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

New cook calendar

There's a new summer tour calendar for kitchen truck workers posted this morning. Bill signed up a lot of new people at the second March camp, so the schedule is looking good at this point. Click here to download a copy.

We are still short on some weeks, though, so you need to get in touch with Bill at colts.cooks@comcast.net and get your name on the list. Don't miss out on helping with the corps this summer. Do it today.

The biggest needs right now are a head cook for one week of tour and kitchen help for a couple of weeks in cornfield. Oh, and we don't have anyone for the Preseason Workshop, May 19-22. With the brass section participating this year vs. "visiting", we need 3-4 workers for Wednesday-Friday of the week before Memorial Day camp.


Thanks! See you on the road in about 60 days.

March camp 2 Menu

March camp, March 27-29

Friday, March 27
Meal 4
Chicken Nuggets
Fries

Saturday, March 28
Meal 1
French toast
Bacon
Cereal
Apples

Meal 2
Cheeseburger pita
Pasta salad
Baked beans
Fresh veggies

Meal 3
Turkey
Stuffing
Mashed potatoes and gravy
Corn

Meal 4
Breaded pork sandwiches
Mexican rice
Brownies

Sunday, March 29
Meal 1
Waffles
Hash browns
Blueberry muffins

Meal 2
Sack lunch
Ham sandwich
Granola bar
Chips

March camp 2 Schedule

March camp, March 27-29
Jefferson Middle School
Schedule
Friday, March 27
9 p.m. Registration
(or ASAP) Unload equipment and food
9:45 Full meeting in cafeteria
10 Rehearsals
10:15 Parents meeting in room across from cafeteria
10:30 New brass members marching with vis staff in aux gym
11:30 Snack – please wear your name tag
12:30 Lights out – men in main gym; ladies in aux gym

Saturday, March 28
8 Wake/eat
9 Brass stretch in main gym; guard stretch in aux gym
9 Volunteer meeting in cafeteria
9:30 Board meeting at Colts Center. All welcome to attend.
9:45 High brass rehearsal in band room; low brass vis in main gym; guard in aux gym
12:30 Lunch
1:30 High brass visual in main gym; low brass rehearsal in band room; guard in aux gym
4:15 Brass in main gym for vis (body movement)
5:30 Dinner
5:45 Full staff meeting in band room
6:30 Full corps meeting in gym
7:15 Brass rehearsal in main gym; guard rehearsal in aux gym
11 Snack
11:30 Staff meeting at Jeff MacFarlane’s
12 Lights out

Sunday, March 29
8 a.m. Wake and move sleeping bags, etc., to edge of gyms
8:15 Brass stretch in main gym; guard stretch in aux gym
8:45 Breakfast/showers
9:45 Guard in aux gym; brass in main gym
1 p.m. Dog & pony performance in main gym
2 Meeting in main gym
2:15 Clean and load equipment
3 Dismissal; pick up sack lunch in main hall as you depart. Parents too!

Brass camp today

Photo by Rod R

Brass camp today at Jefferson Middle School! Go over to colts.org for details. And make sure to check there (not here) before leaving home for last minute updates.

And there are new January and February camp photos from Rod R. Check the 2009 Gallery section in the right sidebar. Thanks Rod!

New cook calendar

The cook calendar is beginning to fill up, and thank you to all of you who have helped make that possible.

Now comes the hard part of Bill's year: filling out the weak spots.

Some weeks are already full, but there are still several that have only one or two cooks. So please download a copy of the schedule and figure out when your help is needed most. Brass parents can see Bill at camp this week, but that doesn't let guard and percussion parents off the hook. You can email him using the link in the right sidebar or directly at colts.cooks@comcast.net

Please consider giving some of your time to help feed the corps on tour this year. And bring a friend! You don't have to be a corps parent for your help to be needed and appreciated. We've had aunts and uncles, friends and neighbors. We still have lots of folks who give lots of time who don't have anyone marching this year.

Please help. We need you.

The Cooktruck Staff

March camp 1 Schedule

March camp, March 6-8
Jefferson Middle School
Schedule
Friday, March 6
9 p.m. Registration
(or ASAP) Unload equipment and food
9:45 Full meeting in cafeteria
10 Rehearsals
10:15 Parents meeting in woodshop (across from cafeteria)
10:30 New brass members marching with Bob Smith/wrestling gym
11:30 Snack – please wear your nametag
12:30 Lights out – men in main gym; ladies in aux gym
Saturday, March 7
8 Wake/eat
9 Brass and percussion stretch in main gym; guard load bus for Fulton Elem.
9:45 Rehearsal
10:30 Sectionals/individual auditions/vis in main gym
12:30 Lunch to Fulton for guard; brass lunch
12:45 Percussion lunch
1:30 High brass visual in main gym; low brass rehearsal in aux gym
1:45 Front ensemble in cafeteria; battery in music rooms
4:15 Brass in main gym for vis (body movement)
5:30 Pick up guard from Fulton; dinner for brass and front ensemble
5:45 Dinner for guard and battery percussion
6 Full staff meeting in band room
6:45 Full corps meeting in gym
7:15 Guard load bus for Fulton; battery vis in main gym; front ensemble in cafeteria; brass rehearsal in aux gym
10 Battery in music rooms
10:45 Pick up guard from Fulton
11 Snack
11:30 Caption head meeting at Colts Center
12 Lights out
1 a.m. Set clocks forward; daylight savings time begins!
Sunday, March 8
9 a.m. Wake and move sleeping bags, etc., to edge of gyms
9:15 Brass/percussion stretch in main gym; guard stretch in aux gym
9:30 Board meeting at Colts Center. All welcome to attend.
9:45 Breakfast/showers
10:45 Guard in main gym; brass in aux gym; battery in music rooms; front ensemble in cafeteria
12 Move front ensemble to main gym
12:15 Music ensemble in main gym; guard in aux gym
1 p.m. Dog & pony performance in main gym
2 Meeting in main gym
2:15 Clean and load equipment
3 Dismissal; pick up sack lunch in main hall as you depart. Parents too!

Volunteer. Do it now!

I'll be at camp this weekend waiting to hear from people that want to volunteer for the Cooktruck this summer. Or from people confirming their dates. Or from people that want to know, "How does this Cooktruck touring work?"

The new Cook Calendar 2009 is posted on the right under "Links". Take a look to see when we can use your help. I'm sure we're close to you at least once this summer - probably twice.

Can't be at camp? Not a problem, just an inconvenience. You can email me. I'm listed on the right under "Email us". Can't find that? Go to the Colts home page and check out the "Volunteer" tab. My address is listed right there in the second paragraph. Still can't find it? OK, here it is colts.cooks@comcast.net.

Looking forward to seeing lots of you this weekend and hearing more of the ballad.

Bill

February camp schedule

Friday
7:30 p.m. Register; unload
9 Full corps meeting in cafeteria
9:30 Rehearsal: brass in main gym; guard in aux gym; battery in music rooms; pit in cafeteria
10 Parents meeting
10:30 New brass players marching with Bob Smith (possibly in hall)
11:30 Snack – Wear your name tag
12:30 a.m. Lights out

Saturday
8 a.m. Wake/eat (move sleeping bags, luggage, etc., to outside edges of gyms)
9 Brass and percussion stretch/cals in main gym; guard load bus for Fulton
9:45 Brass rehearsal in aux gym; battery in music rooms; pit in cafeteria
10:30 Low brass vis in main gym; individual high and mid-voice auditions during sectionals/rehearsal
12:30 p.m. Lunch taken to Fulton for guard; brass lunch
12:45 Percussion lunch
1:45 Low brass individual auditions/sectionals; high and mid brass vis in gym; pit in cafeteria; battery in music rooms
4 Full brass in aux gym; snares and cymbals vis in main gym
5:30 Pick up guard at Fulton; brass and pit dinner
5:45 Guard and batter dinner
6 Full staff meeting
6:45 Full corps meeting in main gym
7:15 Guard load bus for Fulton; snares and cymbals in music rooms; basses and tenors vis in main gym; pit in cafeteria; brass in aux gym
8:45 Brass in main gym for vis (body movement)
10 Brass rehearsal in main gym
10:45 Pick up guard at Fulton
11 Snack
11:30 Caption head meeting at Colts Center
Midnight Lights out. Men in main gym; ladies in aux gym

Sunday
7:30 Wake and move stuff out of gym
7:40 Brass/perc stretch in main gym; guard stretch in aux gym
8:15 Breakfast (move personal items to cars or near main doors of gym)
9:15 Guard in main gym; brass in aux gym; battery in music rooms; pit in cafeteria
10:15 Move pit to main gym
10:30 Music ensemble in main gym; guard in aux gym
1 p.m. Performances in main gym
2 Meeting in main gym
2:15 Clean, pack, load
3 Dismissal (If you’re leaving building, pick up sack lunch as you go)