Home » May 31st, 2008 Entries posted on “May, 2008”

Patsy Bonfiglio, 27th Lancers Founder Passes Away

It is with great sadness and grief to inform the 27th Lancer family and friends, as well as the drum corps world, of a great loss. Mrs. Patsy Bonfiglio, the mother and one of the founders of the 27th Lancers, slipped away into Jesus’ arms At 1:45 am this morning at the Beth Israel Hospital […]

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Memphis Sound Announces 2008 Program

Memphis Sound Drum and Bugle Corps is proud to announce their 2008 program, “Awakenings” Memphis Sound Drum and Bugle Corps is “turning the page and moving forward”. Through the use of vivid colors, contemporary designs, and innovative choreography, the corps will bring the exciting music of Joseph Curiale and Greg Jasperse to life thanks to […]

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Jersey Surf Mourns Passing Of Founding Staff Member

It is with great sadness that we share the loss of one of the founding staff members of the Jersey Surf organization, George W. Cherry, who passed away earlier this week. "George was a great friend, a talented, creative and passionate designer and instructor and an instrumental part of the founding of the Jersey Surf […]

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2008 Yamato Memorial Weekend Camp Report

In spite of the strange weather we had that included a tornado just south of us on Thurday, Yamato’s Memorial Weekend Camp begin with members arriving and getting ready for the first sleep-over camp of the season. The cold weather proved to be a bit unsual for the time of the year, but we had […]

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DCA Judge A Comedy Act

Gotcha! No doubt some of you think they’re ALL jokers, but this one’s for real. Longtime marching music performer and adjudicator, Thomas Brown, has embarked on a new career, stand-up comic. This Reading, PA native and Buccaneer Hall of Famer now living in Phoenix , Arizona made his stage debut recently at The Comedy Spot […]

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Ouse Valley Sounds Confirms Date Change

A number of weeks ago we were advised by our venue, Bedford International Athletics Stadium, of a clash of dates between our contest and an athletics event. We were offered a number of alternatives around the original date, however due to other BYBA contests the only suitable alternative open to us was Saturday 13th September. […]

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Niels Merkx Added To CGN Board

The taskforce (board) of Color Guard Nederland has added a new member. Niels Merkx has accepted the position as requested by the taskforce. Niels will be an ad-interim member. He was already associated to CGN last year as project manager Indoor Percussion. For many in the Indoor Percussion world, Niels is well known. He was […]

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2008 DCI Field Pass Episode 30

Many of Drum Corps International’s Open Class corps are already hard at work preparing for the 2008 season while facing many of the same challenges as their counterparts in World Class. In today’s Field Pass presented by Zildjian, Dan Potter speaks with Open Class Chairperson Vicki Schaffer, who also is the director of the Colt […]

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Spartans First 2008 Public Appearance

The Spartans will be performing in their first public appearance this Sunday in Dorchester, Massachusetts. This has been an annual event for us, for the past 12+ years and is a tradition that we look forward to each year! Join us for the festivities at the Dorchester Day Parade in Dorchester, Massachusetts on Sunday, June […]

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Cadets Steal The Show During Memorial Weekend

Standing ovations, parades across North Jersey and the first glimpse of the Cadets’ gorgeous new drum major uniforms! The Memorial Day weekend was a grand coming out party for the 2008 corps, starting with Sunday night’s An Evening with the Cadets concert in Springfield, Pa. Nearly 700 fans of the Cadets were treated to the […]

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