Drum Corps International’s top eight drum corps took the field at Middle Tennessee State University’s Floyd Stadium Friday, July 13, for the annual Masters of the Summer Music Games major event. One of the very first and only a handful of times that all of these corps will see each other head-to-head before making their […]
If marching bands had an NFL or NBA, it would be Drums Corps International. DCI and its Summer Music Games Tour features several of the world’s top drum and bugle corps in competition. Each year, more than 8,000 high school and college students try out for the corps. But fewer than 3,500 make the final […]
The Cadets Homecoming Weekend on June 30 and July 1 at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, N.J., drew hundreds of Cadets alumni and friends of the corps as Youth Education in the Arts sponsored the drum corps show Music In Motion, an Alumni Reunion and the George Hopkins’ 25th Anniversary Tribute. While thousands […]
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona joins Drum Corps International’s growing team of corporate partners as the title sponsor of the DCI Desert Classic, scheduled for Saturday, August 4, 2007 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona – DCI Desert Classic will feature 12 of the world’s top […]
Rolling into Murfreesboro, the choices were to continue staight on East Main under the banner prompting one to attend Uncle Dave Mason Days with clogging and buck dancing or turn on Middle Tennessee Blvd. for…"Are you ready for some drum corps?!" Actually, Todd Tanji's pal, John Donovan, and I continued on through town for Lebanon […]
The DCAssociates Bridgeport, CT, show, the Barnum Festival, was a huge success June 30. This show is back in the black saddle, spurred back into the DCA corral. For a couple of years, the ringmasters took the Barnum Festival off on a slight tangent, featuring superb alumni corps. At the latest show, seven competitive DCA […]
According to its critics, the Newark City Council over the past year has mostly marched to a single drummer – one that couldn’t be found, they say, in the Spirit of Newark Drum and Bugle Corps. In what was hardly a blow the house down follow-up to last month’s mini Bastille storming of City Hall […]
Drum Corps International presents Video Performance Downloads (VPD) – high-quality video downloads which is the newest way to own classic performances from Drum Corps International corps. Made specifically to watch on your computer, VPDs can be transferred to a Video iPod or Apple TV. Released in honor of Drum Corps International’s 35th Anniversary, 35 World […]
As an added benefit to Platinum Members of of DCI.org’s Fan Network, Drum Corps International will post Encorps! Videos of all 21 performances from the July 14 Coltrin & Associates DCI Southeastern Championship in Atlanta, Ga. This bonus event will feature full corps performances of 19 competing Division I corps, a performance by the CorpsVets […]
Local parade lovers are in for an exciting ride this year: The thundering drumbeats of full 40-woman corps of the Central Kilties and the Hillcrest Highlanders. For the last few years the numbers of girls trying out for the drum corps in all the city high schools dropped, so much so that the school district […]
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