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I think that may be the first time a WC corps has ever won the Sweepstakes award!

Where- at the Little League stadium or is something new being built there?

Three-way tie for first in world class! This is gonna be an amazing finals week.

Proposal: Institute a new scoring system to accommodate the lack of official recaps. Rationale: DCI's decision to eliminate recaps threw us all for a loop this season. To compensate, I propose replacing the slate of 8 captions with three (GE, Visual and Music) and changing the current limits for each division as follows: World Class: 60 points Open Class: 50 points Class A: 40 points, retaining the restriction of not being able to use a corps above 20 points for the GE caption. I've determined these numbers using the ratio of current max caption points (155) to total possible caption points available (200) and scaled down for each division. This may require some reformatting of the website and scoring mechanisms to achieve.

Proposal: Create awards for "Best Show Concept" and "Best Uniform", to be voted on by directors. Rationale: Lately, participating in DCPI has felt like a somewhat passive exercise of entering captions and just watching scores come in, with the occasional adjustment in scores as the season goes on. Creating these awards would encourage directors to be more active with their corps by rewarding them for creativity off the field as well as good numbers management on the field. We've had some extremely creative directors in the past who have created some really good show descriptions and custom uniform images- that creativity should be rewarded. Process: Directors would submit their proposals in the forums and directors would vote for their favorites, perhaps with the midpoint of the season being the cut-off point for submissions. Most votes in each category wins. Submitted by: Matt Briddell- Kosmos

Vancouver BC.

Meechigan- specifically East Lansing.

Arrowhead- dat barbecue! Plus it's a venue we've been neglecting for years.

I'm back with my annual Season Preview post. Check out the first of a two-part sneak peak at some of the new venues on the DCI and DCA calendars for this season, and check back next week for part 2! http://marchingarenas.blogspot.com/2016/06/drum-corps-season-preview-2016-edition.html

I'm going to apply the KISS rule. At this point, whatever's the easiest to implement is probably the best way to go.

Because those $150,000 in loan payments for law school aren't going to pay themselves!

The Drum Corps Bracket Tourney has concluded, and the winner has been announced at marchingarenas.blogspot.com!

I was really torn between using Akron's stadium and Massillon when I put the poll together. Ultimately, however, I went with Massillon based on it having a longer history of hosting events and being an active venue. Also, I was also trying really hard to stick with the "One venue per state" rule in each bracket, and I already two Ohio venues in the Historical bracket (Toledo and Marion) that I felt both deserved spots based on their long history of hosting some really important shows. But Akron definitely had a strong argument.

Today's your last chance to vote in the Drum Corps Bracket Tourney! Voting for the final round ends at 9:00 PM CST tonight. Cast your vote for the best DCI stadium at marchingarenas.blogspot.com.

The finals are here, and it's Denver's Sports Authority Field vs. Massillon's Paul Brown Tiger Stadium for the championship round! Cast your vote at marchingarenas.blogspot.com before 9 PM CST on Monday, and a big thanks to everybody who's voted in this year's tourney.

Final Four voting is now live! Just four stadiums remain- Hersheypark Stadium, Paul Brown Tiger Stadium, The Alamodome and Sports Authority Field. Cast your vote for the best place to watch a drum corps show at marchingarenas.blogspot.com.

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I was unfortunately unable to have the Final Four voting ready to go for today. I apologize for the delay. Final Four voting will begin tomorrow at 7:00 AM CST and run through Saturday, 7:00 PM CST.

The Final Four matchups for the Drum Corps Bracket Tourney are set! Denver vs. Hershey and San Antonio vs. Massillon in the semifinals. Voting for the best stadium in drum corps starts Thursday. Check out the full results at marchingarenas.blogspot.com

Elite Eight voting is now live! Cast your votes before 8 PM CST tomorrow.

Sweet Sixteen voting for the Drum Corps Bracket Tourney has wrapped up, and there were some major upsets in this round! See which stadiums advanced and which went home at marchingarenas.blogspot.com!

Sweet Sixteen voting for the Drum Corps Bracket Tourney is now live at marchingarenas.blogspot.com! Cast your votes for your favorite drum corps stadium by 7 PM CST Friday.

Second round voting is complete! See which stadiums advanced to the Sweet Sixteen and which #1 seed got upset! Sweet Sixteen voting starts Thursday at 9 AM CST.

Second round voting is now live!

Full results for the first round have been posted! See which stadiums survived and advanced and which were upset at http://marchingarenas.blogspot.com. Second round voting starts on Tuesday!

Voting is now LIVE for the first round of the Drum Corps Bracket Tourney! Cast your votes at marchingarenas.blogspot.com. Voting for this round ends at 6 PM CST on Friday, and the second half of the first round will run from Saturday through Sunday.