Gizmit26

I said the punishments were "akin", not identical.

There would be consequences for an employee who makes disparaging remarks on social media, sure. However, I feel this is more akin to me bashing my competitors, and then all the competitors circle up and somehow are able to demand that my company be liquidated. Both instances seem extreme given the transgression.

This point should be moot, right? I thought DCI can't enforce a corps' own policy? That would be up to the individual corps. I'm not seeing why this was relevant for Mr. Acheson to point out.

I'm in the same boat you are at the moment. Let me know how the cancelling of tickets goes. I'm so very glad my children are not marching again this summer -- it really saddens me to type that.

DCI issued a statement here: https://www.dci.org/news/arsenal-open-class-membership-evaluation-put-on-hold

I must say, Vanguard Cadets not touring outside of California is shocking. I always thought the Vanguard organization had one of the better revenue streams of any DCI corps.

Who will be heading this up, exactly? The Board and the Director are one in the same. They are choosing their own replacements?

And now out for 2019 tour: https://www.dci.org/news/pioneer-will-not-participate-in-2019-dci-tour

They are out for 2019: https://www.dci.org/news/pioneer-will-not-participate-in-2019-dci-tour

This was exactly my experience in section 141.

I was seated side A, 40 yard line, front row. From our seats, The side B bari soloist seemed to disappear at some point during the back and forth in the ballad. I’m. It sure if this is due to speaker placement relative to our seats, but we heard the first few sections just fine. I also recall a trumpet screamer in the ballad. I didn’t see or hear this last night.

Last night the vocalist sound was hit and miss in the stadium, too.

At the beginning it looks to be an acoustic/electric. Interesting. I had just assumed they were synth patches.

Is he actually playing the guitar? I thought acoustic string instruments were not allowed?

They kept the second one last night. Also, for those watching on Flo. We had the opportunity to sit directly across from the high camera operator (top row, side A, 40 yard line) last night. We witnessed this camera operator do all of the following: Attempt to protect themself from the cold/rain with a foil emergency blanket wrapped around them most of the night. Adjust said emergency blanket every 2 minutes, with the resulting sound annoying everyone in the general vicinity. Literally spend more time looking at their phone than at the image in the camera viewfinder. If you missed any key action, I may have found the reason.

Now resuming at 6:33pm CDT :) posted from the DrumScorps app

In stadium announcement: Contest will resume at 6:15pm

Raining HARD NOW. And a bit of hail.

Ponchos are purchased and packed. Hopefully we don’t need them! Rain has been off and on in Michigan City all morning. We’ve run into patents from SCVC, Spartans, and Shadow at our hotel. Everyone is ready for a great show. My two boys from Colt Cadets are hoping to have their best run of the season - making finals would be a nice bonus, however unlikely it may be. Go CC!

Not looking good — at all! Fingers crossed.

In case you missed it: 3:00 p.m.– Gates Open 3:45 p.m.– Welcome and National Anthem 4:00 p.m.– Heat Wave - Cape Coral, FL 4:17 p.m.– Raiders - Burlington, NJ 4:34 p.m.– Colt Cadets - Dubuque, IA 4:51 p.m.– Shadow - Oregon, WI 5:08 p.m.– Golden Empire - Bakersfield, CA 5:25 p.m.– Intermission (34 min.) 5:59 p.m.– Southwind - Mobile, AL 6:16 p.m.– Guardians - Houston, TX 6:33 p.m.– River City Rhythm - Anoka, MN 6:50 p.m.– 7th Regiment - New London, CT 7:07 p.m.– Louisiana Stars - Lafayette, LA 7:24 p.m. – Intermission (34 min.) 7:58 p.m.– Spartans - Nashua, NH 8:15 p.m.– Gold - Oceanside, CA 8:32 p.m.– Legends - Kalamazoo, MI 8:49 p.m.– Blue Devils B - Concord, CA 9:06 p.m.– Vanguard Cadets - Santa Clara, CA 9:23 p.m.– Jubal - Dordrecht, The Netherlands 9:48 p.m.– Last scores announced

Forecast is not looking great for Monday in Michigan City. Any idea what the rain contingency would be? Everyone advances to Tuesday?

Raining hard at the show site. All spectators in the gym or their vehicles. posted from the DrumScorps app

Does anyone know about the bag policy in this stadium? Do I have to pack my stuff into a sandwich bag again?!

Colt Cadets will be in Vernon Hills at 9AM, Skokie at Noon, and Evanston at 2PM.