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No idea.

I left California, but people are moving there unlike what someone says, and I'd move back for the right job that pays a high dollar amount. I'm just extremely tired of all the nut jobs trying to pick on California due to obvious political reasons... Costs are high everywhere; fuel is even more of an issue there, but the whole tour isn't there... As far as the Cadets taking a year off, I have no idea how this relates to that topic.

False. Let me just stop the California bashing before it even gets started. Stahp!

Not if people directly report to training camp where the corps houses themselves like the Troopers do.

Well, those corps would start in their host region where they're going to perform with their cohorts.

I know this to be false.

Whelp, Cadets are out. SCV coming back that high is suss ( suspect), Regiment dropping too much probably won't happen. Blue Stars will probably bounce back. Boston dropped a couple of spots this year and I think Bluecoats are going to be better than them next time based mostly on show design. Mandarins at 5th would be nice, but let's see. Soooooo, that's why I laughed.

We're not involved, so I'd imagine that I wouldn't opine about what others choose to do in this instance. I dunno. I like to generally mind my own beeswax, so I try not to speculate.

Wait till you learn what actual colleges do when things don't work out. It's even more distant than what I've seen described here.

Cavaliers got a new drill writer too, which I think will help them. Actually, the Cavaliers have been making major staff announcements. The corps above them haven't as much, but most of those staff are staying put. Madison got a new drill writer too.

It's not just them...

3-way tie for 17th!

15th. Move everyone else down 1

1. Bluecoats 2. Blue Devils 3. Carolina Crown 4. Boston Crusaders 5. The Cavaliers 6. The Cadets 7. Phantom Regiment 8. Mandarins 9. Santa Clara Vanguard 10. Troopers 11. Colts 12. Blue Stars 13. Blue Knights 14. Pacific Crest 15. Spirit of Atlanta 16. Academy / Music City / Scouts 19. Genesis/Gold

Who is this Dan you're talking about? You mean, Nate?

Columbus Saints comes to mind. I see diversity increasing. Now, we just need some groups who don't have to spend a ton to be a part of DCI, yet still get an on-the-field performance...

It was great hearing Blue Stars and Limited Edition arc up their hornlines together and play O Fortuna at DCM. People thought Sky Ryders had suddenly gotten a lot better. It sounded great!

Also, Carmina Burana has recently been done by Phantom REgiment, so not very hard to get that piece anymore....

I enjoyed EVERY one of those shows more than any other era of their corps' history.

Same here. It's "home" yet also foreign after living all over the USA, and especially the South and the West. Heck, the East has a different vibe as well.

Ah, ok. Well true, and I do hope that Madison gets back into finals soon. It is quite impressive that these remaining corps have been that dominant. I still think about how Regiment almost dropped out before COVID-19, and how that would be psychologically tragic to this line of thought, but they turned it around thank goodness. I still think about how BD has just been gangbusters since their inception and continues to be so dominant though. They can't maintain that level forever, but I think they'll always be in finals (as long as there's a DCI), which supports your assertion.

Next up "The Nun" the drumcorps show! What an Insidious run that was!

? Long while? It's been a long while... Maybe, maybe not... People (staff) get old and die. People move on. People get other opportunities. Sometimes people grow up in California and move to the UK. Anything can, will, and does happen. I'm just trying to add to the discussion. I don't think they'll drop out of finals. Noone ever thought that SCV would take a year off. Noone would have thought the Cavaliers would be in 9th place. Noone thought that Cadets would have a down several years. Noone thought that Madison would actually drop out of finals. No one thought DCA would die. Here we are....

Everything is cyclical. I'm waiting for the time when the Blue Devils have a down cycle. Every other corps mentioned has had a down cycle ( Madison, Cadets, SCV, Cavaliers, Regiment, Bluecoats, Crown), or has had a slow rise to the top ( Crown, Bluecoats, SCV, Regiment). Something is due to happen soon, imho.

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