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This website is
dedicated to all the alumni and fans of the drum corps known as the
Kewanee Black Knights, the Geneseo Knights, the Quad City Knights, or
any of the other names the corps has gone by over the years. The corps
may not march much these days, but the Knights live on in the hearts
and memories of the many alumni and fans.
News and Updates
Thursday, May 8th, 2008 - Ok, so I'm working on ways of displaying photos on the site in new and better ways. I'm working with a plugin that pulls certain albums from flickr and shows them on the page. To see how it's going, click here: http://www.knightscorps.org/wordpress/scannedslides/ Just a little bit of explanation about the page: you can click on the album name to show the photos from the flickr album; clicking on slideshow will pop up a flickr slideshow of the images (nice to just sit back and watch); and the flickr page link takes you to the actual page for the album on flickr. Enjoy.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - So, I've started adding photos from the website to flickr (photo hosting/sharing site). Hopefully this will make tagging, names, etc. easier, since there's no way I can figure out who everyone is and where each photo was taken. So, if you get a chance, especially if you marched the years of the photos that I'm putting up (currently just 1984, but quite a bit more later, hopefully soon), I'd appreciate it if you'd take a look at the photos, sign up or sign in to flickr (it's owned by Yahoo, so if you have a Yahoo ID, you can use that, or just sign up for free) and add tags and comments to the photos to help figure out who, what, and where each photo is showing. Ideally, this will also allow me to display photos more easily on this website. So, if you're interested in helping, or just looking, you can take a look here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lawsonphotos/collections/72157604790693585/
This is a link to the whole group of Knights photos, so as I post more, they'll show up at the same link.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Wednesday, March 26th, 2007 - So, some of you may have noticed a posting earlier (see Jan 15th) about new things with the website. Well, just so you know, they are still on the way. Lots of things have been going on recently: 1. I have a five month old daughter. 2. I started a new job on March 3rd. I am now a .....wait for it.....webmaster. Seriously, I get paid to do this stuff now. Specifically, I'm now the Webmaster for the Administrative Services Division at Western Illinois University.
Anyway, long story short, I've learned a great heaping pile about web design over the last few weeks, and I can pretty much do everything I've ever wanted to do with the site now. Problem is, I have to find time to do it. So, here's the deal. One of the big changes I've been working on is converting over to Wordpress (blogging/website content management system). If you want to see it in it's current state, you can check it out here: http://www.knightscorps.org/wordpress/. It's not finished, I've still got a lot of data to move over, and probably do some changes to the theme (colors and general look). But once it's done, it'll be a lot easier to sort through postings and get new ones (think RSS).
In addition to this, we'll have a sortable, searchable database of members that will display what you want it to. Want to see everyone who was in the guard in 1982, want to find everyone named Neuleib, want to just see everyone who ever played baritone. A few clicks, and you'll have it (I learned how to do that yesterday, I'm so excited). Want to play around with the roughest of rough versions, you can see it here: http://www.wiu.edu/users/mustl/php_test/dbasetest/today.php
So anyway, feel free to check out the wordpress version at the link above, I'm going to double post everything on this page and the wordpress one until I get the entire site converted over. Let me know what you think, you can post in the comments section, or email me at scott@knightscorps.org. Enjoy.
Wednesday, January 16th, 2007 - Just received this from Daryl McCain:
A Heartfelt Thank YOU…
To everyone who has taken the time to send an e-mail, write a letter, send flowers, make a phone call, say a prayer, send condolences, and/or remember Brian in any way, my mother and I deeply appreciate the support. I am certain the news of Brian’s passing came as a complete shock to all of you. Given its unexpectedness and timing, you can imagine the shock we felt and quite honestly still feel. Were it not for the support of friends and family, including the Knights family, I just don’t know how we would make it through this tremendously difficult time.
I know that Brian’s drum corps experience was a true highlight for him and it played a pivotal role in his maturation into the man he became. Though the drum corps activity in general provided many positive experiences, it was Brian’s experience as a Knight that he truly cherished.
Once a Knight…Always a KnightDaryl McCain
Brother and Fellow Knight ’89-91
Tuesday, January 15th, 2007 - Cool new things are afoot with this website. I have finally figured out how to do some of the things that I've been wanting to do for a while. Many exciting changes are coming. Soon I'll post a link to the newly designed knightscorps.org, so you can check out the nearly finished product and let me know what you think.
View The Knights Guestbook - Sign The Knights Guestbook
Here you can find all the old (pre-September, 2001) guestbook entries.
