The Indiana FFA Leadership Center in Trafalgar, Indiana is the ideal setting for our Spring Training this year. Their 168-acre facility offers a natural setting that will enable the members and staff of the Blue Stars to focus on the task at hand, preparing our 2008 production of “Le Tour – Every Second Counts” for […]
Since 1988, Drum Corps International and the Friends of DCI have been honoring faithful volunteers of the drum corps activity. Accumulating thousands of unpaid hours of hard work, these individuals help make every season possible for more than 5,000 young performers each year. This Monday marked the beginning of National Volunteer Week. During this special […]
Brady Sanders, a graduate of Oswego High School and five-year member of The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps, will be performing this weekend with Inaside Dance Chicago at the Ruth Page Center for the Performing Arts. Choreography for The Inaside Dance Project draws upon the work of the American painter Jackson Pollock, a commanding figure […]
Saturday, April 26th, all corps and executives from Drum Corps Associates met in Scranton, PA for their Spring Meeting. President Gil Silva, opened the meeting with the roll call. The first thing noted was that after polling all corps present, Business Manager Dick Eschenmann, advised that currently we expect at least 25 or 26 competing […]
Admission tickets for the 2008 edition of the DCE European Championships are now available in the DCE webshop. The event will be held at the beautiful Parkstad Limburg Stadium in Kerkrade – The Netherlands. All European top corps will be present at the DCE Championships, including 6th Hove Scouts (UK), Beatrix (NL), Blue Bandits (GER), […]
Today on Field Pass, the third of four in a series of profiles on the new DCI Hall of Fame Class of 2008. In this episode, Dan Potter interviews Jim Campbell, a professor of percussion responsible for much of the modern look and sound of today’s drum corps percussion ensembles. With a legendary background as […]
Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill. will be the site of the first OnQ Music & Marching WorQshop event of the 2008 summer season. Hosted by the university, the interactive educational program will take place from June 29 through July 1, and will feature two of the elite World Class corps of Drum Corps International, […]
Lots of drill, a parade, finalized music and a new CEO – what an April camp! This past weekend, Vanguard Cadets camp saw great success as the corps learned thirty pages of drill. They also split tiime reviewing music for the first movement and digging into the final movement of our 2008 show Perspectives Another […]
Can you HELP…Do you want to be part of 2008 Crown History??? Yes you can! You see Crown is in the midst of what many believe to be a very special season. We have had record numbers auditioning for the corps… we have the largest return ratio of veterans in the corps history and we […]
Tickets remain available for the Youth Education in the Arts Wine Tasting 2008 to be held May 18th at Taos Wok & Restaurant in East Rutherford, N.J., but those wanting to attend are encouraged to RSVP by May 4th so the perfect blends of wine are available to all. Planners are hoping to have an […]
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