PhantomCadet1934

Hi, welcome to the activity. I am fairly new myself, as I started to follow in 2005. 1. Things are that bad, IMO. While attendance at smaller, local shows may be fantastic... Due to poor venue choice, I believe that attendance at major regionals and Championships will begin and continue to deteriorate, especially if DCI keeps the same seating chart for finals!!! $125 for seats on the 20 or the 10?! That's insanity!!! 2. I don't think the point is that the activity is dying because you don't like who won. 3. Electronics are a major complaining point. While I'm sure the kinks will be ironed out in the coming years, I still believe this takes some of the merit out of the hornlines, allowing the electronics to cover up musical gaps that could also be filled in by the pit or hornline. Is this a rip on the kids (my peers?) NO. It is a rip on show design. 4. I am not an alum of any corps. I am a 20 year old student hoping to march what would be my rook-out season next year. Change happens, but to me, it seems like a little too much, too soon. To me, Drum Corps has been a distinct activity from high school bands, although as these rule changes come and go, they seem to be getting closer and closer. There is still plenty to get out of the activity based on what it was. Horns, drums, pit, and guard. Without electricity. It just involves a little more creativity from the show designers. While some change I believe is good, not all change is good, and at times, parts of the status quo should be maintained.

This. Also, someone said it earlier, bring the Finals back to the DC area... (I'm just a little bit partial...) Even Baltimore. M&T Bank Stadium would be a great venue, there are large parking lots around the stadium for the corps to warm up (and for parking...) and there's tons of stuff to do in Baltimore and nearby Washington... The only problem I would see is nearby freeway noise, although I don't know how much of the noise filters into the venue. Only other problem would be scheduling it at the same time as an Orioles game.

I lol'd

Full recaps up on DCI.org... EDIT- someone beat me to the punch...

He was my Pit writer/instructor in HS- great writing!

GREAT idea DCI. It gives the crowd something to do while waiting for scores, It fills the empty space while waiting for scores, It gets the corps members out of the show site sooner, And more people get to see the encore! A great win-win for all involved I think.

Just got online and checked the scores and WOW. Congrats to Crown and quite a tough panel tonight. Going to be great seeing how all these corps play out in San Antonio... Going to be a great year!!!

Probably because: A) It gives us something to do/listen to while waiting for the scores, and to help fill otherwise "empty" space. and B) It will keep more people in their seats for the encore, since many people leave after scores and before the encore. I like it, I hope they keep the format.

Recaps up for those waiting. Link.

I'm sure at least one person has gotten an update through a cell phone text or something. With all this modern technology I can't see why everyone may not already know. As for the Caps, looking for many, many great 7 game series to come... You gotta admit, quite a matchup.

Go Pens! Sry, had to do it. But seriously DCI, when are we gonna get ourselves some captions?!

Recaps? Now? Please, DCI? You know we all want to see them! Thanks!

http://www.dci.org/scores/ scores are up Tie!

Thank goodness, I heard that in Annapolis and didn't like it.

Thanks for the updates again Kevin!