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Written by Courtney Brandt
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
 Drum Corps (truly) International
What started years ago as a small competitive group of local bands and instrumentalists have grown to a proud organization whose accomplishments, achievements, and fan base reaches all over the globe. While the fans may range from many different nationalities, the members themselves (for mostly financial and geographical reasons) are predominantly from North America – although currently DCI does boast members from 15 countries. As current affiliates join each other to prepare for another exciting season of music’s major league, I wondered, as a current expatriate, what are the opportunities for musicians around the world to be a part of a similar organization? With technology, the world is shrinking every day, and participation in activities like music especially helps bring people together. Recently, I was watching the local news and there was a story about drumming in the desert.
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Written by Allan Murray
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Monday, 21 April 2008 |
 Lately it has come to my attention that there has been some general discussion about the integrity of marching percussion. This discussion has focused around the use of body movement in marching percussion and the integrity of marching percussion as far as it relates to “cleanliness” and the overall use of body movement in design. In fact, there was quite a discussion at the DCI Winter meetings this past January in Orlando on the subject by several instructors, caption heads, directors and judges.
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Written by Jeremey "Spike" Van Wert
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Tuesday, 15 April 2008 |
 Old Ghosts
After aging out of the Santa Clara Vanguard in 1998, I soon married and moved far from home. While visiting my home town recently I was astounded when I realized that I had not been to the Vanguard Hall in five years. Amazing how time passes. I decided to pay a visit to the old Hall that was the center of my life through my adolescence. I jumped in the car and drove the same roads I remember driving when I was first trying out for Vanguard and was scared to death that I would not make it. For fear of being too dramatic, turning the infamous corner and seeing the Vanguard Hall with the shiny fleet in the parking lot was a feeling of a soulful homecoming.
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Written by GM Kuzma
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Tuesday, 01 April 2008 |
 Drum Corps International: Building a Strategic Partnership for Success
Most people associated with drum corps are finely tuned into 'on the field' decisions being made for the upcoming 2008 season (such as amplification) or the number of seats on the Drum Corps International Board of Directors. However, others are focused on 'off the field' issues such as everything that happens logistically between the drum corps and the show event sponsors. From the strategic planning of tour schedules, securing of housing and stadium facilities to reservations of transportation resources to managing a pool of volunteers and coordination of resources and money. There's more than meets the eye (behind the scenes) when a drum corps hits the field.
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Written by Cozy Baker
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Monday, 17 March 2008 |
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 "Milady smiled, and d-Artagnan felt that he would go to (Heck, I can't say that here!) and back for that smile." ~ Alexandre Dumas, "The Three Musketeers"
...The cornucopia of corps music in 2008 will resound with grandiose splendor, running the easel paints, looking like a cross between a Monet oil and an oily-skinned Queen LP cover. Promise me Carolina Crown will flare nostrils again, that Bluecoats will continue to narrate a winner, that Academy will educate with GE, that the Glassmen will "gypsify" us again, that 7th Regiment will march in Indy...Empire Statesmen will do it Mr. B's way, Gulf Coast Sound will rock us like champions, Music City Legend will continue to pin our ears back, the Rochester Crusaders will do it again with class, and Rochester will resonate under clear skies July 5 and Labor Day weekend. |
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