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Thanks.. I don't post often anymore but was wondering why this was still called DCA when there was NOT DCA anymore. Good Call.

As ive said in my signature for years. The assimilation is NOW complete

I think all those people that said this would NEVER happen owe me not only a apology but a dollar because AGAIN I am right!

I can remember having to go to a midwest show one weekend with about half the corps. Although we had over 60+ members the show fell on a weekend where our "kids" had to make a decision about college classes ,finances and how it would impact them going to finals. Many could not afford both or get the time off for both. SO this sort of MInimum would have for sure put a damper on that.

So u can count that in and 2 drop out. That's plus 1

Let's be clear. DCA and it's member corps were killing DCA with its horrible decision making. The decision making to go to Rochester every so often played into it I agree. But it was only a small nucleus into the total equation. STUPID decision making was the downfall. There I said it.

Yep, we do! And I agree. This should have happened way back in 2006 2007 when the circuit was semi thriving and had participation throughout the regions.

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Yes Ive seen the bus drivers along with every little kid they can pull out of the audience "snapping" fingers on the sidelines just to make numbers at shows in the past just to thumb the noses at the rule. And they got a score 🙂

Thanks for the history lesson. You mentioned Gil Silva in your comments above. He was very much a welcoming person towards expansion in DCA. at the Directors meeting in 2006 or 2007 he outlined in great detail the predictable path and accurate path of DCA on how it was going to lose perennial shows that had been thriving for years. How DCA was going to lose historic and thriving Units. And boy did it happen in such a short period of time. I think the DCA voting block in the NE just shrugged it off thinking it was just going to happen to some out of area NE Units and maybe some dying and decaying NE corps that they had been picking up from the boot straps for years that they figured were already out the door. But As He predicted year after year they start dropping like flies. You are correct. 2005-2006 was the LAST year to right the ship. Had there been real effort to expand DCA THEN DCA might still be DCA with Units thriving outside the NE with a REAL World Fan Base. NOT what they are stuck with today.

I think the only groundwork that may have been going on in 2005 or 2006 for a DCI merger with DCA on DCA part was to keep the merger BURIED under GROUND. DCA had one gear. And that was to keep DCA and most importantly DCA Championships and DCA controls in the NE. They did not care or have any intentions of expanding or moving the direction of DCA outside the NE until as Jeff put it SURVIVAL mode kicked in and now here we are.

Ain't it the most awesome show ever? I have Binge watched it no lie maybe 20 times. over the course of weeks. And watched individual episodes no telling how many times over and over. Some 20 years later I am still ticked about the final Episode. If I ever meet Chase Face to Face hes gonna hear about it.

I found a small hidden batch of the The Sopranos T-shirts I had forgotten all about. These feature the The Sopranos Logo with a Kanstul 3 Valve Bugle in the center. Very well done. I do not have any way to host the pic or else I would show it. There are no more of these to be found. I made these in the Spring of 2006 and they were a very limited run. Very High Thread count silk screened so they will wear like iron and last for years to come. Limited sizes left. 1 size med 3 size large and 7 xl's are all that is left. Get them while they last. CONUS sales only. I accept all forms of digital payments. $15 Each plus $6. shipping. edwardamason@yahoo.com is the best way to reach me.

Nailed it! Sad part is I feel certain Hopkins has a bunch of sock puppet accounts and uses them to glorify himself on these social media sites and forums and he has lackeys that do his bidding for him that think just because of the creativity he created that THAT is what they believed in and followed is WHY they want to follow him into the hounds of hell.

I had forgotten about that stunt. How crazy was it to think they could just gloss that over and pretend like it never happened?? Sorta like all these sock puppet accounts and dreamers that think that somehow belive that they keep on victim shaming the victims they are going to worm GH back on the podium or in a position of leadership at DCI? I could totally see once he gets off probation that he becomes a ghost writer. BOA, DCI Winter Gaurd you name it. Butnif it was ever found out who the real author was those units would either get black balled or pay a heavy price . Or not. It's a fickle industry that's hell bent on self destruction apparently.