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  1. 2 DCI finalist corps ( Bayonne and Cadets) literally minutes away + Crossmen an hour away lead the talented members to greener pastures. This was what folded the corps.
  2. I marched in Fantasia III, the corps was never sponsored by the Burger King Company. A local NJ franchisee hired the corps to play at a small amount of gigs for a few $ and free food. A few overzealous administrators decided to paint the BK logo on the back door of the truck and announce we were sponsored by BK. One day by chance a corporate executive from the Burger King company saw the truck, found the owners and promptly contacted the administration to immediately remove the logo and cease and desist any claim of sponsorship with the BK company, that was in 1979, the corps folded in 1983. The corps ran a successful bingo game every week, ran 2 large Christmas tree lots every holiday, fundraised and marched many parade's and ran a successful DCE show every June to raise money. It was member retention that did the corps in. You need to check your sources on the history of Fantasia III since you couldn’t be farther from the truth. sorry
  3. A corps can earn $3500 and up per parade in the NY metro area. When I was the director of Bush I've been payed as much as $6000 for a parade.
  4. I don't believe any insurance covers any losses due to "Virus". I literally spoke to a friend today who is an insurance agent AND a retired corps director and this is what he told me when I asked.
  5. I've heard from someone who would know ( Surf admin) that the Surf has taken over a Cadet show, this may be the one and it quite possibly will be at Rowan in New Jersey.
  6. The board of directors are holding the corps hostage because of their own incompetence and mismanagement, So sad a corps with such a rich history is going through such a mess. There is a group trying to step up and save the corps and find a solution that will work for both groups but the present board of directors won't budge. Time is running out FAST. J
  7. Not a rumor, It's true. Not looking good at this time. Very sad. J
  8. Why DCA didn't make one more corps go to Connecticut is beyond me. 5 in PA, 3 in CT. Not smart.
  9. Like I said, it's false to believe 8 corps wanted to break away from DCA, the math doesn't work. Though I have been out from DCA meetings for a year and a half, I know and speak to MANY corps directors and DCA administrators on a very regular basis, The statement that corps were threatening to join DCI over DCA is false. I was a director for over 27 years and an executive director for 3 years, I have 6 titles , 5 as director and 1 undefeated season and I'm going in the WDCHF in two weeks, I would have heard of any talk of a mass exodus if there was one. J
  10. The member corps are the "board" of DCA, the executive committee works for the DCA board, the DCA is under control of the corps. The member corps are the 10 highest scoring corps in PRELIMS regardless of what class they are in. I was a DCA director for over 27 years, I helped write most of these rules.
  11. So now the Kingston thread has morphed from Lobster Mac and Cheese, Steamed onions , hot dogs, Louie's burger joint and now cemeteries, pool halls and salvage shops! 😅 Wow!
  12. Super Duper is GREAT! Haven't braved the traffic on 95 to get one in a LOOOONNNG time. What should be a 10 minute drive would take about and hour these days, And no matter how good the dogs are, they aren't worth an hour in traffic! Can you believe it's you and I talking about onions and hot dogs on a Kingston Show thread? Kingston was one of those special shows on the schedule , corps started making their "moves" at Kingston and here we are, talking about food. Makes you wonder 😀
  13. So Fran, Do you like raw onions or steamed onions on your burgers? I'm partial to steamed onions diced in little pieces like the ones at White Castle, just a tad of ketchup, not too much and I have the perfect burger. 🙂
  14. A food thread will most certainly be more interesting than the show, that's for sure!
  15. I think Lobster Mac and Cheese is overrated, Lobster shouldn't be smothered in cheap cheese, it's delicious on its own. Those are my thoughts for today. Jay
  16. Shouldn't "Rick" be the first to go? He hires the staff Im guessing??? He keeps his job when he has hired so poorly for so long? Doesnt sound right to me, A clean slate is needed from the top on down to fix this corps, IMO.
  17. We were late because we had a blown bus tire a few hours outside of WS, we would have been on time if not for that. We did the gig in street clothes and hung over from the festivities which started at 5 am that morning🍺when we left Ridgefield Park NJ.
  18. I can say the Bushwackers made a pile of money going to WS in 2005. Our bus bill was payed by the committee plus we received a healthy paycheck on top of it not to mention the member fee collected for a 3 day trip that included all their meals. A fun trip for sure and very lucrative for the corps bank account.The only downer was the "Evil" sponsor of the LMS on Friday night "forgot" to pay the corps their fee for performing, It was months until the corps got their promised fee, sometime late fall of 2005. A memorable trip down south for a Jersey corps, good times! J
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