Corbin, on 06 August 2012 - 06:07 PM, said:
This "don't worry, be happy" attitude is completely off base. The members pay money for their experience. They don't get paid to be placed in the context of a bad experiment. This is a corps that has not been out of the top 5 in over a decade. Members come into the corps counting on this tradition of excellence. The year is nothing but bad staff choices. If they want to experiment, there are other corps these staff can go to.
It is not a simple explanation. It is bad design, which leads to bad everything else. If nothing else, the Cavies should have tried to get the best they could after Gaines and others left, not settle. I know the Cavies will be back in form soon, but it should never come at the expense of the members' experiences.
Having toured with them this year quite a bit, trust me when I tell you the members experiences are overwhelmingly upbeat and quite the same as last year as a top 3 corps. Every member would love to win it all, but each and every day and each and every show they hold their heads high, swag onto that field with all their Cavalier-ness and wow the crowd. It's a different breed, those boys. They just love being Cavaliers. It's that simple. So don't fret about the staff letting them down, as many believe. The guys dont believe that either, and they are having a great time this year