Drum Corps International

So tag teaming on the prior story about WGI and their future leaders program.

What are we doing about that for DCI? Is there a

future leaders? They did a couple years ago,

right?

and everybody.

And I know that it was that.

But I feel like, Sadie, that it should be something that DCI should be doing.

I do too.

just absolutely amazing.

And I still go to like the DCI finals and stuff.

We just went a couple of years ago at the DCI finals up here.

It was amazing.

I love it.

That reminds

me of the time that DCI, the last time, and again, this is right before COVID, so there's a COVID thing in here too, but the last time they performed at the Union Stadium, One of the props destroyed the soccer field, like literally was leaving.

They were pushing it and it was just leaving holes in the entirety of the field where the administration literally was like, everybody's not bringing on props.

You're not doing your shows.

she a civilian i guess then

Her sister did band, so she's been in the art and everything, but she appreciates what we've done, and she's seen shows and everything.

But DCI, I need to get her to Indianapolis or Allentown, and WGI, I need to get her to Dayton for the week.

WGI is the one.

He was the, I was a first generation band student in my family other than guitar or, or something that somebody picked up by ear nobody had nobody in my family had ever read learned to read music or anything of that nature so all this was new for me and my family whenever I first started.

Safe to assume that with the DCI background that your band director had were you guys a competition marching band?

We were we were a competitive marching band and we were We were known as a little DCI high school marching band at times.

So we played some of the classics, some Malaga, some Malaguena, some San Esmeralda, some MacArthur's Park.

That was back in the day when you just picked three tunes and called it a show.

And then I took on the position at Gibson County in 2006.

But obviously I had been judged twice.

in the DCI world as the visual caption head and in visual opportunities along the way, I've been in those positions.

Flanagan High School, I was in the World Guard for a good three years.

I marched DCI at Boston Crusaders, Carolina Crown, Santa Clara Vanguard, and the Blue Devils.

I've taught at numerous World Guards around Miamisburg and Bellbrook.

as well as in Texas and Claudia Taylor Johnson.

So I'm really proud of everything that everyone has done.

And I'm really proud of Flanagan and the kids and the performers that have gone through and that continue marching.

I had 10 kids at DCI this past summer from alumni that are my own.

The six of them were at Blue Devils.

Mm.

I'm sure there's some DCI groups that had a, had a...

And look, as, I think even people in age that are that age will s- you know, y- now you start to celebrate every five years because you'll [laughs] because they become that legendary.

I think the, I think the Hawthorne Caballeros just had, was it their 80th, I want to say?

So congratulations to those four people for [applause] being inducted into the Hall of Fame for Music For All.

A lot of these people have, um, like, decades of experience in the activity, um, like probably 25 to 40 plus years, um, in whatever roles that they might be.

I know, um, Dan Potter is, uh, of course, the, the voice of Bands of America and DCI, so that's who I recognize the most.

Um, but what a, what an incredible accomplishment for those four people.

Well, now, you know, looking back at your, you know, all the preparation, all the music education stuff, you know, symphonic jazz, marching band, we have the same bio.

What's the thing with the drum line, traditional grip, DCI style? Yep.

So you have those hands of doom.

Johnny's got some pretty good hands.