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i get we all want more corps. but the last year at Scranton, some of those first few corps on at prelims got a slew of negative comments from people in the stands, all related to size and quality. In fact some folks got up a minute or two into the show and went elsewhere. yeah when i go to a show i watch everyone, but i'm in the minority, and have been for years....and show hosts heard about it. go to any show and tell me the stands dont fill up until bigger and better corps come on the field, and i dont care what rose colored glasses you want to view life through its been that way forever

Just saw on YT that Eric Carr the guy behind all of the fantastic youtube videos is leaving the Marine Corps and going full time into Youtube -- If there were a way for streamed drum corps shows to have some sort of in studio or on site commentary it would be a hoot if Eric could get that gig - his is so funny and informative - Good luck in whatever you do in music next Eric!

That is 100% correct. I just retired June 30th. But i actually did my retirement ceremony April 16th, and then started terminal leave immediately after the ceremony, because i had a ton of leave saved up. Not sure about Army/Air Force, but Navy/USMC we are authorized 10 days of job hunting and 10 days of house hunting that can run concurrent to your terminal leave which what i did as well. So if you have 20 days of terminal, adding in the job/house hunt once approved, you can start your separation/retirement 40 days early. So it's possible that's what's he is doing. You can even sell your leave back and make money off it. Pending each command's leave policy, some have a limit of how much terminal leave you can take. Most are 60 days. one of my prior ship's i was stationed on was 30 days. My old command in Sasebo Japan was 45 days max of terminal you can use. Not sure what the Marine Corps policy is since i am/was Navy.

There was a great drum corps site that had every corps, show, song listing and score, I forgot the name of it, not sure if it still is up or not.

A kid could have done any number of things to improve the mess that has been the DCI website for over a decade.

And Snoopy looks busy, must be typing “it was a dark and stormy night”. 🥴

He didn’t say a dog could do it 🤣

Welcome to Van Mathews. https://bostoncrusaders.org/2021/10/bacbrass-welcomes-van-mathews/

I don't know about dying off, but when I check in and, no matter what the topic, see mostly discussions between a handful of people that often get way off track from the subject and into reminiscing for pages and pages, it no longer seems like a good source of legitimate information on the activity.

Bluecoats, you know what to do.

yeah...even though he had the support of his immediate chain of command, higher ups ordered that he remove a ton of videos and not use govt facilities. given that he had 2 months on his enlistment and was making more money on yt than from the marines, it makes financial sense for him to leave.

MODS....please remove this topic. there is no interest. ty

No, I’m good.

i'd rather multi cam. i like seeing drummers hands, kids intensity etc. watching hi cam bores me