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Interesting subject. Incitement The First Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees free speech, and the degree to which incitement is protected speech is determined by the imminent lawless action test introduced by the 1969 Supreme Court decision in the case Brandenburg v. Ohio. The court ruled that incitement of events in the indefinite future was protected, but encouragement of "imminent" illegal acts was not protected. This "view reflects longstanding law and is shared by the Federalist Society, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, and the vast majority of Americans, including most staunch free-speech advocates."[23] Incitement to riot is illegal under U.S. federal law.[24]

You raise a good point. My concern is that the speech becomes normalized. You, myself and others on this forum can be shocked by what we are hearing, but at the same time there are those who suddenly latch onto it.

I am encouraged by the youth of today to make things better for all people. People are not born with racism, they learn it from their parents, family and friends. It's not a dead end. Many learn that prior beliefs are wrong. Those open to experience are the ones who reject prior doctrine.

Sorry to say but when I see crap like some of the shirts worn during recent protests, I have to agree. 6MWE needs to be silenced now. That is just absolute garbage.

Actually when I think of Guardsmen I think of the amazing horn line. '79 in particular was awesome. I also think of Tiger of San Pedro and Greensleeves. They were signature pieces for them. As for the guard, the band I was in during the early 80s had a rifle instructor who marched Guardsmen. She was tough as nails but my goodness the guard was amazing after her influence. The helmets were iconic for them. There was no second guessing you were watching the Guardsmen.

I did not think it occurred in the '70s but I know it was like that back then. I listen to what you have posted. While yes you periodically go back to that period in history, it's clear it's a situation that still exists today - on top of other situations you have commented on in this forum.

Terri, I'm sorry you experienced that. I know that it's common. I wish it were different. You come across as a person in charge of your destiny. While the world and society are unfair still in so many ways, you know what you want and deserve. This will serve you well. One final note, please do not "throw in the towel" on here. While we see commentary that can challenge and even shock us, we also see change.

I believe that question should be directed to thousands upon thousands of organizations and not just a singular drum corps from Canton, Ohio. No, not the Tuesday part, but the need to define an intolerance to racism within their mandate.

Most of the people I've spoken to who question the need for racism policies, have never experienced racism.

I am also not a fan of the original RoS. I am a fan of BD's interpretation of the jazz version. I see a lot of jazz influence in what they presented. This is the one year I wanted BD to win. I am not generally a BD fan, although there are years that I love. BD's show was quite out there. Sometimes that means they alienate fans. That year they gained one.

And to cross musical genres further, they do a jazz interpretation of Rite of Spring. One of the most complex shows performed to date and one of my favorite BD shows of all time.

Has anyone heard anything about Phantom Regiment? As far as I know, not a peep from them since the proposed 2021 Bridge event.

Bitdefender is giving me alerts about accessing DCP for over a month now. I bypass the warning but am wondering if others are seeing the same thing.

Seeing reports about the need to still wear masks for a while after getting the vaccine. There is concern that the virus can still be carried by those that have been vaccinated. It has as yet to be verified. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/08/health/covid-vaccine-mask.html

A long term care facility near me will start to vaccinate residents tomorrow. Keeping my fingers crossed that all goes well.

Ok

Does Mercedes Stadium have drainage? How the heck can you design an open roof stadium and not account for drainage?

2020 Wimbledon did not happen. Even though Blue Devils do not play tennis, if they had attended they would have won.

*2020 did not happen. *2021 is a "Bridge" season - it will not be a normal season. IMO as a result, both get asterisks. It has nothing to do with SCV or BD. It has everything to do with situations that are outside of the norm for this activity.

That song is now in my head and will stay there for the rest of the day....

No matter what anyone says, 2021 will always have an asterisk next to it.

In case you are not aware, DCP is not the center of the Drum Corps Universe. Corps do not make any decisions based on comments posted on DCP .

In a prior job I used to travel through the US and Canada training clients on our software package. I loved it so much. Never a dull moment and I met a lot of very interesting people. It's almost all CBT now (Computer Based Training) and it's been that way for a long time. It's just not the same. You lose control of a lot of things you would normally be able to deal with in an in-person group setting and this was training adults. I can't imagine the challenges teachers are going through with Zoom training with children.

So far we have the label "event" assigned to this proposed three day get together in August. If you are a corps who had a planned program for 2020, would you use that for this event or would you put that in the vault until 2022 and come up with new music and "whatever" to accompany it? "Whatever" has yet to be determined or announced. What about uniforms? Some corps sell the season's uniforms in the fall. Are they going to go through the expense of acquiring new uniforms for such a bridge season? As for fees...does it make sense to charge the same amount (or greater) in fees for such a reduced series of events?