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  2. by the time regional assignments are made, they pretty much know who is working finals week. the only case i know of someone being off finals when expected to be wa sa few years ago for a family situation. Pretty much if you work Atlanta/Crown weekend, San Antonio and Allentown, you're working Indy. and judges schedules are set in the winter because they have to give their availability that early.
  3. there have been rumors of stuff like this for eons. some is myth and some isn't.
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  5. Yes, and Boston has one or two admin riding each bus now, which leaves even fewer seats.
  6. They can’t … when the max a corps can march increased to 165, that eliminated room on the busses for alternates.
  7. Also, I wonder which is worse....sending an alternate home in early June with a far reduced fee or having them spin in the end zone all summer, never to get into the show all the while charging them full tour fees AND depriving them of marching elsewhere or working at home? Boston now carries very few alternates on tour, instead calling them up from home should a hole opens. There is alot of misinformation on the above link, including Boston supposedly charging $8000 tour fees. They charge $6000, the same as Bluecoats this year and Cadets last year. And also for the record, they did not bring 10 alternates on tour last summer....not even close.
  8. And for the record, the only reason DCI shows color guard openings for Boston at present is that BAC doesn't set their guard until after the WGI season concludes. The guard audition weekend is in April.
  9. Corroborating information from the post with what I know. What was your point?
  10. There were multiple people this happened to. Considering they aged out in 2023, I find it doubtful that they are in Boston’s hornline this year.
  11. I don’t think we are talking about the same person.
  12. That guard member has since returned to Boston, and made the hornline for 2024.
  13. I know of a guard member who marched with Boston in 2022 and was contracted for 2023, where they were made to re-audition midway through spring training. They did not made the cut and had to find a new home for 2023. Given the reaction on the thread, I am sure that is not the only time that has happened.
  14. Yeap. 2006 Cavalier is one of a kind show in drum corps history! one of my all time favorite from them. They could revisit the idea for today's designs style of shows in the Cavaliers way. They don't even have to try topping 2006, or measure up to it, all they have to do, is just make it fresh and new,interesting, entertaining and captivating for today's standard of shows. I'd give anything to see that.
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  16. Maybe you are misreading their intent. Did you think that is what I meant when I posted "the issue there is what judges reward"? If so, I hope my subsequent post clarified my understanding. I am well aware that judges, designers and instructors all steer the creative direction of the activity. Some of them switch between those three roles at different times or in different pageantry circuits, so they are not diametrically opposed factions to begin with. In fact, change usually comes when all three arrive at consensus.
  17. The judges are the least influential individuals in the judging process. Call a Famous Designer's work less than brilliant, and watch your ### get kicked from the Finals week judging schedule (it happens regularly). Why are some corps literally paying $60-140k to grownups to write or teach drum corps shows? Because they know that the individuals who can command those fees bring with them the influence over the judges to make sure the corps they work for is looked on favorably. Designers run the show, bolstered by some influential (aka "domineering") voices in the managers room at Januals. Any attempt to design a scoring system that would put more power into the hands of the performers and their performance that night will be voted down in a heartbeat.
  18. That being said, do you think DCI’s claim that this “retroactively waiving of statutes” goes against the constitution of the state holds merit and could well be challenged?
  19. Reading an interesting thread on Reddit. Lots (most? all?) top 12 corps try to carry some alternates into spring training to avoid starting from zero when the inevitable spring training holes appear (due to injury or just bailing out for other reasons). Alternates are contracted, are full members, and frequently get the opportunity to fill a hole either in the spring or during the season. But I had not heard of contracting twice the "normal" number of alternates, bringing them into spring training, and then cutting half of them. That's...crazy. Effectively locks those talented performers from marching elsewhere that season (other corps have already filled holes and the cut alternates have already paid up their contract(they couldn't afford to march elsewhere even if they found a spot).
  20. exactly. so as i said above, the corps vote on it. the judges don't just go and decide how things are to be done by themselves
  21. Thank you so much for the update and heartfelt congrats on joining the ranks of Bluecoats alums. So proud and thrilled with everything that you all have accomplished!
  22. because in the end, as you state, the corps vote on it. so if they didn't like the system in place, they'd try to change it. too many on here continue to espouse the view the judges dictate what is judged, and thats simply not true. Sure they may recommend changes to the sheets, but in the end the corps control if it happens or not. the judging community doesn't act in a blind vacuum with no oversight. Even when Cesario began his push a decade ago, it still had to be voted on and approved by the corps. and by and large, whats being done today is a result of his push which IMO, has made the on field product more engaging to the fan base as well as the score sheets.
  23. Not a simple question. If I recall correctly, modifications to the sheets normally take the form of a rule change proposal. Anyone can write a rule change proposal, but the rulebook says only corps directors/staff or judges can submit a rule change proposal. Proposals are developed by a committee of judges, designers and instructors, subsequently published, then discussed and voted upon in a series of caucuses at the DCI annual meeting. Certain majorities of instructors, and then corps directors, must be in favor to approve a rule change. So to answer your question, many people create the sheets. The two primary categories of people are corps-affiliated staff and DCI-affiliated judges. The bosses of both groups (corps directors and the DCI Judge Administrator and Artistic Director) have some potential input in the process, should they choose to use it. Why do you ask?
  24. I'm sure he is one of the "John Does" named in the lawsuit. In the compliant statement #36, G Hopkins is named as an agent or employee who knew the abuse was about to take place & didn’t do anything to prevent. Not sure what his role was during that time, but I think he was an instructor or maybe assistant director?
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