scheherazadesghost Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 (edited) . Edited June 13, 2023 by scheherazadesghost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWW11 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 I am going to finals this year. Only my second time. I can’t afford to go every year. I stopped going to Allentown as the hill is just too much for me any more, and rain seems to happen at least one night each weekend. I can no longer run for cover hen that happens. Indy eats and steps are easier for me to navigate and more comfortable for my weary bones. I DO still take the day off on Allentown Friday and drive to Hamburg to catch BD rehearse and run through, and then drive back home to watch on TV. I will likely do this until I can’t anymore, or until the shows cease. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Starting around 2001 show design was leaving me behind and I was very anti electronics having seen horrific usage in the band world, so I walked in 04. I went to East in 06 and 08 to see former students and I realized I missed it. So I went back. As I got more involved in indoor I saw how electronics could be used, and show design started engaging me more. still some bad usage and sometimes it seems the judging community needs to take some harder stands on it, but I’m glad I’m back 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri Schehr Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Just now, DWW11 said: I am going to finals this year. Only my second time. I can’t afford to go every year. I stopped going to Allentown as the hill is just too much for me any more, and rain seems to happen at least one night each weekend. I can no longer run for cover hen that happens. Indy eats and steps are easier for me to navigate and more comfortable for my weary bones. I DO still take the day off on Allentown Friday and drive to Hamburg to catch BD rehearse and run through, and then drive back home to watch on TV. I will likely do this until I can’t anymore, or until the shows cease. I hear ya sister. That hill is a beast 🤗🥰 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWW11 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 1 minute ago, Terri Schehr said: I hear ya sister. That hill is a beast 🤗🥰 And the stands are right in the middle, so at some point you DO have to handle it!😂😂🥰 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri Schehr Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 6 minutes ago, DWW11 said: And the stands are right in the middle, so at some point you DO have to handle it!😂😂🥰 Yep. I don’t like those stairs in Indy either with people pushing and shoving. Calm the #### down. You aren’t going to miss anything. (I’ve actually said that, btw. Several times.) I still go though. I do not let them muscle me because I will muscle you right back. Don’t let the older lady look fool you. 😂 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWW11 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 9 minutes ago, Terri Schehr said: Yep. I don’t like those stairs in Indy either with people pushing and shoving. Calm the #### down. You aren’t going to miss anything. (I’ve actually said that, btw. Several times.) I still go though. I do not let them muscle me because I will muscle you right back. Don’t let the older lady look fool you. 😂 And that is where we differ! I absolutely play up the “old, decrepit lady”, because then they don’t push past me quite so much, and they hold doors and carry stuff. Let them think i am feeble! They will be very surprised when they find out i am not! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiga Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 (edited) At 62, I now buy the VERY lower seats at Allentown. Closer to the restrooms AND my once a year funnel cakes. Of course, there still is the souvie mountain to climb...... Edited December 16, 2022 by craiga 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim K Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 I have said more than once “I’m not going to Indy next year” and in early September I decide to go. I don’t think I’ll come to a point where I’ll abandon going to shows, but I may decide to spend my vacation time doing something else. Travel to Indy, the hotel, and tickets adds up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 20 minutes ago, Tim K said: I have said more than once “I’m not going to Indy next year” and in early September I decide to go. I don’t think I’ll come to a point where I’ll abandon going to shows, but I may decide to spend my vacation time doing something else. Travel to Indy, the hotel, and tickets adds up. I said it after 2010, and kept it intact. I’ll take the hill in Allentown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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