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I guess ... but I could swear I saw a high school or college budget somewhere a week or so, that had $80/uniform (which admittedly seems way too cheap). $500 seems utterly ridiculous.

Even some catalog winter guard and percussion uniforms can be 100 to 200 and used a few months. BUT we forget or dont realize, a little dance recital costume can cost into the hundreds for a 5 year old to dance in their little bumble bee costume and usually there are a few changes.

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Does anyone know how much a standard shako costs?

maybe 40 or 50 bucks for one of those basic , kind of old fashioned bandy looking ones...lol..a more contemporary or custom shako can be much more. Sometimes if you work with a company the things like gloves, hats , maybe shoes ( if getting alot and everything ) can be discussed but then again it depends who is doing the buying. Like everything in life.lol

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Former figure skating parent here...wanna talk skating dresses???

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Oh, please do.

Thank you for the most kind invitation; let's just say that ONE season's cost of such dresses (skates, ice time, and coaching costs not included) amounted to far more than a single marcher's uniform costs for about...oh...15 years or so...roughly speaking, that is. And no...I am in no way, shape, or form related to Bill Cook.

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Former figure skating parent here...wanna talk skating dresses???

Interesting side note.

You may know D(e)anna's name from doing so many US Nationals and Olympic figure skating costumes.

She's a Garfield Cadets' percussion line alumna who has done major seamstress duties for both Cadets and Cavaliers.

And she knows her drum corps as well as she knows her Triple Lutz'es.

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Interesting side note.

You may know D(e)anna's name from doing so many US Nationals and Olympic figure skating costumes.

She's a Garfield Cadets' percussion line alumna who has done major seamstress duties for both Cadets and Cavaliers.

And she knows her drum corps as well as she knows her Triple Lutz'es.

I can do a Triple Klutz

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I can do a Triple Klutz

I can do a triple scotch. :ninja:

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Star was only charging $250 to march in the early 1990s. It was all determined by the audition. Of course, they DID have a corporate sponsor, but Cook Group didn't exactly put their name out front.

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