Liahona

This feels like a smart move on several levels. From a marketing standpoint, the “Preview of Champions” angle is a strong hook. Having both champions together before the national tour really gets rolling gives these shows a clear identity instead of feeling like simple exhibitions or standstills. It also makes sense from a corps cost standpoint. BAC is already coming out of Castleton, so this adds value without creating some unnecessary long-distance travel hit. And honestly, the East has felt a little thin in recent years when it comes to early-season drum corps presence. This helps strengthen that part of the map, gives local NE fans something meaningful close to home, and builds some local energy before everyone gets pulled into the bigger national tour. I like it!

I’m honestly really looking forward to hearing how the King/Bach move affects the brass sound. It isn’t about “fixing” anything. I’m just curious whether the new horn line adds a different color or depth to an already great brass program.

I’m most interested in hearing more about what the three-year guard vet mentioned in the video as a new style.

Sadly, I agree. I can see Crown’s position with so few shows left in the Northeast. But when every corps makes that same calculation, the region just keeps losing more and more shows. The Cadets folding has only compounded the problem.

If I recall correctly, The Cadets usually had one of the most insane schedules BITD. In 1990, I performed in 28 shows with BAC, and that included a Canadian final as well. So even the heaviest schedules today are about a third less than what we were doing back then.

By my count, for judged performances before Finals week, the heaviest schedules are Blue Stars, Cavaliers, Colts, Troopers, and Madison Scouts at 19. SCV and Phantom are at 18, followed by Bluecoats and BD at 17. BAC, Crown, and Crossmen are at 16.

It's crazy to think their first show is not until after Fourth of July weekend on the 7th of July...

"DCX leverages the data I've spent a couple of decades collecting along with collections from Vickers, Ives and others to create the biggest historical resource for fans of the drum corps activity. With an all new mobile-friendly interface, DCX presents this historical information in the concept of a virtual museum. You navigate through DCX by going into different galleries as you would with a museum. But unlike a physical museum, the same item might appear in multiple galleries." Source: https://www.dcxmuseum.org/index.cfm?view=blog&BlogID=1 Not sure if this email still works... Public contact historically listed: Steve Vickers / publisher@drumcorpsworld.com Website: https://www.dcxmuseum.org/

Love your continued dedication! Thank you for everything that you do.

Hate to pile on, but the claim that BAC’s reputation with members has been “pretty poor” the past few years is flat out false. Anyone who’s actually around today’s members knows they’re just as social and connected as any other corps. Boston won... let the kids enjoy it instead of inventing reasons to knock them. As for the 90’s, I marched in ’90 and ’91. Back then we were treated like outsiders. I even remember a corps director telling his members to avoid us like the plague because we were “just a bunch of street thugs.” That wasn’t us having a chip on our shoulder... that was the wall we had to push against.

Well, all I’ve got is a VHS that was a OK recording for BITD… but the quality now? Pretty much toast. Heck, I don’t even own a VCR to play it anymore. LOL

His frack is still immortal… lol

I haven’t heard this in a while… and man, it still chokes me up. No matter how many years go by, Giant will always hit me right in the chest...

Well, that’s a nice take, but I’d say the groundwork started a few years earlier when the G7 push made it clear we had to bet on ourselves. We wrote a plan, raised the money, rebuilt staff and systems, and tonight is the culmination of those efforts.