Before the Indianapolis Colts kick off their 2008 season in the new Lucas Oil Stadium, thousands of young adults will step on the field first for their own competition. Drum Corp International, “marching music’s major league,” is set to move its World Championships to Indianapolis in August 2008, according to its Web site. But before […]
You can now order your British Youth Band Association Finals Tickets On Line through the main web site at www.byba.org.uk and use a multitude of transaction options including Credit/Debit Cards as well as Paypal if you have an account there also. Simply click on the National Finals Ticket Sales Banner at the top of the […]
They’re a band but better. Members of the Colts Bugle and Drum Corps travel with their own entourage, cooks, multi-bus caravan and train 16 hours a day. Read the rest of the article and view the video here (QuickTime required).
The band members – who had just finished a fast-paced drill performance on the Mariner High School football field – marched out of the stadium in single-file to the pound of a drum beat. When they reached the parking lot to the east of the stadium, the person in front of the line came to […]
Artur Hennig from Gevelsberg will be joining the Drum Corps Europe staff team. Artur is already a familiar face in the field of German drum corps. He was one of the founders of Drum Corps Germany and is connected to the ‘Drum Corps in Deutschland’ portal. At Drum Corps Europe, Artur will be responsible for […]
Three Brownville students have hit the road this summer as part of the Revolution Drum and Bugle Corps. Denisha Trevino, Mirannda Lindberg and Jose Rivera each are getting a taste of what it is like to be a traveling musician. The drum corps is a non-profit group based out of San Antonio that is made […]
(The basic facts of this particular story are true. Variations have played out throughout the land for years. May it ever be so.) Once upon a time, in a more or less remote corner of the drum corps world, a group of good folks convinced the local law enforcement authorities of the benefits to the […]
“This I believe (know)… I watched my 10 OH-58D Kiowa Warrior Helicopters fly away today, mass formation, to Texas to be loaded on the ship for Iraq. I will get on an airplane and follow shortly. Bags are packed, weapon is clean, spirit is motivated. I am a father, brother, son and husband. But more […]
If A+B=C, then Doug Madar + NightBEAT = Carolina Crown. At the 20th edition of NightBEAT, held July 15th at Charlotte’s Memorial Stadium, the CrownEVENTS committee recognized one of its pioneers…Doug Madar. For 20+ years, Doug’s heart and soul have been poured yearly into NightBEAT, dating back to 1988, even before there was a Carolina […]
Well folks all the plans are now in place. Two Corps will be setting off from their respective HQs in Cheshire and Warwick on Sunday morning and travelling to Devon. Poynton Commodores and Warwick Girls will meet up in Newton Abbott where they will be based for the Devon leg of the tour. Approximately 80 […]
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