Updates

Happy July Everyone!! We have had a great season so far. I know I speak for everyone in the Corps when I say
I wish to thank Rick Connor and Linda, Bill and Jeanne Finnigan, and Ann and Jim Hughes for their hospitality and
warmth and delicious food at their respective cookouts. Our reputation for being “the corps that never missed
a meal” is intact.

We are having a rehearsal this Sunday, July 20^th, at the Malden Catholic Field on Crystal Street from 11a-2:30p.
This is very important as it is the last one before our Lawrence shows. If you cannot make it please let Jack or
your instructor/section captain know where you’re at. The weather is supposed to be VERY HOT! So please dress
accordingly; hats, sunglasses, cool clothing. And since I left part of my arm on the Mass. General cutting room floor,
maybe some sunscreen. (just a personal suggestion)

Jack is working with the powers-that-be at Malden Catholic for two dates in August to have the field to
ready ourselves for Rochester . Jack or I will let you know those dates as soon as he hears from them.

We will all wear our dress uniforms for the two Lawrence shows, DCA on Saturday, July 26^th, and DCI on Thursday, July 31^st.

For the color guard this consists of black velvet pants, red and black tunic top, black gloves, black shoes and socks.

For the horn and drum line, we will wear black tuxedo pants, black uniform shirt, white cross strap, silver buckle, red
and white citation cord, red cummerbund with drop, WHITE gloves, black shoes and socks, and shako with white plume.
Jim Gillett can assist with the uniform parts if you do not have all the pieces. Richie Carlevale has white gloves.

We will all need to be in our parking lot near the Veterans Memorial Stadium dressed and ready to go at 8:15p to
get down to the gate. These are the directions to Lawrence and the parking lot. It is the same parking lot for
East Coast Classic on the 31^st so take note.

Take Exit 44a – Rte. 495 toward Lawrence (north or south depending on which way you are coming)

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Below is the info again on Rochester and Plymouth . Please take note of the money amounts as they are
different for each hotel. Payment is made to Jim

Once again, we will be staying at the Marriott Airport Hotel, 1890 W. Ridge Road , Rochester , NY . Telephone: 588-225-6880.

Rochester last year. The room rate is $141.36 per night, which includes the tax. Room monies are payable to Jim Gillett.

I WILL HAVE A COPY OF THE ROOMING LIST FOR ROCHESTER WITH ME ON SUNDAY, THE 20^TH, AND WILL ASK PEOPLE TO
VERIFY THAT IT IS CORRECT.

IF FOR SOME REASON YOU CANNOT MAKE DCA, LET ME KNOW SO I WILL NOT BE WAITING FOR DETAILS ABOUT A ROOM FOR YOU.

This is the lineup for the Alumni Spectacular in Rochester on Sunday, August 31^st.

(This is in alphabetical order, not the order of appearance. Jack will find that out as the time is near. )

Forty-five (45) rooms have been reserved at the Plymouth Radisson. These will be first come, first served. If you want a room in Plymouth
you have to tell me, I won’t assume because you went last year that you want a room this year. Room rate is $132.74 per night (min. 2 nights).

Last but not least, we have another anecdote from the memory banks of Art Kellerman. He writes:

One of the more humorous episodes that I can recall in the honorable history of our Corps was the time I witnessed Max, with a great
deal of effort and trepidation, get into Dianne’s pants. Now, lest one get the wrong impression, let me explain.

We were getting dressed, prior to an indoor show in Harrisburg , Pennsylvania . I was sharing a room with Max, and I was caught slightly
by surprise when I heard him uttering a battery of curse words as he was putting on his uniform. It was rare for Max to lose his temper,
and it seemed out of character for him. At this time Dianne was in the Light Brigade and they wore black tuxedo pants, just as we did.
Max had grabbed the wrong pair of pants to put in his suitcase. He had no other choice than to “make them fit.” Somehow, he got them on,
and rumor has it he had no trouble hitting the high notes that night. Also, one might say he got into the record books wearing a uniform
that was one-half Crusader and one-half Light Brigade.

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^{If you have anything that you would like me
to publish in this newsletter, please let me know.}

If you have new contact information (work number, home number, new address, or email address),
please keep me informed so that you can be contacted with up- to-date corps information. I
truly am working on a new roster and was hoping to get it out this week but this newsletter has
taken me all day…. Sigh…but it is coming soon, you better believe it.

If you are not getting emails from me, please see me at rehearsal or call me at the phone
numbers below. If you want to be contacted by fax, please give me the number. If you need
to be contacted by phone, please see ^{your
section representative.

Nancy Swiniarski, Secretary}

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Finally

For everyone to know our routine for 2008 after discussing it with our instructors goes as follows:

Giant (as a warm-up)
El Capitian
drum solo into I Walk with God
Ole
Masquerade
drum solo
into California Dreaming into Conquest (with a few little things to be added)

So that is our routine for 2008, go over all your music. It takes all of us to work together to have
fun and be the best we can be. It is up to all of us. What we put into it, is what we will get out of it.
Keep up the good work.

Thanks,

Your fearless leader. Jack