THE PARADE

Its been a little over a week since the parade and we're proud to say that the float was a huge hit, our brakes didn't go out, motor didn't overheat or run out of gas, and we finished the parade.

Overall we took second place because this year VEISHEA Central decided to eliminate divisions (and forgot to mention it to us) so we took second behind Delts. Had we competed in the medium division we could have taken first because we did beat FLIE.

Enjoy these pictures of the parade and we hope to make next year's float even better!

Thank you to everyone for your donations and continuing support, we couldn't have done it without you!

CRUNCH TIME!!!!

We've made tremendous amounts of progress in the last week. All the characters are set and we have the entire chassis covered, now its just a lot of painting and details!

PROGRESS PROGRESS PROGRESS!!!

We have made a lot of progress since Spring Break, including virtually finishing the mystery machine and the majority of the castle. We have also done a lot of work on the characters as many of them have been covered in fabric and several of the heads have been carved and are beginning to be detailed.

This week is Greek Week so we are expecting a busy week. This weekend will be a big weekend and next we of course is VEISHEA Week so its a sprint to the finish!

Daphne

Seats are in place to move the van

Drawbridge is up and working!

Freddy has been set

Frater Rondon and Neumann

Velma

Jeepers Creepers Monster

Shaggy's Head

Fraters Gent and Anderson having some fun

Carving a mountain of bricks

Big Work Night

On Tuesday night we got a lot of work done with the help of about 20 Fraters and ladies from ADPi.

A group working on characters.

Frater Thistle welding the castle towers together.

The Mystery Machine frame is set...and it is set on a hinge so it moves back and forth!

More Progress!

We made quite a bit of headway over spring break! We were able to attach and cover the castle in the rear of the float and we also framed up the mystery machine. This week we're planning to start working on the skirt on the rear of the chassis, building the draw bridge on the castle, setting the towers on the castle, bricking and painting the castle, and setting and sheeting the mystery machine.

We've got a busy week planned and we'll need to keep at it because the parade is less than a month away!

Inside the castle looking out of the drawbridge doorway at the Mystery Machine

The framed Mystery Machine, we'll be mounting it to the chassis soon.

The front of the castle

Rear of the castle looking forward.

Alumni Visit Days

The weekends of March 20th and 27th are basically the last two weekends in the Spring semester that Epsilon has free. We're inviting any Alumni who would like see our progress to stop by on these days. We've had a few Alumni drop in and give advice and show us how they did things on previous floats, its been a lot of help!

If you're interested in stopping by please give me (Dave Overman Cell:563.590.4336) a call to let us know when we can expect you. If these dates don't work out feel free to stop by anytime! Just make sure that you give us a heads up so we know when you're coming!

Driver's Test

This morning (Sunday 3.7.10) the chassis moved out of the barn for the first time. We drove down to the stadium parking lots and went through the cone course. We're also pretty sure we set a course record!

ADPi Social

We had the ladies of Alpha Delta Pi over Wednesday for a social. We're looking forward to our pairing and really getting to work over the next few weeks!

Characters

We've framed up about half of our characters, we also have the rest of the set and characters sketched.

Chassis is in the Barn

This week we were able to tow the chassis into the barn. We pulled the existing motor out of it and are going to be dropping the new motor in Saturday.

Side view of the Chassis

A former TKE chassis???

Empty engine compartment

We're planning on installing our new motor Saturday

Comfy looking cockpit isn't it?

Tarps are up!

We have the majority of the tarps up on the barn! Now its time to pull the chassis inside and get to work!


The chassis for this year!

The Barn is Standing!

With a lot of hard work we were able to complete the construction of the barn.

We've also been putting on the tarps and will have it completed tonight.

We're looking at getting the chassis in the barn on Tuesday and beginning work on the mechanical aspects Tuesday night. We have a lot of work to do because our driver's test is scheduled for this Sunday.