r/drumcorps

This season, I haven’t heard anyone yell “THEY’RE ALWAYS READY” right after “Drum majors, is your corps ready”.

Great job, everyone, keep it up!

Looks like Colts & Pacific Crest are both marching a 6 bass line this year.

Anyone else have a 6 bass line? Is this a developing trend in marching circles? Or is it just a thing that some lines try because they feel like it? I was just curious what motivates a corps to try it out.

With Madison doing 6 bass lines in the 90s it just seemed like their drumline tried things because they thought it would be cool. But nowadays I assume that theres a competitive reason for trying a 6 bass line.

With SCV Cadets coming back next season, I want to hear opinions on the corps in general. Is it a good experience? Is it worth it to march there? Will the 5 year hiatus be hurting the corps for next season? Any other thoughts or opinions would also help.

As someone without much marching experience, I was interested in auditioning at SCVC, but a general consensus would be nice before going in blind.

River City Rhapsody DCI Page

Lineup & Times	All times CT and subject to change
5:30 PM	Gates Open
7:00 PM	Welcome & National Anthem
7:10 PM	Blue Saints - Sudbury, ON
7:20 PM	Sound of Sun Prairie - Sun Prairie, WI
7:32 PM	Govenaires - St. Peter, MN
7:49 PM	River City Rhythm - Anoka, MN
8:06 PM	Madison Scouts - Madison, WI
8:23 PM	Colts - Dubuque, IA
8:40 PM	Intermission
9:00 PM	Troopers - Casper, WY
9:17 PM	The Cavaliers - Rosemont, IL
9:34 PM	Phantom Regiment - Rockford, IL
9:51 PM	Blue Stars - La Crosse, WI
10:08 PM	Encore - Blue Stars
10:16 PM	Scores Announced

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DCI West DCI Page

Lineup & Times	All times PT and subject to change
4:30 PM	Gates Open
5:25 PM	Welcome & National Anthem
5:35 PM	Alisal Union School District Marching Band - Salinas, CA
5:45 PM	Alisal Union School District All-Star Academy - Salinas, CA
5:55 PM	Sacramento Freelancers - Sacramento, CA
6:10 PM	Sparta Ignite - San Jose, CA
6:20 PM	Intermission
6:40 PM	Golden Empire - Bakersfield, CA
6:57 PM	Gold - San Diego, CA
7:14 PM	Impulse - Buena Park, CA
7:31 PM	Blue Devils "C" - Concord, CA
7:48 PM	Blue Devils "B" - Concord, CA
8:05 PM	Intermission
8:40 PM	Seattle Cascades - Seattle, WA
8:57 PM	The Academy - Tempe, AZ
9:14 PM	Bluecoats - Canton, OH
9:31 PM	Santa Clara Vanguard - Santa Clara, CA
9:48 PM	Blue Devils - Concord, CA
10:13 PM	Scores Announced

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i've only been in this activity for 4 years so take this with a grain of salt, and i also want to clarify that i don't think woodwinds should ever go beyond being solo instruments

i see a lot of people pretty mad about this and just wanted to know why, as they're not at all in the main instrumentation and designed to be used sparingly, and we've had other solo instruments be legal for quite some time (guitar, sitar, keytar, harmonica, cello, violin, etc) too.

the main instrumentation is still percussion and three valved, bell front horns. brass instruments that don't fall into that category are used for 1-2 movements at most. so... what's the big deal? did it really change much to legalize these as solo instruments? i understand criticism if the usage doesn't scream "this NEEDED to be a woodwind solo" because that's perfectly valid, but i don't really get being mad for the sake of being mad here

Seeing multiple falls during shows recently, and knowing that's not an uncommon thing, I'm curious what people think about risk in terms of prop design? Do we need to have contras jazz running down 30 degree inclines? Especially when they're on slick, scenic finishes? Not sure if additional rules are the answer, or if that's a slippery slope (pun not intended but happy coincidence). I know that's pretty open ended but things like slope and friction are pretty straightforward ways to reduce falls and hopefully avoid injuries. I'm a bit worried that injury prevention is a case-by-case issue dependent on how far the design team is willing to go for GE, rather than having a ceiling for member safety. Or maybe there are already rules and I'm unaware? Just curious what people think.

*I don't think anyone's intentionally risking safety for points obviously, more questioning if the system rewards risk and what the bounds are

im a new mello player and ive been playing since march, im doing marching band at my school for this upcoming year and i was looking and blue devils has an audition camp near me, ive been really into drum corps and im wondernig if i should start saving up so i can go and maybe what will happen at the audition camp, im also curious about like is it kind of beginner friendly? by november i will have been playing for 8 months so i feel like ill feel ok on mello but not have a ton of experience, my reason to go is more so to learn and get an idea of what drum corps is like so i can see if its something i really want to do so yeah lmk

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edit: So much hate for the clarinet! I think it's good and sounds good. Get used to it folks it's legal!

It’s too early in the season to really know, but there seems to be a really competitive group towards the top this year and it seems that several cores have taken an extra step and have some serious sauce in their show. Based on what y’all are seeing early, do you think this could be one of the best seasons in years?

Anyone grab a recording of the BAC performance? I just missed it

Thought experiment: Corps A’s dues are $6000. Corps B’s dues are $6000. Corps A gets 1st place at Finals. Corps B gets say 15th place at Semis. Can it truly be said that Corps B received an equal value for their money as Corps A did? If not, shouldn’t Corps B get a partial refund?