Jurassic Lancer

Aaaaaaaaaand … I’m out See you all later … maybe in June

And they pulled the plug on an untenable season … that was their job. Do you even remember the days when corps directors like Bob Duggan (Oakland Crusaders) or George Bonfiglio (27th Lancers) would mortgage their homes to keep their corps on the road? They sacrificed their retirements for this activity. I have nothing but respect for Mandy’s BOD to do everything they could to keep the corps moving and bring them home safely. They killed the 2026 season before prospective members committed. Give them a ####### break already. They put up before they shut up. It sucks but don’t blame the ones who gave their life’s blood for the corps. Oh! Why not give them an extra hard kick while they’re down.

Yup … those Mandarins BOD members who put in $250,000 of their own money to make sure the members were safe are total a-holes.

Unless your staff is headed by Michael Gaines and Paul & Sandy Renick

And add from another thread: It was obviously a toxic staff

Man … if anyone needed a TL;DR, it’s you

Yeah, nothing sustained in Bluecoats show … man, that ballad was all chop and bop, right?

Nothing inflammatory about this statement. Care to provide receipts?

Some people delight in spreading rumors … remember the one about Troopers’ visual staff going to Crown?

I get ads for cruise lines and art in 1st dibs.com

Blue Stars 2021

I keep telling people, Drum corps hasn’t been the same since the Battle of Hastings!

No. Way. Color me impressed Unless you mean #2 in a different sense

I’m betting on option 1

I might add that the costuming was questionable if not cringeworthy

You know … cotton khaki shirts and pants weren’t so bad.

I second this

“So, does your championship come with an asterisk because BDB wasn’t here?” “That … is what he said. That … is what Dan Potter said.”

For me, 2008 was a horrible concept and even the last 90 seconds couldn’t redeem what took place before. The juice wasn’t worth the squeeze.

Then all members would need three legs

Mentioning Madison makes it on topic

Whump! What was that noise? The sound of a door hitting someone on the arse as they left Happy Valley.

A cymbal coordinator is interesting

They paved Paradise and put up a big oil can.

Oddly enough, that alum wasn’t me … but everything you said is spot on. The problem with brass wasn’t with Jim Wedge’s arrangements, but with the day to day brass instruction which really was less than great.