cixelsyd

Generally speaking... Back in your day, there were 10 times as many corps, and each one of them had to work at recruiting to fill their ranks. In that environment, if you made it through this season without getting thrown out of the corps, you would be welcome back next season. Several things have changed since then. Besides there being so few corps, it is also far more predictable where they will place in the competitive hierarchy next year. Combine that with the greater ease of mobility developed over the decades, and you now see most world-class corps auditioning people from all over, attracting more applicants than they can accept, and having to make cuts. Under those circumstances, vets might not have the luxury of even skipping auditions, much less dropping in months later expecting a spot.

Could be. But I wonder what we would think if those solos were not amplified to the point where every imperfection could be heard over a five-state area.

Correction: Boston took a 2.0 penalty for the synth in 1985. They fell 0.5 behind the Knights, after defeating them in the previous round of championship week. So it did cost them a placement. Clarification: When you say "all the corps voting all the rules changes in", we should note that never in the history of DCI have "all the corps" been included in the final vote on rule changes.

True. I lost five hours of my life this summer at DCI shows just watching corps troubleshoot electronics. Delays ranging up to 30 minutes apiece.

If there was one record achieved (for combined 3-day attendance), then it would be incorrect to state "record crowds" in plural form.

Nate Boudreaux (according to you).

DCI said that paid attendance for the 2017 finals was 23,342 (per DCInsider, August 24, 2017). Based on that, "nearly 23,000" is not a record.

Not seeing anything on 2024 sales results yet. I was asking specifically about your claim that "ticket sales are higher than ever before". If 2024 data for that is publicly available, tell me where it is.

I was not asking about the financial claim... but thanks.

Speaking of data to back this claim up...

The South always has the biggest bugs.

Well, since your post qualifies... mission accomplished.

... while squatting

1 post = thread result?

Thanks for taking a stab at defining the term. Your definition seems to assume that taking a new position at one corps means forsaking positions at any other corps. But BITD, arrangers and instructors often worked with multiple corps simultaneously. Maybe there is a distinction worth making there. By the way, Jim Ott was one such example. His first arranging and caption head jobs were with the corps he marched with (Stockton Commodores). He earned both of those before even aging out. He then went on to instruct and/or arrange for several other corps (including Blue Devils) while still making Commodores his first commitment, up until and including the 1973 season where Commodores made DCI finals.