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Carolina Crown Student Leadership Workshop

Get your student leaders signed up NOW for the Carolina Crown Student Leadership Workshop being held in conjunction with the Nightbeat show July 30th 2006 at the Grady Cole Center in Memorial Stadium. The workshop will start with leadership check in at 1:00 pm and will run through 5:00 pm. We will feed the student […]

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Giants Stadium Ticket Price Increase Friday

YEA! announced in mid-June that the fourth and final Music in Motion drum corps competition for 2006, originally scheduled for Clifton, NJ was relocating to Giants Stadium in order to provide a better experience for the fans and the corps with ample parking and a setting second-to-none in the New York Metro area for fabulous […]

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DCI Releases Quarterfinals Cinecast Cinema List

It’s BIG, it’s LOUD and it’s LIVE … coming to a movie theater near you. Experience live performances of the top 17 corps from the 2006 DCI World Championship Quarterfinals on Thursday Aug. 10, at select movie theaters. The program starts at 6 p.m. Eastern / 5 p.m. Central / 4 p.m. Mountain / 3 […]

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Brass Advantage with Wayne Downey
Issue 4

Circular Breathing Welcome back to the “Land of All Things Brass.” With summer underway I’ve gotten many different requests for information on brass technique but the most requested topic strangely enough has been circular breathing. Information on circular breathing is hard to find and if you’ve ever looked you’ve noticed that it’s rarely covered in […]

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Free Preview Of Blue Knights Show

All Blue Knights fans and supporters are invited to a free preview of the Blue Knight’s 2006 show! This performance will be held on Friday, July 14 at 7:30 PM at the Englewood High School Football Stadium, 3800 S Logan, Englewood, CO 80110. Drums Along the Rockies tickets will be sold at the concert.

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Beatrix’ Update

After two years of working constantly, due to the USA Tour of 2004 and the WMC in 2005, it will be Holiday for Beatrix’. However doing nothing is not part of the 2006 group, so there will be rehearsals during the summer.

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Eight Top Drum Corps To Compete In ‘Music On The Mon’

Whether you’re the most avid fan of drum and bugle corps or someone who has never been to a competition, Elizabeth Forward High School Stadium is the place to be Friday evening. Read the rest of the article here.

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Day Eleven: Peterborough, England

What a day! The GLASSMEN took England by storm today – and it’s been an absolute whirlwind ever since! The late night at the Eurotunnel customs not withstanding, and a couple of the usual tour vehicle maintenance issues, and the corps was up and off rehearsing at Peterborough, England’s East of England Showground, for this […]

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Fourth Of July: A Return To The Corps

Dave Endicott is polite to a fault — courtly, even — but for a moment an uncharacteristic note of sharpness colors his tone, and you realize you have just committed a big faux pas. Note to self: Never, ever refer to a drum and bugle corps as a "band." Read the rest of the article […]

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Two La Crosse Area Blue Stars Living A Dream

Travis Gerke has traded his trumpet in for a flag this summer. The 20-year-old Onalaska, Wis., sophomore at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is fulfilling a dream marching with the La Crosse Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps in 2006. Read the rest of the article here.

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