Poll: How Old Are You?

[Profanation 984085]

I marched in the Black Knights of Belleville in 1981 and 1982. I'm just a fan now. Not a parent.

Edited December 29, 2009 by Profanation 984085

[John Murray]

Two decades old.

[JKatzmellophone]

Soon to be 40... Have been marching 33 of those years! 4 years of Garden State Circuit, 4 years of DCI, 25 years of DCA and still kickin!

[JamMan]

Lulz were had after seeing the results of this poll.

[luis]

I'm 15 and I'm going to be 16 soon and I already march 1 year with aworld class drum corp and I have 6 year left to march drum corp

[Octavarium]

joined DCP when I was 15. I'm 19 now.

[BRASSO]

Someone said to me a few weeks back that they don't go on DCP because, "DCpr's are a bunch of high school kids." I want to prove that person wrong because I don't think the users here are that young.

I think there are many older people on this site then people think.

Out of curiousity, which age category do you fit in? And please don't lie.

It's striking to learn that 40% ( almost half on here ) were not yet 8 years old when the Garfield Cadets won their 1987 Title with Copeland's " Appalachian Spring ".... one of the all time great Drum Corps shows..... and not yet 10 when SCV won in '89 with " Phantom of the Opera", another Drum Corps classic show.

And my hero is the poster that is apparently over 86. Wow, the stories that poster could share with us.

Edited December 29, 2009 by BRASSO

[silvertrombone]

From somebody who obviously understands statistics...

Anyone else notice the peculiar "double-bell curve" that seems to maximize in the 22-25 and older 40's age groups? What's up with that? And why does it seem to "bottom out" in my group, the 32-36-ish group?

Interesting.

[JimF-LowBari]

From somebody who obviously understands statistics...

Anyone else notice the peculiar "double-bell curve" that seems to maximize in the 22-25 and older 40's age groups? What's up with that? And why does it seem to "bottom out" in my group, the 32-36-ish group?

Interesting.

Possibly 26 to mid 40s is the "Life Happens" range when family and job concerns get in the way of following or participating in things like Drum Corps or hanging on the Internet. After 45 or so the kids get into college or out of the house and you might not have to kill yourself to get settled into your job/career. IOW - more free time and less distractions. And fro the viewpoint of being 52 years old, I've seen many people in my age range look for new activities as more free time presents itself. Why do you think Harley-Davidson markets towards the 40+ group? (Yeah, have extended family members who bought Harleys in their mid 40s.)

Interesting age range to me as I did corps from 16-22 and 26-28. Then didn't even watch a show from roughly age 35-45. Then picked up the horn again and joined an Alumni type group at 46. LOL, kinda fits the demographics.

[lindap]

It's striking to learn that 40% ( almost half on here ) were not yet 8 years old when the Garfield Cadets won their 1987 Title with Copeland's " Appalachian Spring ".... one of the all time great Drum Corps shows..... and not yet 10 when SCV won in '89 with " Phantom of the Opera", another Drum Corps classic show.

And my hero is the poster that is apparently over 86. Wow, the stories that poster could share with us.

the stories that poster could share with us would be wonderful. I've a respect and admiration of drum corps past and present.

what also intrigues me are the 3 under 16 :-) btw i can't poll 'cause i did that months ago; i'm somewhere in one of the bell curves