Sweet - I'm a Mid-Westener. Hello Fellow Mid-Westerners!!
I wrapped up all my events before I knew what I was doing, but come next season (and if I have the funds) I'd be happy to host a a couple too.

members as of tonight:
NOVAK
KATKATASTROPHE
ABESIMPSON
DRUMMANTX
BACHSTRAD2010
SKYLARV
MELLOPHONEM1
ISMENSINK
JUSTMISTER

@bachstrad2010 sounds great. Once the membership is high enough, it will be all union groups in our events.

Well, some people have expressed interest in hosting bigger competitions in order to make more theoretical money. I'm fine with this as long as everyone else is, but Union members get accepted first.

I'm interested.

Congrats to Exavier for being our 10th member. Go mid-west!

Consider Carolina's Regiment (D2) on board now

Alrighty, I think we may currently be the biggest union/ combine. I really wish we could come up with one term for all of the different groups. typing 'union/ combine' is just a pain in the rear.

Hi, I am not a member of your union/combine but in response to the previous post: what about calling the different areas "circuits"? Definition of circuit: an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to. So this would be the Mid-West circuit and I would be part of the North-East circuit and so on....

Well there's another forum topic that uses Circuit for distinguishing between Drum Corp/ Marching Band/ Guard/ DL

why dont we just pick one of the two terms for ourselves and call all the groups that, whether they go by it or not

bachstrad2010: forgot about that, otherwise it made sense... but yeah any of the terms used so far make sense to use. Also, I should have read the other forum more closely as this topic had already been addressed, sorry.

Alrighty, we're going to refer to the regional groups as unions. If you guys ever have suggestions feel free to voice them.

I'm assuming that D1 has more than 5 groups?

D1 - 6
D2 - 4
D3 - 1

So I'm the second admin?

So, let me get this correct, you guys want to be known as

The Mid Western UNION ?

Do you think the people out west in Ca. want to be known as the WESTERN UNION ?
< insert rim shot HERE >

Sorry, couldn't help but point that out :-)

well you guys can be a combine or whatever, it's just easier to refer to all groups as unions for me personally. You could call us the Mid Western Commonwealth Providence Territory for all I care. Oh and um what are your guys' rates for a money order? Are we going to be charged for posting on your forum group?(I'm just messing around fyi, before anyone starts telling me what a horrible person I am. I already know.)

I'm a proud card holding member member of Local 53, union of Aholes.

hey, my sick sense of humor gets me in trouble all the time, ask my administration......In person, my humor is much like Rodney Dangerfield , in print ? not so much . Of course all my elementary students just call me Shrek and the lower school band room is known as the swamp

I finally read all these posts about the combines and i'm very interested.

The Cornhuskers Drum & Bugle Corps from Westchestertonfieldville, Iowa would like to join the Mid-West Combine.

Thanks bachstrad2010!