TOO BUSY ?

Jeezzzz... some of these days are just too busy to actually sit down and write more updates. I think I started this one about three times already. Sorry about that!

Saturday Atlanta was an absolutely fabulous day!!
I got to see ALL 23 World Class corps! ALL... yes I know... It's a long time ago when World Class/Division I/formerly Open Class counted so many corps that there was no way all of them could fit in a ONE DAY event! I am just hoping this activity will not lose any more corps.

As I wrote with the photo update on Kitty & Joury, it was a LONG day.
I got to the stadium very early. About 8AM. Helped out get the souvie tables installed (the trailer could not be taken inside the dome). Went on a mission to find stuff to put the Blue Devils banner up OVER the tables, so that everyone could see where BD was, instead of taping it to the front of the table.

Was able to take a shower in the Dome,... probably the nicest one thus far on tour!! Talked to some of the DCI officials and made my way to the CNN Center.
At the CNN Center you can get a $13 tour of the News complex.I didn't take the tour, but now I feel sorry I didn't. I am sure there will be another chance!

It would be GREAT taking JUBAL back here in Atlanta in 2011. Competing in the Dome would be another fantastic experience. In addition to that,... after free days in Chicago, New York City and Washington DC in 2002 and 2006, I think we should include some other cities in our upcoming tour. Atlanta would be a good stop on the tour. But then we have no idea where our 2011 tour will take us yet. That will all be decided later this year, and finalized at the DCI meeting in January.

At the CNN Center I ran into A.J., a Glassmen friend of Erik and Joury I met a couple of years ago. We had posted on Facebook back and forth that we would look each other up at the stadium... Haha... no need for that!

Had a good lunch at the food court inside the CNN Center, and obviously cruised through the different shops there. Bought some souvies. Oh.. I really felt like a tourist out there!

Back to the stadium for a full day of performances. Met up with all the other photographers. Some of them have been coming out just about as long as I have, and it's good to see them back every year.


Finally got to see Martjan actually PERFORM with Cascades!
In fact I saw all the Dutch members who are marching with DCI corps today. originally there were only 4 Dutch members in DCI corps this summer, but with the recent addition of my Jubal fellow members Joury & Kitty with Glassmen we're proud to have a total of 6 representatives of our Red, White & Blue.

Also in Cascades is Arnold Schut, enjoying his second year on cymbals with the corps.
Back in the Netherlands Anton is a member of Beatrix drum & bugle corps.



The Colts have Erwin de Jong in their Baritone section. Erwin marches with Con Spirito from Joure back home. He is one of the youngest Dutch members ever to join a DCI corps.


Danny Zuidhoek, member of Adest Music back home, is marching with the Blue Stars this summer. He plays the trumpet. The corps is having another great season. Their "Houdini" show is a hit. The crowd loves them!

The show in Murfreesboro the other night brought a lot of excitement along, having the top corps together for the first time. Today a much larger crowd got to enjoy the competition for the top spots.

All 8 corps that competed in Murfreesboro went up in scores except for Cavaliers, who scored the same 93.1 points both nights.

Phantom Regiment upset SCV by scoring a solid 1.5 more than the previous night and taking 6th place. The Cadets also went up an impressive 1.45 points over their Murfreesboro score!
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Our team is still well in front with a 1.9 point lead over a highly entertaining Bluecoats.

Here are the scores.

enjoy,

HK

1 Blue Devils 95.650
2 Bluecoats 93.750
3 The Cavaliers 93.100
4 Carolina Crown 92.550
5 The Cadets 91.450
6 Phantom Regiment 90.000
7 Santa Clara Vanguard 89.550
8 Blue Stars 88.900
9 Boston Crusaders 86.150
10 Blue Knights 85.750
11 Madison Scouts 85.550
12 Glassmen 84.300
13 The Academy 82.600
14 Colts 81.800
15 Troopers 81.600
16 Spirit 79.800
17 Crossmen 78.500
18 Pacific Crest 77.850
19 Teal Sound 75.850
20 Mandarins 75.150
21 Jersey Surf 72.350
22 Cascades 72.000
23 Pioneer 71.700