Every summer the high-energy Spirit Drum & Bugle Corps competes across the country. These young people are all talented musicians — incredibly motivated and dedicated to attaining a remarkable level of performance excellence. Every summer Spirit competes with other drum corps in what some describe as an intense graduate level marching music experience. Read the […]
Music City Legend Drum and Bugle Corps is pleased to announce that Ashley Nilles, 21, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, has been selected as the corps’ new Field Commander for the 2008 season. A French horn/mellophone student at Cumberland University in Lebanon Tennessee, the corps’ primary rehearsal site, Miss Nilles is a senior music major and a […]
Along with other facilities around the city of Bloomington on Wednesday, the damage left by last week’s floods put the status of Memorial Stadium’s field in peril for the upcoming months. Wednesday, excess water gathered on the AstroPlay turf surface at the home of the Hoosier football team. After the water drained, a 2-feet deep, […]
Drum Corps International staff members, along with members of the Advance Resource Team of the Indiana Convention and Visitors Association’s Music Crossroads Initiative, were joined this morning by representatives from the Bloomington Convention and Visitors Bureau for another in a scheduled series of detailed planning meetings and stadium tour at the site of the 2008 […]
"Constantly Risking Absurdity" is not only the name of the Blue Devils’ 2008 program, it’s also an accurate description of the entire drum corps activity according to Blue Devils executive director Dave Gibbs. Dan Potter has all of this and more in today’s Field Pass presented by Zildjian. Read the rest of the article here.
The Staffordshire Knights have a new uniform. The corps has moved to a custom design by Michael J. Cesario, supplied by Fred J. Miller Inc. As the corps continues to mature and develop, it was felt important to reflect this in a new uniform style, but Michael has acknowledged SK’s history by incorporating some symbols […]
Summer’s here, school’s out and band camp seems a long way away. Maybe it’s closer than it seems. After hanging with friends a few weeks, a trip to the beach and a family vacation, it’s now time to strap on the sneakers and slather on the sunscreen and get into training. Start now and make […]
The 2008 Drum Corps United Kingdom season kicked off on Sunday 8th June with all member Corps in attendance at the Saffron Lane Sports Centre, Leicester for the Kidsgrove Scouts sponsored Midlands Drum Corps Contest. This stadium is on the same complex as the old Midlands Drum Corps favourite venue of the Leicester Cycledrome – […]
The Rochester Crusaders in its continuing efforts to give back to the community will co-host this FREE concert with the Albion High School Music Department. The event will feature the Albion High School Winter Percussion, the Ghost Riders Drum & Bugle Corps, and the Rochester Crusaders Drum & Bugle Corps. Your Master of Ceremonies for […]
Music City Legend, Middle Tennessee’s first and only “all-age” drum and bugle corps, will perform with the Nashville Community Band this Sunday evening, June 15th, in the band shell at Centennial Park. This is the second consecutive year that the corps has been invited to perform with the band in their annual Fathers’ Day performance. […]
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