Crown defeats Cadets to win “Drum Corps in Fauquier” showJuly 30, 2008 — Warrenton, VA . . . Carolina Crown once again bested The Cadets this evening by the narrow of margin of only sixth tenths of a point. Even in this close-scoring show, Crown took most of the major captions, with the exception of […]
On Saturday, August 16th the Atlanta CorpsVets will play host to six of DCA’s finest Drum and Bugle Corps with the 6th annual Drum Corps Rocks the South competition at Alexander High School in Douglasville, Georgia. Representing the DCA-South region and performing at this show will be Atlanta CorpsVets (Atlanta, Ga), Alliance (Atlanta, Ga), Austin […]
The Austin Stars, Central Texas’s only competing all-age drum and bugle corps, will be performing their 2008 program "Stars In The Spotlight: On Stage, Screen & Field" for a final time in Austin this weekend! The corps will be celebrating their successful season on Sunday, August 10th, at 7:30 PM at Bridge Point Elementary School […]
Evan and Carrie VanDoren are home in Bloomington this week, but they’re still not getting to sleep in their own beds. They’re camping out at Binford Elementary School. The VanDoren siblings are members of the Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps, one of 20 world class elite units competing in this week’s Drum Corps International […]
When the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps emerged out of four charter buses at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, many didn’t know where they were or what day it was. Having been on the road since midnight, the 135 15-to-22-year-olds retrieved their bags and pillows and trudged groggily upstairs to the second level of the Bedford North […]
A new competition to the Indiana landscape is expected to drum up nearly $10 million for the state’s economy, even after an unexpected change of venue. The Drum Corps International World Championship competition will span several days this week at Indiana University’s Memorial Stadium, bringing with it several thousand young performers and some 30,000 fans, […]
The clouds rolled away just in time for drum and bugle corps from around the world to take the field Tuesday during the Drum Corps International quarterfinals. "It’s a huge crowd, and we’re still building," said Mike Pease, local event chairman for the DCI world championships. "We’re having a ball." Twenty-three groups, including Canada, Japan, […]
It’s not widely known the La Crosse Blue Stars were on the verge of folding as a drum and bugle corps for the second time after the 2003 season. The Blue Stars were wiped out financially and their old vehicles were in need of repair. It was the board of directors and alumni who didn’t […]
Mayor Chuck Oberlie has many opportunities to trumpet the city’s good points. On Monday, he actually was presented with a trumpet – a special, ceremonial trumpet. Oberlie welcomed members of 23 groups that will compete today in the quarterfinals of the Drum Corps International World Championship, beginning at 2:30 p.m. at Ames Field. Read the […]
Greetings from Michigan City, Indiana! After a long trek back to Ohio from Tennessee, Vanguard Cadets enjoyed a solid day and half of rehearsal in Dayton followed by an excellent performance at the 4th Annual Dayton Summer Classic. The corps got some insightful feedback from the judging panel and a terrific response from the crowd! […]
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