Fran Haring Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 (edited) It's absolutely a limit, in the same way highways have a minimum speed. Limits have boundaries on more than one end. OK... would you prefer "ceiling" and "floor"??? Edited April 19, 2016 by Fran Haring 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomPeashey Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 (edited) lol man... what a tough audience first there's no one here and now the few here are picky picky So John, why are there no signs on I-90 that say speed limit 40? They all say 65mph for the limit... and on rare occasions you will see a reminder sign "Minimum speed 40mph" just thinkin' out loud Edited April 20, 2016 by TomPeashey 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamarag Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 So John, why are there no signs on I-90 that say speed limit 40? They all say 65mph for the limit... and on rare occasions you will see a reminder sign "Minimum speed 40mph" You just answered your own question. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Bottom line, like Bill said earlier.... Over 65 members (with the exemptions from that noted in a previous post)... you're in Open Class. 35 to 65... you can be Class A or Open. Under 35... aside from not being eligible to compete, you also are subject to endless wrangling over whether a lower number can be considered a "limit." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeN Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Forgive me if this is a controversial subject (I am woefully deficient on DCA knowledge) - are there any corps under 65 who elected to compete in Open Class as opposed to A? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry p Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Past tense? Kilties for one. I think Bush was under 65 and stayed in Open. Maybe Sky at one point. Sometimes corps plan to be bigger (ahem Kilties) and it just didn't work out. You need to claim Class A on or by May 31. May 32nd is too late. (ish). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Just for reference, at DCA Prelims last year, these were the corps' sizes as I counted them. There are probably some errors. Class A Excelsior: 2/1/4/0b + 10h + 8p + 10g = 35 Erie Thunderbirds: 4/1/5/0b + 10h + 7p + 10g = 37 Cincinnati Tradition: 5/2/5/0b + 14h + 6p + 10g = 42 Chops, Inc.: 6/2/5/0b + 12h + 12p + 2g = 39 Kilties: 3/2/4/0b + 23h + 6p + 9g = 47 Alliance: 6/4/5/4b + 24h + 8p + 12g = 63 Govenaires: 8/2/5/0b + 24h + 7p + 16g = 60 Open Class Skyliners: 4/1/4/2b + 39h + 8p + 15g = 73 Bushwackers: 6/4/5/5b + 38h + 8p + 14g = 80 Connecticut Hurricanes: 5/3/4/3b + 28h + 9p + 21g = 73 Carolina Gold: 8/3/5/5b + 32h + 11p + 40g = 104 Sunrisers: 6/4/6/6b + 43h + 8p + 29g = 102 AtlantaCV: 8/5/5/0b + 50h + 16p + 32g = 116 White Sabers: 8/3/5/0b + 30h + 11p + 30h = 79 Kidsgrove Scouts: 6/4/5/0b + 57h + 14p + 34g = 120* Fusion Core: 9/5/6/5b + 52h + 13p + 39g = 124 Minnesota Brass: 10/5/5/5b + 48h + 13p + 28g = 114 Cadets2: 10/5/6/4b + 56h + 13p + 30g = 124 Caballeros: 9/5/5/0b + 64h + 14p + 30g = 127 Reading Buccaneers: 8/5/5/5b + 60h + 15p + 30g = 128 Drum majors and honor guards are not included in the numbers above. Abbreviations: b = battery, h = hornline, p = pit, g = guard. *Last year I was told that that Kidsgrove actually had 124 on the field, but I've watched multiple videos of their show, and I'm just not finding that many, although it's very tricky to count their guard, many of whom are frequently hiding behind the "Stongehenge" props. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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