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I've seen the threats on Fb via screenshot that alum keep denying happened. You can't yell fire in a crowded auditorium, but that's what at least two alumni have done. Just cause one alum troll didn't do it doesn't mean it didn't happen. 🤯 That, coupled with behavior on this platform (un-moderated doxxing, stalking, menacing, validated victim blaming), on reddit (doxxing that resulted in an immediate ban and stalking from u/Terry_D_1161), and the un-moderated original SVVoice article are plenty to take to authorities. It doesn't matter if it's anon or different people, they all intentionally tie themselves to the org, so the org holds the weight of responsibility.

Understood and thank you. I'm a Traditional Chinese Medicine girl and integrate it into my massage therapy practice as well. Wishing you all the blessings with your shoulder. 😎

... aside from friendly-fire, yes. I noted the friendly-fire 20 years ago. Apparently some DCPers here did too. So I defiantly put down the stupid prop scimitar at the end of 04 for a ####### reason, such that it's now sealed in film in perpetuity whether Vanguard likes it or not. I witnessed it and endured it as a kid and now again, as a professional who can call the red flags as I see them, with nationally-recognized backup resources. By all accounts from young alum I've spoken to, it never really stopped. And here we are.

Thank you for your service. I didn't know. This is my take as well, as someone who wanted to join the military but whose family laughed when I brought it up. They were right. Super special summer band was tough enough for me anyway apparently. It's also part of why I listen to the military intelligence alumni (plural) that I do. I'm practically a butterfly by comparison. Also, I never fed the military metaphors in this predicament. At best I pointed out that the alum naysayers were friendly-firing this whole time and I have the wounds to prove it. And receipts. Respectfully to all involved, likening this to warfare cheapens the whole thing, at least as far as I'm involved. Am close to a Nam combat vet. What we're going through pales in comparison and he doesn't have to say a word about what he endured.

Sorry to all others reading here, feel free to ignore. Apparently my alum stalker reads everything I post here and responds menacingly under the old SVVoice article, referring to me by actual name. They are obviously afraid to respond here or other platforms because they know others will come to my defense. I have a strong sense of who they are and haven't yet gone to the authorities. Both the CEO and alum officers were made aware of this days ago though. They continue to do nothing, likely because they don't know what to do and this person is still hiding behind anonymity. I'm asking you now to stop and leave me alone or I will go to the authorities. I'm trying to pull away from my activity here and elsewhere and failing to do so, in part, because I'm still being attacked. They are actively victim blaming and gaslighting. Still. Just as they did when they were on this platform months ago. Leave me alone.

My faith in him stems from the fact that he's likely navigated more complicated bureaucracies in his previous work. Holding your place in academia alone should provide some modicum of literacy in this stuff. But he definitely has an uphill battle. Reminder that I was encouraged to apply for the board several years back. After interacting with one director and discovering the other that heads up onboarding, I noped out of that so fast. For my own wellbeing. Little has changed, except to add that they seem to struggle with maintaining diversity at the board level. I can't bear being a token in that place again. Edit to add: Apparently, my engaging anywhere online on any platform gives some of my fellow alum the right to continue with personal attacks while continuing to hide behind anonymity. Another reminder: stalking isn't legal. "Cyberstalking behaviors may include tracking down someone’s personal and private information and using it to make them afraid ... or posting about them incessantly and without their permission." https://cyberbullying.org/cyberstalking

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💪🏽 Ty Terri. It means a lot to hear that from you, genuinely. Beyond them, the whole experience has still proven very triggering for me so we will have to see. Flo might be it for me for a while. 6-8 hrs one way just to be triggered is a tall order. An old timer Troop vet comforted me last time though, which was nice.

A lovely idea. But this is a giant barrier. This stuff is enmeshed and engrained over decades and so many of us have given up. Myself included now after a recent public and humiliating spat with another alum. Their drive to humiliate and friendly-fire other alum they disagree with seems endless. I want nothing to do with them and feel less safe to attend a show now than ever. I hope others still standing are stronger than me. Cue the trolls crying "me me me" in response to my sharing of my own experiences, which is all I have left now.

FTFY. This messenger's riddled with enough metaphorical bullet holes. Plenty of great music out there for a unique show for 2024. For example, I'm a little jealous of 'Scades repping Les Mystere des Voix Bulgares, but I'll get over it. Those dissonant chords have been aching to be put on return to* the field for decades. *just did my homework, and BK did this back when I marched, good stuff!

Or, as some alumni put it, "nothing to see here" and "which messenger do we shoot next?" 😪

FWIW I don't think this design team will go retro. It would be a major departure from everything else they've done.

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Only really if Liam Neeson is singing I would love this, but I'm young to be a fan of this musical. It would need quite the face lift.

😁 Quixotic is my middle name.

🤣 On the flip side, it's possible we could be totally surprised by a craving for nostalgia from gen Z. I mean, who wouldn't want to wear the Xmas colors and an aussie, for example? There's so much cool rep in our past. Have one friend who's fantasized about Vanguard doing a FULL retro show (rep, drill)... possibly slightly updated, but with lots of elements kept in. Do you know how cool that would be, scores be ######? Talking about being the season's darling corps! On the other other flip side, not looking back and advancing with new, wild ideas is always gonna be a winner in my book. ::weeps in Pathways:: So yeah, what do the members want? Give 'em what they want.

And, possibly more importantly, what do the members want? 😎

Just did my homework on the types of opinions. So, there are two more "worse" kinds of opinions. Does that present any kind of hope? It doesn't seem like the firm is flying red flags or distancing themselves, per se, right? Guess this is for you and @Rudy18 and RL.

Wait wait wait hollup. I thought you were an ######## who wanted to destroy our beloved corps. What gives? /sarcasm

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The full document is available here https://rct.doj.ca.gov/verification/web/Search.aspx by searching Vanguard Music and Performing Arts; next page click RCT number 009838; next page click Audited Financial Statement 2022. I'm particularly curious about statements regarding cash.

I appreciate you wherever you are. 😎

It's not like this stuff is easy to follow, tbf. 👍🏽

Apparently the DOJ cleared the org with this document included, as it's listed among the docs in the online charity registry. Again, compliance was always a low bar. But the registry exists so the public, partners, and stakeholders can access such documents and draw their own conclusions. If (universal) you don't care, great, you do you. The authority with jurisdiction over bingo would be the county, and county police I believe. Maybe municipal. Seems that DOJ has washed their hands of this so it likely wouldn't come from the state level. IDK VMAPA, maybe don't ignore, avoid, and retaliate against the over-qualified alumnus who caught and cleaned up bingo fraud in the past? Maybe I'm crazy.