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Written by Cozy Baker
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Monday, 25 August 2008 |
 Heavens to Merkatroid -- As all roads lead to Rochester, NY, for Labor Day weekend, the DCAssociates corps, scattered hither and yon, from Hurricanes' Connecticut to the Renaissance Midwest to rising again Atlanta to rockin' Gulf Coast to Dreamy L. A., have raised the bar of excellence yet again for what will be a most memorable DCA Championships in Paetec Park. Add in the best free show in corpsdom, the Individuals & Ensembles/Minicorps Championships, and the can't miss, cancel rehearsal to attend Alumni Spectacular, and Rochester is a magnificent event in aught eight.
DCA President Gil Silva and officers Larry Hershman, Red Corso, Tom Peashey, Glen Johnson, Dan Rippon, Vic Kulinski, Jr., Amber Roester and more welcome one and all to Rochester. Dick Eschenmann, business manager and contest chairman, and his contest staff will be there to make this another successful year. Allen Buell, Empire Statesmen business manager, and the entire Rochester city and convention center personnel have done a stupendous job of tweaking the facilities and offerings to make this year even better. The DCA Championships will be in Rochester again in 2009, then is open for bidding to...elsewhere.
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Written by Frank Dorritie
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Sunday, 24 August 2008 |
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 Bugles, Blasphemy and the Baptist Church
It’s a marvelous tale, spun out in classic Homeric fashion by a master story-teller. Before your very eyes, an entire neighborhood of colorful characters parades by in the saga of an inner-city kid with a disability who not only discovers his life’s true passion but a ticket to ride out of a dingy back alley all the way to a hot August night under the lights and the championship of the world. And the best part? It’s all true, every word of it.
“The May Day Parade”, the one-man show written and performed by Wayne Harris, is a stand alone one-of-a-kind not to be missed tour de force. It is simultaneously poignant, intense, hilarious and exhilarating, not unlike the man himself. This is no surprise. After all, it’s his own childhood experience, brought to life by an actor/singer/musician of immense ability.
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Written by Carolina Crown website
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Thursday, 28 August 2008 |
 Carolina Crown is extremely pleased to announce the appointment of Adam Sage as part of the 2009 teaching faculty.
As the Guard Caption Supervisor, Adam will be collaborating with returning Head Guard Designer Michael Townsend, who has been the force behind the Crown color guard for the last 6 years. Adam’s role will be to manage the daily affairs of the guard staff and members. In doing so he commits to facilitating and optimizing the creative process through the collaborative writing of the program. Adam's core philosophy to promote a safe and powerful culture in which team members can experience technical excellence, a deep connection to each other, achievement of personal and corps goals, and the total joy of performing fits right in with the mission of the organization.
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Written by Drum Corps Europe website
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Thursday, 28 August 2008 |
 The audio for the DVD of the 2007 DCE Championships is being edited at this moment. After months of delay, Drum Corps Europe hopes to release the DVDs with high quality sound soon.
The staff member who is responsible for the sound editing still has health problems, but Eoin O'Keeffe brought Drum Corps Europe in contact with Joe Rodwell. Joe is an instructor and brass arranger for 37th Kingswood D&BC in the UK, and studied Music Technology with Performance at the London College of Music and Media. He is currently working on a number of audio and composition projects and will soon be starting a Masters in Composition for Film and TV at Kingston university. He has offered his help to finish the audio for the 2007 DVD and CD.
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Written by John Simerman, Contra Costa Times
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Thursday, 28 August 2008 |
The state budget crawl drags on, but on some things the Legislature can still hustle.
Lawmakers are moving fast on a bill that would help gaming tribes, churches and some big nonprofit groups, but smaller bingo charities fear it will dry up their fundraising lifeblood.
The bill, SB1369, would ban electronic bingo games that a growing number of charities now operate in murky legal waters, games that casino tribes say violate their statewide monopoly on slot machines. In exchange, charities could link multiple facilities across California for weekly paper bingo games that could generate what one backer described as "life-altering prizes." Some say those prizes could exceed $100,000, compared with the $250 top prize per game state law now permits.
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Written by Matthew Daneman, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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Thursday, 28 August 2008 |
For music fans, the Drum Corps Associates World Championships this weekend at PAETEC Park will bring in some of the best drum and bugle corps performing anywhere.
For the Rochester-area economy, the event will be a boon in the form of thousands of musicians and families staying in local hotels, shopping at stores and eating at restaurants.
The competition is exactly the type of event that has helped build tourism in Monroe, Livingston, Ontario and Wayne counties into a $1.2 billion industry, according to the state Department of Economic Development.
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