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From what I've heard, Brandon Olander is not only back in the line....but has achieved the quadfecta of BD drumming. Win DCI: Check Win the Sanford: Check Win snare I&E: Check Become Center snare: CHECK! Wondering how many others have done that....pretty sure ScoJo did.

So to pull this back a bit to the topic itself, I would believe that a featured performer, female or not, or female participating in the endeavors of a primarily MM male organization, is a member of the organization simply due to the times we live in with liabilities, waivers of liability, indemnifications, MM contracts, associated MM responsibilities (tour fees, camp fees, etc.), codes of conduct, 1 of 154, and all that comes with that. The person identified as a featured performer, performing in all competitions is a member. In the eyes of the fans, alums (most anyway) the org's. administration, competitors and DCI itself, that person is a member. I'd say the Madison is dipping their toe in the pool of inclusion but it seems they may only be in up to their baby toe. Good for them and good luck to them this year.

1989 - the show that made me want to march them 2015 - jawdropping from beginning to end 1993 - one of the great ones from the swing days 2016 - Great Gig and finest collection of soloists 1987 - Autumn Leaves w/expanding snare line! HM 1990 - the year I marched :) 1986 - first show I saw at a finals 2006 1997 Least fav 1992

That would be their show "Agriculture."

I remember those tymp players well. I think a lot of teenage boys in drum corps back then were in love with them. Les Diplomates were ahead of the curve in DCA, as was my old team... Sunrisers. Sun had a female brass player in the 1960s... I believe she might have been the first one in DCA... with many more women to follow. An all-female guard in 1969, one of the first if not the first in DCA... women in the drum line, including at least two in the snare line when we were winning percussion titles nearly every year... and DCA's first female brass soloists. Not bragging here... just pointing out that some corps at all levels got there early, and others got there later. Each at their own pace. And if the Scouts open up to more women... good for them. If they don't... as a private organization, that is their choice. The world won't spin off its axis either way.

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How about the individual corps decides if someone is a member or not and not the public....lol.....Whatever a members status is Im sure was discussed by the member and the corps Admin. If something is (or not ) acceptable is totally up to that person. I can agree that if someone pays, invests time, travels, there for everything, there should be no reason why they wouldn't be a member BUT certainly is not my call. If it were me I would not be part of something who didn't consider me a member if I put that much into it . It could also not mean much either way to a person. Their call

First time logging into DCP in probably a year and it has not changed. I wish people would understand that complaining about BD and their lack of achievement in one area or another makes one not only seem ignorant, but classless. There are some corps, or shows I like more than others, but I can always find something about any corps in the top 25 that I can appreciate and enjoy. Instead of focusing on something a corps does or does not do that frustrates you, concentrate on something that corps does that entertains or impresses you. If you cannot find one thing about the Blue Devils' programs over the last 44 years that impresses as well as entertains you, that would suggest you just do not want to. Bashing one corps does not make another corps any better.

Was Sown Side Up some sort of homage to the Amish lifestyle show? I can't really remember that one

that reminds me, 1994's C Jam closer is one the best songs to hit the field

2006 great music and visual, this show that gets lost in a strong year 1987 first time I noticed them and who doesn’t love a massive snare line 1996 one of the better patriotic shows 2007 early season, that show was watered and lost some steam at the end, I prefer the mid-season DVD version to finals 2005 great song to build a great show around I’ve enjoyed a few of their more recent offerings but for me they don’t rate well overall due to poor usage of electronics; design and live performance. If they are leading the way in electronics for DCI, we are in bad hands.

2001 never gets enough love. granted i am biased knowing like, oh, all of the design team and a handful of members, but still

A gentleman doesn't tell.

Fun memory about Latin Sketches (2001) - when they did the Red Cape Tango in the middle, it has a pretty quiet fade in introduction then a fade out ending. At the Alamodome that year, when they did the fade out, there were a few moments of absolute silence. I mean, *nothing* from the audience. That was pretty cool - means they definitely got everyone invested in it! Mike

Colts/Colt Cadets should be part of this convo also. Just a hunch, but I have the feeling they might have a higher percentage moving up to the world class corps than BD or SCV.

With Bluecoats, it's all about the music! Favorites Down Side Up (2016) - except for this show, where the striking verticality of the warped walls set this program apart. Even without it, the show was a GE powerhouse, with some of the best music DCI has seen in a generation. Great Gig in the Sky pushed a bunch of corps into using more recent rock and pop songs in their shows, and this is a *great* thing. And having seen the drumline runthrough prior to Finals, they were playing some top-level stuff. Caravan (2005) - this was an interesting transition year between the light and fluffy Bluecoats into the more mature and darker version of the corps that took off in 2007. While the charts still scream jazz, they were a much darker set of tunes that made the corps feel older. The music from Cirque du Soleil was a great choice. The Jagged Line (2017) - prog rock in drum corps? Yes, please! The corps subtlely played with spacing and drill in this show, but most of it ended up passing right over the audience's head. However, you can't deny it's just friggin' cool music. Plus they had an honest-to-goodness old-school-no-brass drum feature in there! Psychopomp is one of those tunes I keep humming to myself no matter where I am. Honorable mention Brave New World (2011) - The Creep opener! <swoon> The Harvest closer! <cheer>. Everything in between! <crickets> Not so favorites A Day in the Life (1992) - the switch to the dark blue uniforms was nice, but the guard, the visual and above all the ADD-style charts were not. At all. In Search of America (2013) - it wasn't quite the electronic-funky Coats of 2014, and most of the show was just a musical mess. I get what they were going for, but it just didn't work. Threshold (2000) - Chicken or the egg - was the music subpar because it was a edge-of-Finals brassline, or were they an edge-of-Finals brassline because of the charts? Mike

That's a pretty good summary of the junior corps scene, right there!!! 1971 was my first season marching in junior corps. Saw both the World Open and U.S. Open finals that year. Since our local-circuit corps didn't make the finals cut at either. Two great shows, with many memorable performances. At the U.S. Open, two corps in particular... De La Salle Oaklands and St. Rita's Brassmen... really lit the place up that night. "On fire" would be an understatement. LOL.

1. 2010: Awesome all around show 2. 2005: Another great all around show 3. 2006: The ballad is one of my favorite ballads ever arranged. This year has my favorite drum judge commentary ever at the end: "WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! TAKIN A BATH, IN CLEAN DIDDLES!!" 4. 2016: I'm happy I got to see this live. 5. 2009: Haitian Fight Song was dope.

We purchased five (5) great Two Day seats to DCI Eastern Classic in Allentown, PA on Friday August 3rd and Saturday August 4th Section I 14-5 thru 9 and are not able to go. We are selling them for face value ($99/seat) and are willing to split into 2 and 3 if need be. Last years show was outstanding and we're bummed that we aren't able to go!! Please let me know if interested.

You've been saying stuff like that for years. Maybe it's time to find a different line.

If 2007 didn’t kill the Scouts, I doubt that one young lady or even more being in the corps, would do it.

This is like the Cavaliers' shows during their championship run. I can watch this with the sound down, just for the visuals, and still enjoy it.

That describes my love life, and it hasn't killed me.

Dams can leak for weeks, months... water flowing through.... without breaking. LOL. So... regarding the semantics of "member" or not... we'll find out at some point, right? Until then... perhaps we can just enjoy this moment and wish this young woman well?

The Facebook announcement said “featuring” which would make me think she will be used much the same way a young woman was used in “Carmen.” Perhaps this is a step towards going coed, but it may be just a one year choice.

Will she not be used primarily as a soloist with very little marching?

Really, it isn't just a top 4 these days. I'd say that it's back to top 6, or at least top 5 as it has been historically. I say that your child should go where they are the happiest and where they are the best fit. It's ok to try new things too.

Jump to Blue Devils and it's a GUARANTEED lock for that goal...