Many great items are available for bids at the Sport Memorabilia Silent Auction on Sunday, September 23rd from 5 PM until 9 PM. Items include great getaways at the beach, sports images and art, restaurant coupons and much more. The auction will be held at The Capital Grille Home The Capital Grille, Exchange Room 201 […]
Drum Corps Europe has decided to change the Olympic Retreat. In the afternoon as well as in the evening, the corps will be dismissed after presentation of the prizes. The DCE management has been considering this change for a while now. Proceedings at the DCN Finals finally tipped the scales towards introducing the measure at […]
How would you like to march a parade, play a few tunes and get paid to do it? The Raiders Drum & Bugle Corps of Wayne, NJ are proud to announce the formation of the "Raiders Parade Band!" The parade band is looking for ANY and ALL musicians, looking to march a few parades, play […]
The Hip Pickles Drum Band has just retuned from 3 days of performances at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida. On September 6th and 7th the Hip Pickles, music director Chet Doboe and performance partner John Doboe, presented 4 Young People Concerts, which had students from area schools bopin’ and rockin’ to […]
Millennium, 6th Hove Scouts, Jong Avalance, Northern Star and Black Knights will ‘rock’ Rotterdam on the eve of the DCE Championships. These corps will be taking part in the second edition of Drum Corps Rocks the Town. On Friday 28th September, this event will once again be held on the steps of the World Trade […]
In downtown parades you could hear them coming before you could see them. They had a distinctive sound. They were the all-girl, 75- to 100-member Enid Legionettes Drum and Bugle Corps. Parade watchers would stand and begin cheering even before the group was in sight. I have actually seen mothers and fathers clapping and cheering […]
The Summit Indoor Percussion Ensemble from Reno, Nevada is preparing for an exciting second season. An increased performance schedule and the possibility of adding a second percussion ensemble are the biggest changes planned. This year the open-class ensemble plans to attend the WGI World Championships in Dayton, Ohio as well as increase their involvement in […]
Twyla Tharp has written a fascinating book. You ought to know who she is, especially if you are interested in the great debate over the past and future of Drum Corps as we know (or knew) it. Actually, any thinking person should know lots of strange-named folks, like Ezra Pound for instance or Dweezil Zappa, […]
After months of planning, the Pioneer Drum & Bugle Corps & Color Guard is proud to launch a new website. The new website design is geared towards expansion and the future on many levels. With a more mature and sophisticated perspective of Pioneer’s involvement in the marching arts, the site aims to draw new interest […]
Building the Green Machine is the biography of corps founder Don Warren and a comprehensive history of the Cavaliers. Colt Foutz, a former reporter and columnist at the Naperville (Ill.) Sun, spent two years interviewing Warren and 200 current and former Cavaliers, as well as fans, family, volunteers and drum corps leaders, to produce a […]
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