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Jack Meehan is a true drum corps renaissance man. From his initial exposure to the activity while growing up in the Burroughs of New York City to his long time association with the Concord Blue Devils, Meehan has always strived to better himself, his family, and his students, both within and outside the drum corps [...] View the full article

by Rich Conti, Drum Corps World staff (richburgher [at] yahoo [dot] com) August 4, 2011 – Johnsonburg, PA . . . An absolutely gorgeous evening and a large and ravenous drum corps crowd set the stage for the second “Blast in the Burg” DCI Open Class competition, with a line-up that boasted eight corps, including three of the top [...] View the full article

by Rich Conti, Drum Corps World staff (richburgher [at] yahoo [dot] com) August 4, 2011 – Johnsonburg, PA . . . An absolutely gorgeous evening and a large and ravenous drum corps crowd set the stage for the second “Blast in the Burg” DCI Open Class competition, with a line-up that boasted eight corps, including three of the top [...] View the full article

by Kevin Gamin, Drum Corps World staff and Drum Corps Planet managing editor August 6, 2011 – Erie, PA . . . It was a weekend of upsets in Erie, PA. On Saturday evening, the Oregon Crusaders upset Blue Devils B, taking top honors at the “Lake Erie Fanfare’s” Open Class competition. The trend continued [...] View the full article

by Kevin Gamin, Drum Corps World staff and Drum Corps Planet managing editor August 6, 2011 – Erie, PA . . . It was a weekend of upsets in Erie, PA. On Saturday evening, the Oregon Crusaders upset Blue Devils B, taking top honors at the “Lake Erie Fanfare’s” Open Class competition. The trend continued [...] View the full article

by William Aldrich-Thorpe, Drum Corps World staff (aldrichthorpe [at] gmail [dot] com) August, 6 2011 — Allentown, PA . . . On this very wet and threatening evening, the Blue Devils barely edged the Cadets by a smallest of margins — a one-half tenth of a point! That is 0.050 of a point difference. Two amazing programs, two superior [...] View the full article

by William Aldrich-Thorpe, Drum Corps World staff (aldrichthorpe [at] gmail [dot] com) August, 6 2011 — Allentown, PA . . . On this very wet and threatening evening, the Blue Devils barely edged the Cadets by a smallest of margins — a one-half tenth of a point! That is 0.050 of a point difference. Two amazing programs, two superior [...] View the full article

With just two two days to go before the DCI Eastern Regional in Allentown, PA, this show at West Chester University gave a great preview of what we can expect Friday and Saturday Night. It was wonderful to see old friends from the Midwest and the West Coast way out here in Pennsylvania once again. [...] View the full article

With just two two days to go before the DCI Eastern Regional in Allentown, PA, this show at West Chester University gave a great preview of what we can expect Friday and Saturday Night. It was wonderful to see old friends from the Midwest and the West Coast way out here in Pennsylvania once again. [...] View the full article

A rain-shortened “Pro Football Hall of Fame Festival” drum corps competition did not dampen the enthusiasm of the over 7,000 in attendance. This year’s competition also saw the largest amount of high school band programs attending (13) than in the past. Although the host Bluecoats, along with The Cadets and Phantom Regiment, did not perform, [...] View the full article

A rain-shortened “Pro Football Hall of Fame Festival” drum corps competition did not dampen the enthusiasm of the over 7,000 in attendance. This year’s competition also saw the largest amount of high school band programs attending (13) than in the past. Although the host Bluecoats, along with The Cadets and Phantom Regiment, did not perform, [...] View the full article

The Cavaliers easily outdistanced the Phantom Regiment this evening with their powerful and unusual production titled “XtraordinarY.” The Rosemont, IL, corps led across all of the major captions and took all but one sub caption for nearly a clean sweep. What a fantastic evening of drum corps. The weather was nearly perfect and the crowd [...] View the full article

The Cavaliers easily outdistanced the Phantom Regiment this evening with their powerful and unusual production titled “XtraordinarY.” The Rosemont, IL, corps led across all of the major captions and took all but one sub caption for nearly a clean sweep. What a fantastic evening of drum corps. The weather was nearly perfect and the crowd [...] View the full article

Crown lit up the sky with phenomenal aerial color guard tricks while filling the night air with their outstanding “Rach Star” production. This night notched the corps with their highest score this season and the top of the leaderboard as they head northward to their DCI Eastern Classic performance on Saturday. This night was heads [...] View the full article

Crown lit up the sky with phenomenal aerial color guard tricks while filling the night air with their outstanding “Rach Star” production. This night notched the corps with their highest score this season and the top of the leaderboard as they head northward to their DCI Eastern Classic performance on Saturday. This night was heads [...] View the full article