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Excellent point! At least, the bright light is being shown upon this bad behavior rather than the decades of sweeping it under the rug while the survivors suffer in silence.

While pedophiles can work anywhere, they do find ways to be around children as often as possible. They place themselves as director, teacher, instructor, and/or leader of artistic bodies such as performing arts, where they have surrounded themselves with adoring and aspiring performers. They may be respected subject matter experts in the field of music or artistic design.

It's sad but not surprising. They are there hidden in jobs where one least expects it. I do think progress has been made to stop the coverups or at least in most cases. it's sad in the past where these abuses were ignored or covered up for reputation sake and no consideration about the victims.

But you can rationalize using that toothpaste to clean the rest of the sink...hey, it foams, doesn't it? 😁

There's a reason I chose to post this. I will not use names, just vague references. My high school had several teachers who were sexual predators, and when I say that phrase, I mean they were in teaching positions, over the age of 21, and had sex with minor students. Several were serial predators: three band directors and at least 4 teachers who were also coaches or a cheerleading sponsor. All but one were male, so yes, I got a sense, first hand, that it's more prevalent among band directors and coaches. There were more than a few students who knew about these activities. Hell, I knew about the female teacher and the one student she was currently having the affair with, but I didn't think to say anything, and nobody else did either. Why? Because as students, we held these teachers in such a light that we rationalized what was happening. We turned a blind eye to it because we didn't really see a problem, because the brain doesn't finish figuring out right and wrong until age 25. We were incapable of knowing the full depth of right and wrong, and we expected the teachers to be the experts. In the past, we just accepted all this aberrant behavior because we didn't see the harm. Well, the harm may not show up for years, but then dozens and dozens of lives are ruined when the kids involved in those acts can't have regular, loving relationships because they have psychological damage. Count the number of young female teachers over the past decade who have been revealed to have had sexual relationships with students... in high school, middle school or lower! What are the odds that a good number of these women were the victims of coaches, teachers, or band directors who had taken advantage of them as teens? This is the first time I have actually seen a case of a band director found to be distributing child pornography, but it's not the first person I've seen busted for it who held some type of authoritative position over children. There have been several cases over the last couple of years in the metro Atlanta area. We must break the cycle of predation now. There is no such thing today as "being paranoid", or "being overly cautious" when it comes to inappropriate relationships between faculty and students, staff and marching members. One abused kid is too many. As it relates to this forum, this is just another reason people will have to stop funding and supporting band or drum corps, and a good reason to not let their kid participate. Covid may have dealt DCI/DCA/BOA a harsh and severe setback, but it's incidents like this one that will be the death blow to it all.

That is good, but I'm sure some other Corps will move in to fill the void.

Props are also minimal for those that dislike large, expensive props.

Yes- that's the profile, thaks for laying it out so well. They're generally very good educators/instructors and quite charismatic. It makes it hard for others to believe that's what they're doing. Thankfully over the decades, knowledge is power about that profile and more see through it. Also, the law requitres reporting in some states regardless of what an individual may think or believe about the suspect.

Nice! Unencumbered by judicial influence, I like my chances of being entertained.

Crown is putting together their show “In My Mind” which will be recorded by a professional filming crew. It’s my understanding that they will be recording more than just the show- maybe some sectionals, member interviews, not sure really. That recording will be available to purchase. They are also having a live show at Gardner Webb University on July 10th for which you can buy tickets and a earlier poster on this thread posted the link for tickets. I understand the live show will last about two hours so it will be more than just a performance of the show. I think they also plan to make the show available for streaming. I haven’t seen any pricing or sale on that yet. Again, not sure all that will entail. Some portion of the recording will be played at Indy.

Seems like these kinds of things happen at all grade levels and with all kinds of teachers. It's awful, but is there a sense that it's more prevalent with band directors or staff?

so they really arent playing Girls Girls Girls? ####

and the kid at Crown in 2010 from running his ### off all summer. and so on and so on...and.......well.....

higher louder faster destroyed many knees, backs and legs, yet people cry it's gone.

well i go to a show, i watch everyone. i'm not a lot lizard watching lines play stuff great so they can #### out tap rolls on the move, and i close the cooler in time to go in so i am seated by "oh say can you see"

All the best to our musical friends in the UK for another successful season. Cheers, mates.

Some school districts are becoming so desperate for teachers that they are hiring convicted felons. Illinois is a case in point.