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It was just something I saw hanging in a window and I couldn’t resist.

They'd have to be.

And I, in solidarity with the OP, am boycotting all drum corps contests until June, 20th!

In before closed.........

Boycott the Bumps!

I did a quick Google search to help you. PETA and “Grab your Wallet” list lots of boycotts. If you want to boycott all boycotts, you can drive a Caterpillar tractor to Chick-fil-A for a chicken sandwich, have a pint of Ben and Jerry’s for desert, go home and place an order on Amazon, book a flight on Air France, make a craft or two with items purchased at Hobby Lobby, and pay for it all with a loan from Lending Tree.

Spandex pants and boots. Really? I believe the spandex pants, but spandex boots is sort of a stretch!

When did you attend your last downhill event DrumCorpsLover ? Just curious as to whether you decided on the bugles or the boycott gig recently, or maybe 35-40 years ago ?

If it aint fast food, then it ain't a fast food . I'm boycotting all fast food restaurants till I get me my fast food the way its supposed to be served.... fast.

It’s too bad we do not have the old issues of “Drum Corps News” available on line. I believe DCX is working on it. I’d love people to read what must have been a July 1978 issue. Some people were infuriated after DCI East and CYO Nationals in 1978. The shows were too modern, corps no longer played “songs,” no respect for the American flag, color guards were dancing. Shows were not “clean.” A few of the culprits: Phantom, 27th, Bridgemen, Blue Stars, Garfield, North Star, Blue Devils, SCV. Some of these shows today are classic “Old School.” When I watch DVD’s, I’m most at home with the 70’s and 80’s, but I’m still using my vacation time for Indy and Allentown, and as is the case most years, I’ll be impressed.

These are not original, but merely original 'flavor'!!! While they do not have valves, they are in fact mere copies and thus not pure enough to be considered real bugles!!!

Before people threaten boycotting, I say produce ticket stubs, cancelled checks, credit card receipts, proof of mileage and plane trips, that show you actually support drum corps. Support your claim with back issues of “Drum Corps World,” or the now defunct“Drum Corps News,” prove you have the knowledge of folks such as Michael Boo, Jeff Ream, George Dixon, Fran Harding, Terri Scheher, and others, the positivity of HookEmCavies or DrumManTX, then say you are boycotting.

Well, some of the discussions are “out of this world.”🌏

Since Hopkins would not bring back G bugles, I guess that's that.

So let’s recap: if Cadets don’t bring back Hopkins, AND if they don’t bring back G bugles, DrumCorpsLover is boycotting. I don’t know. Don’t you have some fresher takes? These aren’t very original. I was thinking about boycotting DCI unless I get ice cream for supper tonight.

Too Late!!😂

Why on earth was this brought back to life? Mods, please close.

I predict some of these "boycott" topics will be closed before the end of the weekend.

If you slog through this (flo sub required) it becomes real apparent (to me at least) that Hannum/Klesch fell in love with their clever ideas and left Subel with music that didn't represent his initial concept in any visually realizable way. Additionally, "META" shows (ie a drum corps shows about drum corps) almost always sound like wonderful ideas in the design room (where everyone is really pleased with how clever it all is) but fall flat on their face when put on the field/floor. Beast's final idea was that "Crown is the beast"; that's really hard to pull off. Better if they had been a bit more literal with the concept and stayed with a more concrete idea. Oh well ... live and learn. 2019 (so far at least) sounds WAY more coherent and contains far more "visual relatability".

And If I wanted to be even more naughty, I'd wear my Nike Sweatshirt on the Air France Flight, relax, sip an x large coke and watch the NFL Network all the Way to Moscow. But its cold in Moscow, so I can't forget to take my fur coat along too.

Bumping to move the stupid boycotting threads off the first page. I would like to get info on upcoming ST’s from all corps and the exciting season everyone is expecting

Shhh... I’m addicted to them. 😂

I intend to boycott all the boycotts on here till I figure out what I should to do next.

Done before: Malden Ambassadors 1976. They also played “Make All Our Dreams Come True” (Laverne and Shirley theme) that year.

How fitting! Those alive today who actually played the bugles in which the original poster speaks are saturated with fat. Just sayin'!

Interesting note here that might intrigue the Bruckster-ate poster. While the ABBA tour will use live people on stage with instruments, Agnetha, Björn, Benny, and Anni-Frid will actually appear on stage as holograms.

And I want DCI’s tour to coincide with an Abba reunion tour. And Abba can sing with all corps! Which corps has the b#### to do Dancing Queen?

Do I need to remind you that in an earlier post of yours (your post count is 10 so you should be able to remember) you stated you would boycott DCI unless Hopkins was reinstated. I'm simply summarizing all of your terms in one place.

Guardsmen’s guard wore spandex pants and boots in 1978.

Drum Corps, in space, wearing depends!!! The direction of DCI I tell ya!!!!

So, you must still be driving a chevy cavalier?

It depends.....

So what years are the “original drum corps you knew and loved”? I’ve had someone accuse me of not being in a “real” drum corps like he was but will let you guess on their era and mine.

“Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit...”

Cookies n cream or butter pecan

What kind of ice cream?

Dream on. Being true to the source, or even respecting the source in terms of allowing the music to live and breath via phrasing and development, they are all fantasy in modern DCI arranging. The attention span of people involved in DCI today seems to not be patient enough to appreciate those types of musical aspects.

Michael E. Schmidt is now claiming he saved Spirit of Atlanta back in 1994. No doubt he believes he belongs in the hall of fame.

uh i'll say since Devils Staircase

'Thought we might hear Wagner's " Ride of the Valkyries " in the Crossmen's show with this theme.

Not at all. This is a corps that has been putting the right pieces in place, and now they’ve got them. I knew in 2013 that they were just a heartbeat from getting back into championship form, but these days a heartbeat in DCI is years.

Your 6-year pattern is convincing! One thing that separates Crown from the others is that their 15-year Finals, year-over-year, placement change is the 3rd least volatile (behind Blue Devils and Blue Knights). Combined with their 3rd highest average placement, it would be surprising for them to place 7th or lower. Phantom and Cadets are among the most volatile. Cavies has been about average.

And Micheal Schmidt gets passed over yet again. It's a conspiracy I tell you!

I’m sure it’ll be Paris.

Most importantly, in which city is Joan’s shopping spree taking place? It can’t be Paris again. No more rehashes!

I just want them to have competent design that’s performed well & a music book that does not rely on any piece used in the past. Am I asking too much?

While they still have a great horn line, they haven't been quite the same I think since Wayne stepped away. I'm afraid that Carolina Crown now rules the roost of horn lines. Through all the Downey years I always felt like the BD horn line just commanded your attention more than any other in the activity. They were always just a notch cleaner and more powerful than the others. And I think Wayne knew how to write in a way that accentuated their abilities. They are still awesome, but now Crown has the same impact on me that BD used to have.