[Disturbing DCI rumors]

On 1/8/2020 at 5:01 PM, Guitar1974 said:

I have not heard ANY positive comments from anyone on the inclusion of woodwinds, including from the many young DCI-age kids I know.  Even all the woodwind players I know who aspire to one day march DCI don't like the idea of ww.  The only positive comments I have heard are from the few folks here on DCP who favor marching band.  But... Was this not the same for electronics?  Same for trombones/french horn/etc?  Was there an outcry from marching members to add this stuff?  Outcry from audience that we must include this extra stuff?  No.  If kids seemed to want this, or audiences were excited for the changes, I'd understand.  But, nobody seems for this- like most the changes that have made it marching band and taken the "drum & bugle" out of it.

My kid is of DCI age and will be marching this summer.  The friend circle, which includes both brass and woodwinds,  was opposed to adding woodwinds.   In fact, the woodwind players were more gung ho about learning a brass instrument to audition than just adding their own primary instrument. 

[2020 schedule release?]

On 11/21/2019 at 2:31 AM, SimonSays said:

No Bentonville in 2020....was the closest show to me...been going there since 2011. 

Yeah, that's a bummer. 

[Bentonville, AR - Monday, July 15, 2019]

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Nah, the rain started during Madison and went on through Academy.  One of the Academy Contras slipped a bit on his bridge.   So Crown wasn't the only one affected by the rain.  

[Music on the Move- Bentonville, AR]

Sun just peeked out!  Looking promising!

[Arsenal Drum Corps Offers Tuition Discount To Pioneer/Oregon Crusaders Vets]

DCI just posted a statement

https://www.dci.org/news/arsenal-open-class-membership-evaluation-put-on-hold

Which says it was because of the social media post....

[Tarpon Springs - Digital Screens]

23 hours ago, JimF-LowBari said:

Me Techie here but wonder about the lifetime of these screens. Gotta take some abuse with travel and being outside. And how long before obsolete with next generation of optics.

Ok Mr Techie and Mr Drum Truck Loader because it was a way to get free rides....

They were already starting to show some wear at Grand Nats.  You could see that certain pixels of the screen weren't working.  Unless they were programmed to look worn.  

 

[Tarpon Springs - Digital Screens]

16 hours ago, George Dixon said:

amen brother - anyone who thinks the two activities aren't attached at the hip (and IMO that's a good thing) isn't paying attention

I always laugh when folks claim this is OT

Especially when some of the best known DCI corp leaders (design staff, caption heads, etc.) also work at the high school level.    BOA tends to feed DCI.  

[They're trashing our trophies]

We actually did have an incident in our town with the football team.   

 

When we moved it a new high school, they built a new stadium and practice facility.  Because they weren't using the old one any more,   the district hired someone to come in and bulldoze all the buildings at the old facility.  They did not clean out a lot of the old pictures and trophies from the building before they dozed it.  People were MAD.   There are some old timers around here that are still bitter about it.   It's nuts.