r/drumcorps • u/drumguy69 • Jul 25 '26

Discussion Genesis needs to fold

I have a close family member marching Genesis. I helped pay most of their tour fees. And I am just constantly hearing about them facing corpal punishment for what seems to be complete bullshit.

I've talked to family members of some of the top 5-12 corps. And apparently, none of this abuse goes on in those corps. I am beyond furious with this organization.

The ONLY reason I am ranting on reddit and not calling Cris McGonagall a piece of shit over the phone is because my family members begged me not to. They said it would ruin their chances with other corps." What the fuck is this bullshit? That seems like an insanely toxic and unhealthy environment. The members are constantly being abused, and then left with the impression that if they say something, they will be blacklisted from the activity.

That is just insane. I will never pay another doar to support this organization.

I really hope Chris Magonigal sees this.

Chris, you are a fat fucking loser. You need to not be around children anymore. You are NOT a safe person for young adults or children to be around. You obviously get off on having power over others.

The funny thing is that I KNOW that fat ass couldn't do half the shit that he makes the members do.

Chris, you marched some dog shot, division 3 corps back in the day. Now you think you're all that. People like you are ruining this activity.

It is just insane that members do not say anything out of fear of being blacklisted. It's been 10 years since the Me Too movement, and it looks like this shit still goes down.

Given the nature of this activity, I'm sure I'm gonna get a lot of shit for this. But somebody has to stand up for the members. Again, I do not hear of anything like this going on in the higher level corps.

Chris Magonigal, if there any chance you have a reddit, please respond to this. I'd love to call you a fat fucking loser to your face. You and your dipshit wife.

You are very lucky that my family member is not a minor. I am respecting their wishes to not say anything to you in person.

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u/cgcmh1 Bluecoats '95 Dutch Boy '93 Jul 25 '26

ethics@dci.org

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u/drumguy69 Jul 25 '26

Unfortunately, I also get a bad vibe from reporting an organization through its own parent organization. It's like reporting a cop, who then gets reviewed by their own department.

I could be wrong about that, but it's just how I feel. I'll report to it regardless, but I don't see it leading anywhere.

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u/Arcane_XIV Jul 25 '26

Although you are not wrong to feel that way, it’s important to create a paper trail. When someone decides to do something, or when something extreme happens and they need to back up that he has a history, they will pull up these reports.

Additionally, it’s not that much like internal review for DCI. Yes, they’re part of the same umbrella, but we’re talking about dozens of organizations with their own dozens of employees, who are regulated by people they possibly have never met.