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  1. Yes, and Boston has one or two admin riding each bus now, which leaves even fewer seats.
  2. Also, I wonder which is worse....sending an alternate home in early June with a far reduced fee or having them spin in the end zone all summer, never to get into the show all the while charging them full tour fees AND depriving them of marching elsewhere or working at home? Boston now carries very few alternates on tour, instead calling them up from home should a hole opens. There is alot of misinformation on the above link, including Boston supposedly charging $8000 tour fees. They charge $6000, the same as Bluecoats this year and Cadets last year. And also for the record, they did not bring 10 alternates on tour last summer....not even close.
  3. And for the record, the only reason DCI shows color guard openings for Boston at present is that BAC doesn't set their guard until after the WGI season concludes. The guard audition weekend is in April.
  4. That guard member has since returned to Boston, and made the hornline for 2024.
  5. I believe so. Not only that, I've been told a New Year's Eve party in 1982...about as far away from a DCI event as you can get. Here in Maine, one of the cases against a priest in the mid 80s was dismissed because the defendant was deceased, and the court held that it couldn't be prosecuted because that defendant was obviously unable to face his accuser. Interesting finding, but I'm not sure I've heard of this happening anyway else. (The Archdiocese was the codefendent and also had the case dismissed.)
  6. I wonder if the Catholic Church has tried this defense, and if it worked for them.
  7. I agree entirely with your last paragraph. As I read the counterclaim from DCI, I thought to myself that this issue of retroactive suspensions of Statutes of Limitations might need to be ruled on by a higher court.....perhaps a MUCH higher court. Perhaps this is DCI's tactic to drag this out for years, hoping the plaintiff's lawyers decide there isn't enough cash to make this worth their while. Remember, her legal team is on record of saying they have "the Hopkins Women lined up" to represent after this case is adjudicated, even though this particular case does not involve GH directly. I do not blame the plaintiff at all; I think she has been sold a bill of goods by her lawyers.
  8. I respectfully disagree. There are elements to the histories of both SCV and Cadets that are not necessarily representative of most other corps out there. I do not believe that this is the new normal, whether we are talking allegedly criminal bingo mismanagement or a 40 year history of widespread sexual assault and rape.
  9. Yes, and we have alot of last year's Cadets here at Boston now as well.
  10. I think this just refers to Memphis Blues adopting the Cadets name and somebody's hope to buy Cadets' unis. The Cadets board recently voted to not sell those unis in bulk to anyone, and they posted on social media wishing Memphis good luck. It doesn't seem as though there is any "organization" left to move anywhere. They even sold off their trucks and returned all their leased and borrowed equipment.
  11. Yes, Boston hasn't had bingo in over 30 years. There's been lots of talk about paid bingo workers, but back in the day, our bingo (called "Metrocorps) was staffed with volunteers including BAC staff and members who were 18+. I remember working it myself, and all the BAC staff and members would stand and salute whenever "I-27" was called. IYKYK! 😉
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