Terri Schehr Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 4 hours ago, IllianaLancerContra said: It changed in the late 90s or early 00s when DCI changed the tour so all World Class Corps were required to tour beginning mid June - finals in Aug. Prior to that tours were broken down into a June tour, back home for a few weeks in Jul (which is when the DCM championships happened), followed by second DCI tour mid-July to finals. This is what allowed Madison to completely redo show in 1976 - they pulled out of a bunch of DCM shows. It was also cheaper because the members were 'home' therefore the Corps didn't need to feed them. But, because by the early 00s Corps members weren't from where the Corps was based, it didn't make sense come 'home' in July. When Phantom, Cavies, Madison, Glassmen, et al pulled out of DCM it was only a matter of time before DCM died (SF Renegades came at least once to compete w MN Brass & Kilties, that propped it up for a while. (funny aside - between prelims & finals, the ReneGuard went to the mall to kill time - they stayed in their BDSM-inspired black leather uniforms & made quite an impression on the locals)) . At the end, Pioneer was the only World-class Corps, so they were by default the DCM Champs. But they were also in last place as well I didn’t know there was a DCM in 1976. My memory must be getting faulty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim K Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 22 hours ago, Mello Dude said: Those were the days where we had a local drum corps circuit. So many people wouldn't be able to stand listening to younger kids learning anymore. It's sad that the snobs have taken over. I really miss those days in this context of watching all the younger kids learning to play and march drum corps. I too miss the circuits like we had in Massachusetts: CYO, Eastern Mass, and Mayflower, but in the last days of the circuits, there were times when I was one of a handful of people that did not have a loved one marching. The stands would fill up prior to a corps performance and people would leave afterwards. Very few watched the entire show. However, there is a solution that could work. At SoundSport this year there was a corps the Diplomats of Windsor, Ontario. A good number of the marchers were probably between 5th and 7th grade, and even without taking age into account, they were good, not quite Open Class, but they could play, march, and had a creative show. DrumLine Battle had a group Vibes, of Casper, Wyoming. Solid percussion skills, most members were probably middle school, some younger, a few older. I see great potential in organizing similar groups, perhaps within a certain radius, have some competitions, perhaps a few joint concerts in the off season. One day could be completely social such as meeting at an amusement park. The groups could be a bridge to drum corps or WGI music ensembles or color guards. It may not be the circuit days of the past, but it would help get kids involved in music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 My understanding is Canadians schools do not have the music programs like lot of schools in the US have. So Sound Sport and the like could provide an opening schools do not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri Schehr Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Terri Schehr said: I didn’t know there was a DCM in 1976. My memory must be getting faulty. https://www.dci.org/news/drum-corps-midwest-celebrates-25-years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluzes Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 10 minutes ago, Tim K said: I too miss the circuits like we had in Massachusetts: CYO, Eastern Mass, and Mayflower, The CYO has been at it a long time. Somethings things go full circle. Posted from the best corps name site. In 50's, CYO in NYC area had a huge standstill circuit. Had competition classes by the carload. Sometimes it seemed there were 100 units. The competitions went on for hours and hours and hours. Sunrises started out as a standstill unit- Fred Rose was the Director. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim K Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 7 minutes ago, JimF-LowBari said: My understanding is Canadians schools do not have the music programs like lot of schools in the US have. So Sound Sport and the like could provide an opening schools do not That I do not know, though I believe that Les Stentors did train most of their musicians from scratch. Most school systems in the United States have athletic programs but your best athletes often participate in AAU programs. Kids in drama who dream of being on stage are often in theater programs in addition to what schools offer. Schools certainly teach English but a local adult education program for aspiring writers has a summer program for high school students who want to write professionally. I know a friend of mine who teaches music has directed non school related music programs. I’m not looking at replacing school programs as much as “in addition to” music programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, Terri Schehr said: https://www.dci.org/news/drum-corps-midwest-celebrates-25-years I know Madison pulled out of "local" shows in 76. Apparently that is the era when DCM was born. Remember the back page of Drum Corps World w/ the 40+ show add? Edited August 23, 2018 by IllianaLancerContra bad speling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri Schehr Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Just now, IllianaLancerContra said: I know Madison pulled out of "local" shows in 76. Apparently that is the era when DCM was born. Remember the back page of Drum Corps Digest w/ the 40+ show add? It says 10/77 and the first DCM show was 6/3/78. We were in that show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Just now, Terri Schehr said: It says 10/77 and the first DCM show was 6/3/78. We were in that show. OK mea culpa Never try to do math in public 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri Schehr Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, IllianaLancerContra said: OK mea culpa Never try to do math in public I couldn’t remember either and I was in the show. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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