OldSnareDrummer Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 8 minutes ago, cixelsyd said: Since no one was responding, I posted some ideas to help start the discussion. Those are some pretty good ideas. (seriously, many are) I might have thrown in car washes, tag days and opening up an Indian casino. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbc03 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Doesn't have to be full USSBA levels, but hosting some local marching band shows seems like something that is in the wheelhouse of most corps. Not sure how much revenue comes out of one though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWW11 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 2 hours ago, LabMaster said: There are several ideas, good ones too, but some folks need details on how to go about putting it in action. Some folks get stuck and can’t get off square 1. Like how to you find grant opportunities. Where is that information? Where do you find pro grant writers. Where can you learn to write grants. There must be people who have experience in this. This is going to sound snarky but i mean it with all due respect. If i wanted to find someone to talk to about writing/getting grants, i would simply start on the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 1 hour ago, dbc03 said: Doesn't have to be full USSBA levels, but hosting some local marching band shows seems like something that is in the wheelhouse of most corps. Not sure how much revenue comes out of one though a well run show depending on the venue rented, how many bands you get, and how organized the show committee is can make 10-15k. work to get donations from the community for food. sell a ton of ads for your QR code program. don't go gonzo on trophies. in my years administrating for a local circuit, the hosts were beyond organized, and made money even on bad weather days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri Schehr Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 3 hours ago, OldSnareDrummer said: Those are some pretty good ideas. (seriously, many are) I might have thrown in car washes, tag days and opening up an Indian casino. Someone gave me $20 at a tag day in 1972 in Skokie. That was a lot of money back then. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSnareDrummer Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Terri Schehr said: Someone gave me $20 at a tag day in 1972 in Skokie. That was a lot of money back then. We used to love tag days. Always held them at Sears. The snack bar stand in Sears had the best hot dogs with Cheeze Whiz. Yummy. Edited October 20, 2023 by OldSnareDrummer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg_orangecounty Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Because most of us were local to Anaheim we did a TON of pay-for-play gigs all year; Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm, Angels Baseball, a couple Hollywood jobs, and local parades. Less glamorous jobs were car dealership and shopping center openings. We all hated those but it kept the money flowing. I understand in modern drum corps most kids are not local to the community? That's too bad as it eliminates a significant revenue stream potential. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gantang Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 (edited) On 10/19/2023 at 11:00 AM, LabMaster said: Reach out for corporate sponsors; DRUM CORPS IS A NON-ENTITY IN THE GRAND SCHEME* You are clearly passionate, and I will not poo-poo your post, but I have some interesting (I hope) insight into this portion. First of all, there has to be a benefit to the corporation. Bill Cook was an outlier because he became passionate about the activity, AND he could write the check on his own volition. The marketing budgets for most companies are one of the smallest budget lines. If a corps can't demonstrate a strong ROI, the company has no incentive. My wife is a CEO and her marketing department is inundated by organizations with their hands held out looking for donations. The local United Way reached out their hand yesterday, but the 2023 community giving coffers are empty. There can be no more giving until January. There is a finite amount of money to be spread around. *I was at a dinner earlier this year with the CEO of a $1.5 billion financial institution in a city with a DCI corps. I asked her if she was familiar with the organization. She wasn't, and she had never heard of drum corps. I explained the activity a bit and told her that her city arguably has the premier drum corps in the activity. The CEO's financial institution is in Concord. Concord only has 126,000 people and Blue Devils has been on the major drum corps map since 1973. That's 50 years of publicity that the Devils have brought to Concord, yet they are not even a blip on the radar in their home city. Imagine how insignificant corps are to communities around the country. Corporate sponsorship is a pipe dream. Edited October 21, 2023 by Gantang 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSnareDrummer Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Wow, the BD story is a little hard to imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gantang Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 (edited) 31 minutes ago, OldSnareDrummer said: Wow, the BD story is a little hard to imagine. I was shocked, especially since BD has so many opportunities for Concord kids. It just shows how niche the activity is. EDIT: The CEO has been at that financial since 2004. That's almost 20 years IN Concord. It's not like she's a newbie in Concord. Edited October 20, 2023 by Gantang 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.