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Gonna be a shame when Twitter goes under. It'll be a lot harder to keep up with this stuff on national level.

The previous Yamaha partnership had been in place since 2005. 🤯

Bluecoats is excited to welcome TAMA | BERGERAULT as our new percussion Performance Partner. The partnership will equip the Bluecoats percussion ensemble with TAMA | BERGERAULT marching & concert instruments. Additionally, TAMA | BERGERAULT will support other programs that serve the Bluecoats mission of providing life-changing performance opportunities for young people around the world. The Blue Way Summer Arts Camp and the En-Rich-Ment Drumline are two examples of such programs. The Blue Way Summer Arts Camp is a program where students rehearse alongside the Bluecoats and get the Bluecoats Experience for a weekend. En-Rich-Ment, a partner of Bluecoats’ that operates free after-school programs for students in Stark County, will also receive support. LINK for more https://bluecoats.com/news/2022/11/7/bluecoats-announces-tama-bergerault-as-percussion-performance-partner

Agreed. There have been plenty of precarious show starts in TX the past few years related to heat. Either start time bumps or cancellations. Probability of precipitation for College Station in mid-August sits around 22% and Indy is around 34%. But the heat around there would be the argument for indoors.

These threads are rituals. Every time a new "state of the art" nfl stadium is launched, a new thread is started, speculating on the potential change of DCI offices and Finals week. I remember the SoFi thread. And I knew a lot of folks both on and off DCP were especially convinced by the chatter around US Bank Field in Minnesota. Given the relative financial health of a post-2020 DCI, I would only expect a change if they are in need of a huge (desperate) cost-save. And that type of move wouldn't likely be for a bigger facility with more bells and whistles. As far as the other ideas in favor of relocating... Texas has a fantastic marching band scene. And you'd be closer to TX. Yet, still not there. If there was another state that came to mind in regards to marching band, where would that be? Yeah. And DCI is at the epicenter of it. Along with BOA. And a stone's throw from WGI.

As has been referenced above, Drew did not end up at Bluecoats. https://bluecoats.com/staff

this was why If we didn't have some regrets about our time on RAMD, we may have never ended up here! 👍

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DCP has an annual thread where people exchange their excitement about staff losing their jobs. Hoping so and so and thier teams get fired. Making employment predictions and what-not. Rooting for terminations. I'm not sure why we'd expect this situation to be any different.

FWIW, Bluecoats Alumni started the planning for the 50th anniversary event 5 years ago. If a groups are interested in a similar result, that's the timetable.

Back on my ballad BS again. Outside of Jet, it doesn't look like anyone has done non-Beatle music of McCartney. How about Waterfalls? or My Love?

Rennick students aren't 100% locks to be the next Rennick. (note: this is not an insult BTW. Not every Mike Krzyzewski player/assistant becomes the next Coach K. ya know?) But beyond the excellent pedigree, this new percussion team has a collective history within the Regiment family. This is the kind of "little" thing that can make the difference between a good fit and a great fit.

"Adam Sage and Michael James will be returning in 2023 in similar roles they’ve held for the past few years."

In my mind, they would have to nail it so hard. Because: 1. This is Regiment trademark territory. and 2. As someone who has been observing the marching activities across independent and scholastic groups for 40 years, I need another Organ Symphony, Carnival of Animals, or Danse Macabre on the field or gym floor like I need another First Circle on the field or gym floor. That is to say, I feel like I don't need it. 😁

Kenny Wheeler popped up on my shuffle this morning. His melodies and works are so enchanting. Might need to dig into more tracks for this topic.

Sorry about your school corporation IT department.

Speak for yourself. After 10 years and 12,000+ posts, I think we all have enough information to make our own judgments about "Cappy's" content. EDIT: **This should not be read as me being in agreement with cappybara on this issue, or necessarily any others.**

You're welcome, friend. Hope you are doing well!

Fitting to Form: A Study of Organizational Responsibility and Misconduct in Modern-Day Drum and Bugle Corps Kaitlyn Colyer Advisor: Professor Elizabeth A. Armstrong link to PDF below https://lsa.umich.edu/content/dam/orgstudies-assets/orgstudiesdocuments/oshonors/oshonorsthesis/Colyer Thesis only for posting.pdf

Or the lesser known Human Bloom.