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Stu, not quite. It was made on a free website designer. The Eclipse site was registered to a man with the last name Miller on webs.com. I contacted webs.com to find out. That's all the information they would give me.

Well, we have found that there are flaws to the business, but I would expect that with every start-up. Did anyone from 2010 contact them directly like I did? I read the forum there was a lot of speculation but not that many facts. From my understanding Eclipse was poorly planned and poorly staffed. I wouldn't call it a fraud, no one lost money to the corps. What I have found, which there is little evidence of Eclipse at all, is that it was planned to be a community drum corps for Indianapolis. I cant find any papers filed about becoming a business, so I'm thinking people got a little carried away and put the cart before the horse. There is no evidence stating that Eclipse was even on the map. For people to call a fraud, doesn't really make sense since it was only an idea. If anything, it was shot down before it could even begin. I think we should give it some time, see what comes to be of Accent Marching. At this point, its a legit business with documentation. I bet if we dig even further we'll find more answers but at this point, I would be fine to have any of my students attend a clinic. So how 'bout them Cavaliers? lol

Haha, Michael, me either have you seen the price for the garages at some of these convention centers? LOL.

Haha Michael, kids especially love the 15 minutes of fame, lol. I think we all have the same concerns. As musicians, educators, and parents, it is our right to make sure that things are on the up and up. I think that if this was meant to be fraudulent, it was extremely stupid. I however, feel that the best intentions were probably behind this endeavor, which is why I feel that as it is our right to make sure this is on the up and up, it is also our right to help make this a success. We all have criticisms that should be forwarded to their office so necessary changes can be made. I called their office today, and saw that they had shut down the office for a few days preparing and assembling equipment. I received a call back from Brian, their COO, and he began to explain and fill in a lot of the holes of information we had been missing. He stated that the company began in Los Angeles (aka why is Facebook said LA). Chris came to Brian and offered him a partnership due to his father being the former CEO of Pepsi, Rick Poillon. They moved the company to North Carolina, where it currently resides. The company was formed through the state of Delaware to help with tax purposes. He said, they understand that there are problems with the company, which is why they are pushing back the dates of camps, changing the price, and rethinking the way the website flows. He said that everyone should check out the site by the end of next week for the updates. He welcomed the criticism and said he would appreciate any and all help criticing the site and day to day functions. I think we should contact them and give them the help they need to get this thing going. DanielRay is right, this is great opportunity for students who are woodwind players or players who need that push to try out for drum corps. After talking with Brian, I think they have the right people helping and I think they're doing the right thing by taking a few weeks to make the necessary changes needed. Let's help this company succeed.

We should email them with questions.

I'm sure that most of the bottom half placing corps have a few spots here and there.

I can't wait to see SCV! There show is going to be awesome!

I just saw this thread and thought I would help the investigation. The fee is $325 and $10 for the music packet. I didn't see anything about the transaction fee. I did call the Gwinnett Center, they did put down an $8,000 deposit down for the event. The staff from the center told me that they moved the event back because the lack of parking from the conventions going on that weekend, probably why the hotel was about 30 minutes away.