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Box Center Episode 2013-02

Episode 2013-02 of the Drum Corps Planet Box Center podcast is now available for download! Join DCP Managing News…

Mar 3 2013 /

Inside the Arc – “The DAO of SNARENESS”

My friend Curt Moore, drummer with the extraordinary Latin/Jazz group Soul Sauce, was in an earlier life the lead…

Jan 8 2013 /

Inside the Arc – “Annapolis Time Tripping”

Now that I think about it, the whole episode unfolds like a slick Hollywood script, except it really happened.…

Sep 22 2012 /

Box Center Episode 2012-02: 2012 DCA Prelims Preview

Episode 2012-02 of the Box Center podcast is now available for download! Drum Corps Planet Managing News Editor Kevin…

Sep 1 2012 /

Off the Record
Fleetwood Reloaded

In this episode of Off the Record, Frank visits with Glenn Kubacki of Fleetwood Sounds and explores a number…

Aug 26 2012 /

Off the Record
Jack Meehan Interview Part 2

Frank continues his conversation with old friend and drum corps legend Jack Meehan.   The episode is perfect for…

Aug 4 2012 /

Chuck Henson To Emcee 2013 “Drums On Parade”

09:08 pm | The Madison Scouts are pleased to announce that alumnus Chuck Henson will again emcee their “Drums On Parade” home show to be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 29th in Middleton, WI. “We are privileged…

May 17 2013 / Read More »

Exciting Addition At Boston Crusaders

09:07 pm | The Boston Crusaders are pleased to announce exciting changes to its organizational structure, the launch of Inspire Arts and Music, and the appointment of former drum major Thompson Vou as Director of Administration. With an eye…

May 17 2013 / Read More »

2013 Pioneer Brass Positions Available

09:04 pm | Pioneer has openings for Trumpets, Mellophones, Baritones and Tuba players for an exhilarating summer season! Call: 414-327-2847 Email: dbcpmilw [at] execpc [dot] com There are some openings available for Woodwind, Percussionists, and musicians willing to learn…

May 17 2013 / Read More »

Jersey Surf Presents We The People

08:59 pm | Over Memorial Day weekend the expansive front lawn of the sprawling Camden County Technical School Gloucester Township Campus in Sicklerville, NJ will be transformed into a sea of red, white and blue as hundreds of American…

May 17 2013 / Read More »

2013 Cascades Memorial Day Weekend Camp Information

08:57 pm | If you are interested in participating with the Cascades in 2013, plan on attending the May 24-27 Camp where you can find out all you need to know about the upcoming season. Our members are working…

May 17 2013 / Read More »

Work Side By Side With The Cadets This Summer

08:56 pm | The Cadets’ 2013 production will involve a number of large props, and we’re looking for a four-team road crew to help manage them. Cody the Roadie is back for a second summer of prop-help, so there…

May 17 2013 / Read More »

2013 Blue Stars Encore Composition Competition Extended

08:53 pm | The Blue Stars Drum & Bugle Corps has been blown away by the number and quality of entries we have received for our Encore Composition Competition. Thank you! We have received requests to extend the competition.…

May 17 2013 / Read More »

System Blue Drum Line Lithuania Visit Report

09:00 pm | A contingency of 14 Blue Devil drummers have just returned from a successful week of performances and clinics in Lithuania and are planning a return trip to Malaysia this summer. Over the past two years Blue…

May 16 2013 / Read More »

2013 Legends All-Star Band Performance Opportunities

09:02 pm | The Legends All-Star Band will have 3 summer performance opportunities. 2013 Summer Performance Opportunities include: June 25 – Legends Drum Corps Preview – Kalamazoo, MI Clinic/National Anthem Performance Admission to DCI Event July 1-7 – Chicago…

May 17 2013 / Read More »

Gold At 2013 Pacific Crest Sneak Preview

08:55 pm | Celebrate the opening of the 2013 drum corps season! Get a sneak preview of Southern California drum corps as they unveil their 2013 shows in exhibition on Saturday, June 15th at Glen A. Wilson High School…

May 16 2013 / Read More »

2013 Music City Seeking Tuba Player

02:42 pm | Calling All Tuba Players! Music City is seeking one more tuba!!! Submit an application at www.MusicCityDrumCorps.org or email info [at] MusicCityDrumCorps [dot] org. Color guard applications are still being accepted too. Come join us! Read the…

May 10 2013 / Read More »

Positions Still Available For 2013 Legends

02:38 pm | The following positions are still available for the 2013 season: Tuba – 1 Cymbal – 2 Color Guard – 2 Read the rest of the article here.…

May 10 2013 / Read More »

Positions Open For 2013 Impulse

02:36 pm | Impulse Drum & Bugle Corps has open positions for Baritione Players, Mellophone Players and Color Guard. Interested individuals should attend the Rehearsal Sunday May 19 at Marina HS in Huntington Beach, CA, Sign-in by 9AM. Completed…

May 10 2013 / Read More »

2013 7th Regiment Memorial Day Weekend Camp

02:20 pm | Register: If this is your first camp, please register online prior to the May Camp. Date: May 24-26 2013. Registration starts at 6PM on Friday. The camp will conclude on Sunday, dismissal time to be announced.…

May 10 2013 / Read More »

2013 Vanguard Cadets Full Corps Memorial Day Weekend Camp

02:18 pm | Annual Memorial Weekend Camp May 24-27, 2013 Evergreen Valley High School 3300 Quimby Road San Jose, CA 95148 The Corps will be housed and fed here this weekend Read the rest of the article here.…

May 10 2013 / Read More »

2013 Gold Hornline Spots Available

01:48 pm | Audition for the 2013 hornline at our next rehearsals on Saturday, May 18, and Sunday, May 19. The audition packet is available here. New prospective members are required to pay a $40 audition fee. Select spots…

May 9 2013 / Read More »

2013 Bushwackers Friends & Family BBQ

09:03 pm | Hello Fans, Friends, and Family of the Bushwackers! On June 9th [Sunday], The Bushwackers will be revealing their show for the first time for the Public! Here’s the Schedule: 1:00 PM ~ 3:00 PM: Open Rehearsal.…

May 16 2013 / Read More »

2013 Hawthorne Caballeros Tag Day Fund Raiser

08:53 pm | 2013 Hawthorne Caballeros Tag Day – May 18, 2013! This weekend, the Hawthorne Caballeros will be participating in our annual Tag Day Fund Raising campaign in Hawthorne, NJ. Be on the lookout for our members dressed…

May 16 2013 / Read More »

Tampa Bay Thunder Declares Class A Status For 2013

09:14 pm | The Tampa Bay Thunder Drum and Bugle Corps is pleased to announce that they will be competing in DCA A Class competition for the 2013 season. The corps is currently almost full and the production schedule…

May 15 2013 / Read More »

DCA Fan Network To Offer VOD Of SDCA Erie Show

08:38 pm | This SDCA show will be part of the Perry 200 celebration commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the USS Niagara’s victory over the British Navy in the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie (War of 1812-1815). The event…

May 14 2013 / Read More »

Bridgemen Reach Out To The Drum Corps Community

Bridgemen1 01:52 pm | It seems like everywhere you go, bridges are being repaired, repaved and even raised up higher. This is necessary to ensure their safety and longevity. Here in Bayonne, the Bridgemen Alumni Corps, in an effort to…

May 9 2013 / Read More »

2013 Tampa Bay Thunder May Rehearsal Information

01:39 pm | Thunder’s next rehearsal will take place the weekend of May 18-19. This will be a battery & color guard only camp weekend. We still have limited spots available in the color guard. Location: First Baptist Church…

May 8 2013 / Read More »

Florida Brass Going To DCA This Year

Florida Brass 12:30 pm | The Florida Brass Alumni Drum and Bugle Corps from Lakeland, Florida, will head north to the DCA World Championship this year. The corps will perform their show in front of thousands at the Alumni Spectacular Sunday…

May 6 2013 / Read More »

Scout House In Perry 200 Grand Patriotic Parade

ScoutHouse2 12:17 pm | Preston Scout House Alumni Band, of Cambridge, will cross the Canada/U.S. border to bring music, instead of muskets, to the streets of Erie, Pennsylvania during the Perry 200 Grand Patriotic Parade on Saturday May 25, celebrating…

May 4 2013 / Read More »

Ticket Sales For 2013 DCE Championships Start On May 15th

2011TheCompany1 02:59 pm | Ticket sales for the DCE European Championships will start on 15th of May from 9 pm CET (8 pm GMT). The overwhelming interest in the traditional start of the presale on the 1st of May caused…

May 10 2013 / Read More »

2013 DCE Championships Ticket Sales Postponed

01:49 pm | The ticket sale for the DCE European Championships has been postponed. At the start of the ticket sale, the website received too much traffic which caused the server to go down. It seems that every year…

May 9 2013 / Read More »

Vlamo Jeff Queen Interview

Jeff Queen 07:59 pm | On Saturday April 20 2013 Vlamo (Flemish organisation for not-professional musicians) organised the clinic “Vlamo meets Blast” in Evergem (Belgium). Two former performers of Blast taught the participants in brass (Sanford Jones) and percussion (Jeff Queen).…

Apr 27 2013 / Read More »

Beeches Announces 2013 Program

Beeches DCUK Finals 2012 06:56 pm | The show this year will take the Corps in another direction which we hope will push the performers to another level and produce an entertaining show for the Audience and Judges. Beeches have added to their…

Apr 15 2013 / Read More »

Kidsgrove Scouts Announce 2013 Program

KidsgroveScouts 07:34 pm | The Kidsgrove Scouts have posted a video on their corps website and on their YouTube channel announcing their 2013 program, “Mind Games”. Watch the video here.…

Apr 8 2013 / Read More »

Beatrix ‘ Indoor Percussion Becomes First Runner Up

2013 Beatrix Indoor 09:07 pm | Last Saturday during CGN Finals the Beatrix’ Indoor Percussion Ensemble became first runner up with a score of 85,90 points. Beatrix’ had a rough start of the season. In the first couple of months they worked…

Mar 26 2013 / Read More »

CGN Championships Return To Eindhoven

beatrix_ 07:15 pm | The CGN Championships will return to Eindhoven. Tomorrow for the first time, CGN Championships will be held in Almere. In 2014 and 2015 this event will return to Eindhoven, the city that was host from 2005…

Mar 22 2013 / Read More »

CGN Championships: Take Your Performance Home

beatrix2011 08:44 pm | This Saturday at the CGN Championships you can take a DVD with a single performance of that day home with you. For the first time ever we will record single performances on a DVD that you…

Mar 21 2013 / Read More »

Book Review – “Space Music”

08:18 pm | Jack Meehan is a true drum corps renaissance man. From his initial exposure to the activity while growing up in the Burroughs of New York City to his long time association with the Concord Blue Devils,…

Oct 3 2011 / Read More »

2011 DCW On-Line: Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania

DCW_Les Stentors 11_RQuinn 09:56 pm | by Rich Conti, Drum Corps World staff (richburgher [at] yahoo [dot] com) August 4, 2011 – Johnsonburg, PA . . . An absolutely gorgeous evening and a large and ravenous drum corps crowd set the stage…

Aug 22 2011 / Read More »

2011 DCW On-Line: Erie, Pennsylvania – World Class

DCW_Glassmen 11_JHiott 09:14 pm | by Kevin Gamin, Drum Corps World staff and Drum Corps Planet managing editor August 6, 2011 – Erie, PA . . . It was a weekend of upsets in Erie, PA. On Saturday evening, the Oregon…

Aug 21 2011 / Read More »

2011 DCW On-Line: Allentown, Pennsylvania – Saturday Night

The Cadets, Allentown, PA, Drum Corps World photo by Brett Owens 08:56 pm | by William Aldrich-Thorpe, Drum Corps World staff (aldrichthorpe [at] gmail [dot] com) August, 6 2011 — Allentown, PA . . . On this very wet and threatening evening, the Blue Devils barely edged the Cadets by…

Aug 20 2011 / Read More »

2011 DCW On-Line: West Chester, Pennsylvania

Blue Devils, Concord, CA, Drum Corps World photo by Ron Walloch 09:31 pm | by Bob Fields, Drum Corps World staff (rfields25 [at] aol [dot] com) With just two two days to go before the DCI Eastern Regional in Allentown, PA, this show at West Chester University gave a great…

Aug 19 2011 / Read More »

2011 DCW On-Line: Massillon, Ohio

Crossmen, San Antonio, TX, Drum Corps World photo by Patrick O'Toole 08:34 pm | by Vic Colaianni, Drum Corps World staff (vjcoly [at] gmail [dot] com) A rain-shortened “Pro Football Hall of Fame Festival” drum corps competition did not dampen the enthusiasm of the over 7,000 in attendance. This year’s…

Aug 18 2011 / Read More »

2011 DCW On-Line: Allentown, Pennsylvania – Friday Night

Jubal, Dordrecht, Holland, Drum Corps World photo by Hans Kloppert 06:40 pm | by William Aldrich-Thorpe, Drum Corps World staff (aldrichthorpe [at] gmail [dot] com) The Cavaliers easily outdistanced the Phantom Regiment this evening with their powerful and unusual production titled “XtraordinarY.” The Rosemont, IL, corps led across all…

Aug 17 2011 / Read More »

2011 DCW On-Line: Bealeton, Virginia

DCWOnLineImage2 07:45 pm | by William Aldrich-Thorpe, Drum Corps World staff (aldrichthorpe [at] gmail [dot] com) Crown lit up the sky with phenomenal aerial color guard tricks while filling the night air with their outstanding “Rach Star” production. This night…

Aug 10 2011 / Read More »