Promoters aim to bring Drum Corps competitions back to Canada
DCI Hall of Fame member and Drum Corps World publisher Steve Vickers and High Velocity Media owner Doug Smith are looking to bring drum corps back to Canada in a big way in 2013. Show sites currently being considered are in Montreal, Quebec and Kingston, Ontario.
The DCI World Championships were twice hosted in Canada in the 1980s at Montreal's Olympic Stadium. Currently there are two junior corps in Canada participating in the 2012 DCI Tour, Blue Saints in Ontario and Les Stentors in Quebec.|
They released a survey in order to gauge how to provide fans with the best potential experience. The survey is six questions, with questions such as, "If there was a show on a Saturday evening in Montreal, QUE, would you make it a weekend road trip, perhaps spending Sunday enjoying Montreal, and then travel to Kingston, ONT, for a Monday evening competition?"
Ultimately they would like to see this project encourage the rebuilding of the drum corps circuit in Ontario and Quebec, and with time, the restarting of junior corps in Canada.
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