GregZ

For some of us, there is never too much old school. Unfortunately, we are in the minority.

Crown not going anywhere for now? Huh? I must have dreamt what I saw and heard last night, then.

Hop mentioned on his blog that the show was delayed 20 minutes due to hash mark issues and "brutal parking". He also added that he had nothing to do with it....just to cover his butt, I guess. Anyway, Crown was just plain incredible and the crowd just loved them. The judges, well......they have Cadets under a point higher. So far.

I saw Crown last night at the Baldwin (Pittsburgh area) and from what I saw & heard, Crown should have passed Cadets from the get go. The judges don't see it that way, yet, though. Just my 2 cents.

What????? $25 for a T shirt????

Maybe they are moving back to PA where they belong and the web site got here first.

I hope it was a blip, but time will tell. There were many more corps in SWPA than that, but that goes back further. Also, there were other shows in SWPA, such as in Jeannette and at Hempfield Area but that was maybe 20 years ago. Most were one timers, with the exceptions of NA/Baldwin and Elizabeth-Forward. Thanks for the info.

"Stars and Stripes Forever"........darn, I was expecting the usual "Malaguena" reply. Heh....

Just an opinion from a person who has avidly been a drum corps fan for over 40 years.....you hit the nail right smack on the head. It's high five time. The main issue here is that too many think everything is great and to a lot of us, that is not true. Is it worth it anymore for a lot of us to take our valuable time and spend our money on today's DCI corps? Especially when there are no shows within a three hour drive? My hope is that somebody, make that a lot of somebodies, wake up before they make things worse. Keep in mind that for most of us veteran drum corps observers with tons of experience are disgusted with the new way things are going on the field. I don't see it getting any better in the future so I might as well deal with it and aim my interests in another direction. If DCI does not care, then why should I????

"Discuss"? The problem with discussing this is that the old crowd knows what drum corps used to be. The new crowd has no clue what drum corps used to be. So the new crowd, who in no way can relate, blasts the old crowd. It's not exactly a pleasure to read some of that smack. Talk about dissension, wow.

I still get goosebumps just thinking about corps back in the day.....how times have changed and I better say no more.

Thanks for the info and Post-Gazette link. I missed the other thread asking the same question...sorry. It just seemed strange that both shows were dropped. Baldwin always had great attendance, which lead me to believe that they would be on the schedule. I was not aware that there are no shows in Iowa and Port Huron. The bad news is that the closest show to Pgh is now approximately a three hour drive, which I will not do. The good news is that I will not be spending money, which can now be aimed in another direction. I know that having a show is very expensive and takes a lot of work. Maybe it was no longer worth it for Baldwin and Elizabeth-Forward. Does that mean that Southwestern PA is now a drum corps desert?

Oh wait....Hop can go to Marching Band Planet and post his "told ya so's" on there?

I imagine this question might have been asked previously. I have not lurked in here for months, months and more months so I would have missed it. There have been two DCI shows in the Pittsburgh area in recent years. This year there are none and I am just curious as to why.

Hopkins can then narrate his acceptance speech.....sigh.