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Rarely if ever post, but you deserve a reply for your comment. Many props!!!

I am looking for a parking pass for Thu-Sat. My buddy who is going with me is on crutches from a recent knee surgery Anyone have one for sale? Please PM

this is long, but since I ended up with a refund, it is worth posting some lines were edited out Tri Basically, the audio level is low. Thom well I dont need tech support to tell me that... I am assuming that someone already checked the volume button and found out it was not that basic Thom please transfer me to a manager Aldo has joined the chat.. Aldo Hello Thom... Aldo I can tell you about the audio... Thom please do Aldo essentially our feed from the Stanford AV folks has been substandard all nightme issue with this broadcast Aldo Despite a successful test earlier today, we cannot find the problem. Thom so it is an issue with the staff on site? Aldo The super of dci.org and the super of the Stanford AV group are still trying to find the issue Thom and not with your company? Thom I trust that some form of refund will be forthcoming considering that we are now over halfway through the event and it has yet to function properly? Aldo I can issue a refund, and we are aware that the problem exists. If you'd like me to process that, please let me know. Thom please do Thom also pass along the confirmation number once it completes Aldo I need your email address Aldo then I'll find it, and an email confirm will follow Thom edited out my email Thom I will standby here and await the mail Aldo On our end, it's done Aldo the email may take several minutes Aldo and the credit may not happen until monday Aldo depends Aldo You can stay here, of course. Thom nevermind, got the email many thanks for your assistance in resolving this Aldo You're welcome, and I do sincerely apologize about the problem. Aldo We don't like it, either! Thom again, thank you Thom goodbye Within two minutes I had the email confirming the credit to my card T

some of the text from my tech support experience... Once in, they only reply about every 5 minutes Tri Did you try to refresh the stream page? Tri There is an audio issue (volume) that we are aware of and are trying to resolve as fast as possible. Tri Yes, we are aware of the audio issue and are working to resolve it as fast as possible. Tri I apologize for the inconvenience.

finally got some audio now, but aside from muffled it sounds like everything is up about 3 octaves????

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Tickets for FRI and SAT are sold I still have the two seats for quarterfinals on Thu. $50 or best offer T

Just some food for thought... 2004 tour of champions; The corps going on to CA left from Denver to meet up in southern Utah for a mass rehearsal day. Those that took the 70 west to the 15 were on the road for hours going through the rockies (Mine took over 20). Cadets avoided it altogether and went via Cheyenne. Don't knock AA, so far they have managed to do what no other corps from AZ has done. .. Survive after going to Nationals Thom W

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Its also worth mentioning that theCardinals use the dome at NAU for their preseason camp. Once that is over the college team starts to move in. Its also likely that the teams from UA and ASU will be in full swing by then. Looking at the UOP stadium site, nothing on their event calendar indicates DCI for that day. If UOP is out, the pickings could be slim on where to go. The only over dome I can think of is in Springerville http://www.elks.net/dome/dome.html#DomeInformation and there is no way it can handle the crowd a major regional would attract. Weird that a domed HS stadium would be in AZ of all places... Hoping that things work out with UOP Thom W

I forgot to add in earlier that the drive from Phoenix to LA is nowhere as lengthly as Allentown to Madison, or Indy to Denver. Both of those spans occured in previous years the weeks leading into finals T

Been away for a bit here, so I have no idea if I have just been hooked by some flame bait.... All depends where you are going to in LA, can be 6 hours, and it can be more. As for the heat... 120 is possible, but far from normal. By my quick read phoenix has a total of 3 days where the record heat was in 120 or greater. Two were in 1990, and the other '95. http://www.weather.com/outlook/driving/int...66?climoMonth=8 I will agree with you that the monsoons are a concern, and in my mind a more significant one. This should be no more of a concern than having finals go to INDY. Also a stadium that has yet to finish construction so who knows what it will be. Guess the crowds at the shows the Academy host each summer are a mirage in the desert...... Many corps from Arizona have come and gone, but none have died from the heat. Thom W FMM, Driver and Fan, despite being an Arizona Native

You get everything from great to scary! Like the poster above, more and more corps seem to be using charter services and that has resulted in better equipment, and possibly more adherence to the DOT rules on miles/hours in a day or week. Its tough for a corps to own their own equipment and still be able to keep it in top condition, while chartering busses can be more expensive, it can also be a safer bet. A charter bus blows a transmission and you are out a few hours time while they get a replacement. Blow a transmission on a bus you own, and the pricetag can start at 10K and go up from there. That is in addition to the time the bus is down as well. Some groups who charter somehow get the drivers to stay with the corps and sleep in the "traditional" drivers room. Dont know how they pulled that off, but you gotta give them credit for being able to. I have driven just about every year since 92 and have never heard of DCI having a rule to limit the amount of traveling. The closest I can recall is a story with Star where they had a driver who went over the 8 hour driving limit that was imposed by Bill Cook (at the time one of the rules from DOT limited driving to no more than 10 straight hours). As the story goes, once Cook found out, the driver was let go and the message was sent. Nobody drives more than 8. We seem to have come a long ways over the years. I can still remember the first big (national) tour I was on. 84 VK with Nelson Smith driving one of the old submarines. Thom member, alumni, driver, fan

Were Troopers represented at the BOD Meetings? Is the Board made up of all Div 1 Directors, or a smaller group? (top 12)? It would seem odd that a unanimous vote would occur if the Troopers were represented and had a vote to place along with all the others?? Not trying to incite anything, so if you must flame, please be gentle T