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    Summer Music Games in Cincinnati 2023-07-05

    in DCI World Class Corps Discussions

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    2023 Corps Housing Information (times are subject to change)

    Boston Crusaders- Beavercreek High School.  Arrive 3pm on 7/5.  Depart after the show (will stay one more day in Cincinnati/Dayton area TBA).

    Bluecoats- Centerville High School.  Arrival and departure TBA.

    Carolina Crown- Wilmington High School.  Arrive 1am on 7/5.  Depart at 6pm on 7/6.

    Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps- Lakota East Freshman School.  Arrive at 11pm on 7/4.  Depart after the show.

    Music City Drum Corps- Clinton Massie High School.  Arrive late afternoon 7/3.  Depart after the show.

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    Cincinnati Tradition 50/50 Raffle

    in DCA - All-Age Corps Discussions

    Posted · Edited by Tom Slade
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    Cincinnati Tradition is growing and growing.  We’ve now outgrown our 2 trailers and are wishing to add a 3rd trailer to our fleet.  We are holding a 50/50 raffle to help raise funds to assist us in this effort.  Please help in anyway you can.  The web link is included in this post.  Thank You!

    Tom Slade - Director

    Cincinnati Tradition

    https://go.rallyup.com/ct50-50raffle

     

     

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    Last Week end of the regular season

    in DCA - All-Age Corps Discussions

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    I don't usually respond to social media but to clear up what happened to Cincinnati Tradition this DCA season.  These are shows we signed up for:

    August 5th Racine - Canceled

    August 5th Woodstock - Canceled

    August 19th Erie -  Canceled

    August 25th Hiram - Moved to a Sunday night, unable to travel due to a 8:30pm start on a work and school night.

    We were offered a Minnesota show late and due to 12 hours one way, we couldn't do that this season.  Therefore we had no shows to go to in DCA.  Maybe next year!

    Tom Slade - Director

    Cincinnati Tradition

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    Why only 5 mini corps this year?

    in DCA - All-Age Corps Discussions

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    I attended both Mini Corps and the Brass Ensemble's I&E's. I saw a lot of large ensembles I thought could of been in the Mini Corps competition. One I can think of that would of been a pleasant surprise, the Saints Brigade. I was with Cincinnati Tradition for the 2 years they did Mini Corps and the expense came down to music rights. Does Mini Corps still need to produce music rights since there are no video/audio recordings being sold and no admission being charged? I know the large ensembles do not need them and they were very entertaining and they had as many members as a Mini Corps. I think the performing corps would grow if music rights were gone for this event?

    Tom Slade

    Corps Travel and Expansion

    in DCA - All-Age Corps Discussions

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    Cincinnati Tradition Belongs to the DCA Central Region. The only show we get paid for are Central Region Shows. If we travel out of our Central Region, let's say to the South or East, that Region does not have to pay you. Now you can say, No Pay, No Play, but that's what happens when you leave your Region. I would love it if DCA voted on ALL Corps get paid even if they leave their Region. This may be something that needs to be addressed for the future!

    Tom Slade
    Director
    Cincinnati Tradition
    Drum & Bugle Corps

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    Corps Travel and Expansion

    in DCA - All-Age Corps Discussions

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    Everyone has been awaiting my response, so here it goes!
    The Cincinnati Tradition is not interested in hosting a DCA Championship in Cincinnati.
    We were interested in hosting a DCA Show in Cincinnati in 2014. We contacted DCA and several corps about a show in Cincinnati. The idea came about when Minnesota Brass and Reading Buccaneers were discussing a possible meeting somewhere before the championships. I felt like Cincinnati would be a great place to host that show. We even contacted DCA about a possible date of July 19, 2014. DCI contacted us to say if we couldn't fill the show with DCA corps that they would supply us with some DCI Open Class Corps to fill the show. Everything started to sound great! Wrong! I've put on a DCM Show before in Cincinnati and it did well. Each corps was contracted with a fee they received from the previous years score. DCA does not work this way. You are set in your region and only those corps competing in their region receive a fee. For example, we do the Southern Showndown in Atlanta evey year and get paid nothing. We know this going in to it. By the way, leave the Southern Showdown in Atlanta, GREAT CROWD! When trying to contract for our DCA Show in Cincinnati last year, some corps wanted to receive more money than the regular fee. I'm not sure if this is a regular practice or not. But to host a show and not lose your shirt, you can't pay thousands of dollars extra to bring corps in than the fees allow. With only the Kilties and Cincinnati Tradition being the only DCA corps to commit, the show was canceled. We have not given up hope for 2015 though. It cost us about $5,000 to go to Atlanta. Instead of making a second trip to Atlanta if Alliance host a show next year. We can take that $5,000 and put it towards hosting our own show. I'm done ranting for now. Let me just say that Cincinnati Tradition is growing everyday! The corps will talk more about hosting an event in 2015!

    Tom Slade
    Director
    Cincinnati Tradition
    Drum & Bugle Corps

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    2013 Rankings

    in DCA - All-Age Corps Discussions

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    I shouldn't respond to DCAROCKS but here it goes. DCA does not count your DCI shows in standings even though they are judged on DCA sheets. You have to do a DCA show in order to get ranked for prelims. Our first show in Mt. Sterling was not finished so the judges rated us low. The first score was the lowest we ever got in DCA history. We had 2 rehearsals in the 4 days before the next show which we cleaned and finished the show therefore the 12 point jump! In 2 weeks we will score at a DCA show to make DCAROCKS happy!

    Tom Slade = Director

    Cincinnati Tradition

    Drum & Bugle Corps

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    Firsts!

    in Historical Junior Corps Discussions

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    "Firsts"

    First corps "OTL" at 1972 DCI Prelims was the Hawthorne Muchachos.

    First "Marching Tymps": 1967, Boston Crusaders. They were actually bass drums cobbled together and carried/played by Tony Smith. Another "Shellmer" inovation.

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    I believe the first corps to take the field on the first day of prelim competition at DCI in 1972 was the Queen City Cadets from Cincinnati, Ohio at 8:00am. It just so happens that the Director of DCI was in that corps!

    Tom Slade

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