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j.morgus

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    St. Francis Xavier Mariners 1972 -73; Bleu Raeders 1979; Louisiana Southernaires brass staff 1985, Expressions visual caption head 1988;Echoes of New Orleans 2005 til, Corps Director 2007 til, GNODCA B.O.D. 2008 - 2011
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  1. If you are coming to the Big Easy for the Big Party, Echoes of New Orleans Alumni Drum and Bugle Corps would like to invite you to experience a Mardi Gras parade with the locals. We have openings in all sections, have plenty of equipment, and plan on having a great time. Complete details can be found on our web site, or call 866-734-5264.
  2. If you are planning to march this summer, applications are still being accepted for the Greater New Orleans Drum Corps Association tuition assistance grants. Any member of any junior corps is eligible to apply. See the story on DCP here. For an application and complete details, visit the tuition page at GNODCA.org.
  3. If you are planning to march this summer, applications are still being accepted for the Greater New Orleans Drum Corps Association tuition assistance grants. Any member of any junior corps is eligible to apply. See the story on DCP here. For an application and complete details, visit the tuition page at GNODCA.org
  4. With an often repeated proposal to raise it yet again. This may be best for evolving the activity into hybrid performance art, but is it the best idea for the "kids"?
  5. All of which points out the fact that the national touring "major league" model does not work very well for a "youth" activity. The demise of local corps and local competition circuits have made if very difficult for school aged kids to be involved in drum corps. This is true today of "open" class corps also. BITD many corps had their group of "rook-outs" as well as a wide range of younger kids. This was possible because the majority of the corps' activity was conducted in or near the home town and did not require members to travel and be housed far from home for all rehearsals as well as the performance tour. As has been pointed out elsewhere in this thread, it is often the younger folks who could benefit the most from the corps experience, and with the state of the activity they are mostly left out.
  6. That is all well and good for "Justin Blow", but what about Timmy from the other side of town who's school isn't able to afford "luxuries" like instruments and additional instructors to field a competitive band? His school program isn't there. In the days of church and scout corps, Timmy would have had a chance at the corps experience, even when his school couldn't provide it. Until every student has the opportunity to choose where he goes to school, and/or all schools are able to provide extra-curricular options like a competitive band, school bands are not the "same experience".
  7. For the elite headliners that manufacturers see as a marketing/advertising opportunity and thus give huge discounts to, perhaps. For less monied or renowned corps, one source of instruments, used horns from the "big boys" has all but dried up, or become less of a bargain. As the market for the used horns now includes thousands of high schools and tens of thousands of band parents, the resale prices are significantly higher than in the G days. One more example of how new rules benefit the highest placing corps much more than those at the other extreme.
  8. Quite posibly I missed the sarcasm. It is sometimes hard to hear the tone of voice in this medium
  9. The thing here, is that size limits were origially created for a good reason. If we add 50 or 100 more bodies on the field, it will start to get pretty crowded out there.
  10. Neither is true Price for most is higher, and the parts are no harder or easier to learn.
  11. '10 Bluecoats, '20 Bluecoats, '86 Bluecoats. How do these sound different? Until we get to the point where some corps are over 100 years old, there isn't much to get confused about.
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