afd Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Was reading one of the show reviews on DCW and the writer jotted down the number of corp members broke it down in each sections..perc, guard and brass. None of the corps has the max of 150. Cavies 137 Coats 143 Gmen 138 Colts 141 BlueStars 135 Spirit 130 Scouts 133 Anyone know if any other corps have the 150 max? I was believing that most corps were at 150. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan H. Turner Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Sort of trumps the whole "We had 1000 people show up at auditions" wild tales coming from drum corps "auditions" hanh? Hmmmm...maybe 150 is unrealistic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomnoise Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Crown seems to have a lot of people on the field... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdstar Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 (edited) Was reading one of the show reviews on DCW and the writer jotted down the number of corp members broke it down in each sections..perc, guard and brass. None of the corps has the max of 150. Cavies 137 Coats 143 Gmen 138 Colts 141 BlueStars 135 Spirit 130 Scouts 133 Anyone know if any other corps have the 150 max? I was believing that most corps were at 150. Last I heard Blue Stars had 148. Don't know if that remains true, but I'm pretty sure it's more than 135. That's what they had last year and the guard and pit are significantly larger this year. It's pretty hard to count numbers on the field during a show. Edited July 22, 2008 by sdstar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimedrummer Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 (edited) Sort of trumps the whole "We had 1000 people show up at auditions" wild tales coming from drum corps "auditions" hanh? Hmmmm...maybe 150 is unrealistic? [/quote Wild tales? I've been to several one Div 1 auditions in recent years and they have all had four to five hundred there. Why would 150 be unrealistic? The corps make their casting decisions based on programing, and number of horns in the closet. I bet you'll see more and more expand their ranks as they purchase new racks of horns. Edited July 22, 2008 by oldtimedrummer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyRyder_FMM Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Last I heard Blue Stars had 148. Don't know if that remains true, but I'm pretty sure it's more than 135. That's what they had last year and the guard and pit are significantly larger this year.It's pretty hard to count numbers on the field during a show. Blue Stars may be at 149 now. An injured brass player that can't march for hte rest of the season is now serving as an additional back field conductor. If her spot is filled (which I believe it was), that'll make 149. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue9195 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 It's pretty hard to count numbers on the field during a show. Not if you have a paintball gun..................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCVsopAaron Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Not if you have a paintball gun..................... HAHA! That got a laugh from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casaba Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Not if you have a paintball gun..................... post O' the day right there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan H. Turner Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Wild tales? I've been to several one Div 1 auditions in recent years and they have all had four to five hundred there. Why would 150 be unrealistic? The corps make their casting decisions based on programing, and number of horns in the closet. I bet you'll see more and more expand their ranks as they purchase new racks of horns. Fair enough...however, my tongue was in my cheek and it was tinged with a tad of cynicism and bitterness because there is an apparent "anti-drum corps" stance by the remaining 350-850 auditioners that DIDN'T make their corps of first choice who take their ball, or horn, or flag, or drum, and go home and don't play with anyone else. It's been a long time "complaint" if you will...so...but I do get what you're saying. I know...it's all about inventory! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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