jonnyboy

What did I miss? I mean since 2019.

BD very good something, not my cup of tea. Boston, not sure what I just watched. Audio effects gone wild. Not my cup of tea either.

Did she have that jawn in her ponytail?

SCV loudest rimshots by 2 volume levels.

I'm totally out of the loop. Any chance Troopers are synching with last years show in some way? Same prop?

Wow, distinct seperation in performance level between Madison and the previous three. Might not be a competition for 12th, Madison might have locked it up.

So I'm deducing that the scores aren't announced until the end? Back in time DCI would post as we went.

How many move on to Friday night now-a-days?

Did I hear Jacob Collier in the last seconds of Cascades?

Former Surf staff here, first time on Flo, first time seeing a show in quite a while. I love how Surf operates, great choice for show this season. Lots of color, show got better as it went on IMO. I hope they keep this up, there were to many years since Bridgmania. Be fun, but a great corps, be yourselves. Spartans, wow! Super clean and well put together package. BDB- about what I expected. Very well done, but I'm not familiar.

So that Suncoast truck went to Carolina Crown, then Jersey Surf. It's still on the road.

I remember that night, I was in the Crossmen drumline. We had already performed and changed. Members were wondering all over the place, in the stadium, parking lot, talking walks etc. When they announced the scores we were literally taken by surprise. No one really knew what to do, I don't think we had played an encore that season, or in several seasons. We were in shorts, tee shirts and flip flops. World went around quickly to meet back at the truck we were going to play. The staff told us to grab any corps jackets or Crossmen clothes we had and meet up. We warmed up in the arc and let a run of the show fly. I don't think it was that good, and some members were not in top form as they were already "relaxing" for the night. I'm not even sure if everyone even got word we won or were doing an encore. A version of this story comes up at every alumni get together with people from 90, a great memory.

1. Save lives. 2. Help family. 3. Help something you believe in strongly. For me this will be Church followed by DrumCorps. WGI will survive it, there are already hopes and dreams about 2021. Drum corps will survive. Some will expire. Some will be born out of the ashes. The Rocketeers have already disbanded and put the word out that their instruments are available for donation to other groups. Keep the lights on will be the battle cry for some. Best wishes to all, there is a lot of time in between now and next summer to see how it all pans out. Looking forward to the next time I can smell summer and hear drumlines warming up when I pull into a show lot. It will be a great day.

Don't forget about drum corps this summer! After I aged out I had a few summers of just going to shows. Then a few summers of staff. Then several summers off completely from corps. I stayed connected and joined a BOD some years ago. It's great to give back on your own terms (no sweaty buses, no kitchen truck on tour, no sun burn). I don't go on tour, I just help behind the scenes. I'll probably put in bit more time than usual on trying to raise money and keep the lights on at the corps office. If the announcement to cancel is made we'll spend a few evenings crunching numbers on what is needed to make it until November 2020. The only change I'll see is that I won't be online late at night to see what the scores are, and I won't watch the stats daily and wish my corps had more points on the board.

SCV Strategic Plan Page 8 Section D Paragraph 1. "Imagine a drum corps that is not reliant on bingo." A 3-5 year plan to remove bingo funding needs starting in 2019. I'm very curious how BD and SCV fare if they go from being cash rich to cash poor, if that indeed happens.