We’ve been quiet most of the winter…and we felt it was time for a BIG update on our show and the state of the drum corps! From the cold, ice, and snow of the winter emerges THE BUSHWACKERS! The corps has been simmering all winter long…we’ve moved, we’ve had rehearsals canceled due to weather, we’ve […]
The Blue Lions, the French team that was last involved in DCE during the Championships 2005, has undergone a radical change to its structure during the last ten months. With its 10 years of experience as a marching percussion unit, the board and members decided to embark on a new adventure by laying the foundations […]
Having a rock star dad and literally growing up in Las Vegas casinos didn’t convince Justin Crouch to finally start making his own music. But becoming a so-called "band nerd" did. Justin Crouch says he never really had any interest in music growing up, other than hearing his dad rock out on the drums. But […]
The Boston Crusaders’ 2007 program, entitled “A Picasso Suite” is a musical and visual feast that takes the audience through some of the periods of work of one of the most recognized figures in 20th century art. The four-part program combines exciting, emotional and passionate music with insight into the visual inspiration of a renowned […]
ALLIANCE seeks to fill a few select positions with the performing ensemble for the 2007 season, particularly in brass and front ensemble percussion. It’s not too late to join the corps and perform with us this summer!!! We are currently seeking: Trumpets Mellophone Baritone Front Ensemble Percussion, particularly mallet players Read the rest of the […]
My role in reporting all-age news is to be DCA’s urbane paladin, adorned in pince-nez, showering readers with all-age news clustered in rose petals. While in other columns, I might hop onto a journalistic jet ski (Little did I know when I first wrote this, I’d have a jet ski between my legs in Pensacola […]
This past weekend I had a much better camp than earlier in March. My carpool and I arrived in Jacksonville just after 11 at night because we couldn’t leave Tallahassee before 5:30. Apparently we missed a horn warm up that didn’t get past a certain articulation exercise because either the horn line wasn’t focused enough […]
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