Poppycock

Perhaps by your standards they are. A lot of people I know in No. Cal. wouldn't agree.

May or may not be. Give us some names please!

Cadets were their own worst enemy. Cadets allowed an insecure narcissist primadona pick his own board, hire and fire anyone at will, control USBands, declare himself CEO, director of two corps, show designer, tour manager, fun raiser, marketing director and accountant. If the Cadets were still medaling he most likely would still be running it all, but doubt alumni would admit to that truth. IMO the chickens have come home to roost.

BD auditions

Why would they

When the Open Class qualifications were re-stated and the new financial requirements placed for future World Class membership, I immediately wondered what DCI would ultimately look like if this applied to every corps now in order to compete in DCI 2020. Would DCI ultimately be only California corps and the Boston Crusaders? The number of participants would be a lot higher than members.

Agreed! Being WC doesn’t mean elite. Very few elite organizations. Evaluations equal accountability.

Priorities! first and foremost is the corps. Better to exist than not. Hopefully remain a finalist while they get their finances in order.

It is my understanding that each organization receives a single share based on their class for each attended sanctioned DCA contest regardless of weather conditions affecting the competition. This compensation is determined by DCA and is disbursed to each organization at the conclusion of the season minus membership fees. Open Class organizations receive a larger share amount than A Class. It’s also my understanding that each individual organization can negotiate additional performance compensation with individual show sponsors. The agreed negotiated amount is a direct payment made to the organization from the sponsor. I’m not aware of any compensation made to all-age organizations directly by DCI. There may be some minimum compensation made by the DCI show sponsor to an all-age organization. So my guess is that DCA shares are larger compensation than that of DCI.

Victim of their own mistakes.

This is an opportunity for those all-age organizations who want to begin and end their seasons the same as DCI while not being obligated to attend DCA in little league town. How many corps break from DCA if this becomes an annual event?

This is the show that if any all-age corps is interested has to commit to attending DCA Championships too or will not be allowed to compete! The deal made between DCA and DCI Admins. Remember Terri Schehr talking about that caveat. If so, I doubt there will be much if any interest in attending. The travel cost to Indy, and additional travel expenses to little league town a couple weeks later IMO doesn’t make financial sense for most organizations.

Absolutely! A lot of visual distraction with body movements and angry face. If it doesn’t fit don’t force it.

The cost of travel (16-20k from what others have said) for those organizations outside of the NE to compete in a show in the NE, that’s a lot of money just to get a score. I get that it’s competitive, but is that financially responsible? Why couldn’t an organization just pay for DCA judges to come judge them at a DCI show? Has to be less cost than traveling. Thought I read where scores are held by DCA and can be changed prior to announcing. So maybe it’s not as big of a penalty as it use to be.

Loyalty has legs! A DCI all-age division beginning and ending the same as other DCI corps makes more sense for those organizations outside of the NE. IMO greater recruiting opportunities and more regional performance opportunities too. If those organizations have the resources and want to attend DCA Championships why not allow them to participate as a at large member. DCA continues as a small NE circuit keeping their Labor Day weekend of events. Also allows for all of the all-age corps to continue to stay active and better manage their financials.

What I’ve learned about this circuit has demonstrated they do not have the resources both financial and administration to run a national circuit or are their NE organizations willing to share in the cost for growth outside of the NE. Yet they require all-age organizations outside of the NE to adhere to DCA rules and guidelines many times asking them to attend shows and championships in the NE or pay DCA to hold their own show to just get a seedling score for DCA Championships. IMO DCA is saying you can only compete as an all-age group under their circuit and at your own incurred cost to do so, thanks for attending our Championships in little league town now go back to where you came from. A DCI all-age division makes more sense for organizations outside of the NE with more performance opportunities within proximity to those organizations too.

Stephan calls woodwinds tweety birds. 😂

Stephan said the day Vanguard has tweety birds in their corps he’s gone. I’m in agreement, no band corps.

Stay on its trajectory!

All pointed towards the inevitable.

The inclusion of woodwinds wouldn’t either.

Doubt there’s going to be any progressive changes. All-age is DCI-lite and you don’t have to look any further than attendance at little league town, which is representative of that.

Don’t agree! Increase the quality of competition, better location and facilities for championships, new championship date, then marketing.

The on the field product is far up on my list of issues followed by Championship location, stadium, and date of championships.

Correct! I offered solutions