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Unless corps are getting money to do the parade, DCA can't really force anyone to do a parade.

I know that traditionally Bucs leave for the Finals housing Friday night and arrive Saturday at night. That would mean they would have to leave a day early, and since they stay at a local high school, this would probably conflict with schools just starting.

Schools don't start classes until after Labor Day in NY. Most Wednesday the 3rd, and some Tuesday the 2nd.

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Many corps dont want to expend energy walking 4mi and would rather practice than do a parade...

I get that. It just seemed from last year's DCA announcement that Rochester went to the trouble of moving their annual parade from Monday to Friday because there were going to be a large number of corps participating, so I'm just hoping that having "only" ten corps was enough for the city (or tourist commission or AFL-CIO or whoever is in charge of the parade) to feel the move was justified.

Edited to fix typo.

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Yet according to this Word document posted at the parade website, these are the corps participating; the parade is divided into nine "divisions", each with a separate staging area; I give spellings as from the list:

Div. 1 ... D&B Band -- White Sabers

Div. 2 ... D&B Band #2 -- Corvettes

Div. 3 ... D&B Band #3 -- Sunrisers

Div. 3-A ... D&B Band #4 -- Fusion Core

Div. 4 ... D&B Band #10 -- Skyliners ... Excelsior Brigade Fife & Drum (=Excelsior D&B?) ... D&B Band #5 -- Govenienears

Div. 5 ... D&B Band #6 -- Kilties

Div. 6 ... D&B Band #7 -- Cincinnanti Tradition

Div. 7 ... D&B Band #8 -- Toronto Optimists

Div. 7-A ... D&B Band #9 -- Statesmen Alumni

I don't believe either Sunrisers or Excelsior were there tonight.

(And there was a fife and drum corps, but they weren't called "Excelsior".)

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One more thing: in December, DCA also said, "Additionally, the Rochester Rhinos soccer team has a game at the stadium on Friday night, and one of our corps will perform at half time." Does anyone know if that's still happening, and if so, which corps is performing there?

If the Rhinos had a game tonight, it ended very early. I walked by the stadium just after nine, and it was completely dark and empty. So I doubt any of the corps played there.

On the other hand, the Red Wings game (AAA baseball) was packed in a park with a capacity of more than 10,000. I hope DCA had some sort of presence there this evening: a booth, or flyers, or something.

Edited to add missing half-sentence.

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Gotta love how AtlantaCV is listed!

I don't know about all, but it sure ought to be more than the ten or eleven corps that the parade site lists, that is if the announcement on DCA's web site last October was meant to be believed, meaning specifically this passage:

"The City of Rochester, in helping recognize the importance of the 50th anniversary, has agreed to move their large Labor Day Parade from Labor Day Monday to Friday night, August 29th. The participating corps will join in the parade, making it the largest parade of the year in downtown Rochester. In excess of 100,000 people are expected to line the streets--a golden opportunity to show off the DCA participants and expose a huge number of non-drum corps enthusiasts to the activity just in time for the weekend's events. The last time this was done in Rochester was for the 1996 Championships, and it was done with just the competing corps, a fraction of what will be presented in 2014, That parade preceded the largest "modern era" crowd to attend a DCA Championship Finals."

My emphasis added. Nothing posted on DCA's site since then (in December, January, or June) has contradicted the above. And several of those reports stressed how the weekend schedule had been reworked specifically due to corps' participation in the parade.

Yet according to this Word document posted at the parade website, these are the corps participating; the parade is divided into nine "divisions", each with a separate staging area; I give spellings as from the list:

Div. 1

D&B Band -- White Sabers

Div. 2

D&B Band #2 -- Corvettes

Div. 2 also features the Nate Rawls Band, the RMU Dixieland Band, the Bourbon Street Band.

Div. 3

D&B Band #3 -- Sunrisers

Div. 3-A

D&B Band #4 -- Fusion Core

Div. 4

D&B Band #10 -- Skyliners

Excelsior Brigade Fife & Drum (=Excelsior D&B?)

D&B Band #5 -- Govenienears

Div. 5

D&B Band #6 -- Kilties

Div. 6

D&B Band #7 -- Cincinnanti Tradition

Div. 7

D&B Band #8 -- Toronto Optimists

Div. 7-A

D&B Band #9 -- Statesmen Alumni

So why are Buccaneers, Caballeros, Minnesota Brass, Cadets2, Bushwackers, Carolina Gold, Hurricanes, Alliance, Windsor Regiment, and Sun Devils not appearing? Not to mention all the other alumni corps?

I mean, in 1996, if DCA's October news item is correct, the parade apparently featured fifteen competing corps. I suppose that year's fifteen is "a fraction of" this year's eleven, but I don't think 15/11 is the sort of fraction implied by that quote!

One more thing: in December, DCA also said, "Additionally, the Rochester Rhinos soccer team has a game at the stadium on Friday night, and one of our corps will perform at half time." Does anyone know if that's still happening, and if so, which corps is performing there?

I know we didnt do the parade in 96. we ate supper and watched corps lineup

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There was indeed a local Fife and Drum organization in the parade: http://www.towpathvolunteers.org/

The Statesmen Alumni closed out the parade much to the delight of those feeling their absence this year. Sadly, RPD felt the need to blare their sirens in attempt to move them along during their 2nd song at the grandstand. Poor form, officer, poor form, the fans and corp deserved a few moments of glory. Pics @ @@dld14580

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The city let DCA sort of run the parade and they ran it to ground. Very few corps, did not allow some to participate, the parade on Monday would have been much better. DCA should leave the city to run the parade and try to work on their expensive screwed up fan network, I have not seen a good word about it... Prelims were very good though.

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The city let DCA sort of run the parade and they ran it to ground. Very few corps, did not allow some to participate, the parade on Monday would have been much better. DCA should leave the city to run the parade and try to work on their expensive screwed up fan network, I have not seen a good word about it... Prelims were very good though.

A parade on Monday would have zero competing corps in it.

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And it was my sense talking with people around me on the street that a good portion of the crowd was there to see the corps, which means that if there had been no corps, attendance would have been pretty light.

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