DCP NewsFeed Posted January 7 Posted January 7 Rich Stadium, The Ralph, Highmark … Whatever you call it, an era is ending in Orchard Park, New York. With the 2025 NFL regular season in the books, and before the Bills move into new confines next season, we’re looking back at the legendary drum corps buzz of this building. DCI’s Steve Rondinaro reports.View the full article Quote
IllianaLancerContra Posted January 8 Posted January 8 There are lots of stadiums that DCI doesn’t compete in anymore because the tour is in a rut, with all regionals in the same order and all roads leading to Indy 1 Quote
RiverCityAndTroopersFan Posted January 8 Posted January 8 30 minutes ago, IllianaLancerContra said: There are lots of stadiums that DCI doesn’t compete in anymore because the tour is in a rut, with all regionals in the same order and all roads leading to Indy I understand why the tour is shorter, but I don’t understand why that equals less shows. Like there used to be 5 shows in Minnesota and you could do them all in rapid succession now. There are a lot of high schools in the area that wanna host a show but dci won’t give them one. And dci stole away centerville’s show 2 Quote
Jeff Ream Posted January 8 Posted January 8 DCI amd the corps want to control the shows....more $$ for them Quote
perc2100 Posted January 9 Posted January 9 On 1/8/2026 at 6:08 AM, RiverCityAndTroopersFan said: I understand why the tour is shorter, but I don’t understand why that equals less shows. Like there used to be 5 shows in Minnesota and you could do them all in rapid succession now. There are a lot of high schools in the area that wanna host a show but dci won’t give them one. And dci stole away centerville’s show DCI wants to control shows, there are less corps than there used to be thus less corps available for show, it's harder to get housing so some viable show sights might've been discarded because of lack of corps housing, it seems corps are content having more rehearsal days/fewer shows nowadays than they did a few decades ago, etc. Quote
LabMaster Posted January 11 Posted January 11 On 1/9/2026 at 4:13 PM, perc2100 said: DCI wants to control shows, there are less corps than there used to be thus less corps available for show, it's harder to get housing so some viable show sights might've been discarded because of lack of corps housing, it seems corps are content having more rehearsal days/fewer shows nowadays than they did a few decades ago, etc. You can also factor in a safety issue of corps traveling shorter distances between shows. No more 600 mile travel and a couple of jors floor time, a brief rehearsal (maybe), perform, then on to the next show. Oh squeeze in time to eat and shower. Corps have days between shows for most of their tours these days. 2 Quote
cixelsyd Posted January 11 Posted January 11 13 hours ago, LabMaster said: You can also factor in a safety issue of corps traveling shorter distances between shows. No more 600 mile travel and a couple of jors floor time, a brief rehearsal (maybe), perform, then on to the next show. Oh squeeze in time to eat and shower. Corps have days between shows for most of their tours these days. When were corps doing shows 600 miles apart on adjacent days? Quote
LabMaster Posted January 11 Posted January 11 19 minutes ago, cixelsyd said: When were corps doing shows 600 miles apart on adjacent days? A few years ago. It has been a while. Quote
cixelsyd Posted January 11 Posted January 11 27 minutes ago, LabMaster said: A few years ago. It has been a while. Seriously, when or who? Give me an example. Quote
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