Last week, MTSU hosted the Drum Corps International "Masters of the Summer Music Games" at Floyd Stadium. According to the official Web site, DCI is a 30-year-old national organization that bolsters "excellence in performance and in life" for drum and bugle corps across the country. The event this past weekend featured eight bands from six […]
Like last year, the order of the performances during the DCE Open Class Prelims will be determined by a draw, partly based on the contestants’ results last year. DCE will look firstly at the results obtained at the DCE Championships 2006. Corps who did not participate last year, have been added to the list on […]
Welcome back to the land of “All Things Brass.” This installment of Brass Advantage continues to discuss the brass pedagogy (the study of performance techniques specific to brass instruments) relative to producing a characteristic tone quality. If you haven’t read Brass Advantage #11 I would encourage you to do so to gain an understanding of […]
14 July 2007Atlanta, GASaturday, 10:03amRegional Day! Sunday last, we had a laundry day in Allentown- we all got to go to the same huge laundromat, and were done quickly. Our Warrenton, VA housing site was horrible. On Monday night, we pulled into a school where the girls had to sleep in the cafeteria. There were […]
Father D’Arcy (Now Bishop D’Arcy , Fort Wayne, Indiana) Spiritual Director 1957-1965 St.Mary’s Cardinals Drum and Bugle Corps Beverly, Massachusetts Celebrating 50 Years in the Priesthood Is returning to St Mary’s Church
Rochester’s Empire Statesmen jumped more than two and half points on the score sheets, to win the Drums In the Square contest in Central Square, NY on July 14 with a score of 81.488. The Statesmen’s first win of the season follows a second place finish behind Hawthorne Caballeros in the Vince Bruni Preview of […]
One of the top groups from past Northeast Louisiana Summer Music Games returns to West Monroe next week for public rehearsals on Tuesday. The Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps from Canton, Ohio, will rehearse throughout the day Tuesday at West Monroe High School, with a run through its entire show at the end of the […]
Jessica Speer has been sleeping on high school gym floors in a different city every day since the summer began. But, she doesn’t mind. The 22-year-old Broussard resident and UL music major is on a national tour with the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps. Lafayette will be a stop on the 135-member corps’ tour […]
The music took Bridgette Wilson back to high school on Monday night. Years ago, Wilson ran across football fields as a member of Tupelo High School’s color guard. She pulled off precision moves and enjoyed the applause. It was a world her husband, Fred, missed during his high school days, but she shared some of […]
Come join us at 7:00 PM Central Time on Saturday August 4th, 2007 at Beech High School in Hendersonville, TN for some of the best drums corps south of the Mason-Dixon line. Corps scheduled to perform are: * Shenandoah Sound from Sterling, VA * Derby City Knights from Louisville, KY * Gulf Coast Sound from […]
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