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Kansasfan

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    Colts, Crown, Crossmen
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  1. Great job Garfield. You motivated me to actually log in and comment instead of just lurking. Three or four years ago I went and tried to pull numbers off the 990s for everybody - not in anywhere the detail that you are doing, and not with the same degree of sophistication and understanding. They are complex, often confusing, and only present part of the overall financial picture of a given group. That said, it's what we've got, so understanding what we can without stretching assumptions tooooo far is worth doing.
  2. It tends to be mostly members and staff, but in my experience parents are always welcome. I've been to two different corps banquets; neither one had anything near a $100 charge to attend - that sounds like the banquet is designed to be another fundraiser. And while I completely understand the need to do fundraisers pretty much all the time, that seems high. A 3 to 4 hour length is not unusual - most corps will have all their age-out members give speeches, which can take quite a while.
  3. Barring any last minute changes, here's where everybody is staying: Blue Devils - Blue Springs HS Blue Knights - Olathe North HS Boston Crusaders - Excelsior Springs HS Cadets - Smithville HS Colts - Olathe Northwest HS Colt Cadets - Blue Valley HS Crossmen - Olathe South HS Glassmen - Olathe East HS Spirit - Basehor-Linwood HS The Colts will be in town on Sunday and will have an open rehearsal on Sunday evening at the show site - College Boulevard Activity Center in Olathe. If you haven't gotten tickets yet it's not too late but tickets in the center sections are almost completely sold out, so don't wait until Monday. On line ticket sales at http://www.colts.org/brassimpact_kc11.asp end Sunday morning.
  4. You may also want to look at the Colts. I know they still have openings for at least 2 or 3 baritones/euphoniums in 2010. In the last few years they have had international members from England, Netherlands and Japan, and also do video auditions. Take a look at www.colts.org for instructions on how to send in a video and good luck!
  5. There is in fact additional money that will be dispersed on a discretionary basis by an "advisory board" that Chase has created. The organization that gets the most votes receives $1,000,000, the next 5 get $100,000 each, AND the advisory board then has an additional $1,000,000 that they can hand out to whatever organizations they chose - most likely it will be split among several groups. So there is the possibility that seveeral groups that have strong support but finish outside the top 6 still could receive partial funding for their idea(s).
  6. Some of you may be tired of reading about this, but it's not too often that there is the opportunity for several corps to be handed a check for $25,000. Just in case you haven't heard: Chase Bank has established a program called Chase Community Giving on Facebook. Any Facebook user can vote for the non-profits that they think should be awarded money. The 100 groups that have the most votes by next Friday, Dec 11th, will each receive $25,000 and move into a second round where they could receive even more. ALL corps are eligible - here is a link that lists them all. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=220882264111 Please vote!!!! And then get three friends to vote also - don't just tell them about this. Stand and look over their shoulder and make sure that they do this. As a person who wrestles with corps budgets, you wouldn't believe the difference that this could make. As of Dec 4th, Crown, Phantom, Cavies, Colts, Academy, Troopers and SCV all have significant vote totals, with several other corps not too far behind. No one knows how many votes are needed to win, but we all need more than we have. Thanks!
  7. Here's the link for Colts - under their original name of Legion Aires Drum and Bugle Corps http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiv...harities/818143 I encourage everybody on DCP to go and vote for ALL corps. From what I've seen looking at the Chase page, there aren't many groups that are over 1,000 votes yet - if we all vote for several corps then there actually is a good chance of more than one ending up in the Top 100. If anyone spots a group with more than 5,000 votes, please post so we get a sense of what the goal needs to be.
  8. Note that the Colts are listed under their legal name from when they were formed in 1963 - Legion Aires Drum and Bugle Corps.
  9. A variation that I've been thinking of for a while: Create four groups of corps based on rankings: One: 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21 Two: 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22 Three: 3, 7, 11, 15, 19 Four: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 Top four from each group advance to semis, plus the next highest Could create some interest and some interesting scoring, especially for the 17th spot. I understand the argument about "they've earned the right to go on later" but keep thinking that there are a lot of lower ranked corps who work just as hard but who almost never go on later in the evening at any show, this would allow some of them that opportunity, especially those for whom this is the last show of the year.
  10. So have you gone on tour this year? I haven't, and keep on looking at the calendar and my work schedule trying to figure out if there are a few days a could sqeeze in.
  11. Welcome! and yeah it is a great year for everybody. Wish I was at the show and not sitting here!
  12. Not a bad idea, too bad so many shows are so far apart. Need to do some thinking out of the box for how to keep the fans coming back. I can't help but think that there are a lot of newbie dci fans that go away mad if their first show experience is a rainout. And then maybe never come back.
  13. Call it an unfortunate edit - here is what the original announcement said: "We are marching a full 64 person brass line and are filled to capacity with the exception of a few final members. If you know of anyone who has the desire, skills and dedication to be successful with us, please let them and let us know about it." The Colts will not contract members and then cut them later, as suggested by the previous poster. Once you have a contract you are in the corps.
  14. I believe that the Colts are marching four female contras this year. No snares this year, though they had a girl from Japan last year.
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