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    SafeSport is not a Magic Wand

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    20 hours ago, IllianaLancerContra said:

    No system is perfect.  But, how does Drum Corps do better than what is currently done?

     

    Stop passing the buck to the member organizations whenever something goes down. WGI released a statement in September stating that Diamante cannot participate in WGI events until certain actions are taken. I would not be surprised to hear that those actions involve Mario Ramirez being removed from the organization.

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    New Locations for World Championships after 2028?

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    17 minutes ago, college-phan said:

    Earlier today, the NFL Franchise behind the Tennessee Titans released renderings of a brand-new, 60k-capacity stadium for the city of Nashville. As a Tennessean myself, it's hard not be excited at what looks like a state-of-the-art stadium and the prospect of more events coming to our state. If you'd like, you can check out the renderings at: https://www.tennesseetitans.com/news/titans-release-renderings-of-proposed-new-stadium

    This all had me thinking about the possibility of DCI having World Championships in Nashville following the end of the contract with Lucas Oil in 2028. For biased, I'd love to see DCI have World Championships in Nashville. It's a match made in heaven: it's closer to Texas and in the Southeastern United States where marching band is generally a bit more significant and serious culturally while being close enough to the Midwest and Northeast to keep historical and cultural connections, it's more centrally located for almost all of the member corps (with the exception of corps west of the Rocky Mountains), it's a state-of-the-art stadium in one of the fastest growing and nicest cities in the country, and you'd be able to have DCI World Championships in a city literally nicknamed "Music City". Doesn't get much better than all that. 

    Regardless, if DCI decides to not extend their contract for World Championships with Lucas Oil past 2028 and DCI still exists (since that seems up in the air these days), where could you see DCI moving Championships? Would we return to a new location every year (although that seems economically infeasible), see another contract signed with a stadium somewhere else in the country, or maybe a combination of the two where DCI signs shorter contracts with multiple places?

    One of the challenges will be holding championships in a part of the country where school has not resumed yet. Some districts in Texas start the first week of August, with band camp the preceding 3 weeks. 

    Another concern would be proximity to the DCI HQ. I imagine being able to visit Lucas Oil every couple of weeks is part of what makes it an attractive venue. DCI would have to be willing to either forgo that convenience or move or set up a regional office.

    Madison Scouts 2023

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    43 minutes ago, IllianaLancerContra said:

    You say "not that i wanted the 10th variation on 1995..." like it would be a bad thing.  😀

    There's no shortage of contemporary material that could deliver that same kind of fire. Whenever they did music from Ainadamar, I was REALLY hoping they would do the opening of Act 1:
     

     

    Madison Scouts 2023

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    22 hours ago, madisonsmiley said:

    Is this meant to be a back handed insult? If I were an alumnus, it would be to me. Do you know what sexist means? 

    The Scouts are gone. I don't mean the all-male corps, but the corps known as the Scouts. 

    I expect we respectfully disagree about all of this, and that's fine. 

    I believe Orwellian Wiress was referencing the often heated discourse around the Scouts as they were deciding to become co-ed.

    I'm an alum. A former student is on staff. Another former student was among the first women on the field last year. I'm not insulted, and they are still the Scouts to me.

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    Madison Scouts 2023

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    On 8/29/2022 at 9:23 PM, Orwellian Wiress said:

    I don't know too much about Scouts besides "we were sexist but now we're not" and The Heart and Last Man Standing (that's what it's called right? The Mad Max one?). I really like those two shows

    The Mad Max show had a lot of cool ideas, but it was hampered by pacing and a color palate that would have been better on a winter guard/winter drumline tarp.

    The heart show had a moment where the blue flags were swapped behind the prop to red and I don't know if they got recognition for that on an intellectual level.

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    Staff Merry-go-round

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    1 minute ago, AzEuph said:

    Marched with Dan.  He always seemed incredibly focused but fair to me; our interaction was minimal. Initially, I was happy for Academy and him with this announcement. 

    Unfortunately, our era of SCV had plenty of issues with treatment from the visual staff and members-to-members.

    However, reading the comments on Reddit is concerning.  Perhaps this role serves him better than a visual position.

    I'm of the mindset that someone who demonstrates a disregard for the well being of the members will continue to do so, regardless of their role within the organization. My concern with him being in a greater position of power is that he may hire like-minded individuals and fail to hold them accountable if members raise concerns.

    Staff Merry-go-round

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    1 hour ago, scheherazadesghost said:

    If so, we marched together for 2.5 seasons.

    Also if so, he's another one, of so many people promoted within the industry at the leadership level, that was witness to the abusive culture I brought to light in my public report from April... and still hasn't said a word to me or publicly about it. Fine. My time is long over.

    So in the end, these reports on reddit that he perpetuated harm at SOA as caption head and Phantom as a tech must just be coincidence. ✌️

     

    The same Academy that has a percussion guy who was put on leave from his university gig? I'm sensing a trend here.

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    Retirement of Denise Bonfiglio

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    18 hours ago, mingusmonk said:

    DCP has an annual thread where people exchange their excitement about staff losing their jobs.

     

    Hoping so and so and thier teams get fired.

    Making employment predictions and what-not.

    Rooting for terminations.

    I'm not sure why we'd expect this situation to be any different.

    While I don't wish for people to lose jobs (unless they are a danger to students), it can be fun to speculate what kinds of shows will result from mixing X percussion person, Y brass person, and Z guard person. I liken it to all of the shuffling of players/coaches in pro sports.

    Staff Merry-go-round

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    1 hour ago, phd-student-TTU said:

    I love how her profile says she “decided” to march at another corps after 4 years with PR and her last being guard captain. 
     

    She was forced out. She caused so many problems as guard captain that it kept the entire guard fighting with each other the entire season. They were glad to see her go. 
     

    I have no idea why she was allowed back other than they were probably desperate to find someone to fill the guard caption head spot. 

    How many people have we seen "pursue other opportunities" or "retire"? Looks a lot better than kicked out, turned a blind eye, or got caught doing something wrong.

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