Growth of attendance at DCI events
Drum Corps International has experienced three years of solid growth in attendance, according to a study undertaken by DCI national show promotions coordinator Sue Kuehnhold. This year, DCI contracted events continued the trend with an 8.1 percent increase.
Statistics have been calculated by comparing final attendance numbers presented by the DCI tour event partners (TEP) on their 2004 ticketing reports. All same market - same TEP events were counted for the 2003 and 2004 seasons.
As far as DCI major events, there was growth there as well. Ticket unit sales comparisons of like events (2003 to 2004) showed an 8.8 percent increase. "What we see with the release of these latest numbers is a consistent trend that includes growth in both our time-honored locations as well as those events established in the past five years", said Dan Acheson, DCI executive director.
The DCI 2005 tour schedule is now in the development process and will be released at the conclusion of the DCI board of directors meeting in late January.
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