New Open Class Championship location?

[smolowbrass]

Something I noticed from the schedule reveal is the TBD, Midwest for the location OC Championships. Are they not returning to Marion? Are they going back to Michigan City or to a completely different location??

[Algernon]

Kicked out of Marion, moving to (most likely) Dayton, OH

[IllianaLancerContra]

On 11/20/2025 at 5:47 PM, smolowbrass said:

Something I noticed from the schedule reveal is the TBD, Midwest for the location OC Championships. Are they not returning to Marion? Are they going back to Michigan City or to a completely different location??

Michigan City Ames Field is a perfect Drum Corps venue. 

[smolowbrass]

1 minute ago, IllianaLancerContra said:

Michigan City Ames Field is a perfect Drum Corps venue. 

The only drawback is it’s in the Central Time Zone.

[IllianaLancerContra]

29 minutes ago, smolowbrass said:

The only drawback is it’s in the Central Time Zone.

I lived there as a kid - I remember for a while it was on Eastern Time, and the people that commuted to Chicago hated that.  So the northwest corner of Indiana became central time

[wolfgang]

Centerville?

[Galen]

On 11/26/2025 at 1:49 PM, wolfgang said:

Centerville?

That would be some nice compensation for that show's organizers.

What happened that they're leaving Marion?

[smolowbrass]

8 hours ago, Galen said:

What happened that they're leaving Marion?

Probably attendance. Outside of 2019, they barely get half of the stands full.

[MikeN]

On 11/26/2025 at 1:14 PM, IllianaLancerContra said:

Michigan City Ames Field is a perfect Drum Corps venue. 

Lovely stadium in an awful overcrowded location for corps.  Trying to get groups in and out is a jackass mess.

Mike

[Galen]

So, it's February and still nothing announced?