Ask Bret Dalldorf how he spent his summer vacation, and he'll mention the 6 a.m. wake-up calls, the hours of practice in 100-degree heat and the nights on hard gym floors.

Keep him talking, and he'll bring up the time his tour bus blew a tire in Central Texas or the mysterious case of food poisoning that afflicted half his fellow travelers en route to Frisco.

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It didn’t take long for Deandra Christianson to decide to march again this summer with the La Crosse Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps.

The 17-year-old Onalaska, Wis., girl watched the corps practice at Camp Decorah one day in May, and she was back in the color guard line the next day.

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It's taken years for members of these drum corps to master their skills. Come showtime, it's challenging to make each performance perfect.

Performers say that's why they practice so much all summer long.

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Members of the DCI Season Pass had access to more than 600 minutes of drum corps performances last Saturday when DCI.org broadcast the Coltrin & Associates DCI Southeastern Championship in Atlanta on the Internet.

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