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I think with Flo, DCA overestimated the viewers that they would bring, even if the numbers were OK DCA had given some crazy estimate as to how many would watch a stream. DCA.s estimates of economic impact are crazy and while any money spent in a town helps it, when you say you will being 10 million and wind up with 20% of that it hurts your future prospects for getting a good deal whether town, venue or streaming service

Have to chide Flo on this, Inland Empire was at the Rosel Bowl. Gold is in Opening class, they may have an overly aggressive autocorrect like my FB has.

This is a prediction which I hope does not come true, This year there will be no video or live stream of DCA champs. I have heard nothing from box 5 or DCA regarding streams or vids.

Huge improvement from last week, maybe they should start the tour a week later. I think a sloppy first showing hurts them for the rest of the season.

Kill da wabbit

INT cancelled out

I think the uniforms are a take on 40's and 50's Boy Scout Uniforms that a lot of corps wore back in those days. I just wish they didn't come out so sloppy on a show that isn't done at 100 MPH.

That is something I cook a lot, though usually we use meatballs instead of chicken, and chicken is breasts cut into small pieces, diced, with lots of pepper and Italian seasoning baked on it. Then the pasta sauce we add lots of finely chopped peppers, onions and mushroom to the sauce. It is pretty good. Taco Bar was always good, I have done Salisbury steak and mashed potatoes which goes over big, A fresh fruit salad with apples oranges is bannannas is also popular. PB&J is always a good standby

Based on how DCA is doing they are probably trying to find a smaller stadium that is willing to have them. I am not sure that DCA delivered on what they sold Williamsport on. This year there will be quite a few less hotel rooms, I think people may be waiting to see how attendance is to see what getting DCA is worth to a host city.

I think Jurassic Park would be great to get them used to dealing with old Alumni, and so they could really understand what it was like " Back in the Day"

When I retired from the Army I contacted a corps in April about volunteering over the summer. I was ready to go a month straight but had some doctor appointments and a few events I had to attend in July, The infamous Director of that corps told me that they only wanted to people who were loyal and could commit for the entire season. However in Mid June that same Corps was begging for people to come out and help for a week or two even offering plane tickets or gas money, I guess it would be idea to have the same crew all summer, but I know they lost me and probably a lot of others by trying to get a perfect volunteer,

On their fb a while back they said they had 32 horns, Maybe they are hoping to get some more and match up. I think DCA you don't declare open, you are open unless you declare class A.

Not blaming this on WGI. However some corps wait until after WGI to start full corps camps. If you have 2 or 3 weeks of camp you can get your show together by June and field a good corps. With DCA a lot of corps start at little later. If they were to have their champs say 2nd weekend in Aug. They would not be very clean. From what I have seen DCA corps make vast improvements from DCI finals until Labor Day. An earlier day for finals would mean that corps would have to start rehearsal earlier, also most shows would have to be ready by Memorial day if they wanted a season longer than 6 weeks. At one time reinforcements from DCI were needed to get DCA corps to finals, with an earlier final DCA would lose that, however I don't think that is nearly as large a group as it was a few years back.

That leaves them with only 9 open class corps if those remaining don't declare A.

Looks like they already know who is going to win and they marked the end zone for them

I think it was spirit of 52

No

The Winds from my local circuit are up. they have a great show !!. Unfortunatly they were the only winds this year

In independant open class MBI lost their sound mid-show during prelims. They continued counting it out for about a minute and then they restarted from the beginning. From what I saw though it was the facilities system that had the flaw. I have no idea how that effected the judging or what impact it had on the performers doing a restart after you have done half the show.

Being a logistics wonk whenever I see an independent indoor group with lots of props I wonder What kind of a practice facility they have. with school in session most of their season who gives them a gym to use, where do they store all that stuff during the school week?

Apparently Tulsa Oklahoma is "Deep in the heart of Texas "

Never heard of the guy. Does he have something to do with Drum Corps ?

They also carry some big 10 Lacrosse games, and a freind of mine watches the ballroom when she comes to visit. It works out OK for me.

Not sure if I can post on this site since it isn't about abuse of corps members or how terrible a former corps director was, However does anyone know when tickets for the MB stadium show go on sale, I seem to remember getting them much earlier last year however as an old geezer my memory might not be that great.

I am really surprised this hasn't been closed yet