Poppycock

Interested in seeing the minutes of these meetings and those listed as subject matter experts. Something tells me this has more to do with livelihoods and less about participants. Increase revenues can be a great motivator.

Absolutely! Soloist who could play over a brass section and actually fill a stadium without a microphone and amplification. Those poor hobby players were a special breed.

Exactly! DCI pretty much said anything less than 55 members will need to do SoundSport.

BD then everyone else!🥇

Absolutely! OC still hasn’t accepted that they’re uninvited guests to a private party.

Interesting! DCI is a show scheduler and show promoter for their member corps. I’m sure they share responsibility for a lot of circuits failing How many corps, regional circuits, and independent shows would still be in existence if there were no DCI?

Wonder what Terri’s husband would have to say about this!

Must add very fitting too. Been known to ‘ ‘ ‘Zhuzh‘ up from time to time.

And those organizations should be careful about what they wish for. Loyalty has legs.

Staffs have been driving the budgets for years. It’s reasonable to believe they would stand to profit from additional instrumentation too. It’s getting unsustainable. Props, flags and costumes are not being purchased as organizations were told. The unused inventory gets larger and the return on investment shrinks each year.

Does changes warrant your arrogant and rude remarks about and/or to legacy fans? BTW who for the most part have the disposable income to support the activity in various ways. There’s a lot of different flavors, but we all have our own preferences. Lighten up sweetie.

Can hear it now! Crowns flutes just killed it. BD bass saxophone section is amazing. SCV oboe soloist is the best in bandcorps. Bluecoats use of the Roland AE-10G Digital Wind really fits their production.

They should it’s not representative

The name drum corps no longer describes the activity. Needs to be changed.

Agree! The name drum corps is no longer applicable.

Is there a proposal to change the name from drum corps to band corps?

Agree! Been my drop off point for awhile now. DCI will fill the empty seats left from those of us who have reached their drop off point with those who can’t wait to hear Crowns woodwind acrobatics, or the screams from those new fans after every equipment toss and catch. Still waiting for the over and under on sousaphones this season.

Not to mention their lack of good taste. Those were so tacky.

Isn’t that the truth! Remember when is the lowest form of conversation.

As a microcosm of society, it reflects that people will not spend money on things they don’t like. Even the best marketing won’t change that.

IMO those numbers reflect the current interest with all-age corps entertainment quality.

You do make a great point. They shouldn’t be ask to judge if they are not trained on the sheets.

Don’t make excuses Francis for scores being lower when all-age corps are judged on DCA sheets by DCI judges at DCI shows vs when judged at DCA shows. If a organization expected they would be judged lower than ask that their DCA score be withheld from being published because it could be biased when compared to DCA scores from DCA shows and not in a good way. It’s possible that the DCI judges find it difficult to separate the DCA performance criteria when they’re also judging DCI OC or WC corps, but they’re entirely different sheets which confuses me why they would be lower at a DCI show vs a DCA show. BTW Stephan said to say hello!

Now I’m really confused! Difficult to believe DCI judges are so incompetent not to understand DCA sheets or the criteria used. Do any DCI judges also judge DCA? Do all-age corps outside of the NE have better member attendance at DCA shows in the NE than DCI shows closer to their location? I would think it would be the other way around. Certainly understand that there may be a small percentage of older members having to leave work early, but a few hours to review and warm up should suffice for week night performances.

If all-age corps are getting evaluated on DCA sheets at DCI shows, how do those scores compare to DCA sheets at DCA shows? Why would they travel to attend a DCA show if they’re already getting DCA scores on DCA sheets at DCI shows?