(Translated via AltaVista Babel Fish) The jury manual of the group Music In Motion (AK MIB) so far contains no defined evaluation boxes for Percussion performance. In order to make the interpretation of the scores simpler, the Percussion jury will fall back this season to the box system from the Drum Corps Europe jury manual. […]
Saturday night, the equipment truck of the Black Knights Drum & Bugle Corps from Gravesend was stolen. The truck had the entire battery and some brass instruments on board. On Sunday, the truck was recovered and still driveable. "No sooner had word got out than I had several phone calls all offering support and instruments", […]
The weather was on our side for the final camp of the 2006 season and it was a good thing as there was much to accomplish! Many were on-hand to do the work, causing the weekend to be an overall success and outright FUN. The guard returned from their winter sabbatical for the April 28-30 […]
The DCE Competition Manual version 6.0 is ready for download. Besides a change in field set up, like announced last year, there are no major changes in the contest rules (compared to the previous version 5.1). The judging manual includes several changes though. From 2006 and beyond, the Color Guard caption will be included in […]
As promised, our man Cozy Baker is back with his impressions of last week’s Loud Music Symposium at the San Francisco Bay Area’s Campbell Heritage Theater. This Renegades sponsored evening of decibel worshipers has apparently cast its spell upon another new disciple. Drum Corps Associates member corps have thankfully managed to maintain individual identities. It’s […]
Mystikal kicked off its April rehearsal camp weekend with a pit stop at the Edwards Cinema in Camarillo to watch the DCI Classic Countdown before continuing to Port Hueneme for the weekend. The local newspaper was present to interview the corps’ director and a few of the members. This was a great way to start […]
The color guard has arrived and summer is just around the corner. In this episode we have a one-on-one interview with Dave Gibbs the Blue Devils’ corps director. We sing praises for an unsung hero along with an interview with the new Color Guard Captain… and we have another sneak peak to this year’s show! […]
Episode 19 of Box Center is available for download. This week’s episode features and interview with John Moran, Vice President of Mini-Corps Associates (MCA). The episode also has the first Box Center voicemail! You can do one of the following to subscribe to Box Center: Search for Drum Corps Planet Box Center in the iTunes […]
Steve Vickers, the publisher of Drum Corps World, is working on a new book project that involves locating approximately 2,200 different photographs of various corps from over the past three and a half decades. The Drum Corps World photo archives are quite extensive — well over 10,000 prints — but there are a number of […]
The Casper-based Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps crossed a big line last month on its road toward competing nationwide again with other corps, its director said Tuesday. Mike Ottoes met with the executive committee of Drum Corps International in Dayton, Ohio, where he and others outlined the progress the organization has made since its ejection […]
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