual far gym; high brass cafeteria and individual auditions
5:30 p.m. Dinner brass
5:45 p.m. Dinner guard and staff
6 p.m. Dinner percussion
6:15 p.m. Staff meeting
6:30 p.m. Full corps meeting in cafeteria
7 p.m. Guard (flags only) main gym; weapons auditions bus to Fulton Elementary; percussion sectionals; brass in cafeteria and auditions; pit in hallway
10:30 p.m. Bus departs Fulton with weapons
11 p.m. Snack
Midnight Lights out

Sunday, December 16, 2006
7:30 Wake/eat
8 a.m. Full staff meeting
8:30 a.m. Stretch
9:15 a.m. Guard multi-purpose room; brass cafeteria; percussion music wing; pit hallway
11:15 a.m. Lunch brass
11:30 a.m. Lunch guard
11:45 a.m. Lunch percussion; move personal items to cars during lunch as much as possible
12:30 p.m. Percussion music wing; guard main gym; brass cafeteria
1:30 p.m. Pit begin move to gym
2 p.m. Dog and Pony performance
3:15 p.m. Clean/pack/load. Those with long drives may leave at this time. Travel safely!
4 p.m. Dismissed

It's audition camp day!

And I'm not ashamed to admit that I, for one, am really pumped.

I could go on and on, but most of you know how excited I am -- and I'm figuring many of you are too -- so on to business.

REMEMBER TO CHECK colts.org before leaving home. There may be last-minute information posted there that you need to see. DON'T CHECK HERE. We're leaving home mid-afternoon, so updates will not be here. They'll be at colts.org. So check there. That's what we'll be doing.

David

Where are we today?

At Camp (Randall)


Photo by David S.
Click HERE to open a full-size image in a new window.

More camp info at colts.org

There's some important camp check-in information on this page at colts.org. The new visual book is there too. Prospective members should print that out and bring it with them to camp.

David

Cooking, painting, etc.

Hi Colts volunteers!

Get ready for a big weekend as the Colts kick off 2007 on Friday with their first audition camp. (Go to colts.org for times and location and a map.)

As volunteers, we've got lots of jobs to cover this weekend. First priority is about 2000 meals to be cooked to feed all the great prospective Colts. (Nearly 300 had signed up by Monday.) You don't have to be a cook to cook. We need people to portion, serve, wash dishes, carry out trash, and clean tables too. Trust me, you have the skills to do this. Let us help you find YOUR spot with the Colts.

In addition to meals, we're also planning to paint the corps hall this weekend, so bring work clothes that you don't mind getting a little (or a lot of) paint on. Also, bring any tools you might have -- brushes, rollers, paint trays, drop cloths, etc. -- you think might help out.

Parents of first-time Colts: Please come to see what this crazy thing called drum corps is all about. If you don't, you'll miss a chance to share at least a small part of what could be a peak experience for your son or daughter. If you're not there, you won't really get what they're talking about when they come home excited, exhausted, and energized -- all at the same time. Don't miss this. As the corps says: No regrets.

If you do decide to come, please meet and talk to as many volunteers as you can. They are your best source of information about what drum corps will mean to you and your son or daughter.

And as long as you are here, you might as well pitch in and help. Wash a dish. Paint a wall. Stick on a Band-Aid. Make a new friend. All you really need to do to help is show up and say, "What can I do?"

See you at the parent/volunteer meeting Friday night at 10.

Thanks,
David and the rest of the Colts Volunteer Team

Slightly revised look

Some of you may notice that the Virtual Cooktruck is now sporting a slightly revised look. (Or maybe not. Or you may not care...)
Anyway. We are in the process of migrating to the new, improved (?) Blogger and some small changes may show up as we do.
Please let me know if features stop working or don't work the way you would like them to.
I'm trying to get ready for 2007 before it really starts getting busy.

thanks,
david

2007 Galleries now open for business

Photos from the 2007 Colts kickoff meeting are up for viewing. Click on the "2007" link in the right sidebar. Come on up next weekend and help us start filling up the new gallery list.

david

Banquet photos posted

I've posted a selection of photos from this year's Colts banquet. Click on "2006" in the right sidebar and look at the bottom of the list for the banquet link.

david

Also, some people have said they are having trouble finding an email address to contact me. Send to speer.david (at) gmail.com. Thanks.

Camp details posted at colts.org

Details for December camp are posted at colts.org. Click on this post's title to go to the details page.
david

Colts 2007 Show Announced

The Colts 2007 show announcement is on their home page.

To get the inside information, go to Colts.org or follow this link: http://www.colts.org/news/news.cfm?news_id=147