Beautiful Texas Weather

Did anyone else get the e-mail from the Crossmen? The one where they talked about getting to work outside in the beautiful south Texas weather? 100 degrees on Saturday? Sheesh! I can see drum corps kids thinking, "Who do I want to march with... The Crossmen in their 100 degree Texas weather, or Phantom Regiment, up in cool Illinois." I guess Texas kids are used to it. And once on the road, the rest of the summer would be pretty easy in comparison!

Go Bones! My dad sponsored them and he's apparently getting his name posted in one of the bus windows. I'll have to get a pic when they're in town this summer.

Here's today's cool shirt. See them all at www.cafepress.com/big_johns and www.cafepress.com/marchit.

Drum Corps Instruments

Last week I e-mailed DCI asking why drum corps instruments - bugles - are silver and not brass-colored. Someone once told me that the sound quality of the silver instruments is brighter than the brass-colored ones. But if that were true, why do no professional musicians use silver horns? I didn't get an answer from DCI, so I e-mailed Michael Boo. He didn't know, either. So he posted the question on http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/. A couple of people answered. The most logical reason being that in the old days, the instruments were made out of nickel. They were more durable and could withstand years of outdoor use - as opposed to the brass instruments where the lacquer would peel off after a couple of seasons.

Anyway. Here is today's cool shirt. It's one of my best sellers. Great for marching bands and drum corps. You're not wrong. The field is lined wrong!

Go Crossmen! Go Bones!

Winter Guard Shows in Atanta

I've always wondered why Atlanta, which has the best DCI regional and the best BOA regional, doesn't have any WGI show. Sure, I think Pope High School has a little guard show, but that's it. Why nothing big? Atlanta's such a great location - central for the entire southeast, and it has tons of terriffice venues that can be used as a show site.

Hmm.

Anyway, here's today's great shirt. Get it? Find it at http://www.cafepress.com/marchit or at http://www.cafepress.com/big_johns

New Cool Shirt

Hey!

Howzit Hanging? It's March. Not too long before the warm weather hits. Where are your bands going for spring trips? And what about drum corps camps? Just like six weeks before everyone has to move in. Cool!

Hey - you know I live in just about the hottest band area in the world! Lassiter High School is like 2 miles from my house. Kennesaw Mountain is maybe 10. Walton High School is just down the road. And we have the best BOA Regional Championship here at the Georgia Dome!

Here's today's great marching band shirt. Lots of people love this one. You can see it and lots more at http://www.cafepress.com/marchit and http://www.cafepress.com/big_johns

GO Bones!

Go Crossmen!

Cool Marching Band and Drum Corps T-shirts

Hey.

A shout out to all you Crossmen out there! I'm an alum. GBO BONES!!

I wanted to show off my T-shirt of the week or whatever. I've got lots of cool stuff at CafePress. My links are www.cafepress.com/marcht and www.cafepress.com/big_johns. That underscore is really important because someone else has BigJohns, but I don't know anything about that.

Hey, here's a picture of one of my best sellers.

Check out the rest of my stuff. Cool shirts and stuff for drum corps, marching bands and color guards.

Cool stuff in Atlanta

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