Jeff Ream

talked to a friend today who still kinda follows drum corps, but isn' up on everything. he asked about Phantom and asked "if they are killing anyone this year"

a shark with frickin laser beams

they had me at hello

yeah we had code words to alert all if youngins were around so nothing nasty would be said. same thing for if parents were around. i think in my years in the drumline, the oldest were early 30's down to 15 year olds. we looked after the kids. i mean they saw us do stupid stuff, but we tried to make sure they didn't.

shhh he's on a roll

hell we disagree with each other....you should see the group chat. and for the record, Nick is totally out of touch on his Allentown views.

More like Stern

Oh I’m not gonna disagree on that caption. However a few other calls on other sheets confuse me too

Society changed. Alumni didn’t follow with the passion previous generations did, especially as corps folded. Fewer shows to go to. And in some cases design turned people off.

Well if you mic every performer in a drum corps and plus it into the house sound, that’s a valid comparison

DCI does track the demos based on surveys I’ve gotten even just after ordering tickets

Ah. Well hey no one wiped out and got a 10 in Dayton last night

That is packed on the front sideline and around into the end zones. Concert side in Indy doesn’t hold as much as you think it does

Bingo lost money and we couldn’t get people to come out to help run it. Again you weren’t there.

John Williams was business manager in 95 and 96. His kids were in the corps. Strike one. Again you weren’t there. After the win John left and boom, as I said. and those of us there had no idea the red flags. Glad you heard things, thanks for telling people the . Coulda helped to save it. so again you weren’t there. You didn’t do what you could after 97 to undo the damage. I paid bills out of my pocket until the next management team proved beyond inept. I saw the books. The mail. The email. The legal papers flying around. Even the business manager that replaced JC didn’t know until afterwards. and I’m not gonna derail this thread further or debate this further online. But I know far more than what you think you saw from afar after the fact.

And have reserves for future lawsuits since you own the name

The Rock is announcing the title?

May wanna check the archives. One comment on one episode isn’t the full show

Well that’s not the view all of us have. 5-7 was a hot mess. All deserved it

Honestly the ballad was meh for me all summer

quick point of order from someone who was there.....the red flags were not actually very apparent until after said championship. I too miss my corps, and was there for the resurgence. but many decisions and actions made AFTER the championship are what led to the fall of 97, and pure stupidity by those who took over mismanaged the last years. I love you man, but you weren't there. I was, and you know the busybody I am, i asked a ton of questions and talked to a lot of people. A lot of us were fooled but the red flags didn't start appearing until the winter of 97. Come August well....they were full blown full field tarps.

yeah this wasn't the kind of topic our usual snarkfest was made for. we like to bust ###, but losing an icon...yeah, we aren't bashing that

Governaires 1927

paid attendance the last several years at finals has been 22,000ish. members, staff and VIP's are not counted in that number

West Chester is a logistical nightmare