DCE held its annual Judges College in Dadizele – Belgium last weekend. The judges in attendance went over the basic principles of judging as well as specfic caption sessions. There were judges from Holland, Germany, Belgium, the United Kingdom and Thailand in attendance. Bob Thomas, the Director of Education, was extremely pleased with the interaction […]
The Academy hosts its seventh Annual Memorial Day Celebration at the Tempe Beach Park, 620 N. Mill Ave, Tempe, AZ, Monday May 25th, 2009 from 4pm to 9pm, sponsored by the City of Tempe and the Tempe Convention and Visitors Bureau. This FREE annual event recognizes the memory of our war heroes through a spectrum […]
Orders for member jackets are now being taken for delivery before DCI Championships in early August. But you must place your order by May 20th when the ordering window block will be closed! Until May 20th, current members and alumni may place their orders for the maroon satin retro-styled jackets, an iconic symbol of the […]
The next rehearsal will be May 16th and 17th at La Vergne High School in La Vergne, TN. If you would like to be a part of Music City Legend, fill out our online interest form, come on out to our next rehearsal and see for yourself the tremendous start to 2009! We will begin […]
The Inbhear Mor Marchers are a 45 piece marching show band from Arklow, Coounty Wicklow in the Republic of Ireland. The band is delighted to announce that they will embark on a 12 day tour of the USA & Canada in August. The Inbhear Mór Marchers were originally established in 1992 in the southeast coastal […]
17 members of the Halifax Boys’ Brigade and Girls Brigade Band along with 30 other members from Hull and Market Weighton represented Yorkshire this weekend in the Boys’ Brigades 125 Tattoo celebrating 125 years of Boys’ Brigade. It’s been a mammoth weekend for the members of Halifax BBGB Band starting at 7:00 on Friday night […]
On Friday, April 22, Memphis Sound begin its April Camp. Excitement grew in the air as the return of the color guard was a new source of excitement to the already maturing corps. The April Camp also saw the Memphis Sound’s first international member as an auditionee from Japan joined the group. The University of […]
Twenty-one years ago behind corps buses in Hershey, PA after DCA Prelims two drummers, who were students of Jim Hurley, had a drum down. Jim Hurley was then the DCA percussion caption Chief and, not wanting to judge them alone, had Dick Pronti, DCA judge coordinator, judge the two young percussionists with him. Of course, […]
In line with BYBA Rules, we are required to announce the number of units that will be eligible for the 2009 Championships. The 2008 Rules Congress clearly gave the Performance Portfolio the mandate to ensure that BYBA’s uniqueness remained through our Leagues, ensuring there will be strong competition right through into September. Therefore, the Performance […]
This past weekend saw the full corps together for the first time all season and had many other exciting things going on with it as well. The corps had several visitors for the weekend including Dr. David Kampshroer, from the Drum Corps International PRC committee. Dr. Dave was in to review the corps and it’s […]
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