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Heard Forte is shutting down....couple of staff members on facebook looking for corps with open spots....

timp cart LOL

sorry TIMP cart.... not yimp cart LOL

Accent Marching just posted selling yimp cart synth cart and percussion rack on facebook. Interesting that this equipment was "just" bought on feb 16...?

Other than the corps director never paying people...and running the corps on bad credit and literally credit cards...he ended up in jail eventually...nothing was wrong....

You really think thats "THE" ending??

Coats have had swings as big as .9 tenths between what and how in both ensemble vis and ge vis....musicianship and tech do not match up with comp and excellence and rep and performance as much..... So the growth potential is there...seeing crown...they are far cleaner....at this stage of the game

Hmm really...because I saw Crown, Boston ,Coats and Phantom for the past two weeks...hmmmm oh by the way...the top numbers for coats are not close to their bottam numbers in design captions(ensemble vis...ge visual) at times...so...maybe before you type you should make sure you have your facts straight.

Bloo will continue to get clean......

I dont think coats are peaking....wait 6 weeks

Wouldint happen.....Tx Band Kids from San Antonio would look at it as being on the B team...the JV...whats in it for them? They can go back to their pretty decent marching band in August after doing something else in the summer. What you have to realize is back in the 70s, 80s and 90s to some extent Drum Corps was their music education. Thats not the case anymore. I wouldlike to see some sort of datat showing how many scv cadets and blue devils b kids actually go on to the A corps? I think you will be surprised. The only reason those groups are still around is because music ed in Cali ispretty bad. yes there are some good marching groups out there BUT nothing like Tx or Indiana. I have kids here who marched open class for a year and now are making the Blue Knights and other world class groups. When I ask them why they imply their high school marching experience is better than open class and their training is better so why not go world...? I cannot argue with that...but then you have huge swaths of kids that get cut from the top 8 and then dont march anywhere? Why? They would rather go back to a pretty decent high school marching band experience and try again when they are 18-19. Also you have to realize this about the average age being 19.4...DCI has done this to itself with the RIDICULOUS starting dates of "spring Training". In tx school go to June 4th now....state law....and school starts on Aug 24 or somewhere around there. Alot of groups are doing Move Ins the weekend of May 24?? a week before memroial Day weekend. When I marched in the 1990s move ins was rt after Memroial Day weeekend and then it was two max three weeks and then your gone on tour. I looked at one top 12 corps asking for its drum battery to move in for almost 5 weeks! High Schol admin(which I am about to become) are not letting kids out of going to school at the end at least here in Tx. Its all about money and adm and butts in chairs ot get the money...and when they let drum corps kids out then guess who esle wants out of school early...the sportos...for their summer league vball...baseball...softball teams traveling the country. Honestly some corps are not offereing contracts to kids who still have to be in school until June 4th here...so if someone is complaining about the age and no high school age kids thats a big part of the reason.

I keep on hearing of a group trying to start a corp in st louis? Hearing alot of interst but dont know if its going to fly? Has anyone else heard this?

I would disagree. Pleading no contest is just that. How do you know he was not interested in being found innocent? Did you speak to him...I thought not. So once again your jumping to a conclusion.

What does low income areas and my daughter have anything to do with this? Are you really comparing this to a common sense decision? Really?? Its people like you who cause all the rumor mongering in this world. If you have a problem with it dont support the Colts then. But dont come on a public forum and start throwing words like "molestation" around. Its completely irresponsible. Oh and by the way Mr. know it all he did not leave Spirit. he was working with them this summer. I know because I was there...were you? Oh wait you werent....so your statement is without merit also. He did not just disappear...he was working with them this summer. You did slander him by bringing up child molestation. you implied there were issues with children which is totally unacceptable by bringing that up. My point is your are making up hypothetical situations when there is no need to especially in a public forum.

It is slanderous...I dont recall molestation ever part of the charge. The context was not hypothetrical...read the comments. And by the way he did not "leave" Spirit. He was on tour helping them this summer..I know because I was there.

This is ridiculous. I taught Spirit with Randy for 3 years. He NEVER was anything but professional and if anything very smart about how we dealt with kids. He always had the kids best interest and always was extremely professional and worked his tail off when he was on tour. I have NO reservations about Randy and teaching. No one knows the exact details of the situation and it really has no bearing on the Colts or anything else. I have recommended students from my school to the Colts and I would have no problem sending my own daughter to the Colts with Randy. Unless you know specifics about anything you need to not pass judgement. People in glass houses should not throw stones. If you think you know about the situation and decide to post things on this forum your very unprofessional and I have no repsect for your opinion. I would allow Randy to work with my group. Unless you have seen him interact with kids and staff you need to drop this subject and move on. And bringing up "child molestation" is TOTALLY out of bounds. You just brought up something that NO ONE was accused of to sensationalize this.....the news story is out there and I do not believe it says anything about that....so thanks for slandering.

It will be a great season

Well Brenham really is not far from the Berry Center..... maybe 45 minutes...no worse than traveling north from fort bend on a friday

Colts are in Alvin...Seattle cascades at Bellville

Yes this will be fixed once the vehicles stay in Dallas after this summer. The vehicles were brought to D/FW right before tour but your concern was brought up and is being addressed by the admin to avoid this issue again.

As a new "board" member I wanted to address some of the negative press that has been in this thread. First I heard Memphis was looking to move to DFW and thought it was a smart move. DFW is a hotbed of the best bands in Tx....lots of great color guards to recruit from and possibly hooking up with an affiliation with a top notch indy guard much like some of the World class corps do. Second I wanted to offer my expertise and experience to a group I think has ALOT of potential. This group and the staff have ALOT of potential especially with the ability to recruit out of Tx. If most of the group is from Tx then why not move? Third I marched in a corps that moved to Tx and was a one hit wonder and that was the Sky Ryders. Within three years of bad management and recruitment and bad show decisions they were gone. The "sky" was the limit with them and it was frittered away. I vowed I would always try to support another corps and saw this as an opportunity for me to help. Leadership through service is what I am looking for. I am here on the board to offer my help and guidance in admin decisions and also to offer what I would "instructional" guidance for any and all that would want it on staff thru Chris. I am not the MOST experienced person but I have a background coming from education and having been a judge and instructor of another transpanted corps(Spirit) that I think I bring experiences to the table that would be put to good use. I am here to help and offer whatever I can for the success of this corps in Tx. I invite any Memphis alumni or current members to e-mail me as I would like to meet more of the Memphis family. I am excited and thrilled that we have another corps in Tx and opportunity for kids in Tx to march in a quality drum corps. My e-mail is Danielgalloway@sbcglobal.net Daniel Galloway Clements Band Memphis Sound Board