John Freeman has been involved in marching pageantry as a teacher for over 20 years. Blue Devils for 11 years, Cascades for 3 years, Dutch Boy 5 years, Magic 1 year. During his time with these groups he served as visual marching tech, visual caption head, visual designer, staff coordinator, program coordinator, and assistant director. […]
Drum Corps Europe has appointed Tony Mackenzie-Jones as the DCE Adjudication Manager. Tony will coordinate all judging matters as part of the DCE management team. Tony’s first active involvement in marching music was marching in a scout band. After serving in the army (being involved in a pipe and brass band) he studied for A […]
POSTED ON COLTS.ORG ON 12/10 Jay tells me that the family is all there with her, listening to her favorite music and saying their goodbyes. They have listened a couple of times to the music she used when she won the state color guard solo championship a couple of years ago, and they have listened […]
Youth Education in the Arts [YEA!] is taking applications for Marketing and Public Relations Interns for Summer and Fall 2008. Marketing interns for YEA! will gain experience in the publicity and promotion of YEA! activities while receiving hands-on training in a variety of advertising and marketing tasks. Interns will brainstorm, strategize and implement campaigns based […]
Beginning in January and running through April, the Cadets will hold Snare Training Camps alongside the regular Cadets Camps. The Snare Training Camps will be on the following 5 camp weekends only: * January 4-6 * January 18-20 * February 8-10 * March 7-9 * April 4-6. Read the rest of the article here.
The first audition for the 2008 Colts will be held at Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School (2001 Radford Road) in Dubuque, Iowa. Rehearsal begins at 9:00 pm Friday, December 14 and will conclude at 4 pm on Sunday. Please arrive early to help move in equipment. Check in will begin at 7:15 pm. COST The cost […]
The Cadets will learn more than three minutes of their 2008 opener this weekend when the corps gathers for auditions and rehearsals in Southern New Jersey. The Cadets Audition Camp will be held Dec. 7-9 at Penns Grove High School in Carneys Point, N.J. It is the first camp of the season for more than […]
The corps that brought you Kill Bill Volume I & II and Star Trek has gone all out for 2008. We are proud present “We Will Rock You”, the music selections of Queen from the musical “We Will Rock You”. As usual SoCal Dream design team has taken steps beyond the typical boundaries of drum […]
Halfway into the Cadets Experience and Audition Camp and 17-year-old Taylor O’Neill could genuinely say he had learned more in percussion technique than he had picked up in six years of playing. The marimba player from Haddon Heights, N.J., was one of nearly 150 musicians and performers who last weekend attended the corps’ first camp […]
On Saturday, December 1st, past and future Fusion-ites converged on Rahway High School for only the 2nd Open House in the corps’ short history. The weather was chilly, but what was going on inside the school was certainly HOT enough to get the ol’ drum corps juices flowing! The day began with registration and a […]
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