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Favorite City for DCA Championships, and Why?


Favorite city for DCA championships, and why?  

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  1. 1. Of the cities in which DCA championships have been held, which is your favorite?

    • Milford, CT ('65)
      0
    • Bridgeport, CT ('66-67)
      1
    • Rochester, NY ('68-71, 73-76, 96, 06-11, 14-17)
      4
    • Jersey City, NJ ('72)
      0
    • Allentown, PA ('77-78, 82-87, 89-90, 97-99)
      13
    • Hershey, PA ('79-80, 88)
      2
    • Philadelphia, PA ('81)
      0
    • Scranton, PA ('91-95, 02-05)
      4
    • Syracuse, NY ('00-01)
      2
    • Annapolis, MD ('12-13)
      24


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23 hours ago, BigW said:

I'm unsure how much A-Town has improved the restrooms since I was last there several years ago. It needed to be done and I know renovations were in progress. Parking isn't as easy by far as Williamsport or Hershey. The view, drum corps provenance, all give it some edge in some old-time ways, though. I do think, though that Williamsport may have an edge in terms of the acoustics and view for what DCA corps do now.

The upper-level restrooms at Allentown are fine, as are the ones near the spectators' gate, and it's a fine city to visit (The Mrs. & I have made the Renaissance downtown our home for WGI events and DCI East), but the front sideline is SO far back from the grandstand now :43_slight_frown:  . Billtown offers a MUCH better viewing and listening environment, and, I believe, we're the only thing going on in town Labor Day weekend, which is one reason I was able to book a room for all three nights next DCA weekend for about $250 less than what I've been paying in Rochester.

But, my actual two cents - I was one of the Annapolis votes :12_slight_smile: .

 

 

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1 hour ago, grenadasmoothie said:

The upper-level restrooms at Allentown are fine, as are the ones near the spectators' gate, and it's a fine city to visit (The Mrs. & I have made the Renaissance downtown our home for WGI events and DCI East), but the front sideline is SO far back from the grandstand now :43_slight_frown:

. Billtown offers a MUCH better viewing and listening environment, and, I believe, we're the only thing going on in town Labor Day weekend, which is one reason I was able to book a room for all three nights next DCA weekend for about $250 less than what I've been paying in Rochester.

But, my actual two cents - I was one of the Annapolis votes :12_slight_smile: .

 

 

Ditto on Annapolis, though I do have to say "wow!" about how much less the cost is for the rooms.

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18 hours ago, BigW said:

Not only that, Jeff- IIRC, it was set up to be pretty much exclusively a baseball stadium for the Yankee farm system, which made hosting events like ACC's and DCA's an impossibility.

 

I mentioned Scranton more to compare the venue to Williamsport. If Williamsport had a restaurant/bar and better bathrooms, it'd beat Montage hands down in just about every area, I think.

ummm...no. the hill

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On 10/4/2017 at 3:36 PM, BigW said:

You mean driving up the hill? As long as it's not snowing...

walking, transporting equipment to warmups....no matter what plan they have, someone won't be happy. 

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Loaded question: 2 contests over last two seasons regarding the site logistics- one would think there should be fair warning about any issues given a fair amount of the Open Class Corps have been there. I know, someone will prolly still gripe who hasn't.

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16 hours ago, BigW said:

Loaded question: 2 contests over last two seasons regarding the site logistics- one would think there should be fair warning about any issues given a fair amount of the Open Class Corps have been there. I know, someone will prolly still gripe who hasn't.

welcome to DCA

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Hershey and Allentown as lived 10 miles from Hershey and would drive to Atown for Prelims and be home for supper.  Just wanted to see them corps so skipped Finals.

 

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