garfield Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 1 minute ago, JimF-LowBari said: Ok what in your opinion has tested drum corps more than this. During the depression and WWII local Posts and Scouts, etc were able to keep small local corps going. Plus there were always parades, rallies, etc that corps could perform in. Enjoy researching corps history back to 1920 and can’t think of any time when corps could not perform. Bb horns and grounded tympani? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpbobcat Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 (edited) 44 minutes ago, garfield said: OMGosh, think of all the economic, geopolitical, environmental, national security, and sociological changes that drum corps has survived! "Nothing like this..."? Please, calm down You're overreacting. We've been through much worse than this as a country and as a hobby to think this is going to somehow drastically change the activity. How does that song go? "We will survive..."? I didn't say "drum corps". I specifically said that DCI has never had to deal with any thing like this. Maybe you can think of something that had this kind of national impact,since DCI was founded. I can't Edited March 22, 2020 by rpbobcat 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 7 minutes ago, garfield said: Bb horns and grounded tympani? On a scale of 1-10 a minus 1 to what may happen soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BoaDci Posted March 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2020 Contracted for my third season of World Class, pretty much everyone I have talked to wishes for the cancellation of the season. I am fine with reevaluating another week or so, but they need to act. Everyone understands the situation, that the season cannot go on under these circumstances. It just is what it is. The Olympics, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS- all have changed their schedules. Any sort of a move to shorten tour will only provide worse show quality, and more importantly, a worse member experience. Build contingency plans for corps' survival, get a refund out to everyone, and extend eligibility another year. This needs to be done as quickly as they can to work out logistics. No matter what they do now, we already know that attendance at DCI events will be down. I'm open for discussion, it's been a while since I've been on here. 12 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 5 minutes ago, rpbobcat said: I didn't say "drum corps". I specifically said that DCI has never had to deal with any thing like this. Maybe you can think of something that had this kind of national impact,since DCI was founded. I can't OK, but DCI is the drum corps. I thought that was widely known. If you can't name anything more impactful than this, and presuming your age and memory are like mine, then there's nothing I can say that will convince you otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTNK Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 4 hours ago, George Dixon said: “It’s time because something else might be postponed” ok gotcha - not the strongest argument I’ve ever heard I will flip that around and say “what’s the rush?” let the picture play out another ten days or so then pull the plug if needed Always defer to the powers in charge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg_orangecounty Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 I'm rolling my eyes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoaDci Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 25 minutes ago, greg_orangecounty said: I'm rolling my eyes. why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HockeyDad Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Major League Baseball hasn’t canceled yet. They start earlier. I expect them to cancel. Same for DCI, a few months down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slingerland Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, HockeyDad said: Major League Baseball hasn’t canceled yet. They start earlier. I expect them to cancel. Same for DCI, a few months down the road. MLB has postponed opening day until sometime in June, at last report. Given that their season runs until late September, not sure they'd be too quick to cancel the whole thing. Edited March 22, 2020 by Slingerland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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