OhioStateTad Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 From dci.org: The Kiwanis Kavaliers Drum Corps regretfully announces our decision to withdraw from the 2006 Drum Corps International Summer Tour. At our most recent quarterly evaluation of the organization, it was agreed that the challenges surrounding the upcoming summer tour outweighed the corps beliefs, goals and values. In recent weeks, key staff and some membership have left the organization and acted independently when making what they considered to be a good decision for themselves, which unfortunately weakened the entire team. Although the Kavaliers have been persistent to field a corps over the past 35 consecutive years, and have overcome numerous obstacles, with only weeks to go before the beginning of the season the organization feels that the decision to forge ahead without a strong team of designers and educators would be less than acceptable for our membership. The Kavaliers will not participate in the DCI competitive tour, however, 35th Anniversary plans and performances will continue throughout the year as planned. Executive Director Doug Darwin stated, "The Kavaliers are NOT folding and NOT going in-active, in fact we are just regrouping for the future. Our management team's efforts will be focused immediately on finding homes (other organizations) for the committed members, volunteers, and staff whose ambition is to participate on the DCI tour this summer". The Kavaliers organization will continue to support the activity and others involved in the 2006 Summer events, however they have cancelled the two DCI exhibition shows which the corps was going to run in the early season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTBOmike Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Sad Day for my drum corps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_S Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 ####, that's a shame to hear. At least on the bright side, it sounds like the organization is making a smart, if difficult, decision. Hopefully a year to regroup stabilizes some things and they can come back better than ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROO Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Sad, sad day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-PhIvE Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 :( WE ARE ONE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awesome Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 thats very sad... they were the first drum corps i ever saw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinny Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Sas to hear that Kiwanis is not fielding this year.. hoping you will be back next yer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WindsorGman Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Yes, it's always sad to see the number of corps dwindle. Good point!! The management were smart enough to realize before spending countless dollars, that the corps would not benefit from touring. The fact that you are still active, even if its on a regional or local scale, shows great wisdom. . If more corps said "Hey we can't produce a viable product and keep the budget in reach", we may have more corps with us today. The sucess of a corps is not determined by the ability to go to DCI, it is the ability to continue providing a solid based youth activity. Good luck and a speedy return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMBob Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 It's such a shame to see this happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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