The Blue Devils are excited to launch their new Shopping Mall. The Mall gives you quick access to stores with just ONE shopping cart and account. System Blue <systemblue.org> System Blue is a mixture of products, educational live events and publishing designed to provide a "System of Excellence" for band directors, teachers, staff, designers, performers […]
Forte Drum & Bugle Corps of Grand Prairie, TX is proud to announce the 2010 Visual Staff: Visual Caption Head, Kenneth Thompson Kenneth Thompson currently lives in the Dallas area where he serves as a band director for Duncanville ISD. Kenneth has been a clinician/instructor/technician in Texas for the past 8 years. Kenneth holds a […]
On May 9th 2006, Take That announced their comeback in a record deal worth £3 million. In 2010, with a production costing just under £300, the Pacemakers will bring the award winning pop band Take That to the drum corps field in a completely original format. The music score has been arranged by their in-house […]
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Poynton hasn’t got talent…according to music mogul Simon Cowell. The village’s popular drum group failed to impress the notoriously tough judges at the auditions for Britain’s Got Talent. The Poynton Commodores Drum Corps were given the dreaded three red crosses by judges Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan after they took to the stage in […]
How can you get exposure in the newspapers? At the European Drum Corps Symposium, this Saturday in London, there will be a clinic session about public relations. DCE’s PR Manager Dennis Naaktgeboren, who is also a reporter for the largest national newspaper in The Netherlands, will explain the different between a good and a bad […]
The Federatieband is abandoning the idea of being a drum & bugle corps. The corps is once again positioning itself as a ‘corps style marching band’, a style in which FB was conducted up until a few years ago. There will be no shows in the near future. The American style remains. Modern music by […]
Like many fans of drum corps, I’ve devoted several of my summer vacation plans over the years to include a pilgrimage to the host city of the Drum Corps International World Championships. Prior to my involvement on the staff of a corps and long before being able to experience the joy of instant-gratification by surfing […]
Episode 2010-04 of the Drum Corps Planet Box Center podcast is now available for download. This week, Managing News Editor looks back at the DCI Winter Meetings and reviews which rules passed and which were voted down by the instructors and board members. Kevin also looks forward as more corps have announced their 2010 programs. […]
Music City Drum and Bugle Corps once again set new standards for itself at the camp held January 23-24. The horn line and battery rehearsed "St. Louis Blues" together for the first time. There were smiles and tapping toes aplenty at the camp’s "show and tell". Excitement-packed definitely describes the 2010 opener which is sure […]
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