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    Do DCI corps actively recruit HBCU's

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    10 hours ago, MGCpimpOtimp said:

    One issue with getting students in HBCU programs to do DCI is that their band camps often overlap with the last week or so of DCI and it is NON. NEGOTIABLE to miss band camp.

    I'm all for recruiting, but let's be real, I bet many of the HBCU folks have no interesting in doing something the style of DCI, just like lots of the DCI folks hate doing "drum line battles". I feel like we often assume that everyone WANTS to do DCI, and if we just reached out (or lowered the costs etc) they would, when the reality is that plenty of people KNOW what DCI is, and just don't want to do it.

    You mean mm's might not want to march in Drum Corps'Major League?..Sacrebleu!..lol...peace

    Member Safety Training and Mandatory Reporting Question

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    11 hours ago, Weaklefthand4ever said:

    I teach a 3 week class twice a year (this year it's three times) on adult learning theory and delivery design for adult learners. All of our corporate trainers have to go through it. I want to say there are about 15 of us on the North Amerca staff who are certified to teach it and we all have to be master certified through ASD. It's not hard...just expensive. Then the trainers go through a week of training on effective coaching and feedback. At that point they're certified to train for a program (client) which is it's own certification. 

    Adults learn differently. It's a fact that effectiveness and retention are tied to delivery method. It's the single reason why I HATE PowerPoint (the Walmart of Instructional Design.) Well intentioned people all over the world use it as a delivery method for important learning when it's not built for that. Last year I actually had to do an e-learning on how to actually build presentations in PowerPoint that met the accessibility standards for design when someone actually had a seizure which was possibly brought on by flashing animations in a presentation. 

    A LOT of thought goes into effective presentation. It took me 20+ years to get to where I feel 110% confident in writing curriculum. Even now I question design choices in my own writing.

    So pleased to see Gardner's work tailored for adult learning...Multiple Intelligences was used in an  experiment done in N.Y.C. in the early 1990's produced by the "Soup to Nuts" company for the NYC board of education...MI was successfully implemented in an elementary school where reading and math scores rose significantly after the students were introduced to this new way of learning. Funding and teacher resistance prevented wide spread use of MI at the time but it's viability was unquestioned..I did the narration on a series of VHS tapes that documented the experiment, eventually shown on PBS..I personally adopted MI to help my children use the  " more than one way of being smart" approach...Thankfully, it worked..peace

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    Santa Clara Vanguard 2024

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    As a fan of drum corps I have nothing to add to this subject other than this: We live in a country governed by LAWS..Once made aware of our responsibilities under these laws we either follow them to the letter, bend them to suit our agendas(but still legal) or ignore them altogether...If a law is broken, the offender is expected to pay the penalty regardless of status, wealth etc...So, if an organization is not in compliance with the law and the governing body( State of California) prohibits their continuance until they've paid the penalty and reestablished their credibility, this is not a drum corps issue, but rather a legal one as Jeff Ream has stated several times...It would seem that everything else is moot...I'd like to see SCV on the field in 2024 as would most of us, but unless and until the LEGAL is definitively CLEARED, 2024 competitively has to be on hold...no?

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    A Dinosaur's Lament

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    The FUNLINER review of  the  Cadets 2023 production confirms my observation that it was so challenging physically that my marching generation would have thrown up their beers trying some of the moves the Cadets accomplished...Also noteworthy were the Bluecoats physicality . A horn player MUST also be a dancer in top tier drum corps and these two corps personified that fact for me...Thanks for a great season!  peace

    Listening to drum corps in everyday life

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    I run/jog most mornings about a mile...first quarter mile this drum corps season I listened to Cadets 2023 opener....2nd qtr. mile Mandarins 2023 Sinnerman ..third qtr. mile Pacific Crest 2019 "Chinatown" and last but not least the closing qtr. is BD 1982 ...At 73 I don't  know how much longer I'll be able to run but as long as there is drum corps to motivate me, We'll see..Peace

    Personal 2023 Top 5

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      1  Cadets      2 Bluecoats    3 Crown    4 BD     5 Cavaliers                                                                                                                                                                                  

    A Dinosaur's Lament

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    This dino became intoxicated with drum corps because of the MUSIC...Even after becoming a marching member. it was always about the music..When Hy Dreitzer gave us his arrangements we couldn't wait to play our ##### off because the MUSIC turned US on.. With the introduction of the b flat horn the possibilities for arrangements is limitless..My only hope is that the MUSIC never becomes subordinate to the drill/body movement..Bluecoats produced some of the most MUSICAL moments for me, as did Crown, Cadets, Phantom, and Mandarins...If the visual continues to push the envelope, with anything you can get on and off the field in 17 minutes, then let's consider amending the drum corps nomenclature to relect what it has evolved into..(.Dance and movement supported  by music in an 8 to 11plus minute production)..I'm not hating because if that's what the people want then so be it..and if that is what already exists and I'm late to the game, again, so be it...peace

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    The Cadets 2023

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    To " The one who knows": Thank you for your updates prior to and during the season...Your faith in the possibilities for 2023 became realized last night in LOS....5th place this year feels like a medal year ..I know there are those who expect more from the   Cadets and hopefully the trajectory for that success keeps  rising...But these last six weeks have restored the FEELING that I had in 1982 that something special is coming..Cadets may not have taken first place on the sheets but once again they're competitive and fan favorites..And that's a good thing!.....Peace

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    Dci fans should be ashamed of themselves

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    6 hours ago, Boss Anova said:

     Change the year to 1993, substitute " Star of Indiana " for " BD " on this thread topic, and its pretty much identical.

    I understand where you're coming from..The only difference is, as has been stated, BD's formula for success has been around for years now whereas STAR left me saying " What the hell did I just see?...But by finals, it was clear that they were on a whole different level and I loved it

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