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Vegas Bound: First Stop New Jersey!

After a successful first performance at the Powder Springs, GA DCI show last Friday, the CorpsVets will bring their “Trip to Vegas” production to the Dover, NJ DCA competition next Saturday. Anyone lucky enough to catch both the Powder Springs and Dover shows will notice a marked difference in the CorpsVets performances. The first 2 […]

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Boston Crusaders BoD Matching Funds

Beginning today June 29, the Boston Crusaders Board of Directors will match dollar for dollar every annual fund donation that we receive. This does not happen all the time, so now is the time to give! If you have already contributed to the 2006 Annual Fund, if you are able to make an additional donation […]

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BlueView Episode 9

Buses, trains, and the Blue Devils’ very own TV studio? Yes, we have them all. Melissa gets "first-show" impressions from the members and we take a minute to see the corps in Southern California. To subscribe to the Podcast: 1. Launch iTunes (free download from Apple) 2. Click on the Advanced menu and then Subscribe […]

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Day Five: Saint Quentin, France

Under a beautiful blue sky Monday morning, the members awoke at the sports hall prepared for an ordinary day of drum corps rehearsal and an evening performance. Having transported the corps overseas, many things are far from what we’d call "ordinary" in drum corps. But with five days under their belt in this provincial French […]

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Show To Once Again Rock Joan C. Edwards Stadium

When you hear a rumble of drumming thunder coming from Joan C. Edwards Stadium on Wednesday don’t worry. You didn’t fall asleep to the sound of falling rain, pull a Rip Van Winkle and wake up in October. That snare-popping rumble is the welcome return of Drums Across the Tri-State. The flashy expo by six […]

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Pacific Crest Podcast Episode 7

Pacific Crest unveiled their 2006 production to family, friends and supporters on June 18th, 2006. To subscribe to the PC Podcast: 1. In iTunes, click on the Advanced menu and then Subscribe to Podcast… 2. Enter the URL http://www.pacific-crest.org/PCrss.xml and click OK. Read the rest of the article here.

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Distant Thunder Takes Division I At BYBA Show

Distant Thunder topped Divison 1 at the Colchester BYBA show last Sunday with a score of 648 points and taking, High Brass, GVE, GME and Drill and Deportment, 6th Hove Scouts were second with a score of 637 points and took High Percussion. The competition was held in almost perfect conditions and included all divisons […]

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Scholarship To Be Awarded At Vince Bruni Preview Of Champions

There will be two winners at the Vince Bruni Preview of Champions drum and bugle corps contest in Rochester on July 1: the corps that takes top spot in the contest, and the college student who wins a $1,000 scholarship to be awarded by the family of the late Harvey Martin. The scholarship winner will […]

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Texas Drum Corps Rock Austin

Over 350 people came out to the south steps of the historic state capitol in Austin, Texas this past Saturday evening to witness the 2nd Annual Texas Drum Corps Preview show. Gulf Coast Sound, Trinity, Frontier and Revolution performed their 2006 productions in a stand-still concert. The brass lines of all four drum corps then […]

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Day Four: Calais, France

The weather and the schedule finally caught up with the corps Sunday, as the cloud covered skies in France emitted a wet misty drizzle for the majority of the day – but it couldn’t stop the GLASSMEN from taking Europe by storm! The corps was to leave for Calais, France for a parade first thing […]

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