Jack Meehan is a true drum corps renaissance man. From his initial exposure to the activity while growing up in the Burroughs of New York City to his long time association with the Concord Blue Devils, Meehan has always strived to better himself, his family, and his students, both within and outside the drum corps [...]
by Rich Conti, Drum Corps World staff ( richburgher [at] yahoo [dot] com ) August 4, 2011 – Johnsonburg, PA . . . An absolutely gorgeous evening and a large and ravenous drum corps crowd set the stage for the second “Blast in the Burg” DCI Open Class competition, with a line-up that boasted eight [...]
by Kevin Gamin, Drum Corps World staff and Drum Corps Planet managing editor August 6, 2011 – Erie, PA . . . It was a weekend of upsets in Erie, PA. On Saturday evening, the Oregon Crusaders upset Blue Devils B, taking top honors at the “Lake Erie Fanfare’s” Open Class competition. The trend continued [...]
by William Aldrich-Thorpe, Drum Corps World staff ( aldrichthorpe [at] gmail [dot] com ) August, 6 2011 — Allentown, PA . . . On this very wet and threatening evening, the Blue Devils barely edged the Cadets by a smallest of margins — a one-half tenth of a point! That is 0.050 of a point [...]
by Bob Fields, Drum Corps World staff ( rfields25 [at] aol [dot] com ) With just two two days to go before the DCI Eastern Regional in Allentown, PA, this show at West Chester University gave a great preview of what we can expect Friday and Saturday Night. It was wonderful to see old friends [...]
by Vic Colaianni, Drum Corps World staff ( vjcoly [at] gmail [dot] com ) A rain-shortened “Pro Football Hall of Fame Festival” drum corps competition did not dampen the enthusiasm of the over 7,000 in attendance. This year’s competition also saw the largest amount of high school band programs attending (13) than in the past. [...]
by William Aldrich-Thorpe, Drum Corps World staff ( aldrichthorpe [at] gmail [dot] com ) The Cavaliers easily outdistanced the Phantom Regiment this evening with their powerful and unusual production titled “XtraordinarY.” The Rosemont, IL, corps led across all of the major captions and took all but one sub caption for nearly a clean sweep.
by William Aldrich-Thorpe, Drum Corps World staff ( aldrichthorpe [at] gmail [dot] com ) Crown lit up the sky with phenomenal aerial color guard tricks while filling the night air with their outstanding “Rach Star” production. This night notched the corps with their highest score this season and the top of the leaderboard as they [...]
by Bill Flaker, Drum Corps World staff ( wrflaker [at] aol [dot] com ) The four letter word that drum corps fans and show sponsors hate the most happened at Dietz Memorial Stadium this evening as a steady and sometimes heavy rain fell on the fifteenth annual “March of Champions.” The show was sponsored by [...]
by Kevin Gamin, Drum Corps World staff and Drum Corps Planet managing editor ( kevingamin [at] gmail [dot] com ) The fight for the DCI Open Class championship got a lot more interesting after the scores were announced at the 2011 “Lake Erie Fanfare,” one of four seeding events for quarterfinals in just two days. [...]
