CrownBariDad

AND ... Crown apparently had some alumni in the drumline according to their FB page. Plus -- Hearing that UGA Redcoat Band had participants. Looks like they scoured the Southeast looking for band/drum corps/WGI folks.

And SOA just gave a shoutout on FB to Spirit alumni who appeared in the drumline with Maroon 5. If Ancestry.com ever allows us to do an online DCI/DCA/WGI + special events family tree, that would be worth the membership.

Also hearing from a former Atlanta Quest member that Georgia State University band members were picked to do some designs and choreography with lighted LED panels placed on the field.

The Music City Mystique FB page is also claiming some alumni participated.

Carolina Crown and Reading Buccaneers joint venture.

2013 of course -- Crown!

Possible alternates? IDK

I'm hearing 12 tubas also with the extra 4 spots going to baris/euphoniums. Issues with maintaining 16 contras on Tour, plus the usual injuries/sickness that always depletes the line. That's all I've heard.

Maybe Music City? Or, is that too far?

According to corpsreps.com, Heat Wave did this in 2018 -- "The Times They Are A-Changin'".

I really liked them and am sad they are no longer with us. I always looked forward to scanning their front ensemble the start of each season to see what new or unique instrument(s) they would use.

And I just saw this: OC evaluation put on hold.

Text from the site: As many of you have heard, this afternoon at the DCI Annual Summit, the decision was reached to revoke Pioneer’s DCI membership. This was a difficult, yet necessary decision. We would like to thank all of our fans in the drum corps community for your support over the years and we cannot express fully our gratitude to our past members, staff, and volunteers. We cannot apologize enough for the mistakes made that brought us here today, but know that there is much to be learned from all of this. We had a responsibility to provide for our members and failed to do so. There is no excuse for providing anything but the best for our membership. Again, we are both deeply sorry and deeply grateful for everything, good and bad, that has come our way. As our corps prayer says, we will take the pain of losing and the joy of winning all with a smile. We hope there will be a day where a new and improved version of Pioneer will be on the field. Until then, better every day.

2019 Drum Majors

If I counted right in the Rose Parade, it looks like 2 rows of 11 plus 2 more in a mixed row. Will we ever see that on the field? Let's allow 160 but the extras have to be contras.