JUSTJOSH Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Housing together happens A LOT in DIV II/III. In 2005, we housed with a corps at pretty much every show. for the first few, we were with three corps. we didn't ever share support staff though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rai-mello Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 (edited) Housing together happens A LOT in DIV II/III. [\quote]Yeah. This past summer with Raiders, we housed with Teal Sound in Dayton, Ohio and BDB was in the same facility but different building. Then for Finals week, we housed with Impulse, which was quite awkward because the showers were small and there was limited field space but we got along quite well. Edited November 11, 2006 by rai-mello Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrillyMello Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Housing together happens A LOT in DIV II/III. In 2005, we housed with a corps at pretty much every show. for the first few, we were with three corps. we didn't ever share support staff though. I remember that. It was great to tour with all of my friends from the other corps even if I wasn't marching with them B) It was just too bad that we didn't combine to make one large caravan cause as they say, two heads are better than one (especially with awkward directions lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianDirector Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 As was stated before, this has been done, to my personal experience on a smaller scale. A plan like this can work, however to actually share alot of resources, may be logistically a lot more difficult than it sounds, I do believe that if some of the smaller corps wish to succeed and strive (not cometitively but from an operational and administrational standpoint) formering "partnerships" such as sharing resources is the wave of the future. An open and honest administration team can make this work and make it beneficial for the membership. But if not sharing resources while on tour, what about buying in bulk, equipment, food, fuel etc.....In my professional career this is what the smaller independent firms have done, banded together, arrange a purchase agreement with a large supplier and share the savings among the participants in that program. A large organization is more likely to offer a reduced rate for goods and services to a larger group than individually to several smaller ones. Companies that deal in volume are a great target to start. Obviously some logistics would make it impossible to merge two organizations NOT competitively, but administratively without a lot of planning and communication, something that without those two things is only destined to fail. I would gladly offer any assistance to corps that were trying to put a combined tour/operations together, sort of a third party level headed referee if you will, perhaps there are others with experience that are not active with any particular group who only want to see the drum corps community thrive that we could call on to offer assistance.......so.....if you are out there, let the corps know you would be willing to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suviduvi Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 advise to suvie people. only take your top items that sell 80% of your money, leave the suvie booth and tow vehicle at home and operate from a pop up tent, and a rental van in Los Angeles. you will save at least $3000.00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumcat Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 OK, just to ask... if you were going to plan this, why not merge the corps anyhow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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