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"One incident can color one's attitudes forever," Yup. It even has a name in sociology circles....historic animosity.

Question- is it equally hard to get preferred seating for the prelims?

What I meant was the days of months long tour driven seasons on buses and sleeping in schools/churches etc is over. Sure there will be DCI shows and selling of tickets. Just not long tours and any of that old under the radar off the grid lotsd of corps are just touring around and competing in the same volume of local regional and national shows like it used to be. I mean any of us who actually toured know how it used to be. In this day and age? About as much of a chance as LSD and timothy Leery making a comeback in rooms of pillows and beads broadcast on you tube. Lots of quality staff have moved onto other similar vein artistic gigs and away from DCI. The liability and risk are simply too high and economically nobody is gonna work for nothing either if they can get a better gig doing the same thing.

Agree that touring is the problem. I do not see drum corps continuing with the old tour formats. There was certainly some cool show stuff happening in 2021 both in Indy and via some of the artistic productions I saw- but no way is it reasonable to have a 14 year old travelling around the country on a bus with 21 year olds sharing showers and all of that. It just isn't going to work anymore in this day and age. So we can wait around for another shoe to drop or just put the old model out to pasture.

Interesting thread. The Blue Devils/ Switzerland opportunity could be a great experience for the kids if the details and health safety work out.

Hmm. Hard to see how drum corps can return while a contagious disease is still being spread by the fundamental nature of the activity. Could take awhile to vaccinate the entire country. Full swing back into DCI? 2023. And yes, any DCI involvement with political matters would not be wise for the financial health and well being of the organization in my opinion. Staying apolitical is the best course.

Just as reminder, the vaccine trials so far has not included anyone over 65 years of age or any chidren..only adults. This could cause a delay in certain re=opening settings. Vaccine will have to be out for awhile before we return/achieve a new normal wahtever that will look like. It is hard to see a 2021 DCI season in the way that we are used to experiencing. Insurance will cover as an FYI, and it will not be expensive. Yes there will be enough and distribution channels will be through typical wholesalers for doc office locations ( like McKesson) or large pharmacies for pharmacy locations. True efficacy is very hard to predict,as the virus has mutated more than ounce during ongoing genomic sequencing studies. As far as I can tell, the virus has become more infectious, but NOT more deadly.

So as far as what will DCI look like or even be necessary in the future....I have no idea. When there is an opportunity to regroup for...something... I do not know what the something will be. I do know that drum corps are a collection of very creative minds. And that is what will be needed. No school districts will ever let a bus drive up and have a bunch of kids from another state simply unload and use the school facilities for starters. Just one change of many. Best guess? slow comback start with a handful of corps figuring something out..and after a few years.. a need for a general administrative arm... ie... a new organization.

As was said before, lets see if and when drum corps gets back on the field or if DCI even exists in three years after significant inactivity. The Cadets can keep the same type of look and just change the material to something far lighter in weight and more comfortable. At the end of the day, alumni money will decide the issue.

well yes. I am curious as to folks opinion as to what everyone thinks about whether or not the changes we see now in peoples choices to gather will stay the same or change over time. The conrete comments are obvious, but I am not that interested in re-affirming that 1 + 1 = 2. 🙂

So I guess I should have been more specific. Regardless of testing, many people right now have altered their habits as far as large indoor events and attendance. Heck won't go back to a theater even when this all gets to a better place. If 20% of the population changes their habits, and says " NO thanks, I'm good" and eschews going out much for public entertainment. Will these changes of choice stick, or will they pretty much go away?

What is your opinion about a permanent societal behavorial change with regards to indoor gatherings with large amounts of people? I am not looking for an all or nothing answer, but curious as to your opinion.

This one. WGI as a measureing stick. Not too early here though? To predict length of a DCI summer tour. Nothing wrong with a discussion. My opinion is we will be starting from scratch in many ways. Just one opinion of many. Given the dangers of indoor over outdoor as far as Covid-19 transmission--WGI would come back AFTER an outdoor alternative( however crippled). Nobody is going into anything indoors sitting next to strangers for a long long time. WGI will not be able to hold a single indoor event for years.

I read this but then I read your next post?

Alrighty...so lets go 10 years forward. AI. Robotics, and Automation now offers a life of part time work for a large segment of the population...financially suported by a universal basic income that allows for some semblance of choice in life as opposed to anxiety provoking how will I pay the next bill without a job mentality-- and a refocus on culture, the arts, and music for a segment of the population -- and then there is us. with time. perhaps a little money, some creativity, and a bit of a network so to speak. And drive...and knowledge of what can be let us not underestimate the human spirit. There is hope yet for a future variant of drum corps based on a future human desire that is not apparent right now. A side shoot of something larger perhaps. Keep the faith