The TourPac |
Stays
Jackson, TN & Independence, MO
Performance
NAIA DI National Basketball Tournament - Kansas City
Educational & Historic Sites Visited
Pinson Mounds & Archeological Site
Shiloh National Battlefield & Museum
in Memphis, TN ~ Beale Street
W. C. Handy Home
Rock & Soul Museum
Sun Studios
Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum &
Home ~ Abilene, Kansas
in Kansas City, MO
18th & Vine Museums
(American Jazz Museum & Negro Leagues Baseball
Museum)
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art |
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Left: a good place
to start - reading one's TourPac Right: just about ready to put
wheels to pavement |
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Great Band Friends Cousin Kim & Miss Sheila come by to see us off |
Miss Kelly leads us in Departure Devos |
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Right:
so tickled to have the "Lobis" again traveling with us - Dick and
"The Queen" - Thanks & Thanks to these special Band
Friends
Scholar Diane
Head-Counter Extraordinaire |
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A hallmark of our Tiger Bands is the
internal leadership and personal accountability of the Band
Scholars.
For Grrr... Excursions - literally everyone has to pitch in and
help - however, some have special responsibilities and duties. To
see special photos of the 4J's and an Elf, the God Squad and the
R&LH - please click on the ...
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... so we arrive in Jackson, TN - and like
any good band should - warm-up, rehearse and play a bit
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to see a complete copy of the
TourPac for KC3 - 2007 - you may click on the ...
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... visiting sites of historic
importance or educational interest is another hallmark of our Grrr...
Excursions - it is hoped from these visits - the Band Scholars
shall always have memories to cherish for a lifetime [plus maybe
learn a few things along the way - smile]
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Shiloh
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... then we are off to Memphis - for some
quality time on Beale Street - starting with a visit to the home
of W. C. Handy and a fine tour led by Mrs. T
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Rock & Soul
Museum
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... then one of the most-interesting and
most-memorable stops ever on a Grrr... Excursion - our visit to
the historic Sun Studios - to see more photos from this
extraordinary site [and our great guide, David] please click on
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... we then get up "moderately"
early the next morning to roar to Kansas City to be with Hap & Co.
for their First Round game [I am convinced that within a few years
- the stories will have us leaving at 2A - a slight exaggeration]
Right: our spring home away
from home - the Hilton Garden Inn, Independence, MO
Along the way ...
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Okie-Dokie ... I think it is pretty
well documented that the game did not turn out either as we had
planner or hoped ... that said - please know the Band Scholars
sounded like a million dollars, added their special flavor and
flair to the proceedings, met many old friends from the national
NAIA office - and made some new ones ... we pretty well
re-asserted the fact that we are one of the, if not THE premier
small-college band program in the nation - we consider it a great
privilege and pleasure to have the opportunity to again support
our Team and our College in a National Championship venue and have
the chance to perform in the spectacular Municipal Auditorium in
Kansas City
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Final Score
Them - a Bigger Number ~ Us - a Smaller Number
(personal expressions of Grrr...
Spirit seem to be on the rise) |
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Left: The Band Scholars with our
great friend [and patron saint of the Hilton Garden Inn] Ms.
Judith Watkins Right: the
preferred breakfast spot for Grrr... Excursions |
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... we then had the incredible
opportunity to travel west to Abilene Kansas to view the
Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum & Site - it is hard to put
into words - the importance of this man - as he defined twenty
years of American History ... Duty, Honor & Country were his
watchwords ... it is oft-times said - "he never sought the job,
the job always sought him" - and there are lessons to be learned
from these words
to see an extensive sub-gallery of
photos from this awe-inspiring stop - please click on the
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18th & Vine Museums [American Jazz & Negro
Leagues Baseball] |
Elder Band Scholars on the KC3 -
2007 Travel Roster |
Fledgling Band Scholars on the
KC3 - 2007 Travel Roster |
The extraordinary Nelson-Atkins Museum of
Art |
for no particular reason -
tattoos and body art seem to be on the rise with the Band Scholars
this performance season - as exemplified here by Gav, Matthew,
Diane, Michelle and is that Fledgling Erica? |
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... but it was then time for us to pack,
load and depart for Georgetown - KC3 - 2007 - shall now be naught but
cherished memories |
Thanks & Thanks
to
Everyone & All
for your continued support of the Band Scholars and Bands at
Georgetown College
Viva la Grrr... |
