Former DCUK Corps, Spirit of Bristol, are holding a Reunion on 19th October 2007 taking place at the Downend Cricket Club in Bristol. All past members are welcome and can contact the organisers by email reunion [at] spiritofbristol [dot] co [dot] uk. More details will be made available also at the website. Read the rest […]
The Board of Directors of the Boston Crusaders Drum & Bugle Corps has accepted the resignation of Corps Director Howard Weinstein. Howard began his career with the Boston Crusaders in 1999, and led the corps to 9 consecutive DCI finals appearances. The board sincerely appreciates Howard’s passion and dedication to the corps, and respects his […]
A three-day drum competition is going strong in Pasadena. Youth marching music ensembles from around the world are competing at the Drum Corps International’s World Championship there. Take a look at what the fanfare’s about. Read the rest of the article and watch the video (Flash required) here.
Rochester’s Empire Statesmen took the high music composite score, sweeping the field brass, ensemble brass and ensemble percussion captions, and had the top score in music effect while closing the gap behind Hawthorne Caballeros to just 0.8 points in Kingston, New York’s March of Champions on August 11. Statesmen finished a close second to the […]
Forms have now been distributed to members Corps for nominations for the DCUK Board for the coming 12 months. Members of the Board will be responsible for guiding DCUK forward in 2008 and beyond and the positions are open to anyone who has the time and a desire to help DCUK – all you need […]
The Most Outstanding Drum Major Award for Divisions II & III were given to Edgar Guzman of the Vanguard Cadets and Andrew Snead of Memphis Sound at this afternoon’s final competition at Pasadena City College. The award is designed to recognize excellence in corps leadership and in conducting skills, and the two drum majors were […]
The draw for the DCE Championships prelims will take place coming Saturday 18th August. Lots will be drawn to determine the order within the various groups, six weeks before the spectacular event in Rotterdam. The draw for the Prelims will be held from 2.00 pm (local time, which is 1:00 pm GMT) onwards in Sparta […]
John Baumfalk’s eyes lit up when he saw The Cadets for the first time in more than a half century. In 1934, he was a founding member of the drum and bugle corps in Garfield, N.J., which had its beginnings in a basement. Baumfalk, 89, last played – and saw the group – in 1946. […]
Some invisible force has tugged them to this dark parking lot – 286 strong, from around the nation. It has disrupted two years of their lives, demanded time and money and, to be honest, a whole lot of Advil. All for the next 13 minutes. "I know my life’s been forever changed," said Donna Jackson, […]
The Rose Bowl rattled and shook Saturday with an intensity that might have been mistaken for aftershocks from Thursday’s magnitude-4.6 earthquake. But, fortunately for the thousands of viewers of the Drum Corps International World Championships, these were good vibrations. Drummers, brass players and dancers performed and marched their hearts out in the early evening’s nearly […]
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