Home » August 2nd, 2006 Entries posted on “August, 2006”

DCUK Will Discuss Incorporation Of Open Age Corps

The DCUK Board of Trustees has agreed to facilitate a proposal from the Corps Directors who were present at the meeting regarding the framework for the summer season in 2007. The Corps Directors & Trustees will be discussing three broad areas. Read the rest of the article here.

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Cadets Seek Housing Between Chicago And Madison

Following the last show of the year in Napierville, Illinois on Sunday, August 6th, the Cadets need housing and rehearsal facilities somewhere between Chicago and Madison. We have been searching for some time now but at this juncture, panic is setting in. We do not want to go to the Reedsburg school in Wisconsin too […]

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Revolution Welcomes New Partner

Revolution Drum & Bugle Corps is proud to announce a partnership with Super C Music Products, a company that specializes in scented valve oil for brass instruments, for the 2006 season.

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Statesmen Take Top Brass At Susquehanna

For the second week in a row, Empire Statesmen’s horn line was the best on the field, but the Reading Buccaneers are still sailing ahead of the fleet, winning the Sounds of the Susquehanna contest in Binghamton, NY with a score of 89.7. Rochester’s Empire Statesmen were again second to the Bucs, with 87.425. Bushwackers, […]

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Hot Performances At Drum Corps Contest

More than 7,000 people Monday night and made their way to Paul Brown Tiger Stadium, despite heat warnings posted throughout the day, to see the Pro Football Hall of Fame Festival Drum Corps International Competition. Read the rest of the article and view video clips from the competition here.

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Crossmen Needs Housing For Madison

Drum Corps International, despite their best efforts, has yet to locate a housing site for the Crossmen for Madison. The corps is in Allentown on Saturday August 5th, and then they would like to head to Madison after the show. DCI is looking now in Milwaukee, but that would mean a two hour drive each […]

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BYBA Southern Showdown Update

From January, 2006, plans were being made to move the Southern Contest from Tadley to Aldershot. That offer was recently withdrawn, and during the past 3 weeks, BYBA has been working with Robin Carmichael, Downsmen Joint Corps Director, to source a venue, as close to Aldershot as possible. This has not been easy at such […]

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DCUK Constitutional Reform Proposal

At the recent meeting of the DCUK Board of Trustees, which was extremely well attended by a wide cross-section of Drum Corps and Winterguard representatives, it was agreed that a proposal that had been presented by the WGUK Board would be put to the membership for consideration. Read the rest of the article here.

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Drum Corps Competition Benefits Marching Bands

In case you didn’t know, drum and bugle corps are “hard core,” fans say. Every summer for three months, groups of 18- to 22-year-olds traverse the United States, playing percussion and brass instruments and dancing and twirling flags and rifles. Read the rest of the article here.

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Drum Corps Competition Has Huge Fan Following

A Broadway production on a football field. That’s how Ralph McCauley defines the traveling music show known as the Drum Corps International Competition, which stopped at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium as part of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Festival Monday. Read the rest of the article here.

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