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3 hours ago, N.E. Brigand said:

It was poorly phrased, but I believe his point was this: if Skyliners are complaining (and who says they are?) that they would have made Finals if it weren't for Kidsgrove, the foreign interloper, then they have only to blame themselves for not having put on a show that was better than Sunrisers' and qualified. But again, as far as I know, Skyliners aren't making that complaint.

Exactly. Sky may not be making that complaint but plenty others are all over social media. 

Here is the thing. Quit calling it World Championships if all you want to do is have a NE Championship and slap each others on the back and only have NE corps in Attendance. If that's what you want call it the NE championships and quit with the snarky comments up and down the www. Everyone can see whats being said and who is saying it. 

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19 minutes ago, camel lips said:

Exactly. Sky may not be making that complaint but plenty others are all over social media. 

Here is the thing. Quit calling it World Championships if all you want to do is have a NE Championship and slap each others on the back and only have NE corps in Attendance. If that's what you want call it the NE championships and quit with the snarky comments up and down the www. Everyone can see whats being said and who is saying it. 

 

It's called "world championships" because any corps can come, from...wait for it...anywhere in the world.

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7 hours ago, cixelsyd said:

What is an "international corps", then?  Was Kidsgrove not an "international corps" when they finished 7th in 2012?  Or Yokohama Inspires, when they finished 7th in 2004?

Don't forget the Kingston Grenadiers or any other Canadian corps!  

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2 hours ago, Kamarag said:

 

Amen, Jim. Slow, calculated growth is the only way to sustain and propel an organization into the future. Grow too fast and the increased costs of equipment, uniforms, transportation, food, and housing will easily send a corps over the edge. We've seen it far too often (and far too recently).

The good news is that the folks at CT seem to understand this, and their growth plan appears (to this outsider) to be a good one.

Something else that CT needs to look at (and DCA as well) is making sure that they get to shows that are going to get them DCA judging sheets.  Yes, they had no say in their fate on that realm, but the backup options were nil as everything was too far away to make.  

You don't want to move up to the Open Class and have the same fate happen again and go into Prelims as the "last place" corps with no DCA judged score.  Again, anything can happen to alter a schedule (look back at this past season).  Hopefully, with more corps coming onto the circuit, there will be more shows and opportunities for DCA scores in conjunction with DCI show exposure.

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6 hours ago, burdettsky said:

Ummmmmm, what the hell is this guy even talking about, and why is he saying this?  

this is the guy that says your previous years placement is based on how you did at Wildwood, plus other historical factors possibly including the Zapruder film, and the moon cycle.

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50 minutes ago, Kamarag said:

It's called "world championships" because any corps can come, from...wait for it...anywhere in the world.

Yes, that was CL's point, in response to someone who said that it was wrong that an American corps got bumped from Finals by Kidsgrove.

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Just now, Jeff Ream said:

This is the guy that says your previous years' placement is based on how you did at Wildwood, plus other historical factors possibly including the Zapruder film, and the moon cycle.

As the saying goes: even a broken clock is correct twice a day.

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20 minutes ago, ErieSopMike said:

Something else that CT needs to look at (and DCA as well) is making sure that they get to shows that are going to get them DCA judging sheets.  Yes, they had no say in their fate on that realm, but the backup options were nil as everything was too far away to make.  

You don't want to move up to the Open Class and have the same fate happen again and go into Prelims as the "last place" corps with no DCA judged score.  Again, anything can happen to alter a schedule (look back at this past season).  Hopefully, with more corps coming onto the circuit, there will be more shows and opportunities for DCA scores in conjunction with DCI show exposure.

I expect that the leadership at Cincinnati Tradition considered a trade-off: set aside a chunk of money and time to travel to the nearest DCA show to get a score before championships, or use that time and money to improve the show so that going on at the start of Prelims makes no difference. This time choosing the latter option paid off. You're probably right that it might be riskier to do so in Open Class.

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50 minutes ago, Kamarag said:

 

It's called "world championships" because any corps can come, from...wait for it...anywhere in the world.

Then why all the crying on  Social media and some here about Sky being left out of the night show because Kidsgrove "took" their spot??? 

 

I can see a new rule  coming out next year like the rule that came about sometime in the 2003/  2004 when they wanted to get some of the NE corps that fell out the top ten and lost their voting rights..so they came up with this "new" rule that said something to the effect if you have two scores in August and compete at Championships you can be a Member corps. That was until MCL did exactly that in 2006 and became a member Corps simply following the rules . Suddenly the next year they changed the rule since it benefited someone other than the people the rule targeted. How convenient. 

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4 hours ago, Fran Haring said:

"Poorly phrased"... you, sir, are too nice. :tongue:

The poster has a long history of doing his best to stir the pot, even though he rarely, if ever, has a legitimate case to do so.  

And the above description is me being diplomatic.  I'd prefer to not be banned from DCP.  LOL.

so, how do you really feel?

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