Ghost Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 My only concern with the future of DCI is the cost. Imagine how much more talent the Cadets would receive if it wasn't $4,000 to march. Maybe the Cadets are not as financially strong as some have mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 yet newer corps are starting to appear. funny how that is working Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 In real life I am a college biology professor - what you are referring to is called 'Punctuated Equilibrium' - short bursts of evolution to attempt to adapt to new conditions, followed by a longer period of maintaining the status quo when conditions are stable. This is then overlaid with the 'competitive exclusion principle' which states that only one species (in this case corps) can occupy a given niche at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappybara Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 In real life I am a college biology professor - what you are referring to is called 'Punctuated Equilibrium' - short bursts of evolution to attempt to adapt to new conditions, followed by a longer period of maintaining the status quo when conditions are stable. This is then overlaid with the 'competitive exclusion principle' which states that only one species (in this case corps) can occupy a given niche at the same time. Getting awful memories of my Ecology and Evolution course I took a year ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindap Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Getting awful memories of my Ecology and Evolution course I took a year ago Many moons ago I aced Biology and failed Anthropology (got the dinosaurs and bones right but mixed up the matriarch and patriarch societies). To keep on topic, drum corps can only evolve to the capability of the performers. I'm finding performers expectations too high, beyond their bones and body. Perhaps we should start liking spontaeous raw emotional performances again. I'm rambling. Forgive me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Military approaches have been shed in favour of a more artistic approach or interpretation opening up the activity to many that may have otherwise ignored it. And vice versa? Through this change, drum corps might have been opened to some but also might have been closed to others who now ignore it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornTeacher Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 (edited) In real life I am a college biology professor - what you are referring to is called 'Punctuated Equilibrium' - short bursts of evolution to attempt to adapt to new conditions, followed by a longer period of maintaining the status quo when conditions are stable. This is then overlaid with the 'competitive exclusion principle' which states that only one species (in this case corps) can occupy a given niche at the same time. Thanks. I now have a very innocuous term for my progressive weight gain which is happening as I get older by the year. I'm not getting fatter...it's merely a matter of "Punctuated Equilibrium." Edited September 17, 2015 by HornTeacher 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumcorpsfever Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 In other words, Blue Devils have killed the activity and Crown should have won last year, right? Yes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perc2100 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Yes, and Crown is also the new Star, and all-male corps don't have a chance of competing any more on the same level as coed corps. Oh, and Bob Barker died again during the 2015 season. Now you're just being silly. Bob Barker died my rookie year in 1997. And then, mysteriously, again in 1998 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Getting awful memories of my Ecology and Evolution course I took a year ago You obviously did not take it from me.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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