Remember life a year ago? Gas prices were under $3. The Presidential election wasn’t on the radar screen. And the Halftime Magazine experience hadn’t yet begun. Now with the release of the July/August 2008 issue, we’re proud to announce the one-year anniversary of Halftime Magazine, a bimonthly print publication and online community for the marching […]
Sunday, July 27th was a perfect night for drum corps: Clear skies, 7000+ fans, and eight sizzling drum corps! Charlotte’s Memorial Stadium played host to the 21st edition of NightBEAT, the renowned home show for Carolina Crown. The show had the largest audience in its history. Giving the festivities that extra "something" was the emcee, […]
As Drum Corps International’s World Championships draw drum corps from all over the world to compete in Bloomington this week, members of the community can proudly gaze back in time at the short, unsurpassed history of one of the league’s greatest drum and bugle corps, Bloomington-based Star of Indiana. In the realm of drum and […]
The Santa Clara Vanguard Alumni were out in full force, supporting the opening ceremonies at the Cal State Open Class show that was held at Gilroy High School, July 19th. The presentation of colors and the national anthem were performed by Alum ranging in marching years from 1971 through 1990. The Vanguard Alumni want to […]
Storms over Orchard Park Saturday were muffled by the thunderous music booming out of Ralph Wilson Stadium. The roar of trumpets echoed off the stadium’s scoreboard and seats, and the in-sync beat of bass drums seemed to signal an ensuing battle on the field. Snare drum players shuffled their feet in unison and feverishly banged […]
The Brigadier’s Pageant of Drums and the first ever NE Class A Regional Championship. Class A awards: Brass – Fusion, Percussion – Grenadiers, Visual – Fusion, GE – Fusion, Color Guard – Fusion In Open Class, Brigadiers took Best Color Guard while Brass, Percussion, Visual, GE went to Rochester’s Empire Statesmen A capacity crowd watched […]
They met last summer at "band camp" – as young lovers do. He gave her a T-shirt with her name on it. They traded instant messages on-line. They smooched behind the bleachers. Yet these were no starry-eyed teenagers: Ray Sanchez is 48; Margi Johnson is 45. And this is no ordinary drum and bugle corps. […]
On "Yorkshire Day", Thursday 1st August, everyone on tour became honorary Yorkshire Folk as BYBA surfed into Newquay. The "stage" for today’s performances was a sloping lawned area overlooking the iconic bay at Newquay, therefore other than the NSG Guard providing some movement, there was no marching in today’s performances. This did not however detract […]
The Kilties, along with our fellow Midwest all-age corps, helped carve out a little piece of drum corps history this past weekend here in the land of cheese. The first ever DCA sanctioned drum corps competitions in the great state of Wisconsin featured healthy crowds, healthy doses of entertainment, and great camaraderie at Saturday’s big […]
An estimated 2,500 visitors will begin arriving in Michigan City on Sunday night from all over the United States and four other countries for the biggest drum corps event the city has ever seen. They will be here for the Open Class Quarterfinals of the 2008 Drum Corps International World Championships on Tuesday, said Mike […]
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