Frontier Drum and Bugle Corps of Denton, TX will compete in Drum Corps Associates Class A division for the 2008 season. In evaluating the corps membership and input from veterans, corps co-directors Manny Guerrero and Roger Treacher decided it was in the best interest of the corps to compete in this division. According to Brass […]
At the beginning of April, Drum Corps International announced that it would have to relocate its 2008 World Championships to Memorial Stadium, on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. Originally scheduled to be held in the new Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, the new facility will not be available in time for this […]
The brass and percussion section (minus LOTS of drumline members at indoor comps) showcase some music from our 2008 production at our late March camp. Read the rest of the article here.
Greetings from the Mandarins Brass Line! As summer approaches, the anticipation is mounting as we finalize the brass book and learn more drill. The music for the closer "Chaos" from Disney’s Millenium Celebration will be completed at our April 25-27 camp. We learned the first minute of the show at the March camp and performed […]
Drums on the Ohio is dead. The drum and bugle corps competition, an annual fixture at Reitz Bowl for 29 summers, has been discontinued. “We ran out of people to do the work,” said Bob Goff, secretary-treasurer of the Downtown Evansville Civitan Club, which launched the first competition in 1978 to inspire high school band […]
This past weekend, the votes of Drum Corps International World Class directors and Hall of Fame members were tallied to select four new members who will be inducted into the DCI Hall of Fame for 2008. Conceived in 1985, more than 80 honorees comprise the DCI Hall of Fame representing a select group of individuals […]
There’s more to life than making money and building a career. Happiness can also be had from sharing experiences, offering others opportunities and fulfilling your own dreams. So says young executive Chumpol Techakraisri. Apart from working hard in his family’s business, this young and active guy has another side to his life, and it involves […]
There’s more to life than making money and building a career. Happiness can also be had from sharing experiences, offering others opportunities and fulfilling your own dreams. So says young executive Chumpol Techakraisri. Apart from working hard in his family’s business, this young and active guy has another side to his life, and it involves […]
Paul Richards, Lucy Philips and Dan Easter, members of the Black Knights Senior Corps joined up with the South London Jazz Orchestra (SLJO) to perform to the crowds and participants of the 2008 London Marathon. Commenting on the experience Paul Richards said “It was a pleasure to be allowed to play some very skilled players […]
Lately it has come to my attention that there has been some general discussion about the integrity of marching percussion. This discussion has focused around the use of body movement in marching percussion and the integrity of marching percussion as far as it relates to “cleanliness” and the overall use of body movement in design. […]
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