It was during a run through of a performance earlier this year when it struck Estephan Quintela just why he had voluntarily committed so much of his life, time and energy to being a member of a drum and bugle corps. Prior to a show and after a Blue Knights’ practice, the ensemble spotted a […]
BlueView is in Atlanta on July 14, for the DCI Southeastern Championships. Video from rehearsals and the evening performance. BlueView is much more than your basic camp report. It is a video magazine featuring insights, commentaries, flash backs of past performances, news and all that is The Blue Devils. Read the rest of the article […]
When the CrownEvents committee began planning the 20th Edition of NightBEAT, Carolina Crown’s premiere drum corps competition each summer, the question was, How to make it special? The answer came in the form of thanking the very people who make NightBEAT special, its fans! Why not involve selected fans in the presentation of Medals and […]
On Wednesday, Aug. 8, the world’s best competitive eaters will converge on Knott’s Berry Farm, America’s first theme park, to compete in the first-ever Drum Corps International Peanut Butter & Jelly Eating Championship. Among the eaters vying for the cash prizes and bragging rights will be Joey Chestnut, the #1-ranked competitive eater in the world […]
Not going to finals and wondering how you’re going to see The Cadets in their final few weeks of tour? Cadets ALL Access 2007 is your answer! With The Cadets’ season now passed the half way mark Cadets ALL Access 2007 has gone to HALF PRICE! From this point through the 2007 DCI World Championships […]
Cobb County schools music supervisor Gary Markham was awarded Coltrin & Associates and Drum Corps International’s first Excellence in Music Education Award during the Drum Corps International’s Southeastern Championship last weekend at the Georgia Dome. Markham directed the Blue Devils Drum Corps and former Spirit of Atlanta Drum Corps before becoming a judge for the […]
On Sunday evening July 22nd at 7:00pm in the SCV Corps Hall, Vanguard Cadets Director Rob Ripley and Program Coordinator Mike Zerbini will be meeting with parents to talk through the upcoming tour, the schedule and to answer any questions. This is also a great opportunity for first year parents to ask questions and returning […]
Last year, Tom Schemp, a volunteer with the Drums Along the Rockies program, said that if he had anything to do with it, Brush would again serve as a practice site for a drum and bugle corps. That statement is ringing true as the Crossmen Drum & Bugle Corps, now of San Antonio, Texas, will […]
It was a night of flash and brass Monday as the Sevier County High School Band held its 31st annual Drum Corps International competition. The event, which is a fundraiser for the high school ensemble, drew six touring groups and hundreds of people out to Burchfield Stadium. Band director Russell Ramsay called the event a […]
Don’t call them bands. Audrey Null, executive director for the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce, said she learned the correct phrase is "corps," as in "drum and bugle corps." The chamber is hosting "Salem’s Champion of Sounds" at 8 p.m. July 28 at Reilly Stadium. Read the rest of the article here.
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