Jim Schehr

Someone get the door

Don’t even have good enough sense to get in out of the rain.

Looks like rain. It’s over that’s all folks. Maybe tomorrow then again

It was only a thought. Doubt seriously if it would ever be considered.

I’m not here to debate any issues on this form, so speak to the mirror. The cost of touring is currently affecting the activity participant organizations. If the activity loses another organization or two so be it, but eventually there will be 12 or 10 or 7. It’s not sustainable.

FYI - I wasn’t talking about any specific organizations budget. However a budget cap may allow for parity. Either way the cost of touring is a burden that few can continue to afford. It’s unsustainable at its current level. 1.6 to 1.8 million is a hard nut to crack each year and it looks like the price of meat will continue to increase. FYI the activity was just fine with local geographic membership, a lot more corps too. But I guess you would have had to been there to know.

Until there is a cap on expenditures and geographic recruiting restrictions, don’t expect to see much change. 1.6-1.8 million dollars to operate a nonprofit is IMO out of control.

Friday, August 3 ★ DCI Eastern Classic (Night 1) ★ Corps Score 1 Santa Clara Vanguard 96.100 2 Blue Devils 94.950 3 Bluecoats 93.825 4 Blue Stars 87.725 5 Mandarins 86.355 6 Phantom Regiment 85.610 7 Colts 82.750 8 Madison Scouts 81.450 9 Troopers 80.655 10 Music City 76.225 11 Seattle Cascades 70.725 12 Pioneer 63.325 Saturday, August 4 ★ DCI Eastern Classic (Night 2) ★ Corps Score 1 Carolina Crown 92.925 2 Boston Crusaders 91.655 3 The Cavaliers 91.325 4 The Cadets 89.350 5 Blue Knights 87.125 6 Crossmen 84.955 7 Spirit of Atlanta 84.625 8 The Academy 84.450 9 Pacific Crest 77.625 10 Oregon Crusaders 73.255 11 Genesis 72.125 12 Jersey Surf 67.625

As long as the corps is being judged on DCA sheets at a DCI sanctioned contest, then that score can be used for prelims seeding if you have not received a score from a DCA sanctioned contest.

CYO Nationals Corps Score 1 Boston Crusaders 90.955 2 The Cadets 88.475 3 Phantom Regiment 85.425 4 Crossmen 84.795 5 Pacific Crest 77.225 6 Genesis 72.700 Drums Along the Mohawk Corps Score 1 Blue Stars 87.565 2 Spirit of Atlanta 83.550 3 The Academy 82.455 4 Madison Scouts 80.150 5 Troopers 78.450 6 Oregon Crusaders 73.100 7 Jersey Surf 69.350 8 Pioneer 63.733

I believe CT DCI scores have been of great value considering the line-ups of DCI corps and International corps (Jubal) we perform with. Scores are opinions and opinions change. CT DCI season scores: Mason 65.550, Alexandria 62.950, White Lake 67.750, Centerville 71.350 DCA score: Peckville 72.150 No more shows until BillsPort, lot of rehearsal between then and now. Lot of work to do to get better. CT expects to be on first in DCA Prelims, it's nothing new, we're always first on.

Tour of Champions - Chester Corps Score 1 Santa Clara Vanguard 95.000 2 Bluecoats 94.500 3 Carolina Crown 92.000 4 Boston Crusaders 91.000 5 The Cavaliers 90.500 6 The Cadets 88.000 7 Blue Knights 87.500 8 Phantom Regiment 86.000

Thanks! We had our best run of the weekend mini tour. Lots of work got done and the organization handled the tour well. No more performances until DCA prelims. The rehearsal schedule is in place to integrate some minor changes and planned layering. Plus a few prop surprises. Back to work and getting better.

Tuesday, July 31 Drum Corps: An American Tradition - Annapolis Corps Score 1 Blue Devils 94.00 2 The Cadets 88.00 3 Mandarins 86.00 4 Crossmen 84.00 5 Colts 83.00 6 Pacific Crest 77.00 7 Jersey Surf 68.00

Drums Across the Tri-State  Corps Score Phantom Regiment 1 Blue Stars 87.275 Blue Stars 2 Phantom Regiment 84.895 Colts 3 Colts 80.826 Madison Scouts 4 Madison Scouts 80.125 Troopers 5 Troopers 78.625 Oregon Crusaders 6 Oregon Crusaders 73.550  Summer Music Games of Southwest Virginia Corps Score Carolina Crown 1 Carolina Crown 91.225 Boston Crusaders 2 Boston Crusaders 90.855 Crossmen 3 Mandarins 84.825 Mandarins 4 Crossmen 84.050 Pacific Crest 5 Pacific Crest 76.655 Genesis 6 Genesis 71.725 Pioneer 7 Jersey Surf 67.875 Jersey Surf 8 Pioneer 63.750 Soaring Sounds  Corps Score Bluecoats 1 Bluecoats 93.655 The Cavaliers 2 The Cavaliers 90.275 Blue Knights 3 Blue Knights 68.255 Spirit of Atlanta 4 Spirit of Atlanta 83.550 The Academy 5 The Academy 82.950 Music City 6 Music City 74.100 Seattle Cascades 7  Seattle Cascades 69.750