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Post by Subito Fortissimo on Jun 26, 2024 6:59:12 GMT -6
The Guardians have announced that they will be abbreviating their 2024 tour and only participating in the Texas shows, ending their season after the 7/22 Mesquite, TX show. They had originally planned to compete all the way through world championships. This seems likely to be financial related. Full announcement posted to their Facebook page. www.facebook.com/share/p/p5b5gUNRdk1bwh3g/?mibextid=oFDknk |
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Post by LeanderMomma on Jun 26, 2024 8:26:29 GMT -6
The Guardians have announced that they will be abbreviating their 2024 tour and only participating in the Texas shows, ending their season after the 7/22 Mesquite, TX show. They had originally planned to compete all the way through world championships. This seems likely to be financial related. Full announcement posted to their Facebook page. www.facebook.com/share/p/p5b5gUNRdk1bwh3g/?mibextid=oFDknkI think it’s time for DCI to reevaluate the tour schedule for the Open Class groups. Treat it more like a BOA regional for these groups rather than assuming they can all end up at “Grand Nationals!” |
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Post by rickyrosay on Jun 26, 2024 12:07:51 GMT -6
The Guardians have announced that they will be abbreviating their 2024 tour and only participating in the Texas shows, ending their season after the 7/22 Mesquite, TX show. They had originally planned to compete all the way through world championships. This seems likely to be financial related. Full announcement posted to their Facebook page. www.facebook.com/share/p/p5b5gUNRdk1bwh3g/?mibextid=oFDknkI think it’s time for DCI to reevaluate the tour schedule for the Open Class groups. Treat it more like a BOA regional for these groups rather than assuming they can all end up at “Grand Nationals!” I wonder if that's just how all of DCI should be. I know it's been talked about at nauseam, but it just seems like we're at a point where we should spend most of the summer in regions and then maybe a few big shows that lead to championships. Maybe that means that only California, Texas, Iowa/Illinois/Indiana, and East Coast (Pennsylvania/Carolina) have shows in June and July and you only compete Friday-Sunday. The rest of the week you're back at wherever your home base is. Some sort of hybrid model that goes back to the regional aspect of what drum corps used to be in the 80's and 90's. I don't want to take away from the opportunity of some kid from some small town in Louisiana having a chance to travel the country. But I also don't even know if those types of kids are able to afford it anymore anyway. Sorry ranting! |
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Post by dbalash on Jun 26, 2024 15:26:43 GMT -6
Not to be an ass, but why on God's green earth is an Open Class corps charging $4,100 for a season that was going to be 9 shows?
Also, their website is for shit, but what else is new?
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Post by philodemus on Jun 26, 2024 15:38:57 GMT -6
A Regional Touring model would almost certainly be the way to save Open Class.
The frustrating thing being that we used to have exactly that until it was quite deliberately killed by Big Name Corps who'd rather spend a month in everyday rehearsals than sully themselves by performing in small stadiums in June.
Will go to my grave salty about the death of Drum Corps Midwest.
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Post by thewho on Jun 26, 2024 15:49:05 GMT -6
No way anyone didn't see this happening /s
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