The Crossmen announced today that Meghan Huber and Michael Roche will serve as drum majors for the 2009 season. Meghan Huber is returning from last season and is the 2008 Jim Jones DCI Outstanding Drum Major recipient. Huber, a native of Linwood, N.J., is in her senior year at Rutgers University, where she’s a Dean’s […]
It is with great pleasure that The Cavaliers announce the following 2008 Brubaker Scholarship winners: Sam Bivens is a three-year member of the Cavalier tuba section and currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Music in Tuba Performance program at Butler University in Indianapolis. Along with his degree he is also working toward an emphases in […]
Three Galesburg teens have their good rhythm to thank for a chance to attend Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration next week. Yes, that’s right. Rhythm. As a member of the Colts Drum & Bugle Corps based in Dubuque, Iowa, 18-year-old Kyle Barshinger will be pounding his bass drum as the ensemble plays “76 Trombones” along the […]
Windber Area High School graduate Stephanie Barrick has been twirling either a baton, silk flag, saber or rifle since the sixth grade, but in about one week she will be tossing the equipment at one of the most prestigious events in Washington, D.C. The 19-year-old has been invited to perform in the inaugural parade with […]
The Spartans Drum & Bugle Corps, a Nashua institution that dates back to the 1950s, has filed for bankruptcy protection, according to records filed in United States Bankruptcy Court. The Spartans organization filed November 24 for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which provides protection to an organization, allowing it to continue operating as it reorganizes. A hearing […]
Beatrix have announced their 2009 program on their website. Their show is titled ‘Alcatraz’. The show is in 6 parts: Locked Up, Paralized, Prison Life, Rock the Jailhouse, Isolation and Breakout. Everyone feels trapped sometimes…the feeling of being locked up,the will to break free,the lack of understanding.The hectic and frustration of being locked up.You’re imprisoned […]
The Senators are holding their first rehearsal for the 2009 season on 10th January (10am – 6pm) and 11 January (9am – 4pm) at the Pavilion on the Park. The rehearsal is open to anyone who is interested in becoming a member for 2009 or is interested in seeing how the Corps operates. For more […]
The Uniforms 2009 Campaign has already passed the half-way mark! Conceived by Stanbury Uniforms designer, Brent Becker, Pacific Crest’s new uniform will capture the unique character of Southern California’s World Class Corps, while including traditional elements of the corps’ colors and logo. (See image at the end of this story.) "It’s definitely a change of […]
Michael Anthony "Cozy" Baker, age 60, of Guntersville, AL, passed away on Saturday, December 27, 2008 at the Birmingham, AL Veterans Administration Hospital after a prolonged illness. He was the son of the late Herbert Earl Baker (November 22, 1917 – November 23, 1967; originally from Mercer County, KY) and the late Hazel Geneal (Horton) […]
The Small Drum Corps Association is continuing in its adaptation as an organization in an effort to fully achieve its potential. Late in 2008, for example, it was determined that the organization might better be described as “ Arena Drum Corps,” and, as a result, both designations have begun to be used, with the intention […]
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