But bad knees are still a problem...

I have noticed an interesting trend in Ontario drum corps. Consider the following lines ups for two of the three shows in Ontario this summer (Geek disclaimer: I copy and pasted this from the the Canadian Open and Belleville Festival Sites and to my surprise the HTML code was copied too. I therefore take no responsibility for ugly HTML in the copied parts following. All other ugly code is my own):

Canadian Open 2004

Dutch Boy

St. Johns

Les Stentors

Lake Erie Regiment

Hamilton Youth Performance Ensemble

Hamilton Fire Fighters

Toronto Optimists Alumni Corps

Toronto Signals

Scout House Alumni Band

United Alumni Corps

and...

Belleville Waterfront & Ethnic Festival Program

• The Kingston Grenadiers Drum and Bugle Corps, Kingston, Ontario
• Mighty St. Joes Alumni Drum & Bugle Corps, LeRoy, New York
• Preston Scout Alumni Drum & Bugle Corps, Cambridge, Ontario
• Syracuse Brigadiers Alumni Drum & Bugle Corps, Syracuse, New York
• Kawartha Kavaliers Senior Drum & Bugle Corps, Lindsay, Ontario
• Optimists Alumni Drum Corps, Toronto, Ontario
• Kitchener Dutch Boys, Kitchener, Ontario

Notice anything interesting? The Senior corps are dominating the scene! Well I suppose two shows are hardly a scene. In my day the senior corps were something of a joke in Ontario. They were more drinking clubs than competing corps. This seems to have changed by all reports. Let's see if this is a trend.

Speaking of reports, did any one attend the Kitchener or Belleville shows and would they drop me a line about them if so? Thanks.