Colts 2010 Day 5

 

Arrived Dewitt @ 12:30 this morning. Food drop this morning in the rain unfortunately. Rain has stopped for now and the temp is pretty nice.

 

Volunteers

Lori C Head Cook	Bill S	Carole B Leaves today
Doc r	Kathleen R	Lisa M Leaves today
Sharon O Leaves today

 

Schedule

8:45 Wake/Eat	6:30 Stretch
9:45 Stretch/Cals	6:35 Ensemble
10:30 Sectionals	8:45 Run Through
1:00 Meal 2	9:05 Dance Class
2:00 Visuals	10:30 Meal 4
5:00 Meal 3	11:30 Lights out
6:00 Warm up for Ensemble

 

Menu

Meal 1	Meal 3
Egg Casserole Fruit	Chicken Pot Pie
Meal 2	Meal 4
Ham Balls Mashed Potatoes Jack’s Salad	Biscuits and Gravy

 

Weather

Weather in Dewitt, Iowa

 

Dewitt IA

Colts 2010 Day 4

 

Last night for Ensemble they worked on the Pollock pieces. Rainout for Breakfast so they ate inside the school. Strange Schedule today with 2 Moves. At the end of it the kids will be in Dewitt.

 

Volunteers

Carole B Head Cook	Bill S	Lisa M
Sharon O	Connie C

 

Schedule

8:00 Wake/Eat	2:15 Meal 3
9:05 Stretch/Cals	3:20 Rehearsal Block
9:55 Rehearsal/Pit Load Truck	5:25 Rehearsal Block
11:00  Lunch	8:30 Meal 4
12:30  Load Luggage/leave Epworth	11:00 Leave Epworth
1:30 Arrive Epworth	12:30 Arrive Dewitt
	1:30 AM Lights out

 

Menu

Meal 1	Meal 3
Breakfast pizza Strawberries	Sack Lunch
Meal 2	Meal 4
Super Nachos	Colts Boosters are grilling Brats and Hotdogs!!!

 

Weather

Weather in Dewitt, Iowa

 

Dewitt IA

Colts 2010 Day 3

Bill Reports that they dodged the rain yesterday. Nice and cool today. It was fantastic to see the Full Ensemble under the lights last night. Reading a Colts Twitter Post it sounds like “Green” Rocks!!!

I put together a little map that covers the Colts Summer Travel - 7172 miles!!! And that is just the point to point  (as the crow flies) distance. Pretty impressive,

ASK - Pass along that there is a Phone number on the Cook truck Board that can be used to get information into this blog. Just send a text or Picture (MMS) with the info they want posted and their name/Instrument.

 

Volunteers

Carole B Head Cook	Bill S	Lisa M
Sharon O	Connie C

 

Schedule

8:00 Wake/Eat	6:15 Warm-up for Ensemble
9:05 Stretch/Cals	6:45 Ensemble
10:00 Sectionals	9:45 Dance
12:30 Lunch	11:00 Snack
1:40 Visuals in The Rock Bowl	Midnight Lights out
5:10 Dinner

 

Menu

Meal 1	Meal 3
Southwestern Eggs Link Sausage Banana	Chicken Mozzarella & Spaghetti Lettuce Salad
Meal 2	Meal 4
BBQ Pork Sandwich Au Gratin Potatoes Lettuce Cauliflower Surprise Salad Orange	Must Goes Rhubarb Crisp

 

Weather

 Weather in Dubuque, Iowa

 

Where are the Colts headed?

Dewitt IA

DeWitt is a city in Clinton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 5,049 at the 2000 census. DeWitt was named after DeWitt Clinton (1769–1828), an early American politician who served as United States Senator and 7th Governor of New York.

Dubuque IA

Colt 2010 Day 2 Dubuque

 

Last night Meal 4 was rained out and the kids had to take it inside. We also wanted to mention that the Sweet rolls the kids are having for Breakfast today and yesterday were donated by a Colts Alum From Dubuque. Special Thanks for that!!!

 

Awesome Volunteers today (sorry for the mix up yesterday) :

Carole B Head Cook	Connie C
Bill S	Lisa M
Sharon O

 

Schedule for today

8:00 Wake/Eat	5:10 Dinner
9:00 Stretch/Cals	6:15 Warm-up for Ensemble
10:00 Sectionals	6:45 Ensemble
12:30 Lunch	9:45 Dance
1:40 Visuals	11:00 Snack
	Midnight Lights out

Menus

Meal 1	Meal 3
Ham Cheese and Egg Biscuits Sweet Rolls Mandarin Oranges	Maid Rites Corn Noodle Cassorole
Meal 2	Meal 4
Lasagna Lettuce Salad	Breaddeaux Pizza

Weather

Weather in Dubuque, Iowa

Dubuque IA

Colt 2010 Day 1 Dubuque June 1

 

The parade went off wonderfully yesterday and everything went well with the move yesterday. The Colts are housing at Loras College for the first time and the campus is beautiful. A perfect place to kick off the season.

 

Schedule for today

7:30 Wake	2:00 Visual
7:40 Stretch/Cals	5:10 Meal 3
8:30 Meal 1	6:20 Sections or Visual (TBD)
9:40 Visual	9:00 Movement Class
12:50 Meal 2	11:00 Meal 4
	12:00 Lights out

Awesome Volunteers today:

Corole B Head Cook

Bill S

Todd C

Lisa M

Menus

Meal 1	Meal 3
Bacon Strawberry Yogurt Apples or Banana Breakfast Rolls	Fish and Cheese Sandwich Pea Salad Hash Browns
Meal 2	Meal 4
BBQ Chicken Breast Pasta Alfredo Lettuce Salad	Western Chicken pizza Relish Tray Fruit Salad

Weather

Weather in Dubuque, Iowa

Dubuque IA

Beautiful Day

It's a beautiful day in Iowa - sunny and warm. Cooktruck is in full swing as we clean up from breakfast. There are a lot of local members graduating from high school today!

Two birthdays today: Brianna and Jason.

Today's menu:

Breakfast
Pancakes
Sausage
Apples

Lunch

Burgers
Fries
Corn

Dinner

Chicken breast
Mashed potato/gravy
Peas/carrots
Fruit

Snack

Pulled pork BBQ
Cheese & broccoli rice

Today's schedule (short version):

8:00 wake/eat
9:45 visual
1:00/1:30 lunch
Visual/sectionals
5:00 dinner
6:30 Full ensemble
9:00 sectionals
10:30 load
11:15 snack

First Dinner

We're serving the first dinner from the truck! It was cooked inside, but the truck is far enough along for serving. The cooktruck looks great with new exterior paint and new dry erase boards.

Tonight's menu:

Ham
Green Bean Cassarole
Scalloped Potatoes
Lettuce Salad

It was a warm, sunny day - good for rehearsal!

6:00 AM Food Drop!

Welcome to summer. Have we ever received a food drop this early?

Re-updated cook calendar

The very latest cooks calendar is now posted. Please check the schedule and contact Bill at colts.cooks@comcast.net with questions or if you can help during any of few the light times that remain. 'Looking forward to seeing everyone this weekend!!! Rod

Updated cook calendar

The latest cooks calendar is now posted. Please check the schedule and contact Bill at colts.cooks@comcast.net with questions or if you can help during any of the light times. Summer is upon us!!!!

See everyone this weekend!!!
Rod

Today is Monday, May 24; It's Percussion pre-season workshop

Welcome to the start of the 2010 tour.

The percussion workshop is at St. Clement's Parish in Epworth, IA - just west of Dubuque on Hwy. 20. Click here for weather.

Joshua, Lindy, Rod and myself will try to keep up with all that is happening. Our intent is to have daily updates during tour starting next week. We have lots to do to get up to speed so be gentle to us.

Here is a task for each of you to do - now that you've found the Virtual Cooktruck, share the site with parents and families of first year Colts that you've befriended.

Latest Cooks Calendar

The latest cooks calendar is now posted. We still need your help June 13 - June 22 during the cornfield tour, as well as July 31 - August 7. Please contact Bill at colts.cooks@comcast.net if you can help during these times; the corps needs you!

Thanks!
Rod

Pictures

My pictures from the debut camp and performance are posted on the Colts Smugmug Photo Site and on my Facebook page. Enjoy!

Rod

Updated cooks calendar

Bill just emailed me the very latest cooks calendar that is dated 04/23/2010. Access it by clicking the link at the right.

Travel safe everyone - see you later tonight at camp!!

Rod

Debut camp this weekend

One of the best camps is coming this weekend. The Spring Debut at 2:00 on Sunday in Senior HS gym is one you don't want to miss.

Unfortunately, I'll be missing it as I won't be at camp this weekend. That means that if you have any updates for touring this summer you will need to email me at colt.cooks@comcast.net.

We have the most need during the second, third and beginning of the fourth weeks. Also, the first 10 days of August are a little light.

An updated Cook Calendar 2010 is on the right listed under Links.

Updated cooks calendar

A new cooks calendar is posted on the right. If you haven't contacted Bill about being on tour, please do so! It's the experience of a lifetime! Remember, if cooking isn't your thing, we need van drivers too!

If you have already contacted Bill about tour, thank you! Please verify your dates on the calendar. If your name is magenta, you must contact Bill to confirm your dates, and he will change your status to DEFINITE.

Bill's email address is colts.cooks@comcast.net.

Thanks!
Rod

March camp photos

I've posted a few photos from the 2nd March camp. Check them out on the Colts Smugmug Photo Site. Or for you Facebook users, you are probably already tagging away! Enjoy!

Rod

Great weather for camp

It looks like we will be having great weather (for late March in Iowa) for this weekend's camp. Maybe we'll even get outdoors. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone this weekend.

A new calendar is posted on the right. If you haven't contacted me about being on tour, see what dates will fit your schedule. A large, green "F" means we have a full complement of cooking help. But, if there is not two drivers listed we still have availability for van driver(s).

If you have contacted me about tour, check out your dates on the calendar. If your name is magenta, contact me to insure that I have the dates correct and I can change your status to DEFINITE. Your name in black means that you are already "DEFINITE" for those dates.

My email address is colts.cooks@comcast.net.

Colt Cadets on DC-eye

A picture of two Colt Cadets is on DC-eye at this link http://www.dci.org/news/view.cfm?news_id=d820a982-d9e0-44bb-a9a5-a7579f2b334a. Plus, I heard the tall gentleman is a bari player.

Oh, one other thing - an updated cooks calendar is available by selecting "Cook Calendar 2010" under Links on the right.

Let me know when you can tour by emailing me at colts.cooks@comcast.net.

Camp Weekend

Camp weekend is finally here. And to help celebrate, Rod has posted my newest calendar for me. I look forward to see many of you.

I expect to have further updates this weekend and we'll get it posted next week.

Travel safe.