George Dixon Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 it's too soon but they should make contingency plans - and April camps should be virtual to keep costs and exposure down prior to end of April is the time to pull the plug - well prior to move ins etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri Schehr Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, oldbandguy said: Not so fast there...BD has NEVER won in a year ending in '20!!! It’s probably going to take a viral plague to stop them, though. 😂 😉 Edited March 17, 2020 by Terri Schehr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabMaster Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 4 hours ago, garfield said: Anyone willing to buy my Friends finals-week tickets if they were for sale? No you are just going to have to eat them if the season is cancelled. It’s just too bad. Time to move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 I see the casino industry is asking Congress for a bailout. Maybe the drum corps industry should do the same. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 13 minutes ago, LabMaster said: No you are just going to have to eat them if the season is cancelled. It’s just too bad. Time to move on. Yep, very true. If I don't sell them first. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg_orangecounty Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 7 hours ago, Phantom56 said: imo, the time has come for DCI to announce the cancellation of the 2020 season. Housing issues alone would be impossible to resolve. Colleges are closing early, and will likely go on lockdown for at least half the summer. High schools as well. Better to announce now, so that the kids have time to make other summer plans. DCI and the corps will survive, and come back strong in 2021. Our activity has weathered many storms over the decades, due largely to the amazing people involved in the drum corps world. This isn't something to be taken lightly. Canceling the entire season isn't a storm DCI has weathered and there's no precedent. There's still time, albeit not much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbandguy Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Terri Schehr said: It’s probably going to take a viral plague to stop them, though. 😂 😉 You mean something like CantonOhioVirus-20 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim K Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 I think DCI has until mid April to make a decision. Right now would seem too reactionary, at least to me. Yes we heard from the White House that it may be July or August, but the CDC says we’ll know more in 8 weeks. However whenever we have discussions about what DCI should or should not do, we are reminded DCI is actually the member corps. We may need to see individual corps cancel their season before DCI makes a move, and judging from corps FB posts and emails I have seen, along with FB posts from instructors, the only corps that has said anything I know of regarding the summer is Guardians who are changing portions of their show. This may be anecdotal and perhaps I’ve missed something. Social media is pretty busy right now. Many corps are being responsible by having April camps online, so I do believe they will make the best decisions regarding the summer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slingerland Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 10 minutes ago, Tim K said: However whenever we have discussions about what DCI should or should not do, we are reminded DCI is actually the member corps. We may need to see individual corps cancel their season before DCI makes a move, and judging from corps FB posts and emails I have seen, along with FB posts from instructors, the only corps that has said anything I know of regarding the summer is Guardians who are changing portions of their show. The member corps are having regular phone confabs among themselves and with DCI - with as quickly as info is moving today, and with summer now being seen as the containment point, I'd be surprised if the directors aren't looking to have a decision on the season for the whole of the activity by early April. There will be too many contracts that would have to be acted on for busses, etc, to let it go much past that, and if there's no strong line up of guaranteed housing sites (which there isn't now, under the circumstances), they won't have much of a choice. That being the case, at this point, the odds of the season happening are decreasing by the hour. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppycock Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 There’s not a whole lot of choices for DCI. The whole touring model will most likely change due to the lack of available housing. The economic impact on families will affect participation as well. There will be major challenges to keep corps regional until Indy. I don’t see this season happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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