HeWhoWaits Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Are Velvet Knights still planning to travel east and participate in Championships? Haven't seen any formal announcement, but the website has a message that seems to indicate the season is over and there is nothing listed on the calendar beyond the Bellflower show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc66 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Strange...because DCI schedule has them going to Indy, along with several shows en-route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWaits Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 Strange...because DCI schedule has them going to Indy, along with several shows en-route. DCI schedule also still includes Teal Sound and Racine Scouts in shows for the rest of the season that have not had the list of corps changed to a performance order list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hostrauser Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 VK will not be in Indy this year. My understanding is that the decision was made with the long-term future of the corps in mind (i.e., they weren't going to push things beyond their means). VK will be back again in 2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliforniaDCfan Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 According to their schedule, they had 5 shows this year. Does anyone know if that is correct? That is A LOT of work (and fees) for only 5 shows!! That is less shows than some DCA Corps, right? Hope they aren't having money problems! Maybe it is time some of the Southern California corps combine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelloHorn13 Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 You guys have to remember there is more to drum corps than shows are far performing goes. For all we know, they did parades, concerts and exhibitions 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 You guys have to remember there is more to drum corps than shows are far performing goes. For all we know, they did parades, concerts and exhibitions To me, this depends on what the members paid in dues. If very little was paid in dues by the members then 5 shows, a few parades, and a few exhibitions are fine. However, if a considerable amount in dues was required then only 5 contest shows would be, to me, a rip-off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friceox Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 According to their schedule, they had 5 shows this year. Does anyone know if that is correct? That is A LOT of work (and fees) for only 5 shows!! That is less shows than some DCA Corps, right? Hope they aren't having money problems! Maybe it is time some of the Southern California corps combine? 5 shows is actually above the average amount of shows DCA corps perform in (outside of those in the northeast). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 5 shows is actually above the average amount of shows DCA corps perform in (outside of those in the northeast). This is sort of a rhetorical question made in the name of making an apples to oranges point: Is VK a weekend warrior all-age DCA corps or a DCI Open Class corps? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84BDsop Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 This is sort of a rhetorical question made in the name of making an apples to oranges point: Is VK a weekend warrior all-age DCA corps or a DCI Open Class corps? They're a DCI Open Class corps that chose not to tour themselves into oblivion. You can't bemoan the state of Teal Sound and then come down on another corps for NOT doing a Teal Sound...or would you rather lose them?? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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