baritone530

If this would happen, imo the activity would benefit greatly why does dci not go after stronger corporate sponsarships then just music brands, aerobed, etc. Im sure something could work with larger corporations like wal mart etc. They sell items and endorse it, people get curious, tada fans. As brasso said its not a priority of dci but i think it is achievable

both awesome, but 87 those brass runs just seal the deal, that was awesome. (Disclaimer: saw SCV live and Cadets on DVD a million times)

i couldnt just sit on the sideline with another year left of drum corps, that would be horrible, i would march. But i guess it really doesnt matter whatever happens happens.....just play loud....

adding a year just puts me financially in a place i dont want to be. I have to pay for another year right after i graduate and postpone getting a Band Director job while i age out..... bottom line: add a year, ill march again, but it just seems like too old and not fair to many who wont be aloud to experiance aging out (on a side note, the only reason we dont work as hard as "old" drum corps is cause we have Aerobed, i have a line of family who marched BITD, and they could never do what we do now....but whatever older is better....enjoy being dead before me)

fun? or is that not aloud in drum corps?

there was a girl in Scouts a few years back, she was featured playing Carmen if i recall correctly... but if we can have the Boy Scouts, then All-Male Drum Corps is the same, just a different name

Band..we compete locally, we are not corps style or show band, we are just a band. Now I love my band and we do well, very well. Marched corps cause of 1) commitment of every single member 2) the crowd was not a bunch of band parents...simple.

1: Crown 2: BD 3: SCV 4: Cadets 5: Cavies 6: Phantom 7: Bluecoats 8: Blue Stars 9: Boston 10: Madison 11: Glassman 12: Blue Knights 13: Troopers 14: The Academy 15: Colts 16: Spirit 17: Crossman 18: Surf 19: Mandarins 20: Pacific Crest 21: Teal Sound 22: Pioneer 23: Cascades

\\ Sadly, yes...its all about "the look"... not an insult at Phantom or any particular corps, its their corps they can do what they want. one of my close friends got cut from another corps for being to short

Well as a DCI member, when trying to figure out where to march i never looked at the DCA forum. Just saying that us young people dont look here and deffinitly have less of a traffic flow. I wish it would be left in the forum its posted in

so many people watching that game could have cared less what the band looked like....the masses like good sounding music and if BSU cant march and play then so be it, impress the football game crowd.....And the cowbell girl, she played an instrument in front of tens of thousands of people and felt the rush of performing and cheering from so many people. Sure it was funny when she looked like some kid who got forced into marching band by her parents and was stuck playing the cowbell, but if she has a problem then so be it....if i was blind, that opportunity would have been one of the greatest of my life

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in all seriousness..stop cheating yourself in confidence, you can definitly march this season on baritone anywhere, its all about attitude and commitment. I am an original baritone player, but am nothing special, but i give my all and have respect throughout both my band and corps. If money is why you cant march this season then so be thats uncontrolable, but dont be scared cause if you fall in love with the activity like many of us have, then you will wish you had this year back.

Still in High School, will be a music ed major in college, drive about 3 hours to camp

Thanks and Good Luck this season!