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  1. On 3/19/2024 at 2:37 PM, Chief Guns said:

    Was there any truth to crowds back east purposely not rooting for BD or corps from out west in general?

    In the beginning, the California corps that travelled east received a lot of love because they were a novelty.  As the activity changed from regional to national the love disappeared a bit as the east lost to the west on a semi-regular basis. 

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  2. 5 hours ago, Vuitton said:

    We've had more visabiility in what's going on with Vanguard and the Cadets than other corps. More corps are going to be forced to take time off because of the extremely high costs of running said corps and the lack of interest in this activity. Within 20 years the whole activity will be gone.

    Drum corps has survived depressions, recessions, wars, political upheaval, pandemics, etc. etc. etc.  It will be around in 20 years but it may not be called Drum Corps International. 

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  3. Drum Corps has gentrified and it’s sad. Instead of being an activity any kid off the street can do it’s now something akin to grad school for music and dance majors. 
     

    Good for the kids that can afford it but sad for those from low income and “at risk” kids that cant.  A spending cap for costs that can be controlled should have been implemented decades ago for the greater good of the activity. 

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  4. 3 hours ago, Terri Schehr said:

    That’s terrible.  Jim had pretty good luck as a driver with them.  Everyone was nice to him. We were donors, too, so he was doing it for nothing.

    He said that in his opinion, no one worked harder than the carrot crew and the woman who took care of the uniforms. She had to alter those stinky things a lot because members would lose weight throughout the summer. The odor was pretty bad. I remember that smell from my marching days. It was a combination of bus funk and the worst BO ever. 

    I forgot about the uniform Moms.  I take it back; THEY had the hardest job!  They did it out of love but in reality they should have received bio-hazard pay.  For fun, we would do Rorschach tests on the mold pattern on the inside of our cadets.

    🤢

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  5. 29 minutes ago, Sh0uldN0t said:

    One more thing. The nut who said drivers work the hardest clearly hasn't worked on the food truck. Hardest job in the corps even if you're doing it right. 

     

    Depends if the driver just drivers, or is also responsible for loading/unloading on a truck without an electric lift gate.

    But I agree 100% on what it means to be a volunteer.  

  6. 7 minutes ago, ironlips said:

    I wish I had witnessed Anaheim in '72 at the first DCI Championships in Whitewater.

    Saw the movie, but it would have been far more satisfying to have been in the stands when Ralph Hardimon and Tom Float were anchoring the snare section and Steve Beard was wailing that bari solo in "Artistry".

    “Sigh Guy’s” (Steve Beard) solo was in 1974 and he nailed it at Finals.  Amazing tone from a G-bugle. 

  7. 7 hours ago, MarimbaManiac said:

    I can see a popular band at Roadrunner or MGM in Boston for that amount. I paid only slightly more to see the Postal Service and Death Cab when they were here in the fall. I'm seeing a slough of shows this Spring with popular groups and NONE of them even are that amount. 

     

    What popular bands can you see live for $55 - $75? 

    Based on the cost of other entertainment options in 2024, I believe ticket prices are in line. 

  8. 1 hour ago, craiga said:

    A friend who used to teach Cadets once told me how they would have somebody at one of their show sites drive through the night with cash from that gate to buy food for the corps which was at another show site.  Crazy?

    It was not uncommon for corps to do that as far back as the 1970's, and it usually meant they were not long for this world. 

    But before, or shortly after that, there is the step of someone taking a 2nd mortgage on their home and then losing that too.  

    It happens.       

  9. 6 hours ago, Terri Schehr said:

    You guys stirred it up a little in 74 but you ended up on top.  Kilts had a comedy of errors at DCI that year in finals. A timpani strap broke and the DM had to wait for him to fix it and a penalty knocked them down two places.  I personally thought Kingsmen had a much better show that year. 

    I vaguely remember that, but just looked and didn't realize it was .8 in penalties.  Ouch!  

    ####, drummers.  Always causing chit. 

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  10. 24 minutes ago, IllianaLancerContra said:

    One thing I really liked about olden days was that current year scores and placement didn’t seem to depend on previous years results (consider 27 from 73-75 — 7th, 20th, 4th).  IDK if it was the judges calling it as they saw it, or the construction of the sheets.  Or something else 

    Has something changed in judging?  Are you saying in modern Drum Corps that previous years placement/scoring can be tied to the current year placement/scoring?  

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  11. 12 minutes ago, Sh0uldN0t said:

    These stories of infighting and sabotage among drum corps alums are so pathetic. As if this activity doesn't have enough challenges... Must we eat our young? I don't know how drum corps survives. 

    Yes, and it has been occurring since before the creation of DCI.  Ego uber alles. 

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  12. 20 minutes ago, ironlips said:

    Thanks for the compliment!

    Maybe I can expand this into "Fear and Loathing in Drum Corps".

    Your stories are the best.  Always enjoy reading them.

    I loved retreats!  Standing at parade rest, not moving a muscle, staring straight ahead and ignoring whoever was next to us.  Just the color and pageantry as viewed from the stands is what Drum Corps is all about - or should be. 

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