Fred Windish Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 (edited) Each of us takes something different away from these magnificent DCI productions. Much depends upon our ability/willingness to attend in-person. More importantly, what is it we expect to find when we engage here? My friends are sometimes puzzled by my new preference for DCI-live and, now, Flo. I offer this photo for your consideration. The image is from a collection posted here by Liahona. The camera talent by Chris Maher. No one seated in any stadium grandstand, in-person, enjoys this view. Yet, this brief moment makes an extremely strong, POSITIVE message about what's going on out there. Drum Corps at its absolute finest. Images such as this can be found within every corps performance, not just Cadets. This is an image that SELLS, so to speak. A ticket purchase, a news clip opportunity, to a sponsor, a curious friend and neighbor, etc., etc. As much as we find fault with certain elements of today's telecast options. . . . this endeavor MUST succeed! I'm calling upon fans to be patient, financially supportive. For Flo to continue its corporate investment in presenting the Marching Arts. There is a very limited number of prime, in-person, seating choices. No stadium big enough to hold the audience potential a telecast can bring to our performers. My fingers crossed . . . the telecast of Championship Week works for everyone. It must ! Edited August 7, 2017 by Fred Windish 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdValvesAreForWimps Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 The old PBS live Finals telecast got more kids interested in drum corps than anything we try today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamarag Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 13 minutes ago, ThirdValvesAreForWimps said: The old PBS live Finals telecast got more kids interested in drum corps than anything we try today. Totally disagree. YouTube and the like absolutely dwarf PBS on it's best day. Kids have 24/7 access to an absurd amount of drum corps content, well beyond what the PBS broadcast folks ever dreamed of. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combia1 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 33 minutes ago, Kamarag said: Totally disagree. YouTube and the like absolutely dwarf PBS on it's best day. Kids have 24/7 access to an absurd amount of drum corps content, well beyond what the PBS broadcast folks ever dreamed of. Yes, but along with YouTube comes Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, xBox and a million other digital distractions that today's kids would rather spend their time with instead of spending a summer participating in the drum corps activity. Back in the PBS days, when we didn't have 500 pointless cable TV channels, kids would run across the broadcast, fall in love, and then go DO IT. Today, it is one of a million videos they see and that is all. They just watch. Kids have become passive media consumers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slingerland Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 (edited) 24 minutes ago, combia1 said: Yes, but along with YouTube comes Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, xBox and a million other digital distractions that today's kids would rather spend their time with instead of spending a summer participating in the drum corps activity. Back in the PBS days, when we didn't have 500 pointless cable TV channels, kids would run across the broadcast, fall in love, and then go DO IT. Today, it is one of a million videos they see and that is all. They just watch. Kids have become passive media consumers. Yeah, interest was peaked back in the late 70s - which is why you had half the number of corps at the end of the live broadcast era as you did at the beginning. YouTube vids are finding and being found by the kids interested in what the corps do. Audition numbers for the Finalist level corps and below are at all-time highs (meaning those kids are not just 'passive media consumers'). Being live on PBS had some cache and helped cement DCI as being the big dog for those who were interested in drum corps or marching band, but the music education world is conversant enough now with who the corps are and what they do that band directors are the biggest evangelists, for the most part. Edited August 7, 2017 by Slingerland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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