New Season Begins As Streaks Come To An End


Posted September 16
The first competition of the 2007 season saw Lincoln take third place at the Eastview Marching Festival on September 15. Two streaks came to an end, as the Patriot lost a competition for the first time since October of 2004 at Quad States. In addition, for the first time in seven years, the drum line did not take their caption honors.

Most who saw the show felt it was a good one, but this was a reminder that there are very good bands in the Twin Cities area, and to beat them on their own turf is very difficult. Several fans indicated that LHS faced very stiff competition, as was evidenced by their nearly 3-point loss to Rosemont. The Patriots trailed Irondale by two.

The evening was eventful for the Roadies, though nothing of major consequence happened. The pole props were challenged to make the 6 block hike to the stadium by zig-zagging between trees and light poles. We had our warm-up area for the pit moved on us three times in a ten-minute span. Thanks to the inattention of some pit members, the trap set cart slammed into the entrance gate to the field. Dean V had to push his ATV to the end zone after unhooking the pit when the engine shut off in gear. And at the end of the load-up, we were unable to lock the pit trailer as someone had walked off with the paddle lock.

Click here to see more pictures from Eastview Be sure to click on "view as a slide show".

Patriots Perform 2nd Halftime Show


Posted September 16
On a cool night for football the Patriot Marching Band kept the crowd warm with their second perfomance of the season. The halftime show was their dress rehearsal for their first competiton of the season in Apple Valley the next day.

The band entertained the fired up crowd, which was enjoying a 40-0 halftime score enroute to a 40-2 victory over Rapid City Central. Click here to see pictures from the first two halftime shows.

New Trailer Delivered In Time For First Trip


Posted September 16
The Roadie Motor Pool expanded again this past week as the third 22-foot enclosed trailer was delivered, just in time for the trip to Eastview. Dean Versteeg received the call mid-week that the trailer was ready, only to have possession delayed by a day as a problem with the lights was corrected. The trailer was purchased by the Band Parents Association from Dressen Custom Trailers in Dell Rapids, where the previous four have come from.

Jeff Goddard began installing the tie-down materials on Friday morning, and was completed at Howard Wood during the game by Tom Reed and Chris Pearson. A shelf unit was moved from the uniform trailer, and the loading plan for both pit trailers was worked out Friday afternoon by Jeff and Neil Krohse. The trailer will be lettered in the coming weeks

New Prop Unveiled September 14th


Posted September 14
The Friday night halftime performance featured a new prop added to the show. The new piece was completed after 11 pm on Thursday night, and the band was given a look at their Friday morning rehearsal.

The new piece, a set of power switches was unveiled at the halftime performance at the Lincoln vs Rapid City Central football game.

Mr Carlson came down to MES and gave a big thumbs up on the prop. The addition is another part of Kevin Carlson's vision for the "Wired" show.

So if you missed it, the power switch prop will take the field at Apple Valley on Saturday the 15th of September, or will be in the show at Marshall on September 22nd..

More Pictures!


Posted September 11th
The Roadies have the good fortune of having a wonderful amateur photographer in their midst. Again this year, Sha Langenfeld is taking pictures galore, and has consented to share her pictures on the website. Over the past few days, over 50 of her photos have been added to the files for at left entitled Sept. Football Games, Presidents Bowl and Family Night.

Even if you have looked at some of the pictures before, you will want to take the time to see the pictures submitted by Roadies Jon Sogn and Neil Krohse, in addition to Sha's pictures. There are over 450 images to date, starting with the first day of Spat Camp! Be sure to click "View As a Slideshow" and sit back and enjoy.

First Halftime Performance A Hit


Posted September 8
On a perfect night for football and marching band, the Lincoln Patriot Marching Band debuted their 2007 show "Wired" for the general public. Veteran band fans rated the show as one of the best opening-night performances ever.

Following the Patriettes on the field, the props and pit were set before the band took over. The poles proved to be easy to set and line up, and no one witnessed a pole-vs-marcher collision.

The show is progressing well, and the new body work added to the opener during the past week fit in well with the show.

There are bugs to keep working on (as in when to start) but over all the band fared much better than the football team, who fell to the Warriors 24-7.

Bandparents Purchase The White Truck


Posted September 6
The Lincoln Band has purchased the cleverly named "White Truck" from Jay Hardy at M.E.S. Companies it was announced.The White Truck now officially turns the Roadie Transport Services into a Motor Pool. The Ford cube van now joins the soon to be delivered third 22' enclosed trailer, the two aluminum flatbeds, and the 22' pit trailer and the 22' uniform trailer in the Roadie Motor Pool.

After generously donating the use of the truck to the band for the past seven seasons, Jay Hardy offered to sell the truck to the band in recent weeks. As before, the truck will be used to haul horns and the drum line instruments, and will likely two one of the three enclosed trailers.

Presidents Bowl


Posted September 2nd
The fans couldn't have asked for a nicer evening to sit in the (seemingly traditional) visitor stands at the 16th annual Presidents Bowl at Howard Wood Field.

The evening again featured the three combined bands performance of the National Anthem, followed by the Lincoln vs Roosevelt football game.

The game was highlighted by arial fireworks at halftime, and the RHS football fireworks in the second half as the Riders stretched a 13-0 halftime lead into a 41-0 drubbing of the Patriots.

Band Practices With Props on September First


Posted September 1st
The band had the first opportunity to dodge, or rather, practice with the Power Pole Props at the rehearsal on Saturday, September 1st. Despite concerns with the size of the bases and the proximity of the band passing by, only one musician was witnessed tripping over the base, and none hit the ground. The units all stood steady in the 15-20 mph breeze blowing in off the freeway Saturday morning. Pictures from Saturday and evening rehearsals can be seen by clicking here.

Roadies gathered assemble the nine units for the first time and place them on the field. Thanks to the group that put them together: Dan and Jennifer Basche, Dave Ulmer, Dave Meyer, Sha Langenfeld, Eric Knutson, Angie Digatono, Dean Gesch Dean Versteeg, Neil Krohse and Jeff Goddard. See the Roadies in action by clicking here.

Power Pole Prop Construction Completed


Posted August 31st
The construction of the "Wired" power pole props was completed at MES on Thursday August 30th. The poles will likely be placed on the practice field at the Saturday, September 1 rehearsal.

Volunteers contributed over 130 man-hours in the construction of the 9 units. Over 68 feet of steel was cut and welded into each base. The pole upright features three 4-foot tubes and a 6-foot header. Each pole unit is be assembled just prior to taking the field.

Thanks to those that contributed to the project: Dean Versteeg, Tim & Janice Dykstra, Jim & Kristie Fitzgerald, Greg Waters, Jon Sogn, Dave Ulmer, Eric Knutson, Jeff Goddard and former bandparents Jim McAdaragh, John Laflin, Tom Reed, Neil Krohse and Jay Hardy. Thanks go to tuba playing 2005 grad Tony Reed who welded the majority of the bases. Special thanks Jay Hardy at M.E.S. for opening the doors to his facility for the construction of the units.

Band Joins Senator Johnson Welcome Home

Posted August 29th
Tuesday August 28th the Lincoln Band joined in the celebration at the Sioux Falls Convention Center at the Welcome Home Party for Senator Tim Johnson. Due to the rain, there was hardly anybody standing around to hear the band. The kids, in their band shirts rather than uniforms, did get to move inside afterwards.

As a Roadie, the event was a test of patience to say the least. Only four pit kids showed up on time to unload the trailers, so they barely got set up in time.

The "fun" began after the performance. In attempting to get the pit trailer some stupid %&!@#?*$! parked in the 1/2 remaining space right in front of the trailer AND another one parked between the bus and the trailer! This is why they don't allow guns at political events.

Never ones to back down from a challenge without a fight, Dean and Jeff tried to manually move the trailer out of its parking place. First, they hooked a chain up hoping to pull it out and just let the block slide along the pavement. Of course, the jack simply slid off the block. Then Dean grabbed a 2x4 and tried to pry up the end while Jeff pushed it. But they couldn't steer. Finally, they tried to use the small floor jack to lift the tongue and roll it out. But the wheels of the jack were too small and got stuck in the little cracks in the asphalt (it was the ass'-fault). The tongue again slid off the jack, and they were back to square one.

They were standing there when the lady finally came out to her car (nearly the last one to leave). "Oh, you want me to move that?" YA THINK??? This caused approximately a two-hour delay getting out and back to LHS. When the (insert your own derogatory adjective here) finally showed up and moved her car, the tongue was sitting so low that Jeff had to jump up and down on the bumper of Dean's Yukon(do-it) as Dean eased back under the hitch.
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