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And I feel eating in drum corps has definitely changed a lot even in my time from 02-08. Many corps have had nutritionists come in and help ensure the members are getting what they need nutritionally. The Glassmen ate very well. I always admired it even before I was a member. Things from g-loaf to chicken stuff were always favorites in my time. The cookbook last I heard was nearing 400 recipes entered. Should be a worthwhile purchase for home and organizations as well as a great fundraiser for the corps.

While it is full of glassmen recipes, it's also supplemented with other recipes from members and volunteers personal books. One really nice feature to this book will be its ease for local high school bands and other groups that need to feed a lot of mouths. It's being done with a conversion for home and for 200 essentially.

Exactly. Easy fundraiser for DCI.

All the other corps would have to be in on it and provide those things with no charge to the Glassmen for it to work. However, I've always thought DCI could do a fundraiser this way at finals and have all the corps split the profits.

Can't wait for it!!!

These are really awesome!

Also, the young man who was going to be drum major for the Glassmen has found himself as one of the drum majors for bd now this year. Great seeing Glassmen finding new homes.

As I said in the other thread. Eh.

Eh.

It's going to be a grow DCI ambassador program hooplah. Almost no doubt about it. It'll be ambassadors working to fill theaters for the preseason show, and then the battle will ensue as we're pushed to vote for something inconsequential.

According to a tweet from DCI it won't be a fundraiser. @DCI_Tour: This ain't no fundraiser...Join us in the Battle. Find out how: Friday 4PM EST. DCI Website, Twitter and Facebook.

Exactly.

I would love it too. But I don't see him leaving his position with DCI.

I'll get it: Blue Devils don't move much these days either. But anyway.... I agree that the mark is being missed. DCI tends to be about 15 years behind on these things. I like the thought process and hope someone can actually go somewhere with it.

But again, that product you're looking for already exists at the high school level. DC had become the major leagues of the "sport". The problem is that the corporate sponsorship needed to keep major league sports afloat isn't currently being found by DCI or its corps. Even basketball teams in the NBA will soon be wearing patches on their jerseys of sponsors. Soccer has done this for years. I believe if DCI and its corps want to be major league, they must truly be major league. Want to tell me Ford doesn't have an extra car hauler or two with a hydraulic back door that they wouldn't be able to donate if you kept their name on everything, especially the truck so they get 14,000 miles of advertising out of it and connected to a "youth" activity. Same reason companies sponsor the crap out of little league baseball to the point it's on espn and well watched. DCI was starting to head that way, but missed the mark. If DCI survives, it must survive on a corporate level while masking itself in the non profit sector, or it simply doesn't survive. The product that one was that people are pining for is called high school marching band. Every city has one, some are better than others, and kids with no knowledge can join and learn. DCI can't get that market. They have to provide something new.

This was just an idea someone threw out, it is not the plan of the Glassmen going forward. One of the biggest issues I can see with that old school style with volunteers and homemade things is that while back in the day that was a good option for kids, high school programs have far exceeded this. If kids are going to pay all that money to do this activity and at a high level, it needs to give an experience they can't get at their high school.

No disrespect meant, but clearly that model of the Caballero's junior corps wasn't sustainable as the corps is nowhere to be seen. Drum corps is a different activity than it was back then.

Sounds like he's doing something right to me then.

Love the idea. Idea to reality is the catch.

If I'm not mistaken, didnt he do a lot of the writing for some of the Cirques? Wanna say Mystere? Always enjoyed that music and as a professional in the entertainment business, would be a dream job working with him on one of those productions.

I had hoped they would too. So far... Empty

The biggest thing to start for the Glassmen rebuild is the alumni coming out of the woodworks. For an organization over 50 years old, the alumni support... Left something to be desired. As the BOD begins to figure out their next steps, a true alumni association has been officially formed and has their own non profit status. This will go a long way towards future health for this corps.

One thing that has carried corps through the toughest of financial times has been a strong alumni organization. Looking at Phantom, they are a very strong alumni based group. (Cadets are too but they found the answer to just be changing the name of the group ;op ) The Glassmen have lacked any type of alumni involvement or association. It's taken shape very quick over the past 6 months and has already become its own non profit and will continue to mak a difference for the corps. It just has come a little late for this season. The alumni of the Glassmen are determined to make sure future members exist, and receive the same experience of a lifetime we had. Glassmen will be okay. There's too many people that care too much for it not be.

\^/ I always wear my tattooed Glassmen shield proudly. I continue to tonight. A step back before many forward.

Sounds to me like the point of the post has been missed. He's not complaining about the request for donation. But every day would be a bit excessive. A weekly update with an update on the week and a link to donate, that sound a bit better to me.