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I would imagine it may be even crazier given that they're doing the entire SoundSport competition tomorrow instead of having done it Wednesday like they have previously.
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DCI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SEMIFINALS
cmchandler replied to Cainan's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
Any scores announced there in the stadium yet? -
Blu-rays No Longer A Thing?
cmchandler replied to Rufus67's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
Or Tresona never approved the request. We're still waiting for a request from Southwind's 2017 show for one of the pieces in it. -
DCI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SEMIFINALS
cmchandler replied to Cainan's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
Guitars are so 2018. š¤£ (They really are a ton of fun to watch.) -
DCI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SEMIFINALS
cmchandler replied to Cainan's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
It's a really great show. I enjoy it quite a bit. -
2023 Daily Run Down
cmchandler replied to DrumCorpsRadio's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
Open Class history. The corps was (now the equivalent of) World Class back when we last made semis. -
DCI and Indy sign extension thru 2033
cmchandler replied to Tony Flores's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
You'd lose every east coast and southern corps. As it is, the OC corps are expected to pay the same gas bills, the same housing bills, and the same food bills as the WC corps but without a paycheck at the shows to help offset the costs. We're not even allowed into the WC shows in our own backyards. If you want to know why we're dwindling, all you have to do is take a look at the expenses versus income and there ya go. (In before someone claims it's all the ###### props and costumes.) -
DCI OPEN CLASS FINALS 8/8/23
cmchandler replied to sanjoseDCfan's topic in DCI Open Class Corps Discussions
I canāt remember which corps it was that was going on towards the top of the show, but I pointed out to my husband then that there was a front ensemble that seemed to be warming up WAY too close to the stadium because you could hear them as the corps on the field was being announced (and apparently the warmup areas are nowhere close to the stadium). I have no idea if that was it, but it does make me wonder. -
DCI OPEN CLASS FINALS 8/8/23
cmchandler replied to sanjoseDCfan's topic in DCI Open Class Corps Discussions
Please do. The audience is woefully empty on early Thursday. And itās these same fans that donāt bother to watch open class thatāll bemoan their loss the loudest when the corps are gone from the terrible lack of support from most of the community and the world class corps themselves. -
DCI OPEN CLASS FINALS 8/8/23
cmchandler replied to sanjoseDCfan's topic in DCI Open Class Corps Discussions
Ahem. -
DCI OPEN CLASS FINALS 8/8/23
cmchandler replied to sanjoseDCfan's topic in DCI Open Class Corps Discussions
I really hope we see the return of several of the OC corps we lost this season. Heat Wave played it smart and kept it local for their situation, but hopefully we see them return to finals next season. -
DCI OPEN CLASS FINALS 8/8/23
cmchandler replied to sanjoseDCfan's topic in DCI Open Class Corps Discussions
What, no discussion in here tonight? Every single corps has really brought their A-game and Iām surprised I havenāt seen anyone mention anything. -
DCI OPEN CLASS FINALS 8/8/23
cmchandler replied to sanjoseDCfan's topic in DCI Open Class Corps Discussions
They have in the past, weather permitting. Doesnāt seem like thereās a good reason not to given no I&E and the closer proximity to Indy now. -
It's time to wake up this Open Class Forum!
cmchandler replied to sanjoseDCfan's topic in DCI Open Class Corps Discussions
Thank you for the kind words. And I hope I didn't leave the impression I'm diminishing anything our design team and members are doing. They are all so amazing, and they work really hard to create what you see. It's just, as a philosophy, we choose to focus more on education than competition as we believe it leads to the rewards you seek anyway. Compete with yourself, be a better you and a better team member, and the rewards will come (both during the season and beyond). -
It's time to wake up this Open Class Forum!
cmchandler replied to sanjoseDCfan's topic in DCI Open Class Corps Discussions
When I marched with Southwind in 1990, we were A60 and woke up to perform prelims at 4 a.m. (in the pouring rain) because of the sheer number of A and A60 corps in Buffalo that year. It was WILD. -
It's time to wake up this Open Class Forum!
cmchandler replied to sanjoseDCfan's topic in DCI Open Class Corps Discussions
Just gonna chime in here and say Southwind has no long term plans to make any jump to world class. We prefer being a corps that educates the basics for music and marching (and to create better humans). -
Come on, now. Donāt be so defeatist. š¤£
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Just wait until you find out what they get paid at their shows. (Spoiler alert: itās nothing. They only get paid for WC shows, which are discouraged and usually not allowed to attend by DCI, unless the show host, usually an OC corps itself, can come up with payments for the other corps.) And then throw in a fanbase that largely ignores them but then mocks them for not doing the same full-out tours the WC corps are being paid to do with MUCH less resources (unless youāre a feeder corps for one of the giants). These performers deserve a much larger audience, and hardcore DCI fans should be ashamed they arenāt providing them with one. And donāt even get me started on the email I *still* have in my mailbox from FloMarching several years ago telling me they planned to expand to open class shows based on how well prelims/finals were watched. Still salty about that because despite a large audience, they never followed through.