Terri Schehr Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, BRASSO said: But wern't the DCA schedule challenge the same as it was when they were winning DCA/ medaling ? Whats changed in the " DCA schedule " since then ? The corps are getting younger. Kids who are in high school or college band have games Labor Day weekend. Edited April 23, 2018 by Terri Schehr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamarag Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 10 minutes ago, BigW said: The big surprise is the lack of Brass. Normally one gets plenty of those types, it's a lot harder to to find the Percussion and Guard people from my experience. It hasn't been like you describe in years. Percussion and guard are easy. Brass is *very* challenging. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 1 minute ago, Terri Schehr said: The corps are getting younger. Kids who are in high school or college band have games Labor Day weekend. That could explain it...although MB did seem to have a lot of school aged marchers in their ranks when they were winning/ medaling in DCA recently though too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri Schehr Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 1 minute ago, BRASSO said: That could explain it...although MB did seem to have a lot of school aged marchers in their ranks when they were winning/ medaling in DCA recently though too. True. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 you have 4 corps in a pretty tight radius...Govies, MBI, River City and Chops. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 5 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said: you have 4 corps in a pretty tight radius...Govies, MBI, River City and Chops. Sounds like this might've played some level of a role as well... who knows. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 9 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said: You have four corps in a pretty tight radius...Govies, MBI, River City and Chops. From a performance perspective, MBI was by far the best of those four groups,. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Schehr Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 16 minutes ago, BRASSO said: But wern't the DCA schedule challenge the same as it was when they were winning DCA/ medaling in DCA ? Whats changed in the " DCA schedule " with these schools since then ( year or so ago ) ? With many current members being college age and younger, and most if not all involved in marching band, it has become extremely difficult to recruit potential members to commit to Labor Day weekend. Band directors don’t want their members missing opening high school and college football games. Not to mention parents who say no you’re not missing school for drum corps. It’s a challenge recruiting for an All-Age DCA schedule. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElaineKat Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 (edited) Brass Winter and former corps member here. We had been told at our Winter Send Off show that there had been some departures and changes in staff but that the corps would remain active this summer. Most of the alum and current members found out this morning primarily through email. It's hard in Minnesota to recruit with hs summer only groups and when the season takes up so much time, in addition to the extended travel to go to DCA. They are very optimistic that we will return in 2019, and we trust our staff to do everything they can to make it happen Edited April 24, 2018 by ElaineKat Added stuff 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri Schehr Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 22 minutes ago, Kamarag said: It hasn't been like you describe in years. Percussion and guard are easy. Brass is *very* challenging. That is so true. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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