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2008 DCA World Championships Tickets On Sale

All tickets for the DCA World Championships went on sale April 14th. They are available on line. Don’t wait till the last minute. Get them now. Plenty of excellent seats still available for all shows. Go to http://www.dcacorps.org and click on the championship logo and select tickets. Telephone orders will be available soon. August 30-31, […]

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2008 Blue Stars April Camp Report

Finally, the Blue Stars had a camp where the weather decided it would cooperate with them for the weekend. The corps arrived for what had been a heavily anticipated weekend. With the postponement of learning drill from last camp, they knew that they would finally get a chance to go outside and put the bike […]

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Succesful Recruitment Campaign For Northern Star

Friday 22nd Feb saw Northern Star take its road show to Rodillian High School, Wakefield West Yorkshire, for what was the first of many scheduled events in a recruitment campaign for the future. The day was a huge success with around 80 young people experiencing ‘hands on’ what Northern Star has to offer. Everyone took […]

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2008 Boston Crusaders Florida Preview

On Saturday May 10, the Crusaders will present a sneak peek of our 2008 production at Boone High School, 2000 South Mills Ave in Orlando. This is the first public performance of the 2008 Boston Crusaders! Be there in person as we remove some of the veil from this year’s show as well as entertain […]

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Vic Firth And Blue Stars Join Forces

The Blue Stars are pleased to announce that they have entered into a 3-year agreement with Vic Firth to be the sole supplier of all percussion sticks and mallets. For over 40 years, Vic Firth has been a leader in design, innovation and technology. They have pioneered new concepts and methods to constantly improve upon […]

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OnQ National Drumming Camp

Combining state-of-the-art instruction from some of the most innovative educators in the world of marching percussion with the unparalleled performance excellence of top Drum Corps International drum corps units for one absolutely EXPLOSIVE educational camp experience… Five of Drum Corps International’s top drum lines and their premier percussion educators come together this summer to present […]

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Quantum Percussion Debuting At WGI Championships

The Winter Guard International 2008 World Championships will play host to three dynamic competitors playing on the new Quantum drums from Mapex. Jenison Winter Drumline of Jenison, Michigan and the Irondale Marching Knights Winter Guard of New Brighton, MN will perform exclusively on drums from Mapex Quantum. The Constitution of Raleigh, North Carolina, will feature […]

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Jersey Surf Announces 2008 Drum Majors

The Jersey Surf Drum and Bugle Corps is pleased to announce the selection of Chris Garten as drum major for the 2008 season and Alison Baier as the assistant drum major. Both are entering their third year with the corps. Chris is a junior at Shepherd University, majoring in Bassoon Performance and Music Education. He […]

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Crown Member Finshes 2nd In National Classical Solo Competition

2nd year Carolina Crown member Weston Olencki returned recently from Washington DC where he competed in the 2008 Eastern Trombone Workshop National Classical Solo Competition. He did a beautiful job and wound up as the 2nd place finalist. His performance was web-cast live from the music hall at Ft. Myer, Va. Several of his 6 […]

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Cadets Home Show VIP Ticket Special Offer

Great corps will be on the way this summer to all four of the Cadets home shows, and for a limited time only we are making our VIP seats even more special with VIP parking, free program guide and a gift bag of extra treats to help you enjoy each one of the shows to […]

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