Drum Corps Planet - Front Page
|
Written by Susan Milton, Cape Cod Times
|
|
Monday, 30 June 2008 |
The tuneful blast of blaring brass and thumping drums hits Chief Warrant Officer Brian Dix every time the U.S. Marine Drum & Bugle Corps plays.
Standing within that rush of music is "just like hitting a bull's-eye every time," said Dix, the Corps' musical director. "It's like hitting one out of the park every time. It's like getting married every day "¦ to the same person."
Read the rest of the article here. |
|
|
Written by Scott Smith, San Joaquin Record
|
|
Monday, 30 June 2008 |
With the buglers trilling and the drums snapping, it may have felt like the thunder travelled from the ground up Sunday evening at University of the Pacific's football stadium.
It wasn't from a freak weather pattern, but rather the 30th Annual Moonlight Classic competition featuring Northern California's top drum and bugle corps ensembles. Diehard supporters said they're not about to let Stockton's competition fade.
Read the rest of the article here. |
|
|
Written by Rockford Register Star
|
|
Sunday, 29 June 2008 |
Rockford’s Phantom Regiment drum and bugle corps came home before it left this year.
Because of a shortened Drum Corps International touring season, the annual Show of Shows at Boylan Catholic High School was the Regiment’s first competition of the season, giving local fans the opportunity to hear the debut performance of the 2008 program, “Spartacus.”
A crowd of 3,500 at Boylan Stadium enthusiastically greeted the Regiment, whose score of 72.4 points was one short of the winning Cavaliers of Rosemont. Carolina Crown of Fort Mill, S.C., finished third with 70.2 points.
Read the rest of the article here. |
|
|
Written by Blue Devils website
|
|
Sunday, 29 June 2008 |
 Precision West ’08 was a very exciting and special event. The Blue Devils organization also celebrated Family Day in conjunction with the exhibition.
Not only will you enjoy performances by the Blue Devils, the Mandarins, the Santa Clara Vanguard and Santa Clara Vanguard Cadets, but in the tradition of Family Day, there are performances by the combined percussion and brass ensembles of The Blue Devils.
Read the rest of the article here. |
|
|
Written by Benji Feldheim, DeKalb Daily Chronicle
|
|
Sunday, 29 June 2008 |
More than 100 percussion and brass players, as well as flag handlers - all members of the Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps - were at Huskie Stadium on Friday afternoon practicing a new routine based on Japanese culture. Called “Samurai,” the arrangement required all the musicians to yell “ah-ya” as loud as possible as the drums and horns built to a furious peak.
“Accent the ‘Ya' at the end of the yell even more,” Bertman, brass captain head for the Cavaliers, said to the group during rehearsal. “The audience is already getting excited with the drums pounding, and this will pump them up even more.”
Read the rest of the article here. |
|
|
Written by Tony Sauro, San Joaquin Record
|
|
Sunday, 29 June 2008 |
Bonnie Ott Thompson says she’s still “dumbstruck” when people remember her.
After all, it’s been 32 years since she became a women’s pioneer in the fast-paced world of drum-and-bugle corps competition that once was dominated by males.
“To this day, I’m so impressed. I can’t find the words. I’m dumbstruck that people still have heard of me,” said Ott Thompson, who, as a 10-year-old member of the Stockton Commodores, became the first female to play a brass instrument in a drum-and-bugle corps in 1967.
Read the rest of the article here. |
|
| | << Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next > End >>
| | Results 65 - 72 of 72 |
|
