From: pae@blackcat.stortek.com (Phil Earnhardt)
Newsgroups: alt.drumcorps
Subject: Re: Who's not going to go to Jackson?
Date: 11 Oct 92 03:48:16 GMT
Organization: StorageTek, Louisville, CO

In article <5TJFsB2w165w@willard.waffle.atl.ga.us> dawson@willard.waffle.atl.ga.us writes:
>pae@teal.csn.org (Phil Earnhardt) writes:

>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?

Congratulations. You've just insulted the management of those Class A corps. I
do believe they knew that the event was going to be in Miami; are you
suggesting that they were inept in their training/conditioning programs?

Perhaps you should make yourself accountable for conditioning of the Class A
corps for Jackson. Clearly, you know something that the rest of the world does
not.

>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?

How many is acceptable to you?

Why don't you set up a tabulation for Jackson? Get a high seat, and watch the
corps after they cross the finish line. Give us a daily "drop count" for each
show.

>>>>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.

Actually, I said "In football, the College bowls ...." You need to read more
than two words in my sentences, Willard.

>> 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?

No, you're still missing the point. People go to the *appropriate* climate for
their activities. Fans will not pay money to go see a College Bowl in a
climate that's going to be freezing in the winter. And I'm not willing to
spend my $$$ going to see drumcorps in a venue that promises to *still* be
unbearably hot as midnight approaches on championshiop night.

The point of this thread was to get a straw poll from people who perenially go
to championshiops and see how many agreed with this. My prediction is that
there will be a sub-par crowd for championships and a big jump in attendance
to POC.

>That is 100% true.  I'm not impartial, nor are any of the rest of us.

I'll put some credibility to people who have faithfully attended Nationals
for year after year.

>I'm not arguing for argument's sake.  (Well, OK, maybe I am!)

If that's your attitude, then I declare that you're being an ass in this
newsgroup and respectfully request that you cut it out.

>dawson@willard.waffle.atl.ga.us (Willard Dawson)

--phil
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