Sutasaurus Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said: if you don't like it, you don't have to follow it then go online and complain. The regional model has passed. you can't plan financially for a season where you don't know what your end game is I’m sorry Mr. Ream, you’re wrong on this point. I may not care for the direction of today’s show design but I love drum corps. So much so, that I’m offering my ideas on how to get more people involved in the activity. Please don’t speak for me and I’ll afford you the same courtesy. Best regards, Suta Edited September 14, 2019 by Sutasaurus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 5 minutes ago, Continental said: I would have thought you would come up with a better response than that. well to be honest, i didn't feel like being banned today 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Continental Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Just now, Jeff Ream said: well to be honest, i didn't feel like being banned today Have you ever been banned with the multitude of posts you have on here? Most really don't say anything offensive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Just now, Continental said: Have you ever been banned with the multitude of posts you have on here? Most really don't say anything offensive. suspended once, had a post or 20 removed. but fighting a cold, and irriitable today, so i choose carefully before i type Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandandl Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 1 minute ago, Jeff Ream said: suspended once, had a post or 20 removed. but fighting a cold, and irriitable today, so i choose carefully before i type and you get credit (today) for your prudence. 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Continental Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 1 minute ago, Jeff Ream said: suspended once, had a post or 20 removed. but fighting a cold, and irriitable today, so i choose carefully before i type Someone like you with the experience you have on this board is the last person I would expect that response from. So it must be the cold taking over your body and making you a completely different person than you usually are. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dans Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 48 minutes ago, kdaddy said: Imagine hopping on a message board and deciding to post this while also thinking that it's something other than moronic and shameful. It's moronic to insult someone for having an opinion other than yours. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mingusmonk Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Who would of thought that the bloodsport of public hiring and firings wouldn't be enough to satiate the beast that is summoned by this annual ritual? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUARDLING Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Sutasaurus said: Perhaps the word circus was a bit harsh. Let’s go for spectacle instead. I mean no disrespect to the basic tenets of drum corps. Hard work, discipline, working in a group environment are all key take always for students and instructors alike. I’ll try this again.... if travel, insurances, food, vehicles, fuel, horns, drums, costumes/uniforms aren’t expensive enough,corps are piling on more debt by adding amplification, props, theme changes every year just to stay relevant. I’m a proponent of bagging the puffery and placing music and marching performance back in the members’ control. More of a grassroots approach to drum corps. There still is plenty of creative opportunity with drill color and music to entertain the masses. I’m speaking for myself as a fan, but I get the feeling I’m not alone here. If a regional model can put more groups(SoundSport) on the field. I’m all for it! Do you really believe regionally will attract the support, the members and will change cost that much? Take a bus out for even a few days is many thousands of dollars, feeding people does not change unless you are sending them home like 40 years ago, costuming/uniforms wont change . Staff cost, no change. As for show types, these kids love what they are doing and want nothing less, as we did BITD. AS I said these members today have way more choices than we did as young people and they are just not looking for something to do. Is cost crazy to march in Drum Corps , YES it is BUT what activity can you go away for 3 months, food and transportation for 3 months, instruction, costuming, equipment etc etc for the cost. Being a dancing little bumble Bee in a little kids dance recital is also over the top these days and the cost of 1 dance number for 1 performance can be more than uniforms for a season for a MM. Welcome to 2019 I do believe ( as you said )you may see in addition to what we have now an evolution ( which has started ) ( Sound sport Type ) whether it's on a field or not I'll reserve my opinions on that at the moment. I do believe though it may not be what you might be thinking. Don't get me wrong, there is a part of me who misses times that were much more simple BUT a fantasy on many of the 2019 realities of life makes me respect and even miss sometimes the past but to move forward and be prepared interests me more . For me this is just not for drum corps but most things. Of course that's what works for me and doesn't mean it has to be for others. Thanks for your views , opinions and conversation. Edited September 14, 2019 by GUARDLING 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUARDLING Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 2 hours ago, dans said: Seems as though the future of drum corps and the free world hinges on the LGBTQ community...very strange. Always has...they just hid it BITD...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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