Mellophone Season Pictures - 2003

Welcome to the long-awaited online picture gallery of the 2003 MI Mellos! Click one of the following to fast-forward to a specific event. Clicking a thumbnail will open the picture in a new window. If any past or present mellophotographers have pictures to submit to the gallery, please send them to gercken at u i u c dot edu.

Best way to let newbies know where the house is: Look like we're doing something outside.	Becky, befuddled by the game.	Pat shows his mad skills at croquet in Megan's back yard.
The scene at the ball diamond before all the excitement began.	Nate gets in some batting practice before the game.	Danyel takes a swing.
Is it a hit?	Becky wings one out toward right field.	Mellos at Mini Camp in Palatine with a 22.5" stick!
It's dinnertime!	Decisions, decisions...	Now that we have our food, let's hit the patio!
Chillin' over some picnic food.	Let's scrunch up for a wide-angle shot!	Three newbies with a vet.
Nate, Dan, and Jason demolish some food.	Music sectional time in the cool chambers of the Armory.	We love rehearsing so much, we do it in tight spaces.

The scramble to the cars.

Dinner at band camp.

Kyle flips his tag.	Another 9am lunch from Grandy's.	Squad 16's last game together this year.
Second- and third-generation MI members.	The Orange & Blues Band Mellos for 2003.	Pat and Alison have a look at some buses parking in the lot across the street.
Beloved fossil section leader, Robin, returns without a Batman.	MI Mellos gift the Wisconsin Mellos with a bag full of candy.	Danyel thinks Jen's nose is a button!
Odd-numbered squads on the South side...	Perfect horn angle demonstration.	...and even-numbered squads on the North side!
Game day necessity: sunglasses.	There's only one reason we're going to the upper deck...	We're here to play!

Check ya later.

Derek tries something different, but Megan doesn't know how to take it.

Honestly, what's a homecoming parade without candy and something interesting to put it in?

Waiting around at the Homecoming Pep Rally.

Alison, as a freshman, is smiling because she doesn't know what to expect.

Sousas and Mellos take the short bus.	How d'ya like them apples?
Mellos and Sousas are at Curtis Orchard again!	3 Sousa guys + 6 mello girls + Curtis Orchard = a really fun time!

The guys construct a curvilinear form that's actually good for something.	AstroPlay practice field with two 50 yard lines at Iowa.	Dan and Alison get comfortable.
Squad 14! And they never change their order!	Mellos at the Iowa Roadtrip Semi-Formal.	It's Squad 13!

Sabina spruces up her date up a bit.	Buy a ticket to the formal and get a meal like this.	Megan, Alison, and Becky — a trio of talent, smarts, and good looks.
Rosy loved going to the formal with Jason so much, she decided to join the line in 2004!	Jen and Geoff share a Kodak moment.	Lauren & Kyle enjoy a candlelight dinner.
Danyel stands by her man, Adam.	Becky and her dance partner, Ben, take it easy after swing dancing.	Sabina dances with a Ben of her own.
Dan and Alison looking very sharp.	The Brain Trust: our fearless section leaders, Sabina, Kyle, and Megan.	Yes, the Mellos are a section of extremes.
Real men play mellophone!	And here's the crew that showed up to formal! (Where's Pat?)	Our marching section leaders, Megan and Sabina.

Squad 14 sports the formalwear.

Squad 15, not necessarily shortest to tallest.

See the Iowa Roadtrip Shirt Back designed by Danyel. Once again, blame Scott for the design of this page.