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No OCG is referring to doing 5 parades in a single day in the Baltimore area. There are a number of DCA / Alumni corps who do a series of parades (which all pay pretty well) in the Baltimore area. For example:

One Day More!

Cappy you don’t need to defend Jeff. He’s heard far worse right to his face. He’s knows the drummer pokes are just pokes and not serious.

Again anyone who has ever watched DCI has found themselves watching percussion judges as they duck and run to escape drill. The risk is apparent and completely unnecessary. Again: Why should any judge put any marcher at risk?

Hmm I said Ream called it minimal. And didn’t mention you at all in reference to hitting judges (although you did bring it up). Maybe take some time to read carefully. I apologize in advance for asking for that. Attacking the poster is always a good strategy when the facts have abandoned you.

More deflection. Let’s talk about anything but the fact that percussion judges put members at risk. No judge should do that.

It’s a conspiracy

Anyone who’s ever watched a percussion judge immediately knows the risk is not minimal. (In fact that’s what makes so many watch them make there daring escapes. Same reason many watch motor sports). Judges can rank and rate accurately from the front sideline. Spreads and ranks matter and there’s nothing interfering with that assessment. In fact front ensembles will now get much better reads because the judge won’t spend so much time “traveling”. Finally nice try. Never said anything about the competency of DCI judges. But it is very revealing to see “top names” already wandering far past 2 yards.

Ridiculous. Even Ream admits there is STILL risk; he just call it's "minimal". As for actual collisions, perhaps the number would be FAR different if like the FAA you started counting "near misses". Please explain why a judge should be permitted to put a performer as risk? I've asked this question multiple times but no one ever seems to have a good answer. Here's a hint: BECAUSE THERE ISN'T ONE! Yes the hype tapes will be not be as MEGA-SUPER-HYPED. But the judge can still rank and rate accurately. So sorry the days of "I hit a judge" contests are gone. Change is hard. Personally I would have opted for "outside drill" but as we can see percussion judges already have problems understanding two yards so that would probably not have worked.

Hardly. But if the the great and powerful Ream admits that it's "minimal risk" IF the hockey puck judge is properly trained (which means they're going memorize the drill to every show they judge, anticipate every drill move, and don't let themselves lose track of where they are in the show, which anyone who's ever taught drill will admit is impossible to do ) they've pretty much conceded. It's pretty easy to agree that no judge should be putting ANY performer at risk. It's a pretty simple idea ; even a drummer can understand it

Preach! I am particularly interested in where the Cavaliers fit into this puzzle. Bloo "outscored" Crown by .25 opening night. Where will Crown fit in at Memphis when they see Bloo and Vanguard? It's going to be very interesting!

Of course what they really mean is "what about my hype tape" ? No judge should be putting a marcher at risk. Ever. And the rule does not preclude a judge from acting to preserve that safety (ie helping an injured performer or retrieving a snare drum). There's no point in discussing this any further. I'm just glad the instructors and director acted to get them off the field.

Crown touching home base at Nation Ford!

Lol so you still didn’t answer either question. Because the answer is NO judges should not be putting performers at risk. It’s as simple as that. If you could get a percussion judge to honestly admit all the near misses your 3 or 4 would skyrocket. And trying to change the topic to props or whatever is just deflecting. No judge should put a student at risk. Period. End of sentence.

So there are risks for a drill collision outside the official playing area where there are no members? Hmm... You've done plenty of shaming of one guy. Too late for that. anyway... You carefully avoided responding to both the bolded questions. I'll repeat them here to make it easier If the risk near the front sideline is real and unpredictable, what's it like out in the middle of the field? Is it ever ok for a judge to put the members at risk?

Oh my. Crown and Voices of Liberty are doing this at the Orlando show!

With Crown on a 5 day stretch of rehearsals, old fashions sound like a wonderful idea! Crown leaves Ohio tonight for the long drive to Fort Mill. Two days at Nation Ford and then the short hop down to Lexington for CrownBeat. What has Crown been up to (besides cleaning, cleaning, cleaning) ? Have their been changes? Additions?

If there's risk only 2 yard in (with a "safe zone" just a few steps back to the track) what is the risk of going inside drill? You're in serious denial. You want to blame the entire rule change on one guy when in fact he's just the proverbial straw. There has always been too much unnecessary risk from percussion judges. The fact that most of the time it's been avoided (most often by too small margins or by performers actively avoiding judges) doesn't mean the risk wasn't there. So in balancing the risk to performers vs reward (basically creating hype tapes for percussionists) there was really no other decision to make. Adjudication should not present any risk at all to performers.If you want to bring up the "returns snare drum incident", certainly judges should be able act to protect member safety. Leaving a snare drum sitting on the field was certainly unsafe. So you've got that situation covered. Brass, guard, and VP judges could all provide far more detail if they were running around the field as well. But that detail is not really necessary to accurately rank and rate. You can't justify a judge putting any member at any risk. 😖

You forgot lot video for brass, percussion and guard warmups for all corps!

Interesting to see this phrase picked up by the rest of DCP. Of course what it actually means is a blank check for the production budget. Absolutely true that Crown did not give the designers an open-ended budget for production design. They had a very definite (albeit generous) budget cap.

Can Bluecoats do a Rolling Stones show next year?!! Best of luck to CrownNorth as they travel South! ps Harloff and Klesch are both retiring from Crown directly to the Disney Monorail ride!

You'll need to reach out to the tour admin to get the daily schedule in advance . However Crown is at the show site so ensemble will probably be later in the day (in fact it's frequently right up to the "gates open" time).