QuentinTarantino

The high quality of Phantom's music and marching performance made up for any missing guard uniforms and flags.

I will give $50 to the corps who's director is first to reports the voting results (i.e. who voted for/against). Who else is with me? I am serious.

I don't have a life so I have plenty of time to waste. There is disagreement as to what is best for DCI long-term as evident by the 10-10 vote. I doubt any fan of (input your favorite inactive corps) would agree that DCI is doing just fine.

My new list of the ten who voted for is: Cadets Blue Devils Glassmen Boston Crusaders Spirit from JSU Crossmen Blue Knights Bluecoats Cascades Carolina Crown The corps who voted against are trying to save DCI from long-term ruin. I really wish they would state who they are so that I could help their cause.

I don't know how the vote went, but if I had to guess... For: Cadets Blue Devils Glassmen The Cavaliers Boston Crusaders Spirit from JSU Crossmen Mandarins Capital Regiment Mandarins Against: Phantom Regiment Madison Scouts Blue Knights Santa Clara Vanguard Bluecoats Carolina Crown Colts Southwind Cascades The Magic What say you?

I don't like the idea of two people judging the same caption. What will we think when two judges award vastly different scores to the same corps during the same performance?

You may be right about my lack of experiance. I have never been accused of rape. Nor have eaten in a restaurant without someone in my party paying. So do you believe a corps that you marched with was scored lower because a staff member convinced a judge to score another corps higher? This would sound like an excuse to me.

Siggamiggon: I don't understand your "Real Real Life" scenario. Are you saying that staff members can influence how judges score each corps? Even if they could, how is that a conflict of interest? The staff member would want each corps to receive the highest score possible.

Drop the unnecessary and out of context vocals and Blue Stars will be better in 2007.

In your example, the drill designer does not have a conflict of interest. He/she wants both corps to score equally well. There could be a conflict of interest if a designer was to be paid incentives based on a corps performance. Let's say that the designer worked for corps A and B. Corps A and B were tied going to championship week at 6th place. The designer is to be paid $3,000 extra by corps A if they place 6th or higher. Which corps would you work with during the last week? I agree with PupleKnights that as long as the directors are made aware of potential conflicts of interest this really shouldn't be an issue for DCI or anyone else. Besides, let face the reality that Drum Corps can not afford to pay designers a lot of money. That being the case, I would expect designer to have to work for more than one group in order to make a living. Just a fact of life.

If you claim the payment as a tax deductable contribution, the IRS may ask you for proof (receipt). You won't have one so you will be forced to adjust your return. The Cadets won't be able to give you one. If the IRS found out the payment really wasn't a contribution the Cadets would have committed tax fraud.

If we can require kids to complete twelve years of education, then we can require a couple years of drum corps.

What do you think an all inclusive event coverage for DCI would cost?

Most business do...it's called Business Continuity Planning (BCP).

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