With the vastly improving quality of 7-15 placing corps, I'll be ###### if I go along with anything that 1) gives the kids fewer chances to perform and 2) gives me fewer chances to see them.
Let's focus on intelligently expanding the activity in a way that embraces education and participation rather than exclusivity. If I only want to see the top seven corps, I'll just show up late.
I would love to see this done over multiple seasons to see if there are trends for certain corps. Which ones pick up when? Which ones stall mid-season? There has to be some correlation with director goals, or staff, or operations. Y'know?
As the only person in DCP who has yet to post on this thread, I feel compelled to weigh in...
Testicles!
That is all
Troy
P.S. In all seriousness, just let corps do what's best for them and don't penalize them for doing it. That's why DCI was founded, and they seem to be doing an OK job of sticking to it. Go Academy!
Colts
Equinox
With One Look (from Sunset Boulevard) by Lloyd Webber, Andrew
Troika (from Lieutenant Kije Suite) by Prokofiev, Sergei
String Quartet No. 4, mvt 5 Allegro Molto by Bartok, Bela
As If We Never Said Goodbye (from Sunset Boulevard) by Lloyd Webber, Andrew
Are we pointing fingers here? I mean, I'm kind of a big guy, but the internet is a series of pretty big tubes. It's not like I'm poker chips or something here. :P