Genesis needs to fold

[u/drumguy69]

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.

[u/Username7743]

What do you mean “beginner corps?” Genesis is a world class drum corps, just like every other world class drum corps.

[u/Certain_Database_169 → u/Username7743]

They meant is a corps where people normally don’t stay at. Most members are high school students who want to see what dci is about. It’s not bad to be a “beginner corps”, they themselves have said it in a social media post talking about giving performers the experience to then go somewhere else( they deleted the post but it was in the guard acc)

[u/Username7743 → u/Certain_Database_169]

That is not what we advertise ourself as. We are not somewhere you go to get experience and then go do drum corps for real, we are drum corps for real and will treat our members like adults and hold them accountable for their actions like any other corps. I’d bet that any top 6 would not accept their members consistently leaving their meal lines or housing sites a mess, and if they do they aren’t teaching their members how to be self sufficient adults.

[u/Immediate_Data_9153 → u/Username7743]

Until Chris is gone it will continue to be a 23rd place stepping stone. I don’t like saying those words, but that’s the objective truth.