Galen Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 This week's update: Papa John's Cardinal Stadium in Louisville KY http://marchingarenas.blogspot.com/2013/04/louisville-ky.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 This week's update: Papa John's Cardinal Stadium in Louisville KY http://marchingarenas.blogspot.com/2013/04/louisville-ky.html that always looks like a really cool stadium on tv, and fairly new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjeffeory Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 (edited) This week's update: Papa John's Cardinal Stadium in Louisville KY http://marchingarena...isville-ky.html These stadium profiles are great, but I noticed that you called Louisville a Mid-Western city. Really, it's more of a SOUTHERN city than a Midwestern City... It's in Kentucky, which isn't in the Mid-West, it's more in the Border South according to the US Census Bureau and it's South of the Mason-Dixon line. V. O. Key called Kentucky "the most self-consciously Southern of all the states"; Bell South ( now at&t former SBC) offers phone service there... But you're right, it shares MANY things in common with Mid-Western states, which makes sense since it's on the border with the Midwest... Not trying to make a huge deal, it's just that I've never heard of anyone referring to anything in that state as being in the Midwest... ....and I really like that stadium. Looks to be even better with that additional deck; is it used for DCI shows? Time to copy some stuff borrowed from other people: While Louisville, Northern Kentucky and Owensboro like to think of themselves as Southern, their large German populations give them away. German Catholic settlers along the Ohio and upper Mississippi gave St. Louis, Cincinnati and Louisville a similar character that is not shared by Nashville, Memphis, Atlanta or any other interior Southern city. Owensboro fits in that category, although it is much smaller. The production of bourbon fits with the German character of the population, not with those of the Southern Bible Belt. Lexington's population came from the Virginia plantation set and is more culturally Southern in that respect. However, the University of Kentucky ( in Lexington) draws its out-of-state students primarily from Ohio, New York and New Jersey, and not from Southern states.The mountain region of KY is not Southern at all. It was settled by Scots-Irish. There are few African-Americans in the rural areas of the KY Appalachians, quite uncharacteristic of the South. The region joined West Virginia in opposing the Confederacy. Had KY seceded from the Union, it is likely that the mountain portion of KY would have joined the mountain portion of Virginia in forming that state.The primary crops of KY (in terms of land use) are corn and soybeans - Mid-western crops. Tobacco is Southern in nature, but is diminishing in importance. Cotton, flax, indigo, peanuts and rice, all Southern crops, are not grown commercially in KY. The soil in KY is more Midwestern generally, not red clay like Alabama or Georgia, or sand like SC and Fla. <Edit - HTML doesn't paste well in the forum> Edited April 23, 2013 by jjeffeory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen Posted April 23, 2013 Author Share Posted April 23, 2013 Not sure if the visitor's side with the second deck was used or not last year. Also, despite being a "southern" state, don't forget that Kentucky was considered part of the Drum Corps Midwest circuit back in those days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjeffeory Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Not sure if the visitor's side with the second deck was used or not last year. Also, despite being a "southern" state, don't forget that Kentucky was considered part of the Drum Corps Midwest circuit back in those days. The second deck is an opportunity for more butts in the seats. I bet that show sells out. I know it was when I attended. Ah, that's true about Kentucky being part of DCM tours. Also, wasn't Southwind part of DCM ( when they were under the Madison Scouts Organization)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen Posted April 30, 2013 Author Share Posted April 30, 2013 This week's post- one of the most visited, and least popular, championship venues, the Citrus Bowl in Orlando FL. http://marchingarenas.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-citrus-bowl-orlando-fl.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen Posted May 5, 2013 Author Share Posted May 5, 2013 This week's update- Pascagoula MS http://marchingarenas.blogspot.com/2013/05/pascagoula-memorial-stadium-pascagoula.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen Posted May 12, 2013 Author Share Posted May 12, 2013 The good times are rolling on the blog with this week's update- LSU's Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge LA! http://marchingarenas.blogspot.com/2013/05/lsu-tiger-stadium-baton-rouge-la.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 This week's update is up, with a look at one of the best southern high school venues outside of the state of Texas- Broken Arrow HS in Broken Arrow OK. http://marchingarenas.blogspot.com/2013/05/broken-arrow-high-school-broken-arrow-ok.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen Posted May 27, 2013 Author Share Posted May 27, 2013 It's the post you've been looking forward to- the first of a two-part series previewing the new venues on the 2013 marching calendar: http://marchingarenas.blogspot.com/2013/05/2013-season-preview-part-1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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