Reinstatement of Caption Awards
We, the undersigned members of the past, present, and future Drum and Bugle Corps Community, are against the upcoming changes planned by the Executive Board of Directors of Drum Corps International de... continue reading »
"Just do it.... In DCI, you need it."
"DONT DO IT!"
"I fail to see what problem DCI had in mind, which they then decided removing captions would help fix. This is a change that takes something away, without providing any benefit or purpose in doing so. I can't help but ask "why?""
"As a member of DCI I dislike the new ideas, especially those which involve saxaphones...."
"Through the Caption Awards individual sections have a opportunity to compete not only for an world titel but also for a caption award, the world title is not the only goal to aim for! You might be strong as a team and win a worldtitel but dont have a capt"
"Why are you trying to fix something that wasn't broken?"
"I don't believe keeping the caption awards will dilute the team effort. Some corps' section is going to recieve the highest score in a caption so why not recognize their hard work. The caption award does not imply the rest of the corps did not work hard o"
"Since the inception of DCI, the BoD have made some good decisions and some bad decisions. This, gentlemen, is a "bad" decision..."
"Taking away the caption awards for Finals would be like taking away the MVP award in pro sports or taking way all the medals in the olympics and having only the countries compete for an overall title. Caption awards showcase the best of what many corps ha"
"STOP CHANGING DRUM CORPS"
"We need the Awards, when you win one of those, it's a big compliment of the totaal performance!"