cixelsyd Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 11 hours ago, KVG_DC said: It was 16 and a rabbit that made a bad choice to cross the road on a Sunday evening after youth group. I park the car and come into the house and I must have looked in shock or something because mom sees me and, "OH WHAT'S WRONG WHAT HAPPENED?" "I......I......I hit a rabbit." "oh thank god I thought it was something serious." "MOM, I KILLED IT" The rabbit? Or the car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 3 hours ago, ykw said: I'm curious to see where in Reading this show will be. Wilson? Exeter? I know it won't be Muhlenberg because that school has a grass field. Wilson is better suited, but my hunch is Exeter. Governer Mifflin wouldn't work. Albright oof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DrumCorpsRadio Posted November 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 18, 2023 (edited) WORLD CLASS The 2024 DCI Tour kicks off on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, in Rockford, Michigan and concludes on Saturday, August 10, 2024, in Indianapolis, Indiana. In between, there will be 38 days with World Class corps in competition, an increase of one day from 2023, but a decrease of 7 days from the last pre-COVID tour in 2019 and 6 days from the scheduled 2020 tour. Key Match-Ups Blue Devils, Bluecoats, and Carolina Crown were the top 3 finishers in 2023. Boston Crusaders and The Cadets rounded out the Top 5. In 2022, Santa Clara Vanguard was in this Top 5 group instead of The Cadets. Mandarins joined the Top 6 in 2023, a spot rounded out by The Cadets in 2022. Let’s see when these corps first come together this season. Note: The Cadets will not be participating in the 2024 season. June 28th - Carolina Crown meets Boston Crusaders head-to-head at its first show in Muncie, Indiana. Blue Devils and Mandarins open their seasons in San Diego. June 29th - A Blue Devils - Santa Clara Vanguard match-up comes to us for the first time on June 29th in Los Angeles and should give us a quick hint at whether Vanguard is returning from a year off the competition circuit as a medalist contender or not. Keep in mind that other than not competing in 2023, SCV has not placed outside the Top 5 since 2011 (6th). Mandarins are also at this show. July 2nd - Bluecoats debut in Mason, Ohio with Boston Crusaders and Carolina Crown at the same show. July 16th - Blue Devils, Bluecoats, Boston Crusaders, Carolina Crown, and Mandarins are all at Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. July 20th - All World Class corps meet head-to-head in San Antonio. The 7-12 spots have been filled with Blue Knights, Blue Stars,The Cavaliers, Colts, Phantom Regiment, and Troopers the last two competitive seasons. All of these top 12 corps will meet for the first (and only) time prior to Indy in San Antonio on July 20. The corps on the cusp here are likely Crossmen (#13 in 2022 and 2023), Madison Scouts (#16 in 2023 and #15 in 2022), Pacific Crest (#14 in 2023 and #19 in 2022), and Spirit of Atlanta (#15 in 2023). Year-Over-Year Comparison Jersey Surf is engaging in a more traditional two-phase tour in 2022. As a result, the corps will not make its way to San Antonio. Combined with the alteration to what was the DCI Southeastern Championship in Atlanta this year, all 22 World Class corps do not compete on the same night until they arrive in Indianapolis. 2019 2020 2022 2023 2024 Days with World Class corps in competition 45 44 41 37 38 # of times when all World Class corps compete on the same day 4 (7/13 - DeKalb, Denver, Memphis; 7/20 - San Antonio, 7/27 - Atlanta; 8/8 - Indianapolis) 4 (7/12 - Denver & St. Louis; 7/18 - San Antonio; 7/25 - Atlanta; 8/6 - Indianapolis) 1 (8/11 - Indianapolis) 2 (7/22 - San Antonio & Sewell; 8/10 - Indianapolis) 4 (7/13 - Clifton, Ft. Collins, Little Rock, Northern IL; 7/20 - San Antonio; 8/5 - Canton, Edinboro, Pittsburgh; 8/8 - Indianapolis) Colts lead the way with 23 scheduled appearances followed by Carolina Crown, The Cavaliers, Madison Scouts, and Mandarins with 22 scheduled appearances. Jersey Surf has the fewest scheduled shows at 14 followed by Genesis at 15 and Bluecoats, Music City, and Spirit of Atlanta at 17. Carolina Crown added the most shows over 2023 with three while three corps decreased by three shows (The Academy, Blue Stars, and Genesis). There are no corps scheduled to appear at more shows than they were scheduled to have in 2020 prior to the season cancellation. Bluecoats have decreased the most (-11 shows) while Pacific Crest decreased the least (-2 shows). Please note that the numbers below include only Thursday of Indy and represent the schedules as they were initially released each year. They do not necessarily reflect the final schedules. Scheduled Competitions (including Day 1 in Indy) 2018 2019 2020 2022 2023 2024 2024 vs. 2023 The Academy 26 25 25 21 21 18 -3 Blue Devils 24 25 23 18 19 19 0 Blue Knights 27 23 24 22 18 20 +2 Blue Stars 28 29 29 24 24 21 -3 Bluecoats 30 29 28 20 17 17 0 Boston Crusaders 30 25 26 20 20 20 0 Carolina Crown 27 25 26 19 19 22 +3 The Cavaliers 29 28 29 26 22 22 0 Colts 29 28 28 23 21 23 +2 Crossmen 28 24 27 21 19 18 -1 Genesis 24 21 23 21 18 15 -3 Jersey Surf 20 20 21 14 12 14 +2 Madison Scouts 26 26 27 21 22 22 0 Mandarins 25 25 26 24 21 22 +1 Music City 21 24 25 21 17 17 0 Pacific Crest 23 21 22 19 21 20 -1 Phantom Regiment 30 28 28 23 22 21 -1 Santa Clara Vanguard 25 25 24 20 0 19 +19 Seattle Cascades 20 18 21 21 18 18 0 Spirit of Atlanta 27 24 26 0 17 17 0 Troopers 27 26 24 20 20 19 -1 Genesis will wait an entire week longer to join the DCI tour in 2024 compared to 2023 while Jersey Surf is going in the opposite direction thanks to the new combined shows with All Age corps. Seattle Cascades (5 days earlier) and Troopers (9 days later) also have significantly different start dates this coming summer. Days after season opening show when first competition occurs 2019 2020 2022 2023 2024 The Academy 1 1 0 3 5 Blue Devils 1 1 1 3 2 Blue Knights 8 8 8 9 9 Blue Stars 0 0 4 0 0 Bluecoats 0 0 4 7 6 Boston Crusaders 0 0 4 3 0 The Cadets 0 8 8 3 n/a Carolina Crown 0 0 7 2 2 The Cavaliers 1 0 4 2 0 Colts 3 3 7 0 0 Crossmen 3 0 4 9 9 Genesis 8 8 9 9 16 Jersey Surf 12 12 8 23 17 Madison Scouts 3 2 8 3 3 Mandarins 1 1 0 3 2 Music City 4 4 8 7 9 Pacific Crest 8 8 0 3 3 Phantom Regiment 0 3 4 0 0 Santa Clara Vanguard 1 2 0 n/a 3 Seattle Cascades 15 14 14 14 9 Spirit of Atlanta 4 5 n/a 10 9 Troopers 1 3 14 0 9 Longest stretch of “no show” days 2019 2020 2022 2023 2024 The Academy 5 4 5 4 3 Blue Devils 5 5 5 3 4 Blue Knights 2 3 2 2 2 Blue Stars 3 3 2 3 3 Bluecoats 3 3 5 5 5 Boston Crusaders 4 3 3 4 4 The Cadets 2 8 4 2 n/a Carolina Crown 5 4 6 5 4 The Cavaliers 4 4 2 4 4 Colts 2 2 2 4 3 Crossmen 3 2 4 4 2 Genesis 4 3 3 3 2 Jersey Surf 2 2 14 2 4 Madison Scouts 2 2 2 3 3 Mandarins 4 4 8 3 4 Music City 2 2 2 3 3 Pacific Crest 4 8 7 4 4 Phantom Regiment 3 3 3 3 3 Santa Clara Vanguard 4 4 5 n/a 3 Seattle Cascades 6 2 3 2 4 Spirit of Atlanta 4 2 4 3 3 Troopers 4 5 2 5 3 Edited November 19, 2023 by DrumCorpsRadio corrected 2024 to 2023 comparison # for Bluecoats 8 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSnareDrummer Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 Nice work as always, DCR. Wow, 30 shows down to 17. $5000 dues just doesn't go as far as it used to. Of course, neither does $4 at Taco Bell. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim K Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Last evening (Saturday November 18th) I was at the Alumni show in Plymouth, MA. It’s a standstill show that’s a good reason to get together. Much of the talk was about the 2024 tour. Many feel bad there is only one show in the Boston area, but wish it was in June or July rather than August. Many of these same folks go to Allentown and enjoy seeing the early shows and the progress from June until August. It also struck me that it is generational. The older alums, 75 and before liked the earlier show, 76 and after the August. Not sure what that means. Maybe it has to do with being out late on a Thursday and driving to Allentown the next day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss Anova Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 (edited) On 11/18/2023 at 5:03 PM, OldSnareDrummer said: Nice work as always, DCR. Wow, 30 shows down to 17. $5000 dues just doesn't go as far as it used to. Of course, neither does $4 at Taco Bell. I was looking at the Cadets shows and travels in 2011 . That was their DCI Championship winning season with the theme “ Angels and Demons “. The Cadets had 35 competition shows that season . Their travels took them to coast to coast that season . They had season shows in California , Washington state , Oregon , Colorado , idaho , New Mexico , Texas , Oklahoma , Midwest states , southern states , then all the way up to New England , then back thru to Allentown , on to Indy . It was pretty impressive for them to win with such a challenging tour . Those that followed DCI that season know that their drill required a lot of marching and much of it high velocity too . Cadets actually were finishing 3rd in some early shows . But despite the extensive travel requirements and really not that much practice time with the 35 shows that season , they peaked at Championships and won all 3 shows there . Now some of the recent Top 6 Corps will be in about half the number of shows in 2024 than the Cadets ( and other Corps did ) about a decade ago . All this said , Corps now here a decade later are facing higher transportation and housing costs , and other increased costs that makes being prudent with their numbers of shows and travels a wide decision in these challenging economic times , imo . Edited November 20, 2023 by Boss Anova 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 2 hours ago, Tim K said: Last evening (Saturday November 18th) I was at the Alumni show in Plymouth, MA. It’s a standstill show that’s a good reason to get together. Much of the talk was about the 2024 tour. Many feel bad there is only one show in the Boston area, but wish it was in June or July rather than August. Many of these same folks go to Allentown and enjoy seeing the early shows and the progress from June until August. It also struck me that it is generational. The older alums, 75 and before liked the earlier show, 76 and after the August. Not sure what that means. Maybe it has to do with being out late on a Thursday and driving to Allentown the next day. more likely the younger alums want to see more finished shows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabMaster Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 3 hours ago, Tim K said: Last evening (Saturday November 18th) I was at the Alumni show in Plymouth, MA. It’s a standstill show that’s a good reason to get together. Much of the talk was about the 2024 tour. Many feel bad there is only one show in the Boston area, but wish it was in June or July rather than August. Many of these same folks go to Allentown and enjoy seeing the early shows and the progress from June until August. It also struck me that it is generational. The older alums, 75 and before liked the earlier show, 76 and after the August. Not sure what that means. Maybe it has to do with being out late on a Thursday and driving to Allentown the next day. Being at the show Thursday night then heading down to Allentown for Friday, would help them relive touring road travel. Bring back some old road memories. That could take care of the “good old days” thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Lancer Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 I believe what the truncated tour, much fewer shows and economic realities are telling me is corps have decided that IAAI. (It’s all about Indy) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSnareDrummer Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 10 hours ago, Boss Anova said: All this said , Corps now here a decade later are facing higher transportation and housing costs , and other increased costs that makes being prudent with their numbers of shows and travels a wide decision in these challenging economic times , imo . Not only that, I personally am much more prudent with my taco budget. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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