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    Cadets and YEA new path forward

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    15 hours ago, jonwoody said:

    Saturday I came across a post from Hopkins on Facebook. His train is off the track lol. Sounds like one of the sunday morning pastors begging for forgiveness from someone who is not listening. Sad in a way.

    You should see the rants in "his" cadets group. He really thinks he isn't responsible for what they are going through. It just magically happened after he was fired. 

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    Cadets 2020

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    11 hours ago, lifeisaround said:

    Honestly. Have y’all gotten the email letting you know you got a call back? 

     

    Have yall seen the books....

     

    Or that one time they still haven’t paid 2018,2019 bus companies. Or spring training. Or the remainder of the staff....

     

    I mean I wouldn’t know or anything just being involved since 2017.... still missing my paychecks.... 

    For what it is worth, I was paid ON TIME and IN FULL by both YEA and USBands this year. 

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    Cadets 2020

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    1 hour ago, Slingerland said:



    My guess is that the scheme to create a new org for Cadets will be allowed, DCI will ignore their own rules that make a new corps (which they would technically be) compete in Open Class before applying for WC, and anyone who was owed money from YEA will have to suck it up and take whatever the bankruptcy court deems they can get out of the bones of the YEA organization. It's the most straight-forward solution to the situation.

     

    Yeah, because forcing the Cadets to compete in open class, where they would destroy everyone, is the right thing to do... 

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    Did Carolina Gold get approved?

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    Just now, CHRISP said:

    When did they fold?

    Folding may not be the best word. But they had to take a year off a few times to restructure. So a time out? I know for a while they had problems keeping a director. That was early 2000's ish.( I believe. medical issues caused me to lose a lot of memory from those years, and I'm not nearly motivated to look it up right now. Forgive me) However like I said, they seem to be headed in a good direction now. 

    Did Carolina Gold get approved?

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    12 hours ago, Beckham said:

    They've been contacting high school band directors in the Carolinas to advertise auditions to their students. Hope nobody gets burned. I knew some kids who were in Coastal Surge in 2015. They paid their money, moved in with the corps and worked their tails off, and then had the rug pulled out from under them. None of the ones I knew ever even considered auditioning for another corps after that experience. 

    On the positive side, at least Carolina Gold is an established organization with years of touring in DCA under their belts. So maybe it is a bit different than a group that has only been around for a year or two and done SoundSport. Still, DCI's diligence on making sure their finances are in order makes complete sense.

    Gold also has a history of folding. However, It seems their new leadership has been busting a$$ and they have grown by leaps and bounds. It would be really nice having a DCI corps in my neck of the woods. 

    Disturbing DCI rumors

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    17 minutes ago, xandandl said:

    do you have to pay for use of indoor rehearsal sites (classrooms, audit., music labs) or is that all done during class time (for which taxpayers get dunned?)

    do you have to pay the janitors their hourly rate and holiday weekend rates or is that covered under school budget (for which taxpayers get dunned?)

    Are your musical instruments (all of them)  paid for out of the marching band budget or do you borrow from the school or do you have to pay the school a rental charge?

    Is your salary as an educator paid by the school district or by the band parents, or are you considered only a part time educator?

    I'm sure if we had some of the super-sleuth DCP accounting buffs on your stalk that we'd find some ways the school covers some of your ultimate costs.

    1. I have no access to indoor facilities other than my small room(auditorium, music labs lol. what are those). 2. I get no janitors to clean anything outside of sweeping my room once a day. Anything that occurs after school or weekend I am responsible for cleaning and taking care. 3. I get no budget for instrument repairs or maintenance. If something breaks I either fix it or booster club pays to fix it. My school has not purchased a new instrument in at least ten years.  4. I receive no supplements for anything thing I do after school. We also aren't allowed to charge our students fees to participate. All monies have to come from fundraising and donations.

     

    This is the same for the strings and chorus that I teach. As far as salary goes, As I stated this is in reference to marching band. So "super-sleuth" all you want, buddy. 

     

     

     

     

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    Disturbing DCI rumors

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    5 minutes ago, Slingerland said:

    The financial aspects of the concept haven't been explored in any meaningful way to address the central issue of sustainability. Bands with 200-250 performers have most of the infrastructural expenses of operations covered by their school districts. The band directors are paid for through tax dollars, their rehearsal facilities, etc, etc, are also covered by their school districts. If the average BOA program had to be self-sustaining, they'd never hit the field. 

    Drum corps have to eat all of the expense of putting the product out there, and adding more members actually makes it more expensive to run their operations, not cheaper. As far as the central 'product' element of the discussion,  I'd like to see the study that shows that DCI would sell another 10,000 seats at Finals nights because BD all of sudden had a flute section. 

    I received zero funds to run my marching band. Nothing from district or school. We compete locally and are responsible for all costs. Most bands in my area pay fees to participate in marching band that could rival some DCI fees. 

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