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Of course, your argument has a few holes since the MSG myth isn't actually true.

Heck... the junior corps where I marched, way back in the day, that was true in August!!!

I would REALLY like to hear a horn line pre-1990 that could play what Crown did in 2013. Or 2014. Or 2015. Or basically any medalist/Ott winner in the last five(ten?) years. Sure, some problems have been "fixed," but it's not a less difficult activity. And phasing is NOT a thing of the past. Just ask the Bluecoats this year if you want proof of that. Also, DCI is no less entertaining than it was 30 years ago. It's just less entertaining to you.

Musical organizations that don't evolve to reflect society's taste die. It really is that simple. Most "normal people" probably couldn't even name you a symphony. Remember that one broadway play that was all R&B that people went wild for? Of course you do. It was Hamilton, and the reason its success was so absolute was because it reflected the taste of the vast majority of the people who viewed it. It wasn't some stuff, analogue holdover from fifty years ago. DCI's very survival rests in its ability to intrigue and interest NEW audiences. I think a lot of you guys don't realize that.

Now you'll have the motivation to stick around for potential grand children marching with a corps.

...are the MSG of drum corps. Highly addictive and added to otherwise wholesome and pure meals, it draws you in to pay for more even when you know it's bad for you. You don't know why you like it, but you want more. And it's the "more" that rots away the tastebuds and the soul. Mics all over the field, amps and speakers and ear pieces removing the requirement of listening "in". "Phasing" is forever locked thanks to speaker placement. Analog sounds are made to be in tune thanks to mixing boards and iPad balances. Some instrument lines are rendered replaceable with a single push of a key. "It's all good!", we proclaim as the intoxicating effects of the drug rush into the brain. We want more, Caligula-style, until the artificial additive finally chokes off our taste buds; we're no longer tasting the product - only the additive. The MSG of drum corps is the infiltration of automated electronic execution in the name of entertainment and ticket sales.

Just returned from the first Cadets only camp of the year. Percussion line (with the exception of the 5th quad spot) is set and quite good for the 1st camp. Brass to be set by the end of the next camp. Largest brass line this early for several years and sounding good. There is definitely a renewed energy and buzz in Cadet land right now! So awesome to hear Tom Aungst working the ensemble once again. Got to see the brass and percussion work through 2 movements of the 2017 show. All is well with the Cadets and they have definitely put last year behind them in a big way. First time I have been really excited about the Cadets for several years.

Another camp weekend in the books!

With MT as cap head and he was the Mello guru at Cadets for the past few seasons, I'm sure they'll be fine. Glad they are filling in the tubas.

...and that's true for every hornline in Decemeber, lol.

That would be inflammatory.

Parents took our family to a Toronto Optimist recruiting event in the Fall of 1970, signed up for the Optmimist cadets. Wanted to play Snare drum, but so did everyone else in the corps, so settled with starting to llearn how to play the straight G bugle. Joe Gianna was tge instructors name. Anyways, never looked back, spent the next 9 years in drum corps, unfortunately was there from the time there were 11, i believe, drum corps in Toronto until the number had dwindled to I believe 3. Sadly, the movement has pretty much passed on here in Canada. Anyways, phenomenal youth spent in the movement, I remember Cardinals 77 and 78 having a quite friendly rivalry with an obscure corps called, lemme think now, O yeah, the Canton Bluecoats. We took turns kicking each others butts that year, but I remember getting together for a joint picnic at the Canton show one of those summers. Hey Lindap, if you read this, I marched with you a couple of years. I was one of the Broken leg amazing gracesolo dudes from 1973. Myself, Jimmy and some other guy named John Phillips lol

I was David's sixth grade teacher. When he was in my class, I had been out of drum corps for many years (and I thought, forever), and learned that he was in a Lancers' feeder corps. In honesty, I must admit that our opinions about school and its relevancy differed quite a bit, but I was thrilled when I got back into drum corps in 1991 and saw in 1992 that he was the drum major of the Cadets. I am proud of his accomplishments.

with using an amp, you no longer have to overblow the horn and change the timbre for a solo. you can play a soft solo and still be heard. now, how about getting a few trombone lines in there.

I heard the "jet packs and live circus animals" proposal was tabled until 2018.

Boy if Cadets are hanging around tenth place next summer, this forum is gonna be some entertaining reading.