Corps Lover

My thoughts & prayers are with the friends and family

There is an alumni show every October in London, Ontario... This features almost all of the alumni corps in Canada, and I'm sure some from the US... Not sure if it beats DCA Alumni Spectacular, or this Plymouth show... But it's one of the best line ups every year!

The thought of the Rochester Crusaders, being finished - not returning, ever - is very sad, considering all that history!! I hope the Brigs will make a return to competition in the next couple years.. DCA doesn't seem the same without them.

Any outlook on possible growth into Canada? Many alumni corps I'm sure would put a small group in each event

It's performances like this one that you'll remember... Also a great chance to promote the corps and build :)

It's performances like this one that you'll remember... Also a great chance to promote the corps and build :)

Hi all.. You'll be pleased to know, updates are now underway to the new website... ALUMNI and HISTORICAL information is being worked on to provide the most information possible to all of you Drum Corps Fans... Of course the new sections will continue to be aimed at fans of Canadian drum corps... Thanks to everyone who submitted feedback, it's been greatly appreciated and I've now been able to finalize the direction this site is headed in. Maybe that direction should be North

That's great news... It's always great to hear when a town supports it's organizations!

Several all age corps have hosted clincs at various events and they have been a huge success.. If not just for the corps, but for the schools/groups/people they are put on for. It would be great to see this put on by various corps during Finals weekend

Tom, I'll be adding a section about Alumni corps, Former corps that no longer exist, and of course what has happened to them all.. This will be put under the Historical tab which will hopefully be added within a couple weeks. It's actually going to be fun looking up all these old corps from across the country, both Jr & Sr.. I'll try to find some info from the 50's/60's eras, luckily I do have some volunteers who have offered to help provide historical facts & pictures from the earlier days of drum corps. It's sad really, that there is nothing out of Montreal anymore... Les Metropolitains in '94 finished 4th at Finals with a very nice size corps... 1 year later, gone.. never to return.. Thankfully we still have the Grenadiers, and I would love to see them grow and move back into open class.. As a former member and lifetime fan, the corps will forever be in my heart! (hence why they get the primary focus on the competitive aspect of the site)

I would love if dci shows were like the 80's and 90's... Maybe some 70s shows too :P

Thanks John... Looking forward to building the site further and starting to put in history of canadian corps... Going to have to get Don to submit a big write up on the Grenadiers' history!

Thought this might be an interesting topic... I know many people weren't such a huge fan of the weekend's events changing... So if you have a different idea... Post it... Maybe, just maybe the DCA Gods will take a peak... (Tom... I know there are reasons for the change!! ) My idea... Friday evening - Championship Parade, all competing corps and alumni corps put on a parade around the neighborhood the stadium is in... Finishing off with a (option 1) FREE stand still concert in the stadium for neighboring residents featuring last year's top 6 Open Class and top 2 Class A corps from last year's championship. (option 2) Mini corps championship, again free of charge Saturday morning - Class 'A' Prelims, followed by Open Class Prelims - Show would start around 9am Saturday evening - I&E, and celebration/block party Sunday (early) afternoon - Alumni Classic (judged by fans) Sunday evening - Class A Finals followed by Open Class Finals.. Featuring exhibitions by Winning mini corps and winning alumni corps before retreat I've always thought (as a competitor) that a parade during championship weekend would be fun. Also to DCA officials: if finals could come to Ottawa, ON and that 'will be revamped' Frank Claire Stadium... I'd greatly greatly greatly appreciate it

Not so good with photoshop... So, it's an easy one to do... And I like the look... Treble clef might be better suited for a drum corps site... If you'd like to volunteer (hint hint) to make a treble clef.... I could change it

Already a work in progress... Just wanted to get the site released and see what the interest base will be... I'm planning to include alumni corps, Just need to work on things.. Hoping I don't have to do a site overhaul already and change the design.