Brian Tuma

Can Stars place 7th? It would be their highest placement since 1977. Come on lucky sevens!

Thanks everyone for the information. I’m still hesitant to take it as gospel. Rather, I’ll be focusing my future communications with Pioneer on the BoD set up because I can back myself up with tangible first hand evidence.

So far my comments have been limited to Pioneer’s current BoD and the lack of accountability. The reddit thread concerns past seasons, correct? Am I missing something from the current season other than the mm with the medical issue?

Your first paragraph sums up the entire problem.

Kidding/Not Kidding

https://pioneer-corps.org/about/pioneer-board.html I would say contact the BoD but it’s probably Roman’s cell number listed. SMH!

Go to their website and check out the BoD. Two administrative team members also serve on the board. That’s an outrage not to mention not in line with how you run a non-profit. How can there be any kind of accountability for the executive director when he also sits on the board. It’s DCI’s version of a banana republic.

A roll of dimes won’t even buy you a good beer!

The toxicity of this thread makes me want to pull a “Clockwork Orange” scenario on some of these posters. I would force them to view the Fred Rogers movie, Won’t You Be My Neighbor.

I don’t mind cheese so much. There’s a big gap between a six month aged Manchego and Velveta. It’s the latter that makes me cringe. Again, like you said, it’s all subjective.

That was 2010 ;-) Typo?

They don’t get mentioned much but I would add Pioneer to the mix as well. Quite the little fiefdom.

I have to say I didn’t anticipate their current placement and I’m a bit of a honk. Lol

I hope that someone checked out the content score from SA. Now to continue cleaning that book!

Conversely, they pull out a show like Into the Light. I get goosebumps just thinking of it.

If you’re talking about show design in that last sentence I can sort of see your point. If you’re talking about the circumstances that lead to the house cleaning at Cadets I would strongly disagree.

So are all the corps!

Louisiana Stars coming off a long break.

I would like to have seen Scouts use Megan from the start of the show. Perhaps as narrator? The beginning of the show is so dry. I could see playing off that same script in a tongue in cheek way at this point. Right now her entrance comes off as gimmicky to me. Like, “surprise, we have a female member”. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, everyone knows Scouts have a female member.

So that’s the corps that was feeding the kids cake! I guess they blew their budget on a goofy sundial prop.

Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooootz! To Paraphrase Mean Girls: “Gretchen, stop trying to make boots happen. It’s not going to happen.”

Sorry, I don’t consider Blue Stars in the 80s and 90s “a drop”. It was more of a comeback and proved their tenacity.

I’m curious if the female member auditioned along side everyone else. She’s a great player and no doubt would have gotten a spot on her own talents.

Those arrangements! They’re technical without sounding like they were lifted from the Arban book. It’s especially apparent to me during the ballad with the extended ostinato passage. Just when you think you’ve got it down, it changes up. Bravo!

With so many people complaining about the lack of melody and recognizable music you would think this thread would be over run with posts praising Blue Stars.