glory Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 A good friend of mine donated $15,000 to charity in return for the right to accompany an NFL team on a road trip. He flew on the team plane, stayed in the team hotel, joined the team for meals, etc. For $15,000, he lived a football fantasy. What would you pay for your drum corps fantasy? Would you give the Blue Devils $10,000 to conduct the f-tuning warm-up on the field before a show? Maybe you’d be willing to give $1,000 for the same privilege at practice? I attend as many practices (of different corps) as time and geography allow. I’ve often wondered, for instance, whether an on-the-spot donation of $100 would rate the Cavies ending the brass rehearsal with “I Vow to Thee My Country” just for my enjoyment. Would you pay $100 to be one of just a dozen or so invited inside a circle of SCV horns for “Send in the Clowns”? Is there a price you’d pay to sit in with a given corps for one more chance to play the corps song or even just to take a shot at that year’s program? Be serious – serious about the fantasy, serious about your willingness to pay. If I had a gazillion dollars, of course I’d hand it out in suitcases to corps. But don't I have a gazillion or even a million, so in practical terms my bank account requires that I offer a lot fewer zeros and commas than my heart might desire. Who knows, this might even be a fund-raising opportunity for one or more corps. What would you pay a corps to realize a dream? HH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glory Posted November 21, 2008 Author Share Posted November 21, 2008 Am I the only one thinking this way? HH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayre Kulp Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Hmmm.... as a DM, I suppose I'd really enjoy getting in front of one of those big hornlines to conduct something. Maybe Spirit playing Georgia or Madison doing You'll never Walk Alone. That would get the goosebumps jumping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKW Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 (edited) My dream would be to play Elsa's with Phantom... EDIT: and they would pay ME!! Edited November 21, 2008 by DKW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FluteBoy Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Hey guys ... I'd pay at least $100 if it included 3 meals, a snack, a hot shower and warm bed at the end of the day, and one of those flourescent sequined spandex jumpsuits the color guards always get to run around in! Book 'em Danno! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glory Posted November 21, 2008 Author Share Posted November 21, 2008 Hmmm.... as a DM, I suppose I'd really enjoy getting in front of one of those big hornlines to conduct something. Maybe Spirit playing Georgia or Madison doing You'll never Walk Alone. That would get the goosebumps jumping. Yes, but would you be willing to pay for the experience? How much would you donate? HH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoHmempho04 Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 to stand with the lead euphs at phantom holding a horn playing elsa's and then canon then they circle up around me and my friends and we sit there listening to them play those two songs again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soccerguy315 Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 that would be interesting... if you showed up to a rehearsal, and said you would donate a couple hundred if the corps played their song for you while you sat right in front of the arc... I don't really know how they could turn that down. of course... maybe corps #2 would recruit people to go to corps #1 that they are chasing, and pay them to not rehearse for a few days =P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyboy Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 If I remember correctly, DCI ran "memeber for a day". You could hang with the corps and then marching in the DCI finals parade during finals week. The cost was around $300 and I think they tried it one or two seasons. I don't know if they had any takers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notelvis Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 A good friend of mine donated $15,000 to charity in return for the right to accompany an NFL team on a road trip. He flew on the team plane, stayed in the team hotel, joined the team for meals, etc. For $15,000, he lived a football fantasy.What would you pay for your drum corps fantasy? Would you give the Blue Devils $10,000 to conduct the f-tuning warm-up on the field before a show? Maybe you’d be willing to give $1,000 for the same privilege at practice? I attend as many practices (of different corps) as time and geography allow. I’ve often wondered, for instance, whether an on-the-spot donation of $100 would rate the Cavies ending the brass rehearsal with “I Vow to Thee My Country” just for my enjoyment. Would you pay $100 to be one of just a dozen or so invited inside a circle of SCV horns for “Send in the Clowns”? Is there a price you’d pay to sit in with a given corps for one more chance to play the corps song or even just to take a shot at that year’s program? Be serious – serious about the fantasy, serious about your willingness to pay. If I had a gazillion dollars, of course I’d hand it out in suitcases to corps. But don't I have a gazillion or even a million, so in practical terms my bank account requires that I offer a lot fewer zeros and commas than my heart might desire. Who knows, this might even be a fund-raising opportunity for one or more corps. What would you pay a corps to realize a dream? HH My fantasy usually begins (and ends) with "If I ever win the lottery I think I'd like to start a drum corps........" So many of these other great things I've already experienced simply from years of being on tour in various staff and support staff roles........like conducting backfield warmups in big stadiums......not for the Blue Devils no but for another super-entertaining legitimate DI corps......or being there when after a 4th of July parade the Madison and Santa Clara hornlines each formed half of a big circle and played.........Santa Clara doing 'Clowns' and Madison following with 'Ice Castles'.......I'd have driven a horn bus 3,000 miles to be there that day. Actually, that's exactly how I got to be there that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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