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Posted August 26
The band has hit the point of the season where spat camp is done, and school is started. But the first football game halftime is coming and you wonder, what have Jeff and the Roadies been up to? Plenty.
The band has hit the point of the season where spat camp is done, and school is started. But the first football game halftime is coming and you wonder, what have Jeff and the Roadies been up to? Plenty.
You probably heard there are no props in the show this season, and that is easily the biggest omission from the Roadies preseason agenda. But many projects have been undertaken behind the scenes. There have been several work nights at MES, with space and time graciously donated by long-time band supporter and former bandparent Jay Hardy.
The most recent Roadie event had them, at Howard Wood Field tagging horn cases before the annual Roadie meeting.
The Roadies equipment and projects included: building a new PA cart for the massive sound system, they built and painted a cart for the bells, built a new mini low rider (not quite done yet), repainted the shark cage, put a new wheel on the low rider and repainted it, put a new wheel on the mallekat cart, added mallet bag hooks, and repainted it, added wheels to the gong stand and painted it, repainted the bass drum stand (new wheels are on order), and modified the wheels/dollies for the big sign and repainted them.
That sounds like a lot, and it is. But it's not all. In one evening recently they also replaced the backs and seats of 75 chairs in the band room, assembled 50 new music stands,
attached the registration and insurance papers on all 5 trailers, swept out the Uniform Trailer (and boy did it need it!), staged and loaded the trailers for the trip to HWF several times, got the sign down, assembled it, then loaded it into the Uniform Trailer, marked and verified the keys and locks on all the trailers, and repaired some interior trim in the Uniform Trailer.
attached the registration and insurance papers on all 5 trailers, swept out the Uniform Trailer (and boy did it need it!), staged and loaded the trailers for the trip to HWF several times, got the sign down, assembled it, then loaded it into the Uniform Trailer, marked and verified the keys and locks on all the trailers, and repaired some interior trim in the Uniform Trailer.
A new drum major platform is the newest piece of equipment for the group to figure the logistics of on and off field transport.
So even though the Roadies haven't taken the field officially for 2008, the group has been very active. You can see the Roadies at work by clicking here
