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Idk re LOS price, but if construction delays mean it isn’t ready, then it isn’t ready. DCI might get a refund I suppose. IDK Detroit cost, nor what condition St Louis dome is in. But if DCI is committed to dome, those are closest. And looking at St Louis dome website, they have a concert (band called Pink (who I have never heard of)) on schedule for 10 Aug.

Cool, you can call an audible (Ok Dr Philosophy - is it an audible if you can’t hear it? This is a variation of the tree falling in forest question). LSU, on the other hand, developed air conditioned helmets (not making this up)

Yes. This partnership seems to fill at least part of the gap between Corps medical staff, who primarily deal with orthopedic injuries, and obvious ‘go to hospital now’ situations. Also, idk how hard it is for Corps medical staff to write a prescription for antibiotics to treat sinus infection when Corps is on the road. Can someone licensed in California write a prescription in Allentown?

For what it’s worth, ethics & standards is squarely in his IRL wheelhouse.

I recall seeing once the Gallaudet football team having bass drum on sideline & when hit it, vibrations tell center to hike hall. Is this still the case?

Purdue in West Lafayette is a lot easier to get to as it is off I-65. But I am a Purdue grad so perhaps I am biased. If LOS isn’t ready, unless DCI can quickly swing a deal with Detroit or St Louis, it would mean that DCI championships will be outside. As God intended.

Don’t forget the field replacement at LOS after Olympic swim trials. Because construction projects are always completed on time.

How about you go talk to the athletic department & have Gallaudet host it?

Looks nice but on DelMarVa peninsula; if W&M is too out of the way this is worse

First Houston, now Annapolis. I hope this isn’t a developing trend

The distance between W-S & Allentown is constant. The question is where & how far off the direct route you veer for a show, Annapolis or otherwise is the question. In 1999 DCI show was at Garfield HS in Prince William Co VA - less than mile off I-95. SCV & Madison were there.

Ok re stands; point of order that if you are driving I-85 from W-S, in Richmond turn east on I-64 & Williamsburg is about an hour. Closer than Annapolis. And if you go another 45 min there is Old Dominion & Christopher Newport. And in Richmond there is U of Richmond. Plus some big HS stadiums. It wouldn’t bother me to have a show within an hour or two vs 4-5 hrs to Annapolis

If you expand the circle there is College of William & Mary in Williamsburg VA. Gorgeous place

Yes - went to DCA there in 2013.

‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, ‘it means just what I want it to mean - nothing more nor less’. - Lewis Carroll.

Swell. Planned to take granddaughter (beginning horn player). I guess we’ll see where it ends up.

A Walmart with a Waffle House in parking lot is a whole weekend of entertainment

https://www.reddit.com/r/walmart/?rdt=61761

Dirt was food to us; not wasted on wounds 😎

I go to Walmart about 1x/year. Correct on self checkout- I wonder when the customers will be needed to help unload the trucks & stock the shelves.

You guys had bandages. Luxury! We had duct tape.

https://www.dci.org/news/drum-corps-international-and-walmart-health-collaboration-provides-telehealth-services-to-corps

Then I, for one, must have misread the post.

Heck, I’m 62 & still don’t know what I want to do when I grow up.

When we were 15, we thought we had life all figured out. But when we were 30, we knew that this wasn’t the case.