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2009 Raiders Audition Camps Announced

Camp 1:November 14th – 16thBelleville High School100 Passaic DriveBelleville, NJ Returning members are asked to report at 8pm on Friday November 14, 2008. New members will report on Saturday November 15 at 10am. The entire corps will be dismissed on Sunday November 16 at 4pm. Read the rest of the article here.

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In The News: Fatal Crash Inspires Musical Composition

Chesterton composer Michael Boo called the August 2007 death of two Chinese scholars in a traffic accident on U.S. 30 "a shocking event." The tragedy has moved Boo to compose a musical piece, "In the Sky are Two Shining Stars," in memory of Xiangyang Xu and Wei-min Liu. The Valparaiso University Chamber Concert Band will […]

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Pride Of Bristol Partners With Filton College

Pride of Bristol are please to announce that they have entered into a Strategic Partnership with local education centre Filton College. The new group will be called the Pegasus Academy of Performing Arts, honouring the Engine produced in Filton by the Bristol Engine Company, then Rolls Royce when it acquired the firm in 1966. Pegasus’ […]

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2009 Crown Block Tickets On Sale

Sit in the "Crown Block" with all your friends and other fans to cheer on Carolina Crown next summer! "CrownBLOCK" Tickets for the 2009 DCI World Championships and the Eastern Classic in Allentown Now On Sale!! With last year’s 4th place finish, 2009 promises to be a very special year you will not want to […]

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Madison Scouts Visa Platinum Card

The Madison Scouts are excited to announce a brand new way that you can support the corps!Madison Scouts Visa Card Horns When you apply for the new Madison Scouts platinum Visa Card, our issuing bank (UMB) will donate $50 to Madison Scouts the very first time you use it! And UMB will donate a percentage […]

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CI Winter And Summer Internship Opportunities

Drum Corps International is looking for a few highly talented college students to join our winning team as interns during the winter and/or summer semesters. Our internship opportunities will provide motivated candidates with outstanding real-world experience in a variety of exciting disciplines. Interns will work side-by-side with an experienced group of dedicated professionals in a […]

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Star Alumni Corps To Perform At 2010 DCI Championships

The Star Alumni Association of Indianapolis, Indiana is excited to announce that a Star Alumni Corps will perform at the Drum Corps International World Championships in Lucas Oil Stadium on August 6, 2010. The Star Alumni Corps will perform a field show that embodies the essence of the Star of Indiana Drum and Bugle Corps […]

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Musique For Concord

Local youth marching music ensemble CONCORD have been specially selected to take part in a national pilot scheme that will form the basis of a UK-wide programme. Supported by the prestigious National Lottery funding body “Youth Music”, Concord, one of the country’s oldest and widely-renowned youth music organisations, have agreed to work towards increased involvement […]

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Liberty Drum Corps Hits The BYBA Scene

On October 9th 2008 a new band had its first rehearsal and Liberty Drum Corps, based in Duston, Northampton, finally moved from planning to happening. For the last 6 months the steering group had been working on the “behind the scenes” operations to make sure the band started with good foundations. Funding had been applied […]

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In The News: Flying The Colors Proudly

Rachel Gonzalez sounded like a typical color guard captain as she barked orders at flag-toting peers on a practice march across the Hammett Bowen Jr. Elementary School basketball court. But the fifth-grader isn’t typical, and neither is the group she commands. Gonzalez is the captain of the elementary school color guard, a unit organized by […]

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