apoch003 Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 I mean, it came as a shock to ME. And I only just found out about it. I guess they only had 20 people show up for camp this year. I hope the O.C. can keep up some good Northwest corps status forever.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contreuph Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 I mean, it came as a shock to ME. And I only just found out about it.I guess they only had 20 people show up for camp this year. I hope the O.C. can keep up some good Northwest corps status forever.... Not folded, just inactive. Check the website and you'll see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Nevermann Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 (edited) I never understood why they left Seattle last year in the first place. Still, my former teaching colleague Jim Wren said it best back in 1973: "Drum Corps is a house of cards." Edited May 20, 2008 by Jim Nevermann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apoch003 Posted May 20, 2008 Author Share Posted May 20, 2008 Not folded, just inactive. Check the website and you'll see Inactive = folded, my friend (who isn't marching THIS year! grrrr!) Even if you call it "folded for a year". Usually, a year off results in fiascos like the Troopers, or Valley Fever. From top of the class, to struggling just to put a corps on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Boo Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 I mean, it came as a shock to ME. And I only just found out about it.I guess they only had 20 people show up for camp this year. I hope the O.C. can keep up some good Northwest corps status forever.... It was a big topic of conversion on DCP for several days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsBusDriver Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I hope the O.C. can keep up some good Northwest corps status forever.... The O.C. is not the only Corps in the Northwest.I'm greatful though that they are still going strong. We will miss Seattle Cascades and hope for their speedy return. Spokane Thunder is still in existance. We are still fielding a Corps and will be going on tour ending in Bloomington. We still have some spots open. Anyone looking to help keep Drum Corps ALIVE in the Inland Northwest go to www.Spokanethunder.org SUPPORT "OPEN CORPS"!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troopers1 Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 (edited) nm Edited May 21, 2008 by troopers1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle B Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Inactive = folded, my friend (who isn't marching THIS year! grrrr!)Even if you call it "folded for a year". Folded means they've packed up their tents and are off the face of the earth and are selling equipment. Inactive means the group is still around, just won't be on the field this summer. There is a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apoch003 Posted May 21, 2008 Author Share Posted May 21, 2008 (edited) Folded means they've packed up their tents and are off the face of the earth and are selling equipment.Inactive means the group is still around, just won't be on the field this summer. There is a difference. Quote from the Argonaut forums at yahoo....(most argo's now run the O.C.) Cascades sold 100 horns Edited May 21, 2008 by apoch003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrunchyTenor Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Quote from the Argonaut forums at yahoo....(most argo's now run the O.C.)Cascades sold 100 horns That may mean something or nothing at all. VK went "inactive" in 1980, but that didn't mean we folded the tents. In fact we were quite "active", just not in the normal drum corps sense. Lots of parades, standstills, pretty much any opportunity to perform. The corps had also accumulated a lot of spare "stuff" over the previous 17 years, and we liquidated a lot of it, including brass. Maybe this listing is just one of the things they're doing as part of the corps' reorganization. If there's a lot of stuff in storage, and you can get rid of it to close that storage unit and save the monthly rent, that's moving in the right direction, especially if finances are a big part of the reorganization. Here's another post in support of the return of the Cascades. Garry in Vegas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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