Phantom wows crowd with ‘Spartacus’ June 22, 2008 — Stillwater, MN . . . Ten months to wait for drum corps is long time. Anxious activity fans streamed into Stillwater HS Stadium on this warm, humid night to experience the first area show of the season. They were not disappointed, as 10 corps put forth […]
When I wrote about the change in frequency for Drum Corps World back in the April issue, I was concerned about the reaction the decision would receive from subscribers and advertisers. Thankfully, the comments I’ve received from everyone is supportive and understanding. Most drum corps fans can see graphic examples of how the activity has […]
The University of Louisiana at Monroe Band Department recently announced the inclusion of ULM to the Drum Corps International Summer Music Games Tour, scheduled locally for July 21 at 7 p.m. in Malone Stadium. The show has been given the name "The Battle on the Bayou" and will feature seven corps – three of which […]
Three Fairfield High School alumni will perform Wednesday, July 2, in the Summer Music Games at Fairfield’s stadium. R.J. Cappa (’05), Andrew Sersion (’07) and Kyle Schuckmann (’06) all play with The Cavaliers, a drum corps from Rosemont, Ill. Steve Schuckmann said his son has been performing in drum corps since 2004 and is studying […]
Dublin Coffman Stadium was alive Sunday night with the sounds of cymbals, trumpets, and 1,500 fans, as seven drum corps from Ohio and throughout the country participated in the fourth annual Emerald City Music Games. Attendance at the event was pretty good considering the threat of thunderstorms, said contest director Gary Hodges. "They were very […]
Josh Pitts enjoys explaining drum corps to those who don’t know what it is. “For those who understand, there’s no explanation necessary. For those who don’t, there’s no explanation possible,” he says. Pitts, of Decatur, Ga., is in his third year as conductor of Rockford’s Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps, one of the top […]
The best drum corps on the planet is coming back to Kalamazoo. When Drum Corps International Kalamazoo marches into Waldo Stadium, 2,000 of the world’s elite young marching musicians will come together to compete and entertain. The July 5 event is one of more than 115 live competitions that will occur when the annual Drum […]
Phantom Regiment’s 2008 version of "Spartacus" is a departure from the way the corps originally staged Aram Khachaturian’s ballet in the early 1980s. Dan Potter has more on the "Spartacus" then-and-now in today’s Field Pass presented by Zildjian. Read the rest of the article here.
Not many of us find the thing we’re going to devote our lives to at 18. Yet, for Don Warren, that’s exactly what happened. One afternoon in 1946 he was minding his own business, sitting in the stands at Soldier Field during a Boy Scout jamboree, when the Racine Scouts marched in. The troop was […]
Check out the FREE video on the Fan Network that highlights the recording session held just last week. Click on the screen to order the entire CD with extra music from the Night at the Show, or order the Audio Performance Downloads of the 2008 production music through the Fan Network! The Academy’s show is […]
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