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Bluecoats coming out teasing Agape as well?!? Battle of the ballads
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Hmmmm I think I’ll donate to Colin McNutts efforts instead:
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5 minutes ago, Chief Guns said:
I haven't heard anything so far. My son has been very hush-hush.
All he told me was that Sinnerman is only the beginning.
Mandarins have their first full ensemble this weekend.
Flomarching with Mandarins just released the artist names of the source material. Along with playing Agape by Nicholas Brittell in the background of the video
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Mandarins might take the award for “ballad that makes me cry” this year….
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4 hours ago, IllianaLancerContra said:
Yes. This partnership seems to fill at least part of the gap between Corps medical staff, who primarily deal with orthopedic injuries, and obvious ‘go to hospital now’ situations. Also, idk how hard it is for Corps medical staff to write a prescription for antibiotics to treat sinus infection when Corps is on the road. Can someone licensed in California write a prescription in Allentown?
Like I said in an earlier post, reliance vs opportunity. This provides the opportunity to subsidize current in place practices and medical staff.
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8 minutes ago, Tim K said:
yes, we have to be picky about who, what, where, and when. An activity devoted to musical and marching activities for youth has to pay attention to ethics and standards.
I’m not critiquing corporate sponsorships or partnerships, I am questioning this particular business. Walmart is not known as being a good employer nor is it known for retaining employees. That’s not as important a factor if the busses stop at Walmart so marching members can stock up on food, health and beauty items, socks, etc. but is it optimal for medical care? Perhaps it’s anecdotal but a Walmart near me had to close its pharmacy for a week because they could not find a pharmacist and pharmacists were stretched so thin, a substitute from another store could not fill the position. People had to travel to the neighboring store for refills and no new prescriptions were accepted at that store. Maybe in the South, Midwest, West Coast Walmart Health is the urgent care equivalent of the Mayo Clinic, but I’d be cautious.
I think your complaints more come from reliance versus opportunity. Would it be smart to rely on this arrangement? Not at all. But to subsidize established practices and utilize where appropriate and feasible? Great arrangement.
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3 hours ago, Tim K said:
Full disclosure: I’m not a Walmart fan and avoid it like the plague. I also never heard of Walmart Health until today. CVS has minute clinics and there are plenty of Urgent Care facilities in my area so perhaps there’s not a market for it in my neck of the woods. My question is what kind of care do you receive at a store where self checkouts are now the norm, finding employees who can actually help can be difficult, and the company has a reputation for underpaying employees who are not valued? Are corps better off only relying on Walmart Health as a back up?
For years people have been saying corps need to get in bed with corporations to stay afloat. So DCI goes and does that, but now we have to be overly picky about what, who, how, when?
Without being able to see the agreement we can’t know exactly how much benefit there is for the activity, but if we want this activity to survive, thrive, and provide more safety and this agreement does provide a net benefit, I’m all for it.
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46 minutes ago, DFA1970 said:
I wonder what happens to the trophies they have won over the years...even pre-DCI? Do those have to be sold as part of the ch. 7 bankruptcy?
I have unconfirmed source the trophy’s were given to the DCI museum.
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On 4/5/2024 at 5:10 PM, IllianaLancerContra said:
What is legally wise and what is morally right are sadly not the same thing.
Agreed. But legality dictates here. The best thing is for when this particular case is all said and done is for DCI to come out and say through all of it they worked on strengthening policies and here’s the rule of law in DCI going forward. Wishful thinking, but that’s the smarter route.
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8 minutes ago, MikeN said:
A statement that the membership was revoked and why. A declaration of commitment to safety. An explanation of DCI's values and what the activity actually stands for. A demonstration of public leadership from the top down of what their priorities are and what member corps are required and and expected to do to protect minors and young adults.
Off the top of my head. Sorry for the angry soapbox.
Mike
Seeing as they are currently included in the lawsuit, it makes sense to not say anything.
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Just now, chris ncsu said:
Clearly I know that, but thanks.
Apologies, there’s been others on the internet stating “oh they’ll be back” even though the statement clearly points out that they can’t come back. Didn’t think people could be as naive.
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8 minutes ago, chris ncsu said:
Really hard to believe this is it.
Well, it is.
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2 minutes ago, Richard Lesher said:
Soooooooooooooooooooooooooo.................
Any chance the DCP admins will bring back the thread they removed of my pointing out Cadets were in regulatory violation of state law by failing to register as a charity?
Pretty irrelevant now
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Just now, craiga said:
Let's hope for all our sakes that DCI has the resources to fight this tooth and nail.
I don’t see how it stands against DCI period.
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Just now, Jeffe77 said:
I’m for justice for victims of sexual abuse etc, but it seems to me that the only outcome in this lawsuit and going after any entity with the Cadet's moniker would only result in this and thus they get nothing monetarily. This is not like going after a mogul or the Catholic Church with deep pockets. It’s a newly formed organization that technically had nothing to do with the very unfortunate events from 42 years ago.
Especially when the details of the organizations actual involvement in the assault is questionable.
But again, the end result is what they wanted.
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3 minutes ago, keystone3ply said:
GH getting some 'shout outs' on the social media comments. Glad some folks still realize his contributions to this situation. 😡
I mean according to the lawsuit this would’ve been pre GH I believe. Sure the GH stuff was bad and damaged the corps, but up until this lawsuit the corps was loosely financial stable enough to keep going. At least on a season to season basis.
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Just now, craiga said:
So the man in the original suit is deceased, and now so are Cadets. All that's left for her lawyers to go after now is DCI itself. That may be a tough case to make considering it allegedly took place at a New Years Eve party 42 years ago.
Yeah well, they got what they wanted.
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I’m more mad at this point than anything
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The writing was on the wall
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6 minutes ago, FormerXyloWhiz said:
A problem for CAE (or any potential successor) is that if this argument is successful and throws out the case, it doesn't provide any safeguard about whether or not a new org claiming to uphold that legacy is liable for the old org. That particular question of law would not have been adjudicated on and would remain an open question and a potential source of risk going forward.
Well at least in NJ, they’ve ruled that they are liable for the old organization.
I was more referencing the ability for people to sue in PA. It wouldn’t fly like this did in NJ because of their one time retroactive lifting of statutes.
PA has upheld the statute of limitations in cases and anyone would have a hard time trying to get around that.
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21 minutes ago, Slingerland said:
Even if CAE prevails, there are other individuals who would probably be willing to go after them for misdoings of at least one person we can all think of for similar behavior (edit: depending on what PA's statute of limitations on civil cases is), so they'd be at this for years to come.
Any concept that could be seen as having any connection to any iteration of The Cadets is likely kaput.
PA’s statute of limitations are pretty strong and have upheld precedent with the state Supreme Court.
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56 minutes ago, HockeyDad said:
Interesting reading. At this point, however, does the outcome have any effect on the future of the Cadets? They seem to be in a place right now whereby a comeback seems highly unlikely, no matter what happens with the lawsuit. Unfortunately.
Oh there’s no coming back. Even if the case gets dropped, there’s zero money and now zero support.
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On 3/17/2024 at 5:08 PM, Hook'emCavies said:
That would be pretty cool!
10 hours ago, theonlyfizzle said:Yeap. 2006 Cavalier is one of a kind show in drum corps history! one of my all time favorite from them. They could revisit the idea for today's designs style of shows in the Cavaliers way. They don't even have to try topping 2006, or measure up to it, all they have to do, is just make it fresh and new,interesting, entertaining and captivating for today's standard of shows. I'd give anything to see that.
I’m just not sure of anyone that could create a visual package to go with a modern machine show other than Gaines.
I know we’ve been lucky to have Gaines back in the activity the last few years. But dang the man needs to start training some prodigies.
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I’ve recently come across this from a newer composer/pianist Rick Chang. I think there’s some cool themes in here that would sound amazing from a corps.
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Bluecoats 2024
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Bluecoats release reportoire and tease Agape same as Mandarins?! Battle of the ballad