Demographics of Marching Members Today

[deloop]

Just aged out.

Not a music major.

Could and sometimes did walk to camps.

[bccadet09]

Just aged out.

Not a music major.

Could and sometimes did walk to camps.

Walk to camp? Where did you march?

[ContraGal]

Current member

Non-music major

1.5-2 hour drive

[corpsband]

Summary to Poll:

About half of the responding members are music majors. This is significantly different than the perception that nearly all marching members are music majors.

Nearly 60% of the respondents drive to camps and most of those (46%) are within 360 miles of the corps! So while membership is not local it is certainly still very regional..

Pretty pictures:

[Iplaytimpani]

08 age out

Music Major

03-05, it was a 24 hour drive or 4 hour flight to FL

07 and 08, just over two hour drive.

[JohnZ]

Summary to Poll:

About half of the responding members are music majors. This is significantly different than the perception that nearly all marching members are music majors.

Nearly 60% of the respondents drive to camps and most of those (46%) are within 360 miles of the corps! So while membership is not local it is certainly still very regional..

Pretty pictures:

it would be interesting to see the breakdown if you polled just the WC demographic, then the OC.

[mellophonium]

just curious from where to where was 16+ hours?

South Florida to North Carolina

[Shadow_7]

Well if you want to break it down by season...

'88-'93 - 400 miles to corps proper. 8 hours driving direct.

2 hour 30 minute-ish to bus pickup(CSUN), 8 hours on bus (1 hour layover in Fresno for food)

'98 - 5 miles - 10 mintues

'02 - 140 miles - 2.5 hours

'04-'05 - 185 miles - 3.5 hours (mostly highway)

'06 - 1210 miles - 22.5 hours

'07-'09 - 30 miles - 45 minutes

'10 - 200 miles - 3.5 hours (maybe, $50 a day is a rough justification, to drumcorps or to keg-er per would be camp weekend.)

Hours is EACH WAY. Not including fuel / rest stops / traffic / trains / F# twisters / tolls / ........

[Jeff Ream]

Please feel free to add details in a post.

This poll is spin-off of the "The Real Deal" thread. The statement was made that 90% of current corps members are from out-of-state and that they are all music majors. Curious to see what DCP has to say about that....

you do realize Mike in some cases, a one hour drive or less can involve crossing state lines

[corpsband]

you do realize Mike in some cases, a one hour drive or less can involve crossing state lines

not in *real* states...lol.

in any case the implication of the "out-of-state" comment was "from no where near the corps' home base".