Ralphy Wiggum

Sounds like it's time to put up or shut up. Next weekend, LaCrosse. Be there. We'll see who's tremendously lame. You're all just lucky that this thing isn't judged for real or your previous claims would be embarassing. Oh oh, tremendously sucky. Kruzer, get a clue.

It's just a parade. There's no scoring. There's nothing tremendous. It's just a frickin' long asterisk parade. Enjoy and bow down to the Chiefs again! ...and the BS Alums, too! John Mayer plays my favorite music to vomit to. ...and Kruzer... ...you know.

We've pulled into Wilkes-Barre after a 23 and a half hour drive from St Peter, MN. It's great to be on stationary ground again and it's great to be involved in what threatens to be the best DCA ever. We're rehearsing and performing in many I&E events tomorrow, so we're all anxious to begin recruiting more new friends of the Govenaires then. See everyone tomorrow. Rremember: It''s the year of the penguin.

DCI is not dying. It is changing, there are less corps that can sustain the DCI lifestyle, and the average kid from a small town has less chance of joining these corps than ever before, but the money coming in is astronomical, the fan-base is ginormous, and the number of competitions is mind blowing. DCI is far from dying. DCA is not traditional drum corps. It changes as much as DCI does, but a little less radically. The tradition of senior corps lies in the American Flag Squad only. If you don't believe me, watch a tape from DCA from twenty years ago, then tell me DCA is traditional. Drum corps in all form is always changing. The future of DCI and DCA will be different. The DCI corps are going to a more all-star drum corps situation with members migrating from around the globe to march in corps in all three divisions. DCA will still be a weekend warrior club that has the advantage of tons of experience throughout its participants. Both are beautiful organizations promoting their own versions of the drum corps evolution tree. Both are doing what there organizations need to, respectively. I, personally, love drum corps and would appreciate those who don't love it or have stopped loving the evolution of drum corps to take their lame prognostications and stupid biased observations to take a flying leap. Viva la drum corps!