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US Open. Why? BECAUSE I WON IT.

I get to see Annie and Woody again!

There was so much drum corps to review, Drum Corps World released TWO September issues! This issue dropped today and includes final review of the 2021 drum corps season, the Drum Corps Associates VIRTUAL World Championships. https://medi-nerd.com/2021/09/07/september-2021-part-2-drum-corps-world-issue-released/

The 2019 Drum Corps Associates Grand Champions FREE Players performing at DCA Finals And props to the Hawthorne Caballeros Alumni for providing the FREE Players an honor guard for their performance.

FREE Players? They’ve done both DCI and DCA. https://www.familyres.org/free-players-drum-bugle-corps-make-dca-history/

I think the issue, non regional and championship events, is that FloSports (not just FloMarching) outsources the jobs related to producing these telecasts to local/regional freelancers. I recall seeing job postings from Flo related to BOA events, so it wouldn't surprise me if they did the same for regular season DCI shows. As a result, you have people who are most likely not familiar with the activity who are running the boards, cameras, and mics. Add to that the data compression every streaming service uses to minimize bandwidth usage and the results are...well, we've seen and heard the results.

Marine drum corps tenor player Eric Carr (EMCproductions on YouTube) posted a great interview with Wesley Sullivan of FloMarching discussing fair use, copyright, and licensing of drum corps videos. This all came about after Eric’s reaction video to the Cavaliers Saturday night performance, which used the FloMarching video, was pulled from YouTube for copyright.

Thanks! I think I've found a new passion which conveniently dovetails with my existing one.

Yes, I'm doing this backwards, but the August 2021 issue of Drum Corps World is now available for your reading pleasure. I only have one show review in this issue, the LaCrosse, Wisconsin, DCI show on July 30th. https://medi-nerd.com/2021/08/23/august-2021-drum-corps-world-issue-released/

My photos from the 2021 DCI Celebration show in Akron, Ohio are now uploaded to my Smugmug account and ready for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy! https://medi-nerd.com/2021/08/16/2021-dci-celebration-akron-photos/

My photos from the 2021 DCI Celebration Saturday show in Indianapolis, Indiana are now uploaded to my Smugmug account and ready for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy! https://medi-nerd.com/2021/08/21/2021-dci-celebration-indianapolis-saturday-photos/

The September 2021 issue of Drum Corps World is now available for your reading pleasure. This issue was a busy one for me as I have two show reviews published in its pages. https://medi-nerd.com/2021/08/22/september-2021-drum-corps-world-issue-released/

Same, though it’s gotten worse as I’ve gotten older. There are a few bridges I know white knuckle across when driving. Maybe I can convince DCI to give me press box access again. It’s completely enclosed, even though it’s higher than the 600 sections, so I feel more than safe. Less chance of me passing out and doing a tumble the wrong way, DCI!

I was more worried about falling! Vertigo was unexpected and not fun.

I know what I'm doing next year!