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and everyone in those corps who became a music teacher then inflicted it on their students for decades … I believe the term for this is “generational trauma.” This cycle of violence must be broken.

It’s what people (not current BD members but maybe some of their friends) are hint hint nudge nudging about on one of Bloo’s posts about it.

Is it true that Bloo, BD, and Mandarins are all doing Nicholas Brittell’s “Agape” this year? I love that song … (Bloo def confirmed to be doing it.)

You can’t convict without due process. But you can absolutely make allegations. That’s what makes them allegations. And there is an entire range of social behaviors — including many forms of bullying, especially online — that the police can’t really do anything about. It’s not a cure-all. Victims fail or are slow to report for plenty valid reasons that even the police and lawmakers have grown aware of. So it’s more complicated than “tell the police.” Anyway - people want to feel like these organizations have their safety and best interests at heart. That’s what’s at stake. The police aren’t going to help you with that. DCI apparently can’t even help you with that.

Found a reddit post about it. Nuts 😭

fighting for our lives DAILY mirrors and lawn chairs will never know how hard we fought for their honor …

Wow. What an amazing opportunity for those kids.

What happened? I feel like I know what you’re talking about but I don’t remember, 2000 was apparently [redacted] years ago…

My literal introduction to DCI. BD was just starting on the PBS broadcast as I was channel surfing and seeing them glide across the field stopped me in my tracks — plus I knew the music! Taxi Driver, unforgettable.

That would be amazing. The Carmel girls have incredible technique. I think it all depends on if they want to wait to pursue drum corps after HS — I would imagine Carmel has a “no drum corps or independent WGI” policy for current students; I know Avon does.

To be honest, it was kinda hard to imagine the Onyx style working on a football field anyway… And even harder to imagine their extremely organic design approach having to adjust and contend with the greater design needs of an entire corps. I think it’s probably better off this way. One doesn’t exactly sense from Lentz that he plays well with others — I say this as a fan of his work.

Ya Phantom guard is going to be just fine - their caption head Eryn Boone is young and accomplished, she runs Carmel’s guard program and they took WGI last year (yet again); if she can walk into a high stakes program like that, with all those crazy Indiana band parents who are used to being the best in the country, and still not drop the ball, I think she can carry PR pretty far. 🙂 If anything I just wish the actual guard design, of late, had more presence — that’s one thing PR’s guard has historically had on everyone else. Classic Cadets had the technique, BD had the style, and PR always had that intangible something … a classical elegance and stature that no one else had. I do miss that.

Was just nostalgically watching Plymouth Canton HS’s amazing take on Harmonium from 2001 and I agree! Great piece, amazingly hard to field, would be so interesting to see modern SCV try their hand, even if it doesn’t really seem to be their style these days …

^ this

I dunno what “other motives” means. I think wanting SCV to succeed responsibly is a perfectly valid reason to be skeptical of a quick recovery with questions left unanswered.