So, for the past three days we have been blessed with a series of large thunderstorms in northern Illinois. When you are outside for 13 hours a day, rain can become quite an issue!! When it isn't raining the wind blows at 35 mph. Its a little difficult to set drill when you can't hold on to the drill sheets. I felt really bad for the colorguard. Those folks were trying to clean flag work in that mess.
Anyhow, so we are in almost constant transition from inside to out, outside to in trying to get something accomplished in all of this mess. Before we played the first note in horn arc this morning the sky lit up with lightning. We just barely made it in to the cafeteria before the skies opened up. We spent the remainder of our brass rehearsal on fundamentals and the opener.
Now I am in the Regiment office at Rockford College making copies for the trumpet section. Our new trumpet teacher/assistant brass caption head is the trumpet professor at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville Alabama. You might know this college as the home of Spirit Drum and Bugle Corps, or the corps formerly known as the Spirit of Atlanta. Interestingly enough, the founder of that drum corps, Mr Freddy Martin, is our brass coordinator. Yes, I have many bosses! But I am so very lucky to work with some of the finest brass and music teachers in the country. I learn something everyday while I am teaching with these fine musicians. The Phantom Regiment Hornline is going to be something to witness this year, regardless of wherever we place at the end.
I can't wait for percussion and guard camp next week at Cordova! The show is gonna be a lot of fun to work on and even more fun to perform. Check our website to download your parts for the opener.
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