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One of the few times I have seen Buddy Rich smiling

Dr Evil resurrects Cadets. Has VK written all over it.

I guess we’ll see.

Did you pick up the cello & harmonica in the intro?

Ok, I think we have BD’s 2024 show figured out. Like 1998 (Romeo & Juliet / WSS) it is a mash-up. Bonnie and Clyde and Sid and Nancy. Uses music from the musical Bonnie & Clyde (which is a real thing) & the Sex Pistols. Note that the four names are alluding to a four-peat. Glad we figured this out. Good work everyone.

Bonnie & Clyde?

Had to look up ‘Buddy Rich’ That is the Google of shame for a Drum Corps fan ….😎

I know. But your F1 driver Verstappen only loses due to mechanical failure. Electronics & props are Drum Corps’ mechanicals.

So, to take this to an anological conclusion, the way BD loses is some sort of electronics or prop failure (hopefully without injury)?

How about playing a 7+ minute Buddy Rich song that has a drum solo in the middle? oh - wait a minute edit - this was way out of the box in 1976

Numbers alone would suggest that some proportion of those assaulted will go on to become an assaulter in the future. And the science/data geek in me wonders if there are comparable data sets from other countries (or groups of countries like the EU)?

Agree that there is a ton of talent there. Makes me think that if they recruited hard locally, Crossmen could be a perennial top 6 Corps. Have to look at why potential members are going to Boston (for example) rather than staying local.

I was stationed in San Antonio for a few years & lived by one of the big HS football powers. And they also had a very good & large band. I suspect the success of Corps in Texas is a result of having so much local talent.

Back in the AL/VFW era there were posts in almost every town in America, and in cities often one in every neighborhood. Many had Corps (usually smaller) and these Corps went to the state & sometimes national conventions, where the competition was part of the general festivities. And the members of each post would be there to cheer on their Corps. And some of these fans followed into the DCI era. As the WW2 generation died off, fewer young veterans joined the VFW & AL. Also, the tour is now the smallest ever (barring perhaps 2022). So less opportunity to recruit new casual fans. Also doesn’t help that DCI killed the regional circuits like DCM.

Wasn’t always the case. But now the tour is in a rut. Except for all the shows that are canceled or don’t seem to have a home along the rut.

I wonder if DCI tracks the demographics of attendees? In other words, how many are parents/family of performers? How many are alumni of extant Corps? How many are alumni of extinct Corps? How many are HS band students? How many are fans that just enjoy Drum Corps? How many are locals that want to see what Drum Corps is? Etc? As DCI paid attendance is the biggest source of income, I would hope that corporate DCI understands who these people are.

IDK if BD will four-peat. But I am confidently predicting that if there is a four-peat in 2024, it will be Blue Devils.

Thinking about it, I propose that what you are against is BD score inflation. There is another Corps in the area who you wouldn’t mind getting higher scores.

And so it begins for 2024.

Not to mention Henri Matisse, inspiration of the 2023 Blue Devils program, was to a degree a Nazi collaborator during WW2.

There was a HS band in northern Virginia in 2000s that had green uniforms identical to Cavaliers. Saw a different HS band in Hampton Roads that attempted a direct lift of the 007 show. Key word is attempted.

That’s not unusual

Actually, I think all of us aren’t as young as we used to be.

Unlike what my family would suggest, sometimes I actually do know what I am talking about.

I should probably follow your lead on this.