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BYBA 2007 Northern Preview Photos And Video

Photos and videos from this years Northern Preview Concert, held at Crawshaw High School, Pudsey, West Yorkshire on Saturday 12th May are now available to view. Performances include Doncaster Danum, Revolution Show Corps, Halifax BB/GB, Concord, 3rd Davyhulme, Poynton Commodores and Northern Star. The Northern Preview Concert is an annual event held for the bands […]

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Carolina Crown Members Perform At NASCAR NEXTEL Pit Crew Challenge

Several members of Carolina Crown’s 2007 drum line and brass ensemble had the opportunity to kick off the third annual NASCAR NEXTEL Pit Crew Challenge Wednesday night at the Bobcats Arena in Charlotte, N.C. As part of the event, the Crown brass ensemble performed the National Anthem to a packed house. During pit crew introductions, […]

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DCI Season Pass Maintenance Period

In preparation for the 2007 Summer Music Games Tour, the DCI.org staff will be working on several upgrades to the Season Pass product, through the last weeks of May and early June. The Season Pass is Drum Corps International’s premium content Web site which gives fans access to Audio Performance Downloads dating back to 1972, […]

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In The News: South African Field Band Foundation Celebrates 10th Anniversary

While others cut a cake to celebrate anniversaries, the Field Band Foundation (FBF) is hitting the studio to record a CD to mark its 10-year birthday. The 80 minutes of music will feature jazz artist Brian Thusi and 37 other musicians. Senior members, from the age of 20, have been selected to perform on the […]

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Poynton Commodores To Entertain At X-Factor Auditions

The Commodores are pleased to announce that they have been requested to entertain the crowds for the Manchester auditions of X-FACTOR! Everyone is looking forward to this great opportunity, the Auditions will be watched by over 12 million viewers!! Saturday 19th May at the Lowry Hotel, the full Open Class corps plus the Commodore Cadets […]

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DCI Evaluators Approve New Competitive And Exhibition Units

Drum Corps International is pleased to announce the approval of several new and re-emerging units for participation in the upcoming Summer Music Games Tour. The organizations have participated in an evaluation process designed to help provide and refine an operational framework to meet each organization’s unique needs, goals and objectives. The evaluation process begins in […]

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CorpsVets Director’s Update

With fantastic recruiting and their best retention in years the talent level of the 2007 CorpsVets is impeccable. Execution of the arrangements and guard work is well ahead of any previous schedule. The staff (one of the best they’ve ever assembled) has challenged the membership with extremely difficult, yet crowd pleasing charts and designs. And […]

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DCUK Welcomes New Corps For 2007

DCUK are pleased to welcome a new Corps into membership for 2007. Legion Star hail from Crawley in West Sussex, a town which has a long history of providing quality Drum Corps and Marching Bands. During the winter months their Drumline performed along side Rhythm X from the USA both in the UK and on […]

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Concord To Appear On X Factor

Concord’s Ceremonial Fanfare Team will appear on the ITV television recording of The X Factor when it comes to Sheffield for their open auditions. Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne and the rest of the panel will be greeted by the Lord Mayor of Sheffield at the City Hall when the programme is produced in July this […]

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MillenniuM Composers Work With Corps

It’s been an intense week for MillenniuM, but it paid off. Key Poulan, Shawn Glyde and Dan Bryan (our music composers) came over to Verdello to help us in the process of bringing to life "1492: Mundus Novus". Getting to work with such talented and dedicated artists made this week very special for all of […]

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