The 2008 edition of the Crossmen may be full of new faces, but they will not lack for experienced leadership when they take the field this summer: Drum Majors Kyle Bourdon (Crossmen 2003-2008) and Meghan Huber (Jersey Surf 2002-2005, Crossmen 2006-2008) have a combined eleven years of prior drum corps experience between them. They could […]
The Arizona Academy of the Performing Arts (The Academy) hosts its sixth Annual Memorial Day Concert at the PERA Club, 1 E. Continental Dr, Tempe, AZ 85281, Monday, May 26, 2008 from 4 pm to 8 pm. This annual event features a full spectrum of family entertainment. Come and treat your family to a Memorial […]
Tickets for the 2008 Brass Spectacular drum and bugle corps show at Pittsburg State University go on sale Thursday, May 1. The show, which features seven of the nation’s top drum and bugle corps, will be at 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 23, in Carnie Smith Stadium. The Pittsburg show is part of the Drum Corps […]
The Boston Crusaders are proud to annouce our 2008 production: NEOCOSMOS Featuring music by: Richard Strauss, John Mackey, Van Morrison, Mark Mancina, Don Davis and Ben Watkins Catch a sneak peek of NEOCOSMOS on Saturday May 10 at Boone High School in Orlando. Read the rest of the article here.
On the first day of the ticket sale, Drum Corps Europe sold 500 tickets for the 2008 edition of the DCE Championships. 280 tickets were sold in the first ten minutes after the ticket sale started. Apparently a lot of drum corps fans want to be one of the first to buy tickets for the […]
Members of the Cadets Alumni Association can now cast their votes for the 2008 Class of the Cadets Hall of Fame. Voting begins May 1 and will run until May 23rd. Thirteen nominees are up for placement in the Hall, one of the highest honors achieved in the Cadets’ organization.
The Percussive Arts Society has announced the names of those selected to be inducted into the PAS Hall of Fame, the society’s highest honor given to individuals whose careers have had a significant impact on percussion performance, education and research. Drummer, educator, clinician and manufacturer Roy Burns and famed solo percussionist, Dame Evelyn Glennie, will […]
Bob Cardaneo, of Long Neck, Delaware, is the 2008 winner of the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame President’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the first winner selected by Bob Glovna, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, who became president of the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame in September, 2007, replacing outgoing president George Bull, of Baltimore, […]
Peter Maluleke, born and bred in Hammeskraal, but now lives in Cullinan with both his parents, and two siblings, a brother and sister. He matriculated in the year 2004, and joined the Field Band Foundation in the year 2005. He is a Baritone player for his band. Freddy Mondhlana, originally from Witbank, lives with his […]
Months after retiring from a 35-year career with the Cavaliers, Jeff Fiedler is back in the drum corps activity as the new CEO of Santa Clara Vanguard. Dan Potter finds out why Fiedler took the job, his vision for the venerable Vanguard and how the man who says he "bleeds green" will adjust to the […]
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