It’s only fair I come out from under my rock for Mandarins

[cixelsyd]

13 hours ago, perc2100 said:

Heck even in the early 1990's the Iraq war took folks out of drum and bugle corps. 

"Took folks out"?  There was no draft in the 1990s.  

[OldCorpsGuy]

4 minutes ago, cixelsyd said:

"Took folks out"?  There was no draft in the 1990s.  

Maybe some National Guard or Reserve members but I doubt that it took that many out of DCI. 
I will say I had just gotten out of Basic Training and was at the Armed Forces School of Music that summer and a fairly large number of the folks there (including me) were FMMs of various corps. 

[Chief Guns]

2 hours ago, cixelsyd said:

"Took folks out"?  There was no draft in the 1990s.  

I don't want to speak for the poster, but maybe what he/she meant by saying "Took folks out" was maybe the 18-21 year olds who would have marched, chose to enlist and serve, where as if there was never a Gulf War, those kids would have been marching. 

If I am wrong, so be it, but that's how I respectfully interpreted his/her comment.

[Jeff Ream]

2 hours ago, cixelsyd said:

"Took folks out"?  There was no draft in the 1990s.  

no but enlistment was up. DCI even did a piece on the tenor player from Bluecoats who then came back to marching after he was injured in the gulf

[CenterTimp]

I believe he actually marched VK, with a blade prosthesis on one of his lower legs.

[Boss Anova]

20 hours ago, perc2100 said:

 

With the way current US Gov is, I wonder how many non-Americans are thinking twice of doing drum and bugle corps this year.  Seems to be A LOT of hassle just to come to the US from another country

 I suppose that depends on the country. Drum Corps in the US historically have found little hassle for non citizens to come and march US Drum Corps, including last season

[Boss Anova]

On 11/21/2025 at 10:49 AM, cixelsyd said:

True, but it was not the total suspension of drum corps involvement we saw in 1945... or what we would see now if show design appealed to people of all ages (shhhpoken with tongue firmly planted in chhheek).

 True, re.WW2 .... I think the biggest obstacle to marching DCI today is financial, not " show design ". WGI has exploded in both growth of units and numbers of participants, and " show design " seems no impediment to this. I believe there are more participants in sheer numbers marching WGI now, than DCI .

[corps8294]

6 hours ago, Jeff Ream said:

no but enlistment was up. DCI even did a piece on the tenor player from Bluecoats who then came back to marching after he was injured in the gulf

You are correct. He was a tenor drummer from the Bluecoats. His toes were blown off of one of his feet. 

[OldCorpsGuy]

4 hours ago, Boss Anova said:

 I suppose that depends on the country. Drum Corps in the US historically have found little hassle for non citizens to come and march US Drum Corps, including last season

No matter how old they are. Right SCV? lol. 

[Jeff Ream]

On 11/22/2025 at 3:31 PM, Boss Anova said:

 True, re.WW2 .... I think the biggest obstacle to marching DCI today is financial, not " show design ". WGI has exploded in both growth of units and numbers of participants, and " show design " seems no impediment to this. I believe there are more participants in sheer numbers marching WGI now, than DCI .

yes but take scholastic away from WGI, and they're broke.