soccerguy315

US Bands was bankrolling Cadets, yes? Hopefully they will be on solid financial footing.

lot of events

you are technically correct... which is the best kind of correct :) lol

that is not more revenue though... that is the same amount of revenue that the shows currently bring in.

where are all these new fans going to sit? the back sideline? all the regionals are basically already maxed out on audience capacity

does the forest service have a lot of civil rights issues?

LOL <-- woodwind player that marched DCI

So most of the people in your top 5 corps were also 17? The data does not back that up. If you can find me a top 5 corps with an average age of high school students, I will change my opinion. my point is BD's "excellence" depends on having kids that are trained elsewhere. So if DCI kills off the "training ground" then it will eventually filter to the stop in terms of a lower quality product. And I would guess a lot of the 13+ corps have mostly rookies. Do you think that is inaccurate?

the reason the corps at the top are so good is because they are using the members trained by the lower groups. fill Blue Devils with drum corps rookies this year and BD would not be anywhere near as good as they always are.

the cost of this might be extremely minimal... like 1-2 plane tickets for staff.

I've seen some posts on Facebook.

this sounds like bad news for Jersey Surf arguably the most financially response drum corps out there.

WHAT?!?!?! what year was this???

these don't sound great for Vanguard

nah. He was being stupid. Many people here thought at the time he was lucky to not get a foot to the chops laying there like that. think it was 2008? the samurai year where the cavies were wandering around in block committing seppuku on themselves during retreat.

Crossmen had 29 source: picture on Facebook of all of them from Friday night

Honestly I really appreciate how corps have stepped up their multimedia game over the last few years. Social media, pictures, video, etc. I only marched in the 00s, but I would love to have this kind of stuff from my seasons. Tons of quality rehearsal and performance pictures for the members to enjoy forever. I've got mostly old school physical pictures that were scanned, and not very many of them. These guys/gals do a great service to the drum corps community.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/29884/what-happens-losing-teams-championship-shirts

Don't think the corps photographer will have much impact...

I just think all the corps deserve to have their name announced correctly and with the same level of enthusiasm.

it's Sunday but I'm still really annoyed at the "BLUE........coats" announcement. it was unacceptable.

This year was a design decision based on the show theme so I would guess the guard will return to coed... but I haven't heard anything from inside.

probably gonna hit you with a second $50 charge.

congrats BD! awesome show