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If I remember right, he was on Adam Sage's staff, then left for Bluecoats for 2008, then returned to Regiment in 2009-2010 after Sage's departure. I think he had a design role in 2009 and 2010. He might have been caption head upon his return as well.

Have you read any posts in this thread where he is being "championed"?

I just noticed that Rick Subel is listed as a Regiment program consultant. While I wasn't such a fan of his shows at Crown (relative to the previous Crown regime), he's clearly a talented guy. Here's hoping he brings some new ideas to the design team.

Jurassic, bro!

It would be interesting to see how successful the football teams of, say, the BOA finalists are. For Oklahoma - which had no one competing in Indy this weekend - Tulsa Union has long been a football power, and Broken Arrow has long been mediocre. In less competitive BOA programs, Jenks is a football power, Owasso is solid, and Bixby is an up-and-comer in a lower class than the others.

So Adam Sage will continue in a Regiment design team role while serving as artistic director with the Cavaliers?

"where he was awarded a coveted full-ride graduate teaching assistantship" - bios are always fascinating

GoFundMe? Really? When the corps has its own donation mechanism?

Uh no

I've been trying to think of a corps that hasn't been so visible in the offseason. But that may not matter, as Cadets tweet this the day they made their announcement:

In addition to Southwind?

WHOA https://cadets.org/cadets-suspend-competition-2024

I would not say that it's "likely just an unconfirmed rumor still that Crown has filled the open position." Reid Atkinson lists that he's the program coordinator on his webpage. One could say, I guess, that it's unconfirmed unless Crown states it, but it's not "likely a rumor" given that the person himself states that he has the job.

My buddy said he "saw" where Atkinson got the job "a couple weeks ago." Not sure where (maybe from Atkinson's webpage), but I guess it's been out there for a bit.

Reportedly Jason Robb was also interviewed at Crown.

He lists program coordinator at Crown on his webpage: https://reidatkinson.com/about-reid

I'd say a substantial improvement over what Madison has had the last couple years.

New faces all over the Scouts design staff. https://www.forwardperformingarts.org/news/madison-scouts-welcome-mark-waymire-to-lead-design-team Jeremy Hunt is a good pickup. Glad Boerma is staying.

Great point - Crown's "brand" had as much to do with Potter & Co. as Boston's does now!

I see that Crown has been holding spring training at Gardner Webb in 2007. Phantom Regiment started holding spring training at Rockford College in 2003 and did so for a number of years thereafter. Ahem... "Crown adopted Phantom Regiment's spring training regime (i.e., move in to a small remote college, live in the dorms). I see posts from Crown fans bragging about all this but it's just an exact copy of what Regiment did for several years at Rockford College. I mean it makes sense because it works well but it's just exactly the same setup as that team had at Regiment." Do I believe this? Of course not. It's as silly as the post I'm quoting.

The Rennicks and JD Shaw left Phantom Regiment in back-to-back years for Santa Clara Vanguard. I honestly don't remember any Regiment fans being disgruntled, only sad. There was no talk of poaching, as far as I can remember. Even as SCV passed Regiment competitively, I don't remember any ill will. Just one anecdote, but it has parallels Crown/BAC in some ways (e.g., Regiment was pretty consistently top six at that point and only 2-3 years removed from a title, while SCV wasn't). It seems that issues with Crown toward BAC are unique.

It's weird that the artistic director/program coordinator would change, but all other designers remain the same. Wouldn't the theory be for the "idea guy" to bring aboard their own people? I mentioned before that Subel's shows were never my cup of tea, but it's interesting that the most comprehensive design was his last imo (to whatever extent it was *his* design). I thought they skated by on talent for a couple of his shows with weak concepts (e.g., 2017, 2019), but I wouldn't say that about 2023.