Lots of people seem to have a lot of thoughts on the future of drum corps. Drum corps is facing many challenges but they're not insurmountable when we work together. Leave the comment section behind and share your thoughts with others this Tuesday at 9:00 PM Eastern!

Everyone in marching arts is so few degrees of separation from each other. Deaths reverberate through through friends of friends and organizations. This can be hard to handle. There is no step by step process or cure for grieving but we put together some things to remember.

Sorry about your student loan debt, we really only fund genocides.

TRIGGER WARNING but holy shit

Saying Free Palestine is illegal & an arrestable crime in Germany now. Can you taste the Fascism?

Disabled people are more than 25% of the population.
Stop with the disability awareness slogans.
We need ableism awareness.

lovely autistic man in the pub asking each person's name and then instantly telling them the etymology and cultural origin of their name

No one:

NTs in April: Here are my 5 completely wrong takes about autism, please spread the word.

When people complain that “all these late identified Autistic People are taking away all the services” they never have an example of a service they’ve been denied “because of late identified Autistic adults” - because it’s not happening.

We hope that directors, staff, and members in the community will evaluate their experiences cultivated in their ensembles as we move into the 2023 summer season.

There are many factors that contribute to an enjoyable summer!

It's so weird to me that our society creates this perception that there are 'finite resources' for disabled people and if abled people use those resources suddenly we need to crack down on who is *really* disabled.

So many accommodations are not finite resources. Here's a list:

For the first time ever, in three dimensions, MAASIN! We are making our in-person debut at WGI Guard Championships! Come to our table to participate in an activity, learn more about what we can do for you, and of course grab some ✨FREE STICKERS✨

drum corps political alignment chart but i dont know much about individual corps or about nuances in political theory so dont read too far into it—it’s just based on, like, ~vibes~
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U gotta be at least 1/4th hater to be my friend

what is he pondering

Yesterday someone asked me why MAASIN includes anti-imperialist in our stances. Think of how many times you've been at shows and seen the US military has a table or sponsored the event. It's not a stretch to be against the war machine they want to feed our community's kids to.

Previous students of a recently announced corps director raising concern over his hiring because of how poorly he treated them as an instructor (at multiple different corps) really drives home how shitty people hop corps to corps and eventually fail upwards after enough years.

—Interviewer: Do you have any special skill that can benefit our company?

Me:

Ableds: everything can’t be about Eugenics, you all are so dramatic.

Disabled people: it can, let me show you how.

your late 20s are funny because your friends are either having an identity crisis or a wedding. some are having both