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Originally Posted by Chris is me
People talk about the quality of district events versus regionals as if you have to give up the regional feel to do districts. That really isn't true. For one thing, the District Championships tend to have either the same or better production value compared to a regional.
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This definitely has not been the case in MAR since 2013. In 2012, Show Ready was still involved in the MAR DCMP (which was then hosted at a former Philadelphia regional location). From 2013 onwards, the venue was shifted to a more affordable venue and the production value was dropped significantly. The first year there weren't even drapes separating the field and pit areas, which gave it a distinctly "off-season/district event" feel. In subsequent years, low canopy drapes were added (providing separation at field level, but not from the stands), but house lighting and projection remained wanting.
While MAR has very valid motivations for the cost savings in terms of DCMP venue selection and production costs, it still leaves a lot to be desired from a production value standpoint. MAR is not necessarily representative of how a California district championship event(s) would be run, but it does show the possibility for reduced production quality even at a DCMP event.
(edit, I now see that
this thread has individuals expressing similar concerns with the FiM and PCH DCMP events' production values)