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I don't think they necessarily have to bring back the drum corps nuts, as they now have different drum corps nuts. The activity is, and should be regardless of our personal preference, geared towards what the marching members want. Today's teens and early 20's members don't want to do old style shows, they want to do what is done today. And based on the attendance at shows each year which keep increasing, it's working. As for everything in your first paragraph, different story all together. I think the "survival" of this activity depends largely on $$$$$$. And moreso, corps able to support taking a corps on the road each summer. I know some of this may be off the original topic, just replying to some comments in this post. Like you Keith, I love what the performers do today. Looking back even after typing this, I think I agree with everything you say, just confused on the bring back the drum corps nuts part. There is a huge fan base, and social media is making things more accessable for the younger generation.

Apologies for what might be an obvious answer to many byt unknown to me, but what is Glass Door that keeps being spoken about?

I have on good authority that high temperatures for this years Texas Triangle are only forecast to be in the low 170's.

I'm not sure why this hasn't come up, but 2021 showed in many ways that a shorter, more local tour, can work. This lends to the regional model for sure and probably eliminates a three-regional format. But I imagine this to be more sustainable than what is happening today financially. OK, you perform less which is a bummer, but you perform. It sure seemed like the kids who performed in 2021 had a blast doing it and it was certainly appreciated by the crowd. Yes, the crowd was smaller (Covid, lack of scores, less corps), but if that model took place with scores, I think they could be on to something. An acquaintance of mine who shall remain nameless told me in 2021, they asked for some judges to do files for the corps in Indy, no numbers, just feedback. The overwhelming response from the judges was that things were at a high performance level even with a shorter season (and thus, shows were probably planned that way). What I found more interesting is what he said happened after the show. In past years, judges would have to steer clear of staff members afterwards with more judged shows during the week, but whatever watering hole they attended were being frequented by many of the staffs of the corps. In this situation, they talked, had a few drinks together, and talked about the shows a little more. But what I found interesting is how many of the staff members said they loved the schedule for the season and thought it was very rewarding and a great experience. (Yes, this is secondhand information and may not be the majority, but I feel like we could've learned more from that 2021 season). My wife has said many times, we had a great opportunity after Covid to do a restart on many things, and instead, we just went back to doing everything the same exact way and wondered why we had the same exact problems.

Terri, I stayed about 15 minutes east of downtown at a country inn and suites, it’s the same hotel I stay At for dci. Cost about $100 a night, which is less than half the cost of a downtown hotel. If you don’t mind driving back and forth and dropping $20 to park each day, it’s not bad. Got a rental car pretty cheap as well. Guessing the car would cost more in summer but for this trip it was worth it.

I'm a high school band director, and I've been attending DCI and DCA shows live since 1991. I regularly attend Finals for DCI and DCA every year. This was my first year ever attending BOA and it was fantastic. If you like drum corps, I'm sure you'll find plenty of enjoyment out of these performances. Yeah, the finalists are well advertised, but there are 91 bands that performed over Thursday and Friday. The nice thing is the prelims are spread out over thursday and friday so you can basically show up anytime you want and there are performances going on, minus a small number of 15 or 30 minute breaks. Two judging panels for prelims so the breaks are few. Tickets were $35 for each of the first two days. $40 for seminfinals (top 33 bands) and I think I paid $50 for finals The crowds are appreciative, many standing ovations for almost all of the groups, whether they finished 1st or 91st. All but finals are general admission seating so you can move around for different vantage points, or park yourself in the same place for a while. All in all, not knowing what to expect, I thoroughly enjoyed my time in Indy, and I also played two round of golf on Friday as it was warm enough (50 degrees for me is warm enough to golf in November).

Saw somebody with this quote about the cross to cross on a facebook thread: "32 years and we are still searching for a better drill move." I suspect we're going to be looking a lot longer than that. 🙂

I'm 47 years old, and I am quite certain that more were older than me than younger. Honestly speaking, I felt a little bad for the performers. Not necessarily for the size of the crowd, as finals had a lot more people there than last year, but the lack of applause moments. There were some moments from some of the drumlines for example where some serious stuff was being played, and I almost felt wrong for being the only one clapping. I think the age is too high for some to appreciate what exactly is being presented. Not a dig, just an observation, I appreciated it. I am excited for the Indy venture. I think there are more pros than cons, and wish everyone luck in making it a success. I'm more excited at the prospect of a few northeast shows where you get 5 or 6 DCI Open Class corps with a helping of 5 or 6 DCA corps. I think that potential is exciting!

94, 95, 97, 99, 00, 01, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23 That looks like eleven total. Favorite is tough, though I will say 2021 is up there just for the sheer emotion of having so many back after Covid. 1999 may be the standard for me though, great trip and great corps!

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Renegades are returning. New slogan, "Drum Corps is Pleasant"

Attendance was much lower than any other Rochester year. Downstairs it seemed the center three sections had a pretty good sized crowd but beyond that, not much. Crowd extended a little further out upstairs. Also need to take into consideration that in some of the 2006-2011 rochester years, that finals crowd and late prelims crowd would be filled in with corps who didnt make finals, which made the crowd bigger. Weather was a factor depending on what you liked. If you didn't like the heat, Saturday was rough as it was sunny and pushing 90. If you didn't like fall weather, Sunday was rough as it was low 60's, breezy, and rain towards the end.