OldSnareDrummer

That might be neat and fun for us dinos, but is there even close to enough interest/members/dollars to have a "Classic" division?

That's a great explanation of today vs the days of old.

From a completely unqualified drummer's POV, you can't have this conversation without Madison in the 70's being mentioned.

I know of at least one person who agrees.

For an activity is as niche and niche can get, there sure are a lot of ticket shenanigans going on as of late.

( In my ultimate curmudgeon, dinosauric voice) I don't even like instant replay and overturned calls in sports. I have zero use for AI in drum corps.

Wow. With Friends like this...

One of the small corps I was with had two competing corps in the same town. Ours was the better of the two so there was frequently members from Brand X crossing over to us, but it was done in the off-seasons. I do remember one kid who marched in both corps over consecutive weekends during the season. He always joked he wanted to be remembered as the answer to a trivia question and I suppose he was.

I think the only Brazillian music I recall that I actually knew was Brazillian and not some other Latin flavor was BD in early 1980s with their closer Dindi.

I'm sure they will and I wasn't implying otherwise. But if it comes down to would I rather have 6 shows worth of experience and more importantly, feedback or not have those things, I'll take the experience and feedback every time.

Wow. BD will have like 5 or 6 shows under their belts by the time BAC has their first.

Don't forget the Exchange Rate. Attendance of 30,000 in Canada is about 23,000 in America.

Weren't the DCI years in Orlando pretty weak on attendance?

Illinois State Fair in the 70's. Packed house. I'd forgotten the crowds the corps drew in. And this was prelims. Sounds would bounce all over this grandstand.

Or a Seinfeld show.