Just returned from a visit to Rochester and PAETEC Park. Wow! Things sure are coming together up there. Gone is much of my apprehension about the facility being ready to host our most important event. The home for our 42nd Annual DCA World Championships should be broom clean by Labor Day Weekend. Joining me there […]
The Cadets have increased the population of Buckhannon, WV by about 275 – members, staff and volunteers. The weather at Pittsburgh International Airport was a grey & damp 54 degrees where most of the members (and ALL of their luggage) greeted the bus. After a 3 hour ride through some beautiful mountainous views of southwestern […]
The schedule for the 2006 season has been amended, from seven shows to five plus Finals. The first show of the season, due to be held at Grantham on June 4th, has unfortunately been cancelled. Due to circumstances beyond DCUK’s control the Grantham venue is no longer available. Due to the short notice and the […]
The DCE Competition Manual has been upgraded from version 6.0 to version 6.1. The new manual is available as a PDF file and can be dowloaded free of charge from this website. In the new manual, a few typing errors that might cause confusion have been fixed (in the ‘contest rules’ section on page 4). […]
The DrumCorpsPlanet.com Photo Gallery has just been updated with 120 *new* photos from the DCI Division 1 and DCA Open Class corps from 2005. A collaborative effort with Drum Corps World magazine, the Photo Gallery features nearly 300 images of corps that took the field in 2005 – from DCA, DCI, and around the world. […]
Episode 21 of Box Center is now available for download. In this week’s episode, we look at the latest podcasts from Academy, Mandarins, and Pacific Crest, listen to more fan voice mails, learn what the 2006 Cadets, Southwind and Blue Knights shows are, and review the news and events from the past week in the […]
Strike up the bands. Cheviot and Loveland have finally found musicians to play patriotic tunes at their Memorial Day parades. Both communities’ events had been bandless because of transportation costs and musician shortages. (…snip…) Cincinnati Tradition Sr. Drum & Bugle Corps will help kick off Cheviot’s 11 a.m. May 29 parade sponsored by the Western […]
When people speak of drum corps the word TRADITION always comes up. Please join the BAYONNE BRIDGEMEN ALUMNI DRUM & BUGLE CORPS as they re-ignite an old tradition and begin a new tradition of hosting the TOURNAMENT OF STARS INVITATIONAL on Saturday, June 10th, 2006 at 6:00 P.M. at the Don Ahern Veteran’s Memorial Stadium, […]
I regret to announce that Southern Aurora have withdrawn from competition for the foreseeable future. After a series of set backs in the past two months, it has become clear that the show we had written cannot be performed by the members we have. Whilst we could have pushed the members to a level of […]
The week’s podcast we give belated Mothers’ Day wishes to our moms. A former B corps to A corps and now Age-out staff member gives advice to her aspiring color guard members, and we answer a viewer email with a couple drummers who really had some great advice! To subscribe to the Podcast: Launch iTunes […]
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