CitBos Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 I'm going to ask a question here that I sense will #### some folks off, but it occurs to me pretty much every day I read DCP.Is it important to become so fixated on what constitutes drum corps? Isn't it ultimately a question of taste as to whether folks decide to stick around or not? As I've mentioned numerous times, my younger brother, who lived and breathed drum corps, is convinced that nothing since 1973 when he left St. Rita's Brassmen, has been "real" drum corps. I've run into scores of people with the same opinion, but differing years as the lines of demarcatiion. To me, since the end of WWII, it's always been a form of marching band - it's a band, by definition, and it marches, voila. For me, personally, the line would be woodwinds, as that activity already exists, but all that would happen is that I'd stop calling it drum and bugle corps. I'd probably still dig it. Electronics are going to lose us some folks. Mic'ed vocals already has. I picture a little corps, like what we used to call Div. III, putting out a group with a rhythm section and a smallish horn section, amped vocals, and a good sized guard, and all of a sudden you have a rock concert that moves. You add props and stages the way the Americanos did during the '90s and tell me what the difference is? Is it drum corps? Who knows? The fixation with definition reminds me of people who defined themselves as feminists on the basis of being called Ms. instead of Miss or Mrs. i mean, I 'll call you anything you wish to be called - I don't think that makes you a feminist, or a marching band or an encyclopedia. In the long run, society judges you by your actions, not your words. For me the question is, does it work? Are people coming to the shows? Are kids participating and enjoying the activity? Can the groups afford to exist in the format they're involved in? if so, call it whatever you want and keep doing it? You'll lose some folks, just as we've been losing them since about 1954. But if it works, why not? I believe that in general I would enjoy it clothed, but I'm 57 - if I were 20? Who knows? OK, I just figured out that this won't actually #### anyone off, because no one will read it. Well you were wrong. I read it. C'est le guerre, i guess... Wha.....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 you know this would add a whole new meaning to the phrase "skin to win" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizon Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 I can't believe this thread has 14 pages... I can't believe anyone would even ask that question. Stop worrying about what DCI is coming to, and start worrying about what DCP is coming to. Please keep your fascination with nudity separate from your fascination with drum corps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue9195 Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 I can't believe this thread has 14 pages... I can't believe anyone would even ask that question. Stop worrying about what DCI is coming to, and start worrying about what DCP is coming to. Please keep your fascination with nudity separate from your fascination with drum corps. Wow, I've read that reading comprehension scores are down in America......... Please, go back to page one and try again......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 someone call the humor police. it seems some people lost theirs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCV84 Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 14 pages?!!! Oh, the Zumanity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizon Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Wow, I've read that reading comprehension scores are down in America......... Please, go back to page one and try again......... Have you entertained the possibility that you have comprehended my response incorrectly? Maybe you should try again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Brace Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Oh...my bad. I thought we were talking about Boston's guard uniforms...can anyone say...salad only for some folks at the kitchen trailer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plan9 Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Well you were wrong. I read it. Wha.....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paralda Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 I find the whole synth "debate" kind of ridiculous. It reminds me a lot of the Gay Marriage debate, actually. "If we let gays get married, next we'll have to allow people to marry sheeps!" "If we let synths into Drum Corps, we'll have to let in woodwinds and strings and gay hookers!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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