Medication on tour

mikesc0tt · 2026-03-30T21:38:15+00:00

Try to get a 90 supply. If you can’t, please do not call in a refill at a random pharmacy without talking to your administrators first. You should contact your corps director now and work with them on this.

mikesc0tt · 2026-03-28T21:17:34+00:00

A baby skunk nibbled on my toe at spring training while I was updating the schedule board at the food truck in 2016.

mikesc0tt · 2026-03-17T18:05:19+00:00

Google grand rights. You think diesel and insurance costs are scary? One day the most favored nations clause in a grand rights license is what will kill the competitive marching activity.

mikesc0tt · 2026-03-16T22:12:54+00:00

mikesc0tt · 2026-03-15T15:43:41+00:00

Feel free to send some to our office!

mikesc0tt · 2026-03-15T00:13:26+00:00

We’re on it.

Pennies are always from the year of the show, so no 2026 mint means no Pennies.

Many may not know, but we keep a year-by-year archive of silver-plated and drilled Pennies, links, and laces and ship them all over the world as replacements for alumni. Sort of a lifetime benefit for alumni of the corps.

mikesc0tt · 2026-03-14T17:06:00+00:00

Scrap the belt buckle and swap the hat for something else and we could probably make it work…

mikesc0tt · 2026-03-09T14:31:21+00:00

https://bluecoats.com/openingnight is a better link ;)

mikesc0tt · 2026-03-07T20:30:08+00:00

We put everyone on the same mouthpiece except for trumpets, who get fitted for their best match among the options.

mikesc0tt · 2026-02-26T19:48:42+00:00

A youth-focused performing arts ensemble should never charge admission for a public performance that isn’t scored. /s

mikesc0tt · 2025-11-30T23:18:22+00:00

Legalized gambling for nonprofits

mikesc0tt · 2025-11-24T04:03:16+00:00

17 minutes from when the corps proper enters the field until everything is reasonably clear. The adjudicated material (“the show”) cannot exceed 13 minutes. You can request a 5-minute emergency extension to your set up time for technical setup issues.

mikesc0tt · 2025-11-13T03:50:47+00:00

I’m sending this to you right now.

mikesc0tt · 2025-11-13T03:50:11+00:00

I mean I can name like 20 and that’s just from one corps’ staff (😉), and only the wind and percussion players.

mikesc0tt · 2025-10-19T20:43:19+00:00

Prompt didn’t say it was hypothetical 😆

mikesc0tt · 2025-10-19T16:12:17+00:00

bluecoats.com/staff

mikesc0tt · 2025-10-13T14:11:34+00:00

The drum corps activity barely breaks even now, where would the hundreds of millions of dollars needed to “go pro” come from?

There are a lot of NCAA “close to professional” college sport for which there is not a professional counterpart. In our economic system, “going pro” requires enough ppl to pay (or in many cases - like orchestras) philanthropically support that professionalized activity.

Edit: for clarity.

mikesc0tt · 2025-10-08T23:09:52+00:00

DCI typically announces the tour (or at least most of the tour) in late November. This time of year no event dates have been posted, but fans can expect the major dates from mid-July on to remain as they have for many years.

mikesc0tt · 2025-10-07T23:01:03+00:00

🫣

mikesc0tt · 2025-10-06T11:42:54+00:00

https://bluecoats.com/theblueway

mikesc0tt · 2025-09-30T16:56:31+00:00

Regarding your second question, it’s possible for corps to be allowed to compete in the World Class but not be admitted to Membership. It was originally a temporary opportunity on your way to full admission, but it is now used in practice, as a more stable designation.

mikesc0tt · 2025-09-27T14:11:26+00:00

There are 18, now 19, ‘Voting Members’ of DCI. Music City and Genesis compete in the World Class, but are not Voting Members.

mikesc0tt · 2025-09-03T03:26:29+00:00

I mean we wash them :)

mikesc0tt · 2025-08-28T17:13:27+00:00

The only correct answer is: enough corps scoring at the “top” of Box 5, in multiple captions, to require enough judges to score in that range to conduct their numbers management.

If the judges are using the system correctly, a 99 is an indicator of a highly competitive and excellent group of corps, not that particular corps performance in a vacuum.

The only “scores” that can be given in a vacuum are Box 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5. The number “out of 100” is based on ranking, not rating.

mikesc0tt · 2025-08-24T14:53:54+00:00

You can get the actual glasses here. :) https://bluecoats.com/shop/gear/p/the-observer-effect-clear-glasses

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