Home » August 3rd, 2006 Entries posted on “August, 2006”

VK Plans November Rehearsals For 2007 Return

After a very successful meeting with our Staff/Program Director, Mr. Joe Miller, and in the quest to reach our initial goal of possibly fielding a corps in 2007,VK Youth Arts Organization is pleased to make the following announcements for immediate release:

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Snaring A Drum And Bugle Title

Ask Bret Dalldorf how he spent his summer vacation, and he’ll mention the 6 a.m. wake-up calls, the hours of practice in 100-degree heat and the nights on hard gym floors. Keep him talking, and he’ll bring up the time his tour bus blew a tire in Central Texas or the mysterious case of food […]

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Mom Happy Daughter Is Back With Blue Stars

It didn’t take long for Deandra Christianson to decide to march again this summer with the La Crosse Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps. The 17-year-old Onalaska, Wis., girl watched the corps practice at Camp Decorah one day in May, and she was back in the color guard line the next day. Read the rest […]

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DCUK Concord Classic Details

Continuing the long-running series of top class DCUK shows presented by CONCORD the 2006 version will have competition in Cadet Class, Class "A" and Open Class at Grantham Town FC on Saturday 3rd September starting at 1.50pm. Read the rest of the article here.

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Waterloo Band Festival Features Many Canadian Drum Corps

The second annual event, sponsored by the Guelph Royalaires Alumni Drum and Bugle Corps, will carry on its goal of raising money for Canada’s war heroes at the Juno Beach Memorial in Normandy, France Read the rest of the article here.

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Members’ Journal – Dog Days of Summer

Since July 12 the summer has quickly been flying by. That night the Buffalo show turned into a standstill because of the amount of water in Zunn Tire Park . I’d like to say we won that show, because we received a crazy standing ovation after playing Georgia. The next day we had rehearsal in […]

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BYBA South West Tour In 2007

It gives us great pleasure to announce that the BYBA will run a range of performances and shows in the Devon and Cornwall Area at the end of July 2007. Read the rest of the article here.

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Performers Brave Hot Temperatures In Rome, NY

It’s taken years for members of these drum corps to master their skills. Come showtime, it’s challenging to make each performance perfect. Performers say that’s why they practice so much all summer long. Read the rest of the article here.

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Div. II/III Prelims Added To DCI Season Pass Streaming Schedule

Members of the DCI Season Pass had access to more than 600 minutes of drum corps performances last Saturday when DCI.org broadcast the Coltrin & Associates DCI Southeastern Championship in Atlanta on the Internet. Read the rest of the article here.

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Open Age Units In BYBA

Following the successful BYBA Think Tank event, first conceived back in February this year, and held on Saturday 29th July in Leicester, it was recommended that the British Youth Band Association facilitate an open age division within its competition circuit. Read the rest of the article here.

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