Unedited version Posted September 30
The Lincoln Band made the 400 mile trip to Blue Springs over the weekend and brought home Runners-up honors. After taking first in the 6A not prelims in the afternoon, the band finished second to Blue Valley West. The drum line took second in the drumline competiton, and Lincoln's Caleb Berdahl took "fastest hands" honors.
Long trips tend to bring out some of the more interesting events of the season. This year was no different. For instance …
- A color guard 'lost' her rifle, claiming some little kid was playing with it and took it (one version heard). Roadie Kimberly Smith went on a fairly detailed search for it and even borrowed one to use from the host band. It was eventually found... in the girl's flag bag.
- Pit kid Austin L. was changing in the pit trailer and received a nice gash (by any Roadie standards) on his foot. We’re sure how he did it, but there was glass all over the parking lot and lots of kids running around barefoot. Surprisingly there was only 1 foot cut.
- After arriving in KC, one of the Tuba players asked Mr. Carlson where the tubas were. Bob's reply, "Where did you load it?" "We put them in the White Truck Friday night." Mr Carlson: "Everybody was told to make sure you load your own instrument under the bus because the White Truck wasn't going." "Oh," was the tuba players reply. Of course Jeff and the Roadies had loaded them under the buses. And it was extra difficult because they were the last things loaded." Mental note: load tubas and drums first when putting them under the buses.
- Drummer Adam A. somehow got a full cup of hot coffee spilled on his lap at breakfast Sunday morning. He let out quite a holler and it had to hurt like heck, given the area of the injury. Several Roadies witnessed the event, one commenting, "looks like a chaperone problem to me."
- Yes, for a second week in a row, we loaded drumline equipment... and I know Mr Carlson confronted them about it last week. It didn’t get through to them.
- The coup-de-gras, when all was said and done
Sunday night and the buses and kids were all gone, one suitcase that was left lying in the parking lot had a tag on it that read "E. M. - Chaperone!!!"
See photos by Eric Knutson, Jon Sogn, and Sha Langenfeld.
