While many of his friends are spending their summer at camp, or visiting vacation sites or working, Jason Wicks of Morristown High School is spending his summer in 12- to 16-hour per day rehearsals on a football field. The journey began in November; this is when all Drum Corps International corps begin their audition camps. […]
Thousands of competitors will converge in Indiana next week to vie for a world championship. Their event combines good music with a visual spectacle of complex choreography and tight formations. Plus, it’s a great spectator event. The competition is the 2008 World Championships of Drum Corps International, with Michigan City hosting the opening ceremony Monday […]
We’ve not even completed the 2008 drum corps season, yet the Vanguard and Vanguard Cadets are gearing up for 2009. Students seeking information on both corps will receive e-mail and an eventual prospective membership brochure by submitting the inquiry application. The information you receive will explain the expectations, process and philosophy of our organization. The […]
This one time, at band camp … A "major league" drum and bugle corps’ visit to southern Berkeley County on Wednesday afforded area students and band directors an opportunity to see the intensity of practices for elite marching band competition up close. "This is sweet," said Ryan Miller, a member of Musselman High School’s marching […]
Christopher Judd of Mohawk was awestruck when 7th Regiment, a drum corps from New London, Conn., marched onto the turf with its opening song. With color guard flags waving and horns blowing, the crowd at Rome Free Academy Stadium cheered and clapped with each pause in the music as the 30th show of Drums Along […]
Cadets outtalk SCV, Madison; Teal zings, CV tops MCL at JSUJuly 27, 2008 — Jacksonville, AL . . . It was 91 degrees at 6:00 PM, but it only got hotter on the field at 6:40 PM when Alliance opened the show and sizzled and Spirit ended the party. Everyone was a winner, including The […]
After some free time and rehearsals, BYBA’s South Coast Tour was "on the road" and rolled into Teignmouth to perform at the Den, a grassy area on the sea front, adjacent to the River Teign estuary. At 4pm on Wednesday 30th July, Bob and June Girvan set about marking out an arena, whilst Paul and […]
The talented Carolina Crown Drum Corps is in the four-state region, and it made a stop in Inwood Wednesday as part of its musical tour. It’s all about precision. That’s what makes the group of young musicians some of the best in the country. Directors for the corps say this is their best season in […]
The world-class Rosemont Cavaliers and the Voters League picnic are a partnership that works very well every year. This year in particular, however, the six-time world champion Cavaliers’ 60th anniversary celebration is making this weekend’s picnic something very special. After the Cavaliers open the picnic Sunday at noon with a parade through the community and […]
The Cadets are proud to announce the winners of their 2008 Happiness Essay and Art Contest! Writer Brandon Hillard, 15, of Bear, Del., took the top prize in the writing portion of the contest after sharing the moment he realized contentment in his own heart was when he read in his mother’s journal that she […]
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