chris7997 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Hi fellow drum corps fans, I have a question...I must have woke-up from a comma. Last time I checked, all corps played "America the Beautiful" together on Finals Night after the scores had been reported. The worst part is, I asked some people sitting near me last summer, young people, and they said, "Dude, huh? We've never heard of that." This is ashame. Please don't tell me it's because of political correctness or things got "too busy to coordinate,""too much going on so, they couldn't "fit it in." In an age where people ... young people ... are taught that America "stinks," America is "rotten," to the core (no pun intended) this is a DCI tradition that helps people love their country. Isn't playing "America the Beautiful" by all the corps something we can all agree was a good thing? If there's a "lame" reason why they stopped, I'll be starting a petition to bring it back. Count on it. Chris 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandandl Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 (edited) Simple answer is that the MMs aren't just American competitors, nor are the units. Check the SoundSport and Drumline rosters from last season as evidence, The Blue Saints from Sherbrooke, P.Q., Canada and Jubal from the Netherlands are recent drum corps participants.. Please don't try to trump drum corps. Patriotism definitely has it's place. Your anger which you are calling citizenship may not be the best solution for the idealism you seek. Rather than complain here, contact DCI directly. Have a great day. P.S.: I did like the interweave of O Canada and America when corps were only from the US and Canada. That's not DCI today. Edited February 24, 2016 by xandandl 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 (edited) It used to be played I believe on Wednesday night after opening ceremonies or something else. (????) Follow up: As the following posts were read, my memory was way off (again). Edited February 24, 2016 by Ghost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MelloMatt Posted February 24, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2016 From the member's perspective, it would be just another piece we have to learn in our limited free time while trying to get everything in order for the trip home, as well as trying to max out our show and getting ready to leave our family after 3 months with them. And for the record, we aren't being taught that America "stinks". We just don't believe that America can do no wrong. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Hi fellow drum corps fans, I have a question.. Last time I checked, all corps played "America the Beautiful" together If there's a "lame" reason why they stopped, I'll be starting a petition to bring it back. Count on it. Chris Maybe its a Copywrite issue with " America the Beautiful ".... and " O Canada " 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris7997 Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 Respectfully DCP Fanatic, this is a forum for these kind of discussions. The perfect place for a topic like this. Please don't try to politicize drum corps. These are not all the corps that include Canada. These are the World Class Top 12 corps that played it after one of the Final nights. It was handled fine by corps members in the 90s, who didn't see it as a burden to honor America. Intolerance has no place in DCI...including intolerance for America. I'm not asking to make it political -- America the Beautiful isn't political, unless you are inserting politics into everything. We invite the Marine Corps into the Final ceremonies...that's very "American." I'm not even asking this to be a political discussion. I'm simply asking why isn't it played now? And so far there hasn't been an answer. It was done for many years. This is something DCI fans would again embrace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleran Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Maybe its a Copywrite [sic] issue with " America the Beautiful " Music and lyrics first published together in 1910, thus they are within the public domain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Music and lyrics first published together in 1910, thus they are within the public domain Well THATS a relief ( and no excuse ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowtown Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 there are youtubes of it from 2013 don't recall if they played it last year, youtubes of that retreat but its really long 2008 was sort of a disaster for the piece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 DCI should consider " Sweet Caroline " at INT, imo. INT has loudspeakers for amplification now that makes it practical too. Standup singalongs encouraged from Finals Night fans in attendance with the rendition too. Neil Diamond has waived the copywrite issue, and says he needs all the musical exposure that DCI will permit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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