Tony Flores Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Emerald Knights/NIte Express - Pretty much from 1965-1996, 2001 We are having a 50yr Anniversary Reunion this weekend and Alumni Corps at Open Class Tournament of Drums on Monday. Others I can remember: Northern Aurora North Force Railmen Capitolaires Black Gold off the top of my head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Holland Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I think this is still correct. $0 is the amount paid to corps participating in an OC show. Fees are paid for OC corps participating in WC shows. You want more OC corps at more OC shows, you need to come up with some way to help offset those costs. This is the reason there were only 3 competing corps in NH. Maybe someone in a current Open Class corps could add to the conversation about Open Class show profit sharing or performance fees. My experience is:...In 2007, my corps sponsored an exclusively Open Class show. There was no profit sharing structure, but then no one else shared in show's loss. ...In 2014, I ask about my corps attending an Open Class show. I was told okay, but that there would be $0 fees paid. Maybe it's different for those corps in Open Class that participate in a show? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 I then started thinking of all the Div II/III corps I once remember seeing scores for that I no longer see. . . . Feel free to update on other corps too! Coastal Surge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaxDCIFan Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Royal Grenadiers / Peoria Prarie Fire '85. I was with Prairie Fire when we met the same end as Coastal Surge just before tour started. That was the end for me. At least I get to watch two of my kids participate with Genesis! I think the distinction between OC and WC stopped being meaningful awhile ago at least from a competitive perspective. Sad that DCI won't allow any more corps to transition to WC. Some of the stronger OC programs have trouble with sponsorships, attracting talent because they are "stuck" in OC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Sad that DCI won't allow any more corps to transition to WC. As long as an Open Class corps passes a second evaluation, I believe DCI will indeed allow it to move to World Class. It was only three years ago that Oregon Crusaders made that transition, after all. I think Dan Potter, in the course of introducing Western Vanguard, the Sound Sport team from Odessa who performed at San Antonio, said something like, "You may be witnessing the birth of what may in twenty years be the next DCI champion". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fsubone Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 There was a bunch of West Coast groups that have come and gone. Fever in its various iterations jester Mystikal City Sound Stockton Buccaneers Velvet Knights Esperanza Phoenix And there was Memphis Sound/Forte Capital Sound Targets HYPE Teal Sound Dutch Boy Vision Elite St. John'a Allegiance Elite Pride of the Lions Cadets of NY AND countless others. That list only goes back to 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcarlton Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Lake Erie RegimentDimensionsQuestPride of NewarkCincinnati GloryMarion Cadets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasgroh Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 I wonder if the elimination of DCI’s Division III has had an adverse impact on the smaller corps? In my own part of the world, when the Cascades won Division III in 2000, and the Oregon Crusaders won Division III in 2004, it gave each corps a boost, both from internal enthusiasm and external interest. Mandarins, Pioneer, and Blue Stars also hold Division III titles. ...Impulse also won DIII...2006. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasgroh Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Lake Erie Regiment Dimensions Quest Pride of Newark Cincinnati Glory Marion Cadets Has anyone listed Bandettes yet? Man, I LOVED them on the II/III circuit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captainwelch Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I aged at out Marion Glory Cadets in 2004 when the corps last competed. I also taught at the camps in 2005. A group of dedicated staff worked there ##### off to get a competitive corps on the field only to be sabotaged by the board of directors so they could maximize the amount of money available to steal from the bingo operation. I taught at Bandettes in 2006, although they did not compete, they put out a coed parade/standstill corps that could put out an impressive sound. I heard that there were rehearsals the following year, but membership declined to the point that they stopped rehearsing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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