MrStellar

Then I guess DCA rules arent fair. They allow the corps to set age limits. Once again you take the meaning of this new organization and you turn it into OH THEY JUST WANT TO WIN! And crying wolf that its not fair.. it's completely fair. The rules are the rules.. they haven't broken any of them. Why do you insist that they are doing the wrong thing? Why? So what if they win because their kids are younger and they may have recent Cadet age outs leading the corps.. why does that even matter? why? if they are good then its better for the activity can you think of it that way?

The money debate makes your scheduling argument baseless.. to choose to join dci because of scheduling would be dumb when there are a million and one reasons why not to... including scheduling. Their location, once again, is the prime location to run a dca corps and schedule a weekend only ensemble as the resources are in their region. DCA provides a better opportunity in the northeast than DCI. I could also go back to the leadership and everything as to why they are DCA not DCI.. there are a ton of other goals they are trying to accomplish here imo and DCA is the best fit for those goals.

Do you remember the money part of this conversation?? How much more expensive it is to be a dci corps vs dca. Music City is ONE drum corps... YEA! is now going to run TWO drum corps. Once again, cost effectiveness. And Music City is no where near the Northeast.. DCA is huge in the northeast, period.. why not use the circuit that is provided in the region? Championships are only 3 hours from Allentown, Reading is right up the road. I sound like a broken record... YEA! clearly wants this to work well so why would they risk the chance of it failing due to money? Then the forums would blow up with the "hopkins failed" and "hopkins let the kids down" topics? COST EFFECTIVENESS!!

Do you really think they are going to tell the kid "sorry there are no synths at cadets2"? Really dude? No, a good instructor would provide him with whatever he needs to get to a Cadet 2 camp and explain that "hey i know you wanted this spot here, but *insert the youre cut speech here* however at Cadets 2 they dont have synthesizers but I know "so and so" and they cant definitely help you with synth stuff outside of rehearsal during your summer at Cadets 2." Organizations dont just toss kids to the side.. they provide every opportunity possible to them that they can to keep them interested. If the kid doesnt want those opportunities provided that is up to the kid.

I see you only quoted ONE section of my post.. the rest of the post ties directly into the rest of the reasoning, I will not argue with you that being an open class dci corps can provide the same opportunity but thats one SMALL part of it. DCI costs a fortune to join and operate under DCI rules and regulations. DCA not so much. You have to think with business sense here as well.. Obviously YEA!'s question to themselves one day way: "How can we provide kids the opportunity to perform in a drum corps while learning "The Cadet" way AND be cost effective?".. DCA is your answer. They can give the performing opportunity once again to the recent age outs to help mold these new members into maybe one day joining the Cadets. Leadership in a brand new drum corps... hard to come by... they found the best way to make this happen. I'm sorry, excellent leadership is hard to come by. They are being smart by going this route. It's super cost effective. Drum Corps is a business.. businesses are all about being cost effective. Again, they want to get more kids involved in the activity.. period. They are doing this the smartest way possible, no doubt.

Why DCA? It's simple. Reach out to a ton of other students who can't afford a full tour but want to compete in a drum corps. They get to keep their summer, have a job and still be a kid. DCA is relatively local to the area.. most DCA shows occur in the Northeast. Probably cuts back a lot the expenses by doing this. With the ties through YEA to the USSBA it's not too hard to get interest for Cadets 2. I think that by going DCA and providing the age limit they can get the recent age out cadets to provide the leadership for cadets 2 and mold the members into what the cadets are now. To me, it's simply genius. All of the above stated may be reading into it a little much, i think we should just make it a simple philosophy. They get to reach out to a ton of other kids and provide them with a great experience without the huge time commitment.. it's about the kids.

Wow! those numbers look great. From the looks of the pictures they have a lot of younger kids, which will be a great thing for the long run. Only if they can keep member retention at around a 60-70% rate. Who knows in a few years we could see what we've been wanting to see from the crossmen for years now. It's all in retention.

I am honored to announce that The Vibe Drum and Bugle Corps is happy to return after one season off to DCPI DIII competition. We are introducing new uniforms designed by the Executive Director Corey Moore himself. The design team is now undergoing a show idea for the DCPI-IX season....look for more to come

When the BD drumline was weaving in and out of the hornline that was BA

why are the scores not up yet for Belding?

Pretty good list ^OO^ , cept dont use windpants(at least my preference) for visual block, you dont wanna be "that guy" everyone is getting annoyed at b/c of the pants and that annoying "phsshhh" sound. So some shorts will do. But all in all thats a really good list, Maybe some marching gloves, some corps dont like you to use the rubberized dotted gloves, they can tarnish the horns pretty bad if used over and over again. Simple cotton gloves should do fine.

Hopefully KK will keep strong and have a good comeback in '08. Make things happen, pushing hard for reqruitment will be a big thing for them when they decide to comeback. Lets Go Kavaliers!! Hope to see you in '08

Boo'ing under any circumstances is disrepectful. point blank

Don't worry, My son is 1707 miles away from his Oboe at Troopers camp and he has to audition on Oboe in 3 weeks at Louisiana Tech!

I am an oboe player, 17 years old. Learned Brass in one month in my freshman year, now a senior. Marched with my HS band. Tried out for a Div 1 corps, and made it. I don't support woodwinds in Drum Corps at all, it will take away the uniquness that Corps provides, that big brass bang when a corps hits a cord at the end. Just my 2 cents...