NeutralNovice Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 How about... Spirit of the Season Version: Drum Corps International Cup (didn't read all entries, sorry if I "stole" the "cup") Non-Realistic: East-Midwest Summer Marching Games feat. some West Coast Corps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 It's surprising that so many shows would include a grammatically incorrect and bizarre show title. Yea, OK, you caught my fat thumbs. Fixed that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrownLeadSop Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Think about this...My first year marching drum corps, 1974, there were more drum corps in the state of Illinois, than there are now in DCI world class...& there were more than 400 drum corps in the USA. The worst thing that DCI ever did was destroying all of the local drum corps circuits, & that will continue to contribute to the negative growth of this once great activity. Drum corp must return to a more local level, recruiting local members. Drum corps needs to be a community activity in my opinion. Regionalize the activity to minimize lengthy travel & control costs. Maybe, just maybe, it was the corps going away that pushed DCI to a national touring model. I'm sure they'd love to stick to a more regional model (akin to what happens earlier season), but getting butts in seats is hard with low amounts of expendable income in the middle class and a lack of headlining corps at shows. Drum corps will never get to a pee wee football level of local activity - the general interest simply does not exist. That means you have to put shows in major metros within driving distance of large crowds of people that are interested. It's just the nature of the beast. You should see how hard it is to fill holes in a top 12 drum corps even during the camp season - double the drum corps is not the solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrownLeadSop Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 (edited) Fred. I support this. Edited June 25, 2014 by CrownLeadSop 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjeffeory Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Yea, OK, you caught my fat thumbs. Fixed that. Just funnin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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