Two rule proposals were presented prior to the January 22-24 meeting of the DCI member corps. The directors dealt with these and two other considerations prior to concluding their weekend meetings. Gene Monterastelli, head of the DCI Rules Committee, helped to explain the results of the voting. Overall Effect judges The proposal to utilize two […]
In 2008, the Drum Corps International Board of Directors was restructured to a nine-person group established to facilitate more efficient business operations. Previously the entire World Class voting membership comprised the organization’s board. The new setup called for six elected representatives from the body of DCI member corps as well as three unaffiliated (at-large) members. […]
Following a unanimous vote of the Drum Corps International World Class member corps on Saturday, Jan. 24, the Cascades were approved to compete as a World Class corps on the 2009 Drum Corps International Tour. Founded in 1957 as the Greenwood Boys Club Corps, the Cascades won the Drum Corps International Division III World Championship […]
The Northwest Youth Music Association (parent organization to the World Class Cascades drum corps), completed a successful 2008 year of community service projects. There were two major initiatives, Rotary Music4Life and the Partners in Education program. Rotary Music4Life is a partnership between the Northwest Youth Music Association (NYMA), Rotary District 5030, and the Seattle School […]
The Vanguard Cadets continued marching towards the 2009 season this past weekend with almost 120+ attendees returning for the call-back camp. Saturday morning, prospective and veteran members for the horn and percussion sections arrived from all over the United States and Canada, primarily from western states and provinces and overwhelmingly from California Bay Area. Throughout […]
The percussion section met in Madison during the weekend of January 9-11 in Madison, WI. This was the first camp for callbacks from the six audition locations with the goal of setting the battery and front ensemble. Once again adverse weather conditions threatened attendance and once again the volunteer transportation crew rose to the occasion. […]
Paul Gentine, a veteran of the 2008 Blue Stars’ trumpet line, can say something few of his drum corps peers can match: he played in the Alamo Bowl on January 3, 2009, in San Antonio, Texas! No aerobatic catches or bone-crushing tackles for him, though; Paul was a member of the U.S. Army All-American Marching […]
Using a formal proposal and review process, the member organizations of Drum Corps International periodically revise their competitive rules. In previous years, new rules have been discussed and voted on during the annual DCI winter meeting and conference weekend attended by directors, instructors, judges, show promoters, and others. This year’s conference weekend, scheduled from Thursday, […]
Two full days on the road riding in cramped quarters. Hour after hour after hour of intense practice. Four hours waiting to play in frigid conditions. For the Dubuque Colts Drum & Bugle Corps, it was time well spent. To say the Colts’ historic trip to Washington, D.C., was frenetic might be an understatement. But […]
On Tuesday, Jan. 20, the Cadets and the Colts marched down Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. as part of the Presidential Inaugural Parade. As two of less than 100 groups chosen to participate in the parade out of nearly 1,400 applicants, the two corps were part of history as U.S. President Barak Obama was sworn […]
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