DCA Corps News
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Written by Lindsay Post
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Friday, 04 July 2008 |
Local talent has been invited overseas to perform in a ceremony to honour a key piece of Canadian and world history next year.
The Kawartha Kavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps will be the guest Canadian band at the 65th anniversary of D-Day at the Juno Beach Centre in Normandy next June, the organization stated in a press release issued Thursday.
"This is a tremendous opportunity to teach our members some very important history and to have them take part, with the veterans, in the various services, parades and laying of wreaths in the area," stated project chair John O'Reilly.
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Written by Roy Wilson, Empire Statesmen
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Thursday, 03 July 2008 |
 Rochester’s Empire Statesmen are racing full out on the holiday weekend, with major events on July 4, 5 and 6, including a special performance at the Watkins Glen race track on Sunday, July 6. An audience of about 50,000 is expected to be in the stands for the Camping World Grand Prix race on the famous 3.4 mile road course, to be televised by Fox Network and ESPN.
Weekend events at Watkins Glen include the Corning Duel Firestone Indy Lights races, Penn Grade 1 Historic Grand Prix and KONI Challenge. Watkins Glen is located in western New York’s Finger Lakes area, southwest of Rochester. |
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Written by Kilties website
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Thursday, 03 July 2008 |
 Kiltie Klassic XV ushered in the 2008 drum corps season to Southeastern Wisconsin with a classic line-up of drum corps at one of the Midwest’s most storied drum corps venues, historic Horlick Field. Then it was off to Madison for a very well received performance at the big DCI Regional at another storied venue, Camp Randall Stadium. We capped off our busy debut weekend with an incredibly well received performance for a packed stadium just down the road from Madison in beautiful Oregon, WI.
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Written by Kelly O'Conner, Messenger Post Media
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Wednesday, 02 July 2008 |
Although the Empire Statesmen drum and bugle corps celebrates its 25th anniversary this year without its founder, Vince Bruni, it will mark the milestone with the same passion he brought to the group.
Mr. Bruni, whose spirit inspired musicians for two decades, died on the eve of the Drum Corps Associates Labor Day weekend championship tournament in 2003.
Saturday, the group will pay tribute to its founder at an anniversary concert at St. John Fisher College.
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Written by Melvin Mason, Connecticut Post
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Wednesday, 02 July 2008 |
The music. The precision timing. Supporting old teammates. Whatever the reason, thousands of people filled the stands at Central High School's Kennedy Stadium feel the power and see the pageantry as talented drum and bugle corps battled it out Saturday to be the best of the Barnum Festival.
The annual Champions on Parade competition proved again to be a prime attraction for visitors of the festival, as the competition continued late Saturday night.
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