From the Cadets’ Web site: In an interesting break from the norm of fall meetings with drum corps program coordinators and staff members to hash out a plan for a corps’ 2007 show concept and design, the Cadets have started a contest open to the general public to find the best idea for the corps’ 2007 program.

George Hopkins, the Cadets’ director, said: “On a plane trip one evening, I was reading a book on leadership, and there were a few chapters on the ‘open source’ movement, wherein, the theory is, that the more people working on a problem, the greater the possibility for grand success. So, I was thinking, why not here?” The winner will receive $500 and the opportunity to see his/her idea come to fruition on the football field. Read more on www.yea.org.