bstar82 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Still would require somewhere around 8 shows happening every night of the season, including during the week. As much as I know there used to be more corps, I don't think there were that drastically many more shows than there are now. Quick stats: DCI 2013- 103 shows DCI 1973: 113 shows. So pretty close with 40 years of time and loss of corps Reference:From the press box.com The press box.com is not close to being a complete listing of show information. I am aware of hundreds of shows that are not listed on their site. In as much as it is a great website, I would wager the site is missing more shows than that are actually listed. One example: Press box website has scores for three drum corps shows on July 9th, 1983. Ypsilanti DCI North show, Cody Wy DC/NW show and Sacramento, a PDCA show. But on that date there were 15 drum corps shows in North America. The three mentioned above and shows in Gloversville NY Hanover PA Pittsburgh PA Fort Erie Ont East Haven CT Central Islip NY Schaumburg IL Lindsay Ont Olympia WA St-George de Beauce Que Laval Que and one in East London England a DCUK show DCI corps competed in all of these regional circuits as well as DCI sponsored shows and DCI only sponsored 4-5 regional shows, championship week and a few other biggies the entire season, DATR is one that comes to mind. The Toledo Key to the Sea show had so many corps, they had two shows of Prelims and two shows of Finals over two days involving 45 corps. And looking at that list , I only see three of that year's top twelve in the show as most likely everybody else was preparing for the US Open, another gigantic show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bstar82 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Still would require somewhere around 8 shows happening every night of the season, including during the week. As much as I know there used to be more corps, I don't think there were that drastically many more shows than there are now. Quick stats: DCI 2013- 103 shows DCI 1973: 113 shows. So pretty close with 40 years of time and loss of corps Reference:From the press box.com The press box.com is not close to being a complete listing of show information. I am aware of hundreds of shows that are not listed on their site. In as much as it is a great website, I would wager the site is missing more shows than that are actually listed. One example: Press box website has scores for three drum corps shows on July 9th, 1983. Ypsilanti DCI North show, Cody Wy DC/NW show and Sacramento, a PDCA show. But on that date there were 15 drum corps shows in North America. The three mentioned above and shows in Gloversville NY Hanover PA Pittsburgh PA Fort Erie Ont East Haven CT Central Islip NY Schaumburg IL Lindsay Ont Olympia WA St-George de Beauce Que Laval Que and one in East London England a DCUK show DCI corps competed in all of these regional circuits as well as DCI sponsored shows and DCI only sponsored 4-5 regional shows, championship week and a few other biggies the entire season, DATR is one that comes to mind. The Toledo Key to the Sea show had so many corps, they had two shows of Prelims and two shows of Finals over two days involving 45 corps. And looking at that list , I only see three of that year's top twelve in the show as most likely everybody else was preparing for the US Open, another gigantic show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bstar82 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Still would require somewhere around 8 shows happening every night of the season, including during the week. As much as I know there used to be more corps, I don't think there were that drastically many more shows than there are now. Quick stats: DCI 2013- 103 shows DCI 1973: 113 shows. So pretty close with 40 years of time and loss of corps Reference:From the press box.com The press box.com is not close to being a complete listing of show information. I am aware of hundreds of shows that are not listed on their site. In as much as it is a great website, I would wager the site is missing more shows than that are actually listed. One example: Press box website has scores for three drum corps shows on July 9th, 1983. Ypsilanti DCI North show, Cody Wy DC/NW show and Sacramento, a PDCA show. But on that date there were 15 drum corps shows in North America. The three mentioned above and shows in Gloversville NY Hanover PA Pittsburgh PA Fort Erie Ont East Haven CT Central Islip NY Schaumburg IL Lindsay Ont Olympia WA St-George de Beauce Que Laval Que and one in East London England a DCUK show DCI corps competed in all of these regional circuits as well as DCI sponsored shows and DCI only sponsored 4-5 regional shows, championship week and a few other biggies the entire season, DATR is one that comes to mind. The Toledo Key to the Sea show had so many corps, they had two shows of Prelims and two shows of Finals over two days involving 45 corps. And looking at that list , I only see three of that year's top twelve in the show as most likely everybody else was preparing for the US Open, another gigantic show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bstar82 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Still would require somewhere around 8 shows happening every night of the season, including during the week. As much as I know there used to be more corps, I don't think there were that drastically many more shows than there are now. Quick stats: DCI 2013- 103 shows DCI 1973: 113 shows. So pretty close with 40 years of time and loss of corps Reference:From the press box.com The press box.com is not close to being a complete listing of show information. I am aware of hundreds of shows that are not listed on their site. In as much as it is a great website, I would wager the site is missing more shows than that are actually listed. One example: Press box website has scores for three drum corps shows on July 9th, 1983. Ypsilanti DCI North show, Cody Wy DC/NW show and Sacramento, a PDCA show. But on that date there were 15 drum corps shows in North America. The three mentioned above and shows in Gloversville NY Hanover PA Pittsburgh PA Fort Erie Ont East Haven CT Central Islip NY Schaumburg IL Lindsay Ont Olympia WA St-George de Beauce Que Laval Que and one in East London England a DCUK show DCI corps competed in all of these regional circuits as well as DCI sponsored shows and DCI only sponsored 4-5 regional shows, championship week and a few other biggies the entire season, DATR is one that comes to mind. The Toledo Key to the Sea show had so many corps, they had two shows of Prelims and two shows of Finals over two days involving 45 corps. And looking at that list , I only see three of that year's top twelve in the show as most likely everybody else was preparing for the US Open, another gigantic show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bstar82 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Dang, how that repeated so much I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shostahoosier Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 You can say that again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barigirl78 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 That still doesn't mean 5 times as many shows. There is only so much time in the season to fit shows, unless there were 10 shows per day every day of the season. In the 70's, the first show was usually Memorial Day weekend and the last show was early September. Based on my "Drum Corps News" reading, there could be 7-10 shows each Saturday and Sunday. But, there weren't many weekday shows until DCI brought in touring. So, about 20 shows a week(using the maximum #) over 13 weeks. That's about 260 competitions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCImonkey Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 How many fans watched DCI on Fan Network or in the movie theaters or viewed shows on Youtube in the 1960's, 1970's and 80s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappybara Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 How many fans watched DCI on Fan Network or in the movie theaters or viewed shows on Youtube in the 1960's, 1970's and 80s? I did! Using Crown's wormhole 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 The only DCI shows I attended were Jackson, NJ and Allentown (Fri-Sat). Jackson is always a sell out (they sell a ton of standing-room only tickets at the gate) and Allentown seemed just as crowded as last year, if not more. What I have noticed this year is an increase of fans at the couple of DCA shows I've attended, so it may be an activity-wide bump. I was afraid Sunday in Allentown would have hurt Friday and Saturday, but it didn't seem to. if it is up, thats very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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