Melissa A

It appears that her b-s meter has been pegged.

I cringed during those scenes. OUCH!

I have a fun fact my husband and I discovered while doing some genealogy research. His biological paternal grandfather was Bob Cheyne, the gentleman who started the Razorbacks Sports Network and who was the very first Voice of the Razorbacks. Why am I posting this here? Granddad Cheyne was announcer when Jerry Jones was playing for the Razorbacks.

@go4luca Thanks. ☺️

That’s really cool. Never pictured Kelli in band. ?It all makes sense now. ? ?

Nice. ? Please forgive the slight tangent here... I’m aware there have been ladies who’ve come from a drill team background. Have there been any who have come from a colorguard/winterguard background?

I figured as much. ? Back to the first part of my question, though...if the ladies haven’t had any previous marching experience at all, are they just given a crash course in marching on the field in training camp? ?

@ShellyB If a young lady has not had experience in color guard, drill team, or marching band prior to DCC training camp, where would she gain that experience? Or perhaps a better question is do you think prior marching experience would be helpful?

When I was a young airman, a married co-worker (whom I went to tech school with) invited me to a Creative Memories crop in base housing. Because of that crop, I've been scrapbooking ever since, and that's been more than 20 years ago. ;-)

Thank you. :-) And please accept our thanks for your family's service as well. My dad also served in the Air Force. In fact, he retired from the Air Force Reserve shortly after I got to Edwards. He served six years on active duty before I came along.

Impressive! I also wondered about the number of military brats. Thank you for including that info. :-) My husband and I both served in the military. He served in the Army and was in Iraq 07-09 with the 4ID Band. I served in the Air Force from 1994-2006 and deployed for Southern Watch in 1997.

@ShellyB Have any of the DCC have ever served in the military?