off and running

we started rehearsals on july 24 and finished three days of drill camp yesterday. it is very encouraging to see that the membership has retained a great deal of skills from last year. not just from the marching aspect but from all the work we did in the concert bands as well. so far we have put 17 sets on the field which is the entierty of sun dance (sans the intro). the design team did another great job and the transparencies concept is working well from visual and musical standpoints. we have a real guard instructor this year so that mess is finally cleaning up. however she lives in waco (40 miles away) so some things like flag design are still left to me. so for the first time ever i ordered custom flags from FJM. they are freaking sweet but freaking expensive and won't be here until the second week of september. oh well, we have the money.