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2008 Pacific Crest Annual Charity Golf Tournament

Hey all you golfers: Mark your calendars for the Pacific Crest Annual Charity Golf Tournament. The tournament takes place Friday, October 3, 2008, at the Los Serranos Golf and Country Club in Chino Hills. Interested in playing? Got a foursome? Contact George Perry at 714-666-8230 to reserve your spot. It’s a really fun day of […]

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DCA Championship Week On Line Ticket Information

It’s finally here. DCA 2008. This week, everyone in the DCA world will be packing their bags and traveling to Rochester, NY for the 2008 World Championships. Take special note that on line ticketing will cease Thursday evening August 28th, at 10:00PM. However, Tickets will be available on Thursday and Friday at DCA Headquarters in […]

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All-Age, All Good ~ Rachacha Will Rock the Boat

Heavens to Merkatroid — As all roads lead to Rochester, NY, for Labor Day weekend, the DCAssociates corps, scattered hither and yon, from Hurricanes' Connecticut to the Renaissance Midwest to rising again Atlanta to rockin' Gulf Coast to Dreamy L. A., have raised the bar of excellence yet again for what will be a most […]

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Rachacha Will Rock the Boat – Orig

Heavens to Merkatroid — As all roads lead to Rochester, NY, for Labor Day weekend, the DCAssociates corps, scattered hither and yon, from Hurricanes’ Connecticut to the Renaissance Midwest to rising again Atlanta to rockin’ Gulf Coast to Dreamy L. A., have raised the bar of excellence yet again for what will be a most […]

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New Venue For 2008 British Drum Corps Championships

Due to recent uncertainty with the advertised venue for the 2008 British Drum Corps Championships on Saturday 20th September the DCUK Board have made the decision to move the event to a new stadium. Whilst there are a number of venues that could have used the Board did not want to compromise the quality of […]

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2008 DCA Regular Season Concludes

The regular season is now officially over and a great one it has been. In the last two shows of the season, Reading Buccaneers in their own show, retained #1 seed in prelims with a convincing 5 point victory over the Brigadiers and a final score of 95.538. In West Haven, CT, Empire Statesmen survived […]

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Black Knights To Appear In New Pizza Hut Commercial

Following the success of the Samsung Viral video, which has now had over half a million worldwide hits on YouTube, the Black Knights from Gravesend in Kent are to appear in a new TV commercial for Pizza Hut. Management from Black Knights today sealed the deal to provide a Drum Corps for the commercial, which […]

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City Of Rockford Declares Phantom Regiment Week

At the city council meeting on Monday August 18th, 2008, Executive Director Rick Valenzuela, along with Board President Tim Farrell and Program Director Dan Farrell, received a proclamation from the Mayor of Rockford, Larry Morrissey declaring the week of August 18th to be Phantom Regiment Week. After receiving another standing ovation, this time from the […]

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2008 DCA Mini Corps Order Announced

Chairman Dick Pronti has announced the order of appearance for the 2008 DCA Mini Corps Contest held at the Riverside Convention Center in Rochester on Friday August 29th. This event follows the annual I&E competition at the same site starting at 5:30. Main St. is blocked off to allow drum corps fans from everywhere to […]

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Sabach Resigns As Blue Stars Corps Director

Eric Sabach will be stepping down as Corps Director/Director of Youth Programs for the Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps. While at the Blue Stars, Eric was a key part of the team that returned the corps to the Drum Corps International Finals for the first time in 29 years. Through his role, Eric was […]

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