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I always thought it was the first millisecond after the words "And in 1st Place winning the gold medal"...

The Blue Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps is a corps starting up that will be run with the local tour style. Keeping it local keeps the costs down as we want members to pay as little as possible. All member fees will be less than $100. Check out our website for more details! https://bluecadets.org

Corps where I taught in the late 80s early 90s was a combined rookie talent & legacy night. All was approved by the corps director & staff. The entire event had an 'educational' atmosphere. It started with some awesome rookie talent which included instrumental, vocal, & dance performances followed by veteran members along with the corps director describing the history of the corps. None of this 'hazing' bull poop. 💩🙂

I think everyone will be a Crossmen fan this year. Something special is happening.

I believe you got all of that exactly right. It all adds to the cost of the final product.

I’ve heard some interesting stories about what “Splooie” really means.

Ludwig Drums = Monroe, North Carolina Musser Percussion = Elkhart, Indiana (Ludwig does have a cheaper imported line of drum sets & snare drums.)

Yeah. They’re still in callback camps right now. Winter and spring camps are when we’ll get the “they’re miles ahead of where they were at this point last year and poised to move way up” from….everyone.

In both of my experiences with two different corps, I think it was just called “talent night.” I honestly don’t remember if it was called “rookie talent night.” And in both instances, it wasn’t on buses. Always in the gym on a free evening and I recall all instructional staff and support staff/volunteers were invited to watch and have fun.

Tariff's are misunderstood. My company assembled parts in PA based off of components made in China. 400+ jobs assembling and shipping parts. When the tariffs went in place in 2018, it was cheaper to do the assembly in Mexico. he assembled part had a lower rate than the components themselves based on the HTS codes. That immediately put plans in motion to shut down all US operations and within a year, we moved all assembly out of the country. Before the move, we added tariff charges to the majority of our customers as a separate invoice line item. The business wanted to pass on that cost. I don't know it's the same for Conn-Selmer, but it's most likely cheaper to assemble in China, save money and pass any tariff on to the consumer.

How does the tariff piece fit into this? Tariffs were supposed to bring manufacturing back to the US, or keep it in the USA.

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I'd hesitate simply because it is 2600 bucks. Not to mention there is no guard or visual staff listed on the website yet.