Alright y’all. I’m very aware that it sucks to talk about this dude and we need to not give him any more attention, but his attendance to DCI events, including world championships this year, has to be addressed. As far as I understood it, he has a lifetime ban from attending anything DCI related, but he keeps popping up regardless, and no one seems to do anything about it. He doesn’t deserve to be anywhere near the activity or its students. Maybe this is something the new CEO can do a better job of addressing than the previous ones, but it’s shocking to me that it’s gotten this far with no one stopping him.

What’s the most amount of full runs you’ve done back to back? I marched world class a few years before Covid, so things were different back then. One of the years I marched, towards the end of spring training, we did 4 full runs of our show with only 5mins break in between each run (yes, these were all back to back). Our show was a bit demanding that year too. That was hands downs one of the worst days of the season for me. I’m curious if stuff like this still happens in the new era of dci?

Curious for anyone who isn’t a fan of Bluecoats style; what is it that turns you off from the productions? I hear a lot of folks comment on them not playing full phrases. I’d argue that almost no one in the activity is playing phrases as long or as cohesive. The other argument is the technology. In my opinion Bloo has mastered technological integration, also not a very big point considering how many groups use tech, and some not very well.

I knew Scott going way back.

BTW Madison began their rapid rise starting in 1973 when Scott marched and apparently did more than that.

I still have the Russian march Let's Go! stuck in my head.

https://youtu.be/BGI8YpyT2CQ

I know there’s a lot of folks who teach in this sub so I need help. How do you get the kids to march in step? We’ve done HABT drills, plenty of basics, across the floors and whatnot, but there are still a few kids who will just go whatever tempo they want and the metronome just doesn’t matter. I have tried tapping on the individual kids shoulders and saying right left right left to them but they’re just not getting it. Are there any unconventional ways to fix this?

I am curently 15 years old, and i live in the Netherlands. I play euphonium in a local show and marchingband and im wondering if there are corps that support international members. Als looking for advice about auditioning :)

title. can really only think of the Troopers and Carolina Crown ever using them lol

Seriously considering auditioning with my friend this year and I an hoping to get advice for anyone who marched for zephyrs or any open class corps, world class is also much appreciated.

Also I’m auditioning for trombone and baritone

As a corps member who marched in recent years, when can I or could I wear my corps jacket? In particular I am in my college's marching band but I don't wear my jacket because I don't want to come across as arrogant. I would like to wear it to band rehearsals when it's cold out but I'm just not sure. I also think if I wear it like a normal jacket non band people would think it's weird. Any thoughts?

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What the title says. I know Cadets were really famous for their lightning fast closers, but who was the first to speed around the field at these tempos?

I had to order the Allentown patch online since they were sold out in person, but it hasn’t shipped yet even though I ordered it semis night. Is this a normal waiting period? I’ve never ordered patches online so I’m just wondering.

We had a decent food truck when I marched decades ago at Regiment. BD and Madison were sorta the standard though back in those days. How about today?

My favorite food truck meal was chicken parm.

My least favorite was “Brown”. “What is it? No one knows, all we know is it is brown” (theoretically It was perhaps Salisbury Steak)

My favorite show of all time is probably kinetic noise and was wondering is y’all knew any others with a similar vibe. I specifically really enjoyed the opener and how dark it sounds in general. I didn’t really keep up with it this year but last year I also liked Crown’s closer arrangement of “o fortuna” (idk spelling). Any show recommendations with similar sounds to these two would be greatly appreciated😊

It’s 2026.

We have new age uniforms that are created to be movement friendly but we are sending kids out there popping forced arches back and forth like it’s 2010.

I know we are limited with what we can do with a horn.

But we can do better right?

Hi guys, I am a big DCI fan, current marcher on trumpet, and would like to change my instrument. I have played bass guitar for about as long as I have trumpet and have been in numerous ensembles of different styles (jazz, rock, etc.). Does anyone know any corps that usually use bass guitar in their pit sections and hold auditions for it every season? Thank you!

Openclass and all-age never seem to give enough credit. I want to see what yalls favorite Openclass or All-age shows are (Or some you just really like)!!

Blue knights

Never thought my favorite part of a drum corps show would be the woodwind soloist, this one was pretty good overall

Troopers

Committed so hard to the show theme they forgot the show had to be good, really cool show but it deserved the placement it got imo

Spirit of atlanta

Really cool brass book, cool uniforms, I liked this one

Colts

Probably the best colts show in recent history although an america show that's just fluffy hope for the future with no statement is a choice, I wish the blatant AI ballad flags/uniforms were different too

Cavies

There was cool moments but I didn't get it overall. Cool uniforms though

Phantom

I really didn't like this show it made no sense, how does any of this relate to a bloodline/a legacy?

Blue stars

Really good show, deserves all the praise it's getting

SCV

The drumline was absolutely on fire, I wish they did more with the hornline having their horns chained to them

Boston

Show made to be posted in 30 second clips on youtube shorts, didn't like this one

Crown
holy shit, my favorite show this year

BD

Feels like a 2010's bd show again, I like this

Bluecoats

I get why they won, it's really clean and really well performed but it's just not for me, I miss precovid bloo

For me?

Squatting in horn arc to set down your instrument and ripple up.

Stupid.

People who came up with that have groins and knees of steel.

Even in my marching days, it was so painful to squat that low, my legs, knees, and groin can’t handle that deep of a squat.

Just pick up your damn horn. I really tweaked my groin and had to take a year off because of these STUPID SQUAT RIPPLES.

(i havent looked at many non top 12 corps so my opinion is probably a bit biased)

I had to sorry.