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Mid-Summer 2012: Return of the Canopies

8/5/2012

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Hey y'all! Iota and Beta Alpha had the pleasure of working with the directors this past weekend in preparation for the 2012 edition of the Golden Wave Band :) 

We all showed up at 9:00am to learn about what our goals were for the day. Granted, it was 9:00 in the morning, so I completely forgot to take pictures of everyone's tired faces... Instead, enjoy this picture that may or may not depict our faces accurately
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As I'm sure many of you all remember, the last 2 years we have attempted to put up canopies on Edge Field for some sort of shade during the semester. If you missed our last post about it, please go to this link to read about how we put them up, and this link to read about how sad we were when they didn't last :( 

When the directors met us at the couches, they came super prepared with instructions on how to set up these top of the class canopies! 
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This picture was only the first page of 6 on how to become "Tent Experts"!!

We all loaded up the parts into our cars and hauled them to Edge Field. There, everyone was instructed on how to properly put the canopies together. Unfortunately, I missed putting up the first canopy because I was attending Carey Wallick's law school graduation! :) Sic 'em Carey!
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When I returned from Carey's graduation, they had already finished the first canopy! Way to go y'all! :) 
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We took a lunch break at Vitek's before putting up the second canopy (sorry, I don't have any funny Vitek's pictures, but enjoy this!) 
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Here's the beginning format of the second canopy. 
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Here are the directors working hard to get in one of the most difficult and stubborn stakes. 
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Here, we are deciding what to do next. We eventually decided to put up the "side wall" so that if it was windy, it wouldn't ruin the canopies. 
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Finally, we finished both canopies with stakes, ratchets, and poles. Don't they look beautiful? :3
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Our next stop was Floyd Casey where we had to collect all the hat boxes from the uniform room and transport them back to the music school in preparation for band week. This is Kelsey Way's car full of hat boxes! Kelsey is one of our uniform managers for this next season and took charge of this project since our head uniform manager, Christina, couldn't be there. 
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After loading up 6 cars full of hat boxes, we carried them inside and lined them up on the ramp against the wall. This way, we could put them in numerical order (all 400 hat boxes!). 
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We fit all 400 hat boxes into 2 rooms :) This is a picture of the first room which was completely full. We put the boxes against the wall in piles of 5 because everyone who is getting a uniform will be pre-assigned a hat by number. In stacking the boxes, it will be easier to locate the hats :) 
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Prior to mid-summer, Christina with the help of a few Tau Beta's and K-Psis, had to organize the uniforms from the dry cleaners. The uniforms go to the dry cleaners in no particular order, so naturally we get them back the same way. We had to put the uniforms jackets in their prospective cubbies in numerical order, and then put the uniform pants with the jackets. THEN, we had to transfer the pant & jacket combination onto one uniform hanger. Needless to say, it was a week's worth of work, but it will make life 109% easier when band week comes around. 
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Essentially the last few weeks have been very busy in preparation for summer band! :3 We're really excited to get to this next season! Please look at our calendar to see what is going on in the life of Iota! :3

<3
Iota
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Jenny
8/5/2012 11:36:24 am

can we start making bets on how long the canopies last?

Hope you all had fun at midsummer!

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Heather
8/5/2012 11:42:05 am

Well, every year they last a little longer. Haha. These are state of the art canopies that were originally designed and used by the Army... Let's hope Waco doesn't destroy them again!

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Nicole Gumke (aka Nikki Martinez--"media name") link
8/7/2012 06:12:35 am

Oh how I somewhat miss those days of Midsummer work. The feel of Marching Band season in the air, knowing a game is just a few weeks away. Glad that y'all have those cool canopies! Praying people back off and don't touch them.
Blessings for the rest of the summer--Nicole G.--Six, Spring '04

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