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A concern I would have as a parent....if the board/staff knew then they are culpable also. If the board/staff didn't know how in the hell did they not know....they are not keeping themselves in the loop and aware of what is going on, they are incompetent. Either way would I trust my kid to decisions this organization makes???? This is Penn all over again....

please list my options....I cannot think of any of note.

but Bridgemen did it well......and they did not "emote"

I would not take those odds to vegas if I were you....maybe you've read "The Emperor's New Clothes"??????

I was pretty much gone last year.....the first year in a long time that I did not see a single DCI show nor buy anything DCI-related. But I have my memories of what drum corps was in its glory years and all the dvds and recordings....and I won't be seeing any more DCI as I do not want to taint all those wonderful memories. We have been fighting this fight for almost 15 years and warning them that this day may come if they did not heed the warnings....don't blame us for not trying. They may not miss me but for ###### sure they are going to miss my $$.

So what do I call a drum corps that uses(allows) trombones and sousaphones????? I don't......they are dead to me....

Drum Corps "businessman"??????? get real...just because you try to jam it into the mold of a "business" does not make it one....that's why drum corps has always been a not-for-profit activity...not because they chose not to make $$ but because there is no sustainable business model that would allow it to thrive and generate a profit as a business.

I don't think I would be so dramatic as calling anything that has happened with DCA corps as a "tragedy"....that's just silly.

http://www.freelancers-alumni.org/ we currently have a large NorCal and SoCal contingent and hold local rehearsals in Sacramento and Simi Valley and once a month we have a "camp" in central California. Those camps are typically a 6 hour block on a Saturday and we all carpool together. It makes for a long Saturday but it is lots of fun and we get a lot done. Get on the forum, drop us an email, and come on out to a rehearsal.

Thank you DCI, I won't ever have to buy another DCI ticket/DVD/etc... for the rest of my life!!!

hopefully I won't ever have to see mirrors used on the field again. :-)

All Celine Dion tunes as performed by a Drum & Bugle Corps ...oh yeah, there aren't any ....exactly.....

Morons, what they should have done is included the audio and cut the video.....

Thank you for not doing that anymore......

the real solution is to do away with electronics entirely but then again... "The Emperor has no clothes"