Jeff Ream Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 4 hours ago, IllianaLancerContra said: Sorry for trying to think up a way to increase number of participating units so regionalization could be viable. the passion is noble. the reality of what schools can and will do isnt there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOC Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 38 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said: sure bands rehearse...maybe once a week til band camp. directors and staff have lives. And some of these folks' lives are involved with the DCI season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keystone3ply Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 49 minutes ago, Terri Schehr said: Incoming Started to say I'm officially closing this topic but I forgot that I don't have that power. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cixelsyd Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 20 hours ago, MikeD said: Better approach is to allow woodwinds in drum corps. Been saying that for decades. Adding woodwinds would not cut costs. (Who do you complain to when a moderator posts off-topic?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cixelsyd Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 On 10/16/2023 at 2:52 PM, 2muchcoffeeman said: Or you can look at the modern front ensemble as the kind of performance group that young people audition by the thousands to participate in. By the thousands? If we did this based on auditionee demand, then every corps would field 80 battery and 20 horns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cixelsyd Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 On 10/16/2023 at 11:58 PM, Jeff Ream said: so how did they do it in the past putting out killer shows without moving in in May and just rehearsing for 6 weeks? By recruiting locally, so that there was no waiting for a "move-in" before show preparations could begin in earnest. (And to be honest, also by repeating half your show from the previous year.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 14 minutes ago, cixelsyd said: Adding woodwinds would not cut costs. (Who do you complain to when a moderator posts off-topic?) correct. maintenance costs has been mentioned time and again as the big reason why it's not been approved. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 10 minutes ago, cixelsyd said: By recruiting locally, so that there was no waiting for a "move-in" before show preparations could begin in earnest. (And to be honest, also by repeating half your show from the previous year.) even past the days of repeating half the show this still happened and you had people flying around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted October 18, 2023 Author Share Posted October 18, 2023 55 minutes ago, cixelsyd said: By the thousands? If we did this based on auditionee demand, then every corps would field 80 battery and 20 horns. Thousands - All depends where you put the decimal point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 6 hours ago, cixelsyd said: Adding woodwinds would not cut costs. (Who do you complain to when a moderator posts off-topic?) This in response to the person who mentioned having HS bands march DCI but no WW allowed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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