Spirit is pleased to offer video auditions for any perspective brass ensemble member who could not attend the November or December audition weekends at Jacksonville State University. Your video audition will provide the staff an opportunity to evaluate your abilities and to determine if you should be invited to attend the next rehearsal weekend on […]
Drum Corps Europe is pleased to announce the participating corps of the DCE Championships 2008. Please mark Saturday 27th September in your diaries, as it promises to be yet another sizzling European Championship! All the top corps of the last DCE Championships will be taking part. The entire top ten of the Open Class and […]
Following the successful tour of 2007, invitation now goes out to ALL interested Bands/Corps to contact event Director and BYBA President Bob Girvan on navrig [at] hotmail [dot] com to book your place in the 2008 road show. It is hoped to hold an initial meeting in January 2008 to discuss further, followed by a […]
The 50-day 2008 Drum Corps International Summer Tour will be made up of more than 115 events in 40 states. Featuring performances from the world’s most elite and exclusive marching music ensembles, fans across the United States will have a wide variety of events and locations to check out starting June 21, 2008. Events and […]
The Phantom Regiment, Rockford’s world-class drum and bugle corps, is hard at work once again, arranging another summer of sophisticated field maneuvers and brassy arrangements of classical music. On two recent weekends, corps leaders auditioned nearly 500 young musicians who traveled from Japan, the Philippines, Belgium, the Netherlands, the UK, Canada, and most of the […]
The 2008 Drum Major will be Cristian Barbarino. A great trumpet player and section leader for MillenniuM, Cristian will be conducting the Corps’ performances starting this winter. MillenniuM Drum & Bugle Corps wants to say thank you to Daria Raimondi, Drum Major for MillenniuM during five wonderful seasons (2002-2007) who has recently been accepted at […]
Spirit is pleased to welcome, Mr. Mark Riel as Assistant Director for Logisitcal Operations. Mark will be working with the corps in the areas of tour management and communications during the 2008 season as well as pre-tour planning during the winter months. Mark is a native of Erie, Pennsylvania. He received both his Bachelor of […]
Heave to and trice up for the holidays! The scuttlebutt regarding DCAssociates in aught eight appears Bristol with clear horizons and sizzling hot entertainment. The 22 corps which attended the DCA Championships last Labor Day weekend will probably grow a bit, add new names and one old one, the Kingston Grenadiers. 22 is a unique […]
She drifted away peacefully, with her family with her, and her favorite music playing in the background. She was born March 27, 1990 and died December 11, 2007. She was 17 years old. Her smile, her determination, her courage and her incredibly loving personality will be with all who knew her forever. May we all […]
The Cadets have released details to their 2008 program that will take fans on an amazing, beautiful and powerful journey into the pursuit of happiness. In separate presentations last weekend to members, donor and friends, Cadets Director and Program Coordinator George Hopkins and Eric Kitchenman, Staff Coordinator and Assistant Program Coordinator, presented a working title, […]
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