jayberry2

Yes, you are right, these things are not okay but they did happen and Bryan Tracht was running Limited Edition when this went on, so this is why I'm not believing he wrote the article. It sounded too holier than thou to me. I wasn't speaking of Capital Reg but Limited Edition. Sorry bout the old thread thing though since I just signed on recently.

Now this is the type constructive comments that I was looking to see. Thank you and what a great idea. I used to work with Dan at the University of Toledo when I was in the drum line there and he was very knowledgeable in this area. Maybe DCI can put out a best practices guide.

Capital Regiment now has a brand new site. Flash and everything. Some parts are still being built but pretty darn cool. B) Check it out. www.capitalregiment.org

Bryan, As respectfully as possible, Rick does mean the best for the corps. Drum Corps is the number one place to go when you want to hear rumors. I would think that if anyone would have understood what Rick was going through it would have certainly been you. I marched Limited Edition for years and the same things happened at LE that happened at CapReg. I also would bet that the same things that happen at other corps. I won't go through the laundry list of rumors but let's defenestrate the kid gloves shall we? Kids are kids, staff members are staff members and people are people, poo will happen on tour. I remember having one of our members get busted in Canada for stealing. I remember having oranges for lunch since there wasn't enough cash flow on tour. I remember a bus driver drinking 15 minutes before taking off in the bus. I personally drank on tour with some of the staff, thus my nickname "Bud" was born. I remember getting threated by a staff member for telling him to back off on advances to an underage male in our drumline who didn't appreciate the advances. I remember watching that same staff member take advantage of a bass drummer. I remember a specific girl we had to eliminate on tour for taking on half the corps and having several days when the bank was closed because of money mismanagement. Oh, I'm not talking about Capital Regiment either, I'm talking about Limited Edition. Problems happen, and it's strange that these problems only arise in 2006? Come on, the corps has been around for a while now. I loved my time with Limited Edition and Drum Corps, and would do it again in a heartbeat but this is the real world people and no one is perfect. Rick has taken the corps off the roster for a year because he is fixing the problems. I have seen this man up all hours of the night working on corps issues and he isn't trying to come out here and defend himself, he is trying to fix the problems. Bryan, I'm really not beating up on anyone here because lord knows I've made more than my fair share of bad decisions. I'd follow you into h*ll and back as a director but I will not let anyone pull the feet out from under someone while they are down. Let Rick reorganize the Corps for the members and let them come back strong in 2008. I am not sitting on the sidelines either, I am helping Capital Regiment in reconstuction. Just look at the new website! Things will get better. He needs your help more than anyone's.