dunkertim

51. Am a son of drum corps members, and a father of 2 drum corps members. Never had an interest in doing it myself (marched one parade at age 9 with a snare drum and decided I liked playing soccer more).

Going to Indy for my first finals. Can't wait to see all the corps. As to scores and placements, my BAC guard daughters both said "I don't GAVA, we're there for our corps and our fans." Good luck to all the corps, what a great activity and event.

My parents were in drum corps, that's where they met. I had no musical ability, loved sports (particularly soccer). My parents had no interest in sports, but allowed me to play. I started playing soccer when I was 11, and just stopped this year at the age of 51. Played high school, and in college, and my parents maybe saw me play 1 game?? My 4 daughters don't like soccer, their sport of choice is karate. My two youngest daughters are musically inclined, and they like dance. While they play instruments and march in HS band, they wanted to do guard in DCI drum corps. I couldn't have cared less, but if that is what they want to do, I helped them. Both are in the Crusaders color guard (2nd year for Maddie, first year for Caroline). I enjoy watching them perform, and the fact that my parents REALLY love the activity has brought us a little closer. Would I have been a fan of DCI if my daughters were not involved, nope. So, what does it all mean? If you are interested in something, pursue it. Hopefully your parents will recognize that the activity is at least worthwhile to you. If they don't want to do it because they don't have the finances, or they don't want you away from home during the summer, those issues are valid. If you can get a scholarship or sponsorship to perform, or get a job and pay for it yourself, that may take care of the former objection. The latter one may be harder to overcome. Drum corps is a wonderful activity, it has positively changed my kids outlook, and given them wonderful experiences. Is it for everybody - nope. What is your parent's initial reluctance?? Good luck.....

Thanks for the review.... Go BAC

I've got a grad degree in statistics and operations. And it is statistically insignificant if you look at competitions over time a long time (large sample size), but regarding a single competition it is not like they are tied. If these scores are awarded in a single competitive event where a ranking is placed based on the singular score for each individual corps, then the difference between each corps is statistically significant for that event, in that even a .05 difference between two corps separates them into categories of their own (1st place, 2nd place, etc.). Therefore, for tonight, these scores are statistically significant, otherwise they wouldn't be scoring them with such a finite system that discretely ranks based on hundredths of a point. If they considered hundredths of a point statistically insignificant, they would only score based on tenths of a point, and so on.

Not everyone is a Christian..... And maybe they know a Mexican named Jesus.....

Me too, early day. I started traveling this morning, got up at 4am. Now in Port of Spain, Trinidad, and am surfing the forums looking for eyewitness accounts to hear just a snippet about my kids, and I have to get up and start consulting at 6:30am tomorrow.

In a way, that is a bit of a shame. I'm rather new to DCI, and would probably appreciate the activity and recognize the artistry and talent that goes into the performances, but I'm way more passionate about it due to personal ties to one organization. That doesn't make me hate or dislike what other competing corps are doing, in fact I anticipate their shows just that much more for comparison and increasing my knowledge of the activity. But, BAC history is now my history through transfer of my kids being involved. I couldn't imagine enjoying it more if I was just a disassociated observer. Competitive activities will expose bias, and as others have stated, its not a bad thing. Great jobs by all corps last night..... GO BAC!!!

My wife loves you for that comment.....

Have 4 daughters. The least of your worries will be if your 11 year old wants to look like a sexy color guard girl. It's when they want to look like a tarted up mall slut that you have to get the nitro pills.....

Thanks, that's a compliment. My two daughters are in BAC guard, and they look ok to me.....

Not on FN, who did BAC commentary? Anything interesting said, or where all of you who were watching transfixed by the guard??

[off topic] Hey Contra Mom, just saw in your signature that you live in Oviedo. So do I..... Small world.......

Here is Maddie, 2nd year in BAC CG Here is Caroline, rookie year, on the left, after a performance and out of costume.

Proud father of 2 BAC guard members. When I see denigrating comments about BAC uni's, I figure others are jealous. You can see more at any public beach in FL where I live, and every college campus I visit as part of my job. Were me and my wife concerned when we first saw them? A little, but you see revealing clothing lots of places. Does it fit everyone? Nah, but that could be said about any form-fitting guard uni.