Roadies Give "Pole-ished" Performance in Season's Final Halftime Show

Posted October 25

In case you missed the half-time extravaganza at Tuesday night's LHS playoff game, a few Roadies put on a show that won't soon be forgotten (unlike the football game which I think we'd all like to forget).

Well, the scheming all started Monday morning after Mr. Carlson made the decision to do a horn arc instead of the full show. That sent the wheels turning about how we could use the power poles somehow in the show. So we went ahead and hauled them to HWF and figured we'd figure something out (had to bring the truck and uniform trailer anyway). So we assembled a few poles,

grabbed a few roadies, conceived a brilliant drill on the sandy patch underneath the spruce trees, and...

To the surprise of Mr. C and most of the band, eight Roadies (Scott Feltis, Angie Digatono, Tom Reed, Robert Schlup, Dean Versteeg, Tim Dykstra, Chuck Stanga, and Jeff Goddard) drug Power Poles out onto the field while the band was playing and performed our show. We not only included the opening Standard "V", but also transversed into the difficult Inverted "V", executed a perfect goal line race, Circled-the-Wagons, spun off into a full company front, maintained nearly perfect synchronization in pulling out our cell phones during the 'dead' time, knocked the poles over and converted the lights to 'Flashing' mode after the 22 count delay (a crowd pleaser), and then trumped the stands as the band left the track.

Undoubtedly the highlight of the show was that Tom Reed screwed a large plastic owl to the top cross-bar of his power pole. Several kids in the horn arc noticed it as we walked in and they turned around and got quite a laugh out of it.

While we were on the field doing our show, Jeff actually called Neil (who was in Fargo and unfortunately, or thankfully?, couldn't be there to enjoy the festivities). His response says it all: "You're doing what? There is now no doubt, you have absolutely lost your mind!" .... yup. Well said.

All-in-all it was a very fun and entertaining way to end the season, but I'm not sure we've seen the end of the power poles yet!

Season Wraps Up With Chicken Dinners and Indoor Concerts

Posted October 30

The 2007 Lincoln Marching Band season ended on high notes with the two-day festivities at the annual Chicken Dinners and Indoor Concerts held at Lincoln High School.

The dinner-goers were treated to the traditional chicken dinner meal.

The band performed the entire show, as well as "Go Daddy Go", Gonna Fly Now", and "School Days", as well as "On The Mall" and "America South".

Click here for pictures from the Indoor Concerts and Chicken Dinner.

Pats Win! Pats Win! Pats Win!

Posted October 21
The Lincoln band capped their 2007 competitive season with a sweepstakes win at Quad States in the DakotaDome in Vermillion on Saturday, October 20^th. The Patriots scored a 91.2, and swept the caption awards en-route to the victory. And the band finished off the day with a parking lot horn arc of America South (sans drum line).

The day started out cool and crisp at the USF field, where the marchers clearly showed the rust of the weather-related week-long layoff. But by the end of the rehearsal, the sound and lines were better, and the group raced off after 9 to load at Lincoln.

After a delay getting the buses together on I-229 (and a quick attachment of the trailer lights on bus 1) the trip went smoothly to Vermillion, and was punctuated by a white bus flattening a sign in the parking lot. It was a gorgeous fall day on campus, despite the band and volunteers nearly eaten alive by the Asian beetles and little black gnats during warm ups.

The Roadies had a record number of helpers (7 individuals moved the sign alone) and most of the day went well. The height of the Dome doors allowed the props to be assembled outside and tipped slightly to be brought in. However, two poles collided and one top piece had to be repaired Yankton performed. The top piece was taped and reattached just prior to taking the field.

We were a little rough on junior Roadies – Dan K’s foot run over by the flatbed on the way out, and another’s leg run into in the endzone.

Kudos to the pit for a quick load up after the USF performance, and after the show at USD. And then they had to unload their trailers at LHS when we returned to practice for the indoor show.

A shout out goes to the tuba section for loading their own horns on the truck at USF. At Lincoln they took them all off the truck and to the band shed, only to find out they were to stay on the truck for the Tuesday football game. So they reloaded themselves. We appreciate you efforts kids – now you know what we feel like sometimes …

When all was said and done and the parking lot was nearly empty … there sat 2 mellaphones (or baritone), 2 bass drums and 2 snares and the majority of the practice stands for the drum line. Enough said.