Cadevilina Crown

As a horn player myself, Vince DeRosa is absolutely one of our unsung heroes of the instrument. What an incredible player with an incredible career. And he shares a birthday month with me!

Italian composer Ennio Morricone passed away today in Rome at the age of 91. He is best known for his legendary movie and TV scores ranging from Sergio Leone’s spaghetti westerns to his Oscar-winning score for The Hateful Eight and a host of others in between, and even the theme to the 1978 FIFA World Cup. And drum corps is no stranger to his excellent compositions, dating back to the Queensmen using music from For a Few Dollars More in 1968, and as recently as Carolina Crown and Jersey Surf just last year. Here’s a complete listing of all of Ennio Morricone’s works that have been heard i

Don't know if this was posted anywhere else, but DCI will be continuing its annual I&E Performers' Showcase in a virtual setting this year. https://www.dci.org/news/dci-performers-showcase-individual-and-ensemble-competition-goes-virtual Some notable points: - DCI has loosened its eligibility requirements to include participants over the age of 22 (in their own separate category), as well as those who otherwise were not planning on marching this year, so long as they participate in an established marching circuit and/or attend a credible education/performing arts program, su

The Cadets are still shown as a link on YEA's website (even though it redirects to the new cadets.org). Hopefully that will change soon. Also, just to clarify, YEA technically still exists, as they still run the USBands circuits, among other activities. The Cadets are the only organization separating from YEA, to my knowledge. USBands may have to change their logo, though, now that they and the Cadets are no longer affiliated. Otherwise, this is great news for the Cadets. Here's hoping for their comeback in the 2020s.

Looks like the Blue Stars will have to go back to the drawing board, as their working show title was "Still Life 20/20."

On a less somber note, I'd like to know whether FloMarching will be re-broadcasting any shows from their (or DCI's) archives at any point this summer, especially on some of the bigger days of the tour. I know they're already planning something similar for WGI championships. If there's anything that would really help to keep interest in DCI afloat through the cancelled tour, it's Flo.

The Cavaliers in their statement said that members contracted for 2020 will have their spots guaranteed for 2021, including 2020 age-outs. I imagine they are not the only ones taking this approach.

So after DCI published its most recent statement on COVID-19 and how it will affect the season, multiple corps have announced that their April camps will be conducted digitally, or “in the cloud,” thanks to the power of technology and conference calling. Several corps did the same when March camps were cancelled as well. That said, as drum corps remains as expensive of an activity as ever, would it be possible/acceptable for corps to start doing this more often under “normal” circumstances to curb travel costs for MMs attending camps from afar, especially as video auditions remain common?

But then every corps would have to play it because nobody else could perform. "In a 36-way tie for 1st place, your 2020 Drum Corps International World Champions, with a score of 4.33... four point three three... EVERYONE!"

I'd rather wait and see whether the DCI season will go on as planned before seeing any new program info from the big-name corps. Yes, this is what the world has come to as of now.

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I assume OC is gone, as they are not listed in the "Corps" section on DCI's website. Crazier things have happened (see: Southwind's return a few years ago), but I don't expect OC to be back anytime soon, if ever.

Here's hoping the Billie Eilish song is either "when the party's over" or "ocean eyes," both of which I think would sound great on the field. At the same time, however, I don't want to see a repeat of what they did to "715-CREEKS" last year. That ballad deserved a better arrangement, IMO.

DP mentioned in the announcement of the proposal results that a steering committee will come up with guidelines for that particular proposal by the start of April given the variety of different types and sizes of venues.