Harvey

Blue Stars. Made this old fart cry.

You wanted to see an uproar. You should have been there for the first final retreat that the Scouts sang "You'll Never Walk Alone" instead of playing it. "BLASPHEMY!!!!!! Voice does NOT belong in drum corps, even if it is just final retreat." That excitement eventually calmed too. Final retreat/encores/non-competitive performances have always been about letting the members have some fun. Only since the advent of DCP have these become "the end of the world". I've seen almost 89 years of changes. Believe me, we will all survive .

http://v2.thefannetwork.org/?network_id=1&...&mode=viral Seem to have some nice mello parts.

I would like to see a rule change that limits the amount of fees a member has to pay to perform. If Mariska Hargitay can make $350,000 per episode for Law & Order SVU, I cannot understand why drum corps members must pay several thousand dollars a year just to perform.

54! Wow, what a youngun' . Actually, if you keep your mind young, you would be amazed how young you can feel. Keeping an open mind and enjoying what drum corps has to offer each year sure helps!

Thank you. I am hoping to feel well enough for my son to take me to the show in Stillwater this Saturday. I tried to convince him to take me to Rockford, but I couldn't twist his arm hard enough. Too long a drive for him.

Sorry if everyone thought I was a little too cranky when I posted. I was. At this age, good days are far outnumbered by the not-so-good ones. My only point in the initial post was that people need to be a little more explanatory in their posts about new corps if they want to be taken fully serious by today's potential members. A simple link to the corps' website and an explanation of all that they have already achieved would have been very helpful.

Did this show not happen? No reviews?

THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE A PERSONAL ATTACK: But, 1. For how long have you been raising funds for this new DCI-bound corps? What kind of permanent funding sources do you have up and running? Have you raised at least $100K toward equipment, facilities, etc.? 2. Who are these staff members with all of this experience? What currently-active DCI corps have they taught/written for? What other educational experience do they bring to the table? 3. Who is on the Board of Directors? What is their current drum corps management experience? Who is the Corps Director, Business Manager, Tour Manager, Publicity Director, Fundraising Director? etc., etc. Sorry, but there have been too many "announcements" on DCP the last few years about new OC corps that have been disappointments at best. Remember Magic of Mobile, Hypnotix, Salina Silver Sabres, the new OK corps, etc., etc.?

I'll take one of those giant birthday cookies, please . Particularly since Cap Regiment is doing Open Class.......and no Blue Stars in finals??

No Music City? Their stuff has seemed pretty impressive, IMHO. Oh, and Impulse has announed they are not going to Indy.

Wow! Such a mature sound, very "top 3". Their improvement over the past 5-6 years has been amazing. If they can continue to retain experienced members (see kansasDC's signature), they will be quite a force in a very short time.

Is this a guess, or do you know something that nobody is sharing....?

This sounds like a little inter-corps jealousy IMHO. And from two normally classy organizations........ I think they are performing extremely well for this early in the game. It will be interesting to hear the quality of their sound while moving.

I got a phone call this morning from a friend of mine about a corps that completed their show yesterday. They should be pretty popular with the first-show crowd in a couple of weeks.