Karina Howey is a polymath, carrying a double major at the University of Michigan in Nuclear Engineering and Percussion Performance, in addition to serving as on-field conductor of the Blue Stars for the past two competition seasons. When not performing with the Mandarins as the Pit Section Leader, Kaitlyn Poulan lends her considerable talents to […]
The DCUK Board recently met with the 2022 Members Corps and discussed their plans for next summer and are now pleased to advise that there are 3 contests scheduled for the 2023 season plus the British Drum Corps Championships.
For 2023, as part of the conditions of membership for both DCUK (& our sister organisation Winter Guard United Kingdom), Member Organisations are now required to attend introductory online sessions on two very important subjects. The first being about Safeguarding and the second about Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
The New York Skyliners Alumni Drum and Bugle Corps wants YOU! We always welcome new members in all sections, experienced or not. If you can play a horn or drum, twirl (or carry) a flag or rifle, or would like to learn and be a part of a musical unit steeped in the historical military […]
Cadets Arts & Entertainment (CAE), the non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization that oversees The Cadets Drum Corps, today announced that CEO Denise Bonfiglio has decided to retire from the organization. The CAE board of directors has subsequently appointed Vicki Ferrence Ray as interim CEO, effective immediately. CAE Board Chair Mark Herzing said the board would begin a […]
Cambridge and North Dumfries Community Foundation (CNDCF) has provided an $1,800 grant to help with instruction costs of Scout House Youth Band, formerly known as Preston Scout House Cadets drum and bugle corps. The youth organization still performs with drum and bugle corps instruments. The CNDCF grant was issued a few weeks before the CNDCF […]
Sometime in the fall of 1971, I was walking down Waverly Place in Greenwich Village with a friend. A group of German tourists with backpacks and “Youth Hostel” virtually written all over them approached from the opposite direction. Just as they passed, I heard a young woman exclaim, “Das ist er! Das ist er!” There […]
Drum Corps Planet is BACK in Rochester, New York, for the close of the 2022 North America competitive drum corps season! Managing News Editor Kevin Gamin will be LIVE From The Stands! (or, more accurately, the Press Box!) to provide DCP readers with live coverage and photos of the 2022 Drum Corps Associates World Championships, […]
Want the opportunity to participate in SoundSport but don’t have the time or desire to spend months rehearsing? Want to be a part of a group that epitomizes the objective of the SoundSport activity; perform an entertaining, audience-focused show? Want to see the world (actually just Indiana, but we have to hook you in somehow)? […]
The two recipients of this year’s Wilf Blum Youth Scholarship awards, offered annually by Preston Scout House Band Inc., managed to make significant progress despite the restrictions on music ensemble activities over the past two years because of COVID 19. Both graduating students will enter university music programs in the fall. Hannah Gordon of Preston […]
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