N.E. Brigand Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 4 hours ago, bluecoats88 said: I am confused why some of the open corps have to go on before some of the Class A corps. doesn't seem fair to the Open corps who are competing with corps that go on after there is a two corps gap. DCA did this last year as well, but not in prior years. DCI forces Open Class corps to go on first in World Class Prelims, but then lets Prelims scores alone decide the order for World Class Semis. As for whether or not it's fair: DCA Open Class corps who don't want to perform before DCA Class A corps ought to score better in the season, no? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 11 hours ago, bluecoats88 said: I am confused why some of the open corps have to go on before some of the Class A corps. doesn't seem fair to the Open corps who are competing with corps that go on after there is a two corps gap. seeded by score. same sheet regardless of Class, and judges can adjust numbers if they need to. We have had A class corps outscore open class corps several times 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 6 hours ago, N.E. Brigand said: DCA did this last year as well, but not in prior years. DCI forces Open Class corps to go on first in World Class Prelims, but then lets Prelims scores alone decide the order for World Class Semis. As for whether or not it's fair: DCA Open Class corps who don't want to perform before DCA Class A corps ought to score better in the season, no? judges can adjust numbers, so an early performance slot isn't the killer people presume 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecoats88 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 18 hours ago, N.E. Brigand said: DCA did this last year as well, but not in prior years. DCI forces Open Class corps to go on first in World Class Prelims, but then lets Prelims scores alone decide the order for World Class Semis. As for whether or not it's fair: DCA Open Class corps who don't want to perform before DCA Class A corps ought to score better in the season, no? so can A class corps make open finals then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 3 minutes ago, bluecoats88 said: so can A class corps make open finals then? Nope, corps declare what class they want to compete in before start of season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 1 hour ago, bluecoats88 said: so can A class corps make open finals then? No, but I don't see what difference that makes. Last year and this year, every Open Class corps in Prelims also appeared/will appear in Finals. - - - - - - - - - - Also, based on Prelims score, a Class A corps can beat out an Open Class corps to become one of DCA's voting members in the following year. Which reminds me of something curious that has nothing to do with classes: DCA gives the power to determine its voting membership... ...to a panel of judges making artistic evaluations. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 2 hours ago, N.E. Brigand said: Which reminds me of something curious that has nothing to do with classes: DCA gives the power to determine its voting membership... ...to a panel of judges making artistic evaluations. Interesting. Until you posted this, I never thought of it that way. Doesn't really matter for the six or seven, maybe eight, corps who are good enough to be pretty much slam-dunk "top 10 at prelims" every year... but to those corps on the bubble, so to speak... Maybe, in case of a close call, a panel of accountants and actuaries could determine the voting membership based on a corps' fiscal stability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Just now, Fran Haring said: Interesting. Until you posted this, I never thought of it that way. Doesn't really matter for the six or seven, maybe eight, corps who are good enough to be pretty much slam-dunk "top 10 at prelims" every year... but to those corps on the bubble, so to speak... Maybe, in case of a close call, a panel of accountants and actuaries could determine the voting membership based on a corps' fiscal stability. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 2 hours ago, N.E. Brigand said: No, but I don't see what difference that makes. Last year and this year, every Open Class corps in Prelims also appeared/will appear in Finals. - - - - - - - - - - Also, based on Prelims score, a Class A corps can beat out an Open Class corps to become one of DCA's voting members in the following year. Which reminds me of something curious that has nothing to do with classes: DCA gives the power to determine its voting membership... ...to a panel of judges making artistic evaluations. And my laughing face was I never thought of it that way either. Having been one of those bubble corps for at least 2 years I can just picture it. Good news is we made top 10 in Open Class. Bad news is we’re not a member of DCA because a Class A Corps has a higher score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 3 hours ago, N.E. Brigand said: No, but I don't see what difference that makes. Last year and this year, every Open Class corps in Prelims also appeared/will appear in Finals. - - - - - - - - - - Also, based on Prelims score, a Class A corps can beat out an Open Class corps to become one of DCA's voting members in the following year. Which reminds me of something curious that has nothing to do with classes: DCA gives the power to determine its voting membership... ...to a panel of judges making artistic evaluations. well...it is DCA.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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