Cook Calendar Available

I finally got my act together and got the 2010 cook calendar posted. Sorry for the delay. Take a look at when you can tour and email me at colts.cooks@comcast.net.

Ya got to do it - it's fun!

February Camp Photos

Photos from the February camp are posted on the Colts Smugmug site. They are viewable on my Facebook account as well.

Enjoy!

Rod

January Camp Photos

Photos from the January camp are posted on the Colts Smugmug site. They are viewable on my Facebook account as well.

Enjoy!

Rod

DCI Color Guard at US Army All-American Bowl

Tomorrow's U.S. Army All-American Bowl will feature at halftime, an
all star marching band with a 24-member, all DCI color guard. Click here for the full DCI story.

Included in the guard are two Colts and two Colt Cadets!

Colts - Danyelle Lynn of Dubuque, IA
Colts - Amber Nieman of Delhi, IA
CCadets - Anika Ehlers of Maquoketa, IA
CCadets - Taylor Dreessens of Cuba City, WI

Click here for all the member profiles.

The game will be shown on NBC, but the game w/ the halftime show is
supposed to be shown online at http://www.allamericangames.tv/

Spring Break Photo Winner

Check it out!! Our own Jackie Paschang earned first place in DCI's Spring Break Photo Contest! Click here for her winning picture and the story! She went to great heights to get this one!

December Camp Photos

Photos from the December camp are posted on the Colts Smugmug site. I will post them soon on my Facebook account as well.

May the joy of this season be with you all!!!

See you in January!

Rod

Banquet soon

You should have received banquet information in the mail by now. If you haven't, there's still time. Go to colts.org to get the scoop.

Colts Bari Line at DC-Eye

Colts baritones on DC-eye

(Thanks Bill and Scott L for pointing this out!)

All-DCI Colorguard Selections Announced

Two Colts and two Cadet colorguard members are selected to the 2010 All-DCI Color Guard. They will perform as part of the halftime show for the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas on Jan. 9 at the Alamodome.

Take a look here.

Colt Cadets make DC-Eye

Take a look here.

Photo galleries

Thanks to Lisa P for sending links to her Facebook photo galleries. Links to them are in the right sidebar. Yes, I'm still working on mine....

Ageout Ceremony

Colts alumni set to welcome new Age Outs.

Today is Friday, Aug. 7; It's Semifinals Day

Today's Schedule
?? Wake and Breakfast
8:15 Stretch
8:30 Visual
9:30 Sectionals
10:30 Ensemble
11:40 Run
12:00 Eat/Shower/Load
1:40 Travel to Stadium
3:40 Warm-up
5:40 Walk
5:50 Gate
6:08 Perform
11:15 Age-Out Ceremony
12:00 Depart for School

Lots of Colts friends and supporters have arrived in Bloomington and Indianapolis, and it's great to see everyone! Colt Cadets are here too, of course, and performed in semi-finals this morning. Yesterday was a warm, mostly sunny day which was great for rehearsing. There was a nice crowd watching the rehearsal while I was there. Lucas Oil Stadium is huge and high. The weather for the performance was perfect, because they kept the stadium roof closed. Colts had a nice show, and from the nosebleed section the drill looked spot-on (the whole visual program did, actually). While the audience was appreciative of the early corps performing, the Colts were the first corps with a noticeable following.

I understand that the age-outs played "Morning" to wake the corps this morning. That would have been an awesome way to wake up! It's sunny and 73 today; another great day for rehearsing.

GO RED TEAM!

Today is Wednesday, Aug. 5; it's I and E day

We are in Bloomington, IN

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Today's Menu
Meal 1
Bagels with cream cheese
Cinnamon oatmeal
Massive fruit salad

Meal 2
Chicken nuggets
Ranch fries
Carrots and celery
Fresh fruit including donated watermelon

Meal 3
Pulled pork
Broccoli pasta
Alfredo pasta
Baked beans
Fruit

Meal 4
Ravioli
Garlic bread
Donated 'buckeye' dessert

Today's Schedule
7:30 Wake/eat
8:30 Stretch and depart for I&E
9 Sectionals
12 Meal 2
12:45 Vis
3:45 Meal 3
4:45 Warmup
5:45 Ensemble
7:10 Colts runthrough
7:30 Colt Cadets perform
8 Sectionals
8:30 Staff leave for Hall of Fame
9 Vis
9:45 Meal 4
10:15 Staff leave for ?
11:45 Lights out


Today's Cooks
Diane H, head cook
Olaf N
Lorrie Mc
John G
Cathy B
Kathy H and Ed E leave today (Thanks guys!)
Lisa M, Lori C, Judy G, Bill S, Luba S, Rod R, Peggy F arrive today

Amy W drives


Today's News
Happy Birthday, Katie G!

For those who don't know, I&E is the individual and ensemble competition at finals each year. Individuals and groups from the Colts practice a piece on their own all season and compete with individuals and groups from all the other corps - Open and World Class. Includes horn players, percussionists, and guard.

It was foggy early and now it's cloudy, but dry. Great!

Food drop put away - with the help of Jim J, who has been dropping in off and on since the corps arrived.

Lots of new faces today on the volunteer crew. A big thanks to Diane H and her crew who took over for the trip from PA to IN!

As always, check colts.org for the latest official word on tour news, housing sites, mail drops, or other corps information.

And

There are new photos up today at the Colts photo site on smugmug. Take a look.

It's Finals Week

Hi fans!

It's finals week. So posts on the Virtual Cooktruck are going to be erratic this week at best. :) (Although Jim J's done a good job posting from the road today in Bloomington. Yay Jim!)

Everyone's on the road to or from somewhere. Internet connections are few and far between. So there'll be something here as the week goes along but who knows what that might be. The usual diet of schedules, menus, maps, and weather reports changes finals week.

Here's the weather link for Bloomington

Thanks for following along all season. And a special thanks to all the cooks, head cooks, volunteers, drivers, etc. who took time out of their busy day on the road to call me or Bill or Rod or Jim or Jody or whoever and give the daily reports. Our sixth year at this. Who would have believed it?

So good luck to the Colts who are doing I&E tomorrow. And lots of us will be there to cheer the corps on as they compete. Join us.

Go Red Team!

White Board

I remember cleaning this board on day 1 of tour and posting a photo with some comment about it being that clean at the end of tour. Well, we've made it to the last tour stop, and the board looks like it's had a long, rough summer!

Colts arrive @ finals housing!

Good morning Colts fans!

The Red Team has arrived at the housing site in Bloomington! Now they just have to park!

Photo taken and posted by Jim J. (Thanks Jim!)

Today is Monday, Aug. 3; it's a rehearsal day

We are in Johnstown, PA

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Today's Menu
Meal 1
Pancakes (Cinnamon or plain)
Sausage
Peaches, bananas, or oranges

Meal 2
Grilled or breaded chicken
Penne pasta
Peas and carrots
Garlic bread

Meal 3
Ham
Scalloped potatoes
Lettuce salad
Cottage cheese
Grapes
Donated peanut butter candies

Meal 4
Mustgoes
Donated Klondike bars

Today's Schedule
9:30 Wake/eat
10:30 Stretch
11 Vis
2 Meal 2
3 Sectionals
6 Meal 3
7 Re-warm
7:15 Ensemble
8:15 Run-through
9 Eat/pack/load
10:30 Depart for Indiana


Today's Cooks
Diane H, head cook
Olaf N
Kathy H
Ed E

Amy W drives


Today's News
The corps was greeted with "beautiful, cool weather" on their arrival this morning. "And no rain!" Diane H said.

Thanks for all the great donations over the past few days and everyone who has pitched in to help on the run from the East Coast back to the Midwest. The corps is looking to be back in Indiana to get ready for finals.

Go Red Team.


As always, check colts.org for the latest official word on tour news, housing sites, mail drops, or other corps information.

Today is Sunday, Aug. 2; it's a show day

We're in Clifton, NJ

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Meal 1
Biscuits and gravy
Muffins
Oranges (donated)

Meal 2
Spaghetti and meatballs
Salad
Frozen grapes (donated)

Meal 3
Salisbury steak
Mashed potatoes and gravy
Green beans
Peaches (donated)

Meal 4
Sandwiches for trip to show
(cheese, turkey, ham, pbj)
Banana (donated)

Meal 5 (yes, meal 5)
Pizza

(didn't get a schedule today. New head cook was a bit short of time)

Today's Cooks
Diane H, head cook
Olaf
Kathy H
Ed E
Jack W and Lisa P leave
Heather B and Ray M help


Amy W drives


Today's News
Thanks a bunch to Jack W and his wonderful crew(s) for a great week on the east coast. You set them up well for the run back to the Midwest.

Thanks to Diane H for taking over as self-described "first-time, rookie head cook."

Thanks to everyone who has donated fruit and other fresh produce to keep the corps well supplied.

Thanks to the rain in New Jersey for stopping so the new crew didn't have to serve every meal in the rain today. And thanks to the school for having a sheltered area for brass rehearsal and serving when it was raining.

Diane H said "Alex's family" stopped by to help and that Tom H had been on the truck helping too. Thanks, guys. She also said, "It's good. We're doing great."

As always, check colts.org for the latest official word on tour news, housing sites, mail drops, or other corps information.