I'm Going Back to Indiana

This weekend marks the end of the Junior drum corps season with the DCI Championships again being held in Indianapolis. This activity has been a part of my life from some of my earliest memories. I can still remember hearing the announcement in 7th grade @ East High School that the Erie Mavericks were looking for new members. They were the pinnacle of the annual Erie Zoo Parade. I spent six incredible years as the organization grew and we actually started to be noticed on a National level.

Then, still surprising my own determination, I drove across the country in hopes of becoming a Madison Scout. How lucky I was to be a part of that organization at that defining point in the drum corps activity. The people I marched with and who taught me, are now some of the cornerstones in DCI. College took me other places, but I have come back to these roots many times. As an instructor, a writer and now in the judging world. The passion for what happens on that football field is still amazing to me. 

I am so excited to journey down to Indy for the 40th anniversary championships. And also honored that so many of them in the past have played out with me being a part of them as well. I am traveling down with another old Erie Maverick and I am sure we will have hours of those "old days" to talk about. I was so very lucky to jump in during those formative years. I was there.