Building the Green Machine
by Colt Foutz

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ISBN: 978-1-932714-39-5
480 pages, 70+ photos
In trade hardcover: $32.95
In trade paperback: $19.95

CONTACT COLT FOUTZ

On MySpace:
myspace.com/coltfoutz

On Facebook:
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Connect with Colt:
coltfoutz.blogspot.com/

Via E-mail:
author@cavaliersbook.com

Schedule an appearance:
Contact - Sarah Keeney:
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Drumming Up A Discussion

Everything along the yard lines and under the stadium lights!

Haven’t ever been to a literary reading, and wondering what they’re all about?

Have favorite stories from Building the Green Machine you’d like to hear read aloud? Or haven’t checked out the book yet and you’re looking for a preview?

Or, simply looking for something to do in Chicago on a Tuesday night?

I’ll be reading at two very different events in October. Here’s the info:

* “Quickies” reading
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14
Inntertown Pub, 1935 W. Thomas, Chicago

Quickies is a series that jumps the track of the usual literary fare and offers short, edgy stories that won’t keep you there all night. The Oct. 14 reading is a special lineup of Quickies veterans, reading 55-word stories. Yes, that’s right. Colt can devote 500 pages to the Cavaliers but also compress enough into 55 words to entertain you. Well, hopefully he can. Stop by and find out.

Visit http://quickieschicago.blogspot.com/ for more info.

* Columbia College Creative Nonfiction Week
1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21
Film Row Cinema
1104 S. Wabash Ave., 8th floor, Chicago

I’ll be reading excerpts from Building the Green Machine as part of a multi-department student reading.

Visit http://www.colum.edu/specialevents/cnfw/#21oct

Hope to see you there!

Colt Foutz

Howdy all.

Well, the 2008 tour season is over, but Drum Corps Lunch is just getting heated up.

Our continued look at marching music and the media turns to the book world this week. Colt Foutz will be chatting with fellow authors G.M. Kuzma, Jeremy Van Wert and Courtney Brandt about their experiences covering the drum corps and marching band activities in extended form.

G.M. is the author of a self-published diary of his 1994 season as a member of the Blue Knights: “On the field, from Denver, Colorado… the Blue Knights!”

Spike’s self-published memoir, “Not for the Faint of Heart,” covers his three life-changing summers as a member of the Santa Clara Vanguard.

And Courtney’s self-published young adult series kicked off with “The Line,” about a high school girl trying to make the drum line of her marching band.

The four have known each other for a little over a year now, and will chat about their personal experiences completing their projects and getting word out in the world, including publishing, marketing, treatment from DCI and the powers-that-be, and connecting with fans and readers.

Tune in at 7:30 p.m. Central on Monday, Aug. 18 by visiting http://blogtalkradio.com/drumcorpslunch.

Call in with your questions, and chat LIVE with Jeremy, G.M., Courtney and Colt.

It all comes down to this.

Seven weeks on the road. Three months of summer rehearsals. A year’s worth of preparations. The efforts of a few hundred people – volunteers, management, instructors and members, not to mention the lung-power of devoted fans – hanging on the outcome of three days’ competition.

DCI once again presents its three-round circus of competitions – quarterfinals, semifinals and finals – to crown its 2008 world champion. The action unfolds Aug. 7 to 9 in Bloomington, Ind., where the Cavaliers will be gunning for their 8th world title, and 21st summer-ending championship overall.

For those who have seen SAMURAI, your blood has been stirred. Perhaps, even, your socks sent shushing up and down. That, as well as a summer devoted to improving musicianship, and making unforgettable memories, is the reward for members and fans alike.

But who are we kidding? We want another title back in Rosemont. And this summer, the Cavies, Blue Devils and Phantom Regiment are running bell-and-bell for the finish line. The Devils had been in the catbird seat headed undefeated in DCI East Championships in Allentown. Samurai sliced through their hopes to finish with a 0 in the loss column, with the Cavaliers outlasting their Concord, Calif. rivals by a few tenths. Meanwhile, Phantom is surging at shows not featuring the Green Machine or Devils in the lineup.

How’s that for drama?

There are three ways to get a taste of the excitement this week. One, is get your butt down Indianapolis way and take in the spectacle for yourself. Another is to catch DCI quarterfinals LIVE on the big screen at a theater near you. (See previous post below) A third, for folks in the Chicago area, is to pay a pittance – 10 bucks – to catch the Cavaliers’ Samurai program, plus their 60th anniversary corps performing classic anthems from championships past, PLUS several of the guys tuning up their solo and ensemble pieces, all part of the first-annual CAVA-JAM at Naperville’s Benedetti-Wehrli stadium.

Check out the calendar of events below. And stop by any of them – well, except that theater near you – to chat with Cavaliers founder Don Warren and BTGM author Colt Foutz, and to get your copy of the book. The hardcover edition is selling out fast. Grab your copy today, and savor the stories for years to come!

What’s on tap this week:

Monday, Aug. 4
7 p.m.
Cava-Jam at Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium, Naperville, IL
Stop by and see the Cavaliers perform Samurai in a pre-finals tune up, plus performances by the 60th anniversary corps and members performing solo and ensemble pieces.
BTGM author Colt Foutz and Cavaliers founder Don Warren will be available to chat and sign copies of the book at the CPI souvenir trailer.

Thursday, Aug. 7
2 p.m.
DCI Quarterfinals at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, IN
Round 1 of 3 finds the Cavaliers and 19 other world class corps gunning for DCI’s top prize.
BTGM author Colt Foutz and Cavaliers founder Don Warren will be available to chat and sign copies of the book at the CPI souvenir trailer.

Friday, Aug. 8
DCI Semifinals at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, IN
Round 2 will narrow the championship field to a Final 12. Plus, the Cavaliers 60th Anniversary Corps evokes memories of championships past when its nearly 200 members storm the field in exhibition.
BTGM author Colt Foutz and Cavaliers founder Don Warren will be available to chat and sign copies of the book at the CPI souvenir trailer.

Saturday, Aug. 9
DCI Finals at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, IN
It comes down to this. The Cavaliers are gunning for DCI title number 8 as a capper to their 60th summer. Samurai will have to cut through 11 top corps to stand alone.
BTGM author Colt Foutz and Cavaliers founder Don Warren will be available to chat and sign copies of the book at the CPI souvenir trailer.

It’s been a wild and crazy summer. Thanks to everyone I’ve met and spent time with for making it one to remember. See you in Indy, or further on down the road, and…

GO, GO GREEN MACHINE!

Well… not quite yet, but you can get an eyeful and earful – even a pair full – of what the heck I wrote about in Building the Green Machine when Drum Corps International broadcasts its Quarterfinals LIVE in movie theaters across the country!

If you’re not able to be in Indianapolis/Bloomington this year – that’s where I’ll be – there’s a way to enjoy the world’s top drum & bugle corps from the comfort of a theater seat.

Here’s how:

Drum Corps International will present its fifth annual World Championship Quarterfinals simulcast - “Big, Loud & Live 5″ - on Thursday, August 7 at 6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT.

This event will be shown live in more than 340 movie theaters across the country, which is nearly triple the number that carried the program in 2007.

The 5-hour program will feature the top 15 World Class drum corps performing in their entirety, in addition to highlight clips of the first five corps that performed earlier in the day.

Visit www.dci.org/cinema to find a theater near you!

And tell ‘em Building the Green Machine sent you!

That sound you just heard is the dinner bell. Time to serve up another helping of Drum Corps Lunch!

Join me at 1 p.m. Central on Tuesday, July 29, when my guests will be:

DCI Hall of Famer Jeff Fiedler

and

former Cavaliers assistant drum major Chris Lugo

As a run-up to DCI Championship Week, we’ll talk drum major responsibilities during the season with two guys who used to call the shots for the Cavaliers. We’ll also ask these two alums their thoughts on the Cavaliers’ 60th anniversary, and quiz Fiedler, director of the Cavaliers from 1991 through 2007, about his new job as CEO of the Santa Clara Vanguard.

Tune in and chat LIVE by visiting Drum Corps Lunch at Blog Talk Radio Once again, that’s http://blogtalkradio.com/drumcorpslunch, where you can also download past show from the archives, and post the latest feed on your own web site!

Stay tuned for special shows during Finals Week.

And don’t anybody grab the beige tray!

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