From: dawson@willard.waffle.atl.ga.us
Newsgroups: alt.drumcorps
Subject: Re: Who's not going to go to Jackson?
Date: 10 Oct 92 13:11:39 GMT
Organization: Willard's House BBS, Atlanta, GA -- +1 (404) 664 8814

pae@teal.csn.org (Phil Earnhardt) writes:

> In article <u8XcsB4w165w@willard.UUCP> dawson@willard.UUCP writes:
> 
> >Yes, I went to Miami.  I marched in Miami.  I was not bothered by the
> >weather in any form or fashion.  I had spent many months in preparation
> >for just such activities as constitute performing in just that sort of
> >climate.  It is the unwise who do not train themselves according to the
> >expected rigors of competition.
> 
> It was more than a handful of Class A corps that had several kids fainting
> at the end of their shows. What are you saying here?

I'm saying that they should have acclimatized themselves before hand.

Suppose you were an athlete, and suppose you had a major athletic meet
you wished to attend, and, just to make things totally ludicrous, further
suppose that this meet were being held in some city such as Mexico City,
one that has certain attributes, one major one being the LACK of air --
it is at altitude.  Now, do you suppose it's the meet's organizer's fault
that you have difficulty breathing at high altitudes?  Is it possible to
acclimate to those rigors?

There are many points that an event organizer must certainly consider when
selecting a venue.  I'm sure they must have discussed the affects of the
weather and the climate.  Why do you suppose they went ahead with Miami,
then?  (I don't know myself...)

Speaking of "more than a handful," do you have figures from each of the
DCI events as to how many persona fainted in or after their performances?
If we're going to think of this as some sort of fair evaluation factor for
site selection (not), then we need some objective way of comparing the
various sites, right?

> >> In football, the College Bowls are held in warm-weather sites. Why? Do you
> >> think a Bowl would go over well in Camp Randall in Madison or Buffalo's
> >> Stadium? Would people spend their money in January for a nice cold-weather
> >> vacation? I think not.
> >
> >Doesn't seem to bother the good fans in colder climes... witness Green Bay,
> >Chicago, et al.
> 
> I'm not familiar with the College Bowls that are held in Green Bay or Chicago
> Please elaborate.

You said, "in football,"  and I elaborated enough already.

> The distinction between College Bowls and NFL games is that NFL games are
> always a *home* game for one of the teams. The only exception is the Super
> Bowl, which is never held in a cold-weather outdoor stadium.
> 
> Bowl Games are the closest analogy in football to DCI Nationals...the people
> who go to such games are also taking a vacation. And I can ensure you that
> there will never be an "Ice Bowl."

Validly said, and all probably true.  Except, what about the Winter Olympics?
What about all the people who just love Winter activities, like skiing?  Are
you trying to tell me that vacationers never go to cold, snowy climes for
pleasure?

> >Well, lessee.. there was B'ham (both years), Atlanta, Miami, and Madison
> >a couple of times. [...]
> 
> The question I asked in starting this thread was which folks who perennially
> go to championships weren't planning on attending Jackson.  Further, the
> championships you went to show a disturbing trend -- they're mostly in the
> South. It's possible you're not purely impartial on which championship sites
> you'll go to.

That is 100% true.  I'm not impartial, nor are any of the rest of us.  I'm
likely to disbelieve anyone who claims to be.  However, I try to be fair.
I'm not arguing for argument's sake.  (Well, OK, maybe I am!)

> >dawson@willard.UUCP (Willard Dawson)
> 
> --phil


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