For hard core drum corps people, Memorial Day weekend can’t come fast enough. It is the symbolic start of the summer drum corps season, time for the rubber to meet the road. As with every Memorial Day weekend that I can remember, we worked our tails off. Our muscles got a little sore and our […]
The Madison Scouts are within 2 weeks of launching the 2009 season in Rockford, IL. For the past several days I have been in Baraboo watching spring training and I can report that we have an incredibly talented and motivated group of young men that are excited about earning their place in Madison Scouts’ history. […]
The Mandarins’ Family Day performance will be on Thursday, June 18, at Antelope High School, 7801 Titan Drive, in Antelope, CA. Get the pdf driving directions here. The corps will perform at approximately 8:00 pm, in full uniform. Family and friends are welcome. If you wish to stay for a dessert potluck afterward, bring a […]
The Rockford Area Music Industry has once again honored Phantom Regiment with a coveted RAMI award. Phantom Regiment was presented the award for Music Outreach Organization at the annual RAMI awards event April 30, 2009. Phantom Regiment also was honored for Outstanding Achievement in 2001, 2003, 2007 and 2008. The award was accepted by Executive […]
Our first rehearsal was a big success, despite having to make some unexpected adjustments when we arrived at the rehearsal site and found the power had been shut off. For the first few hours at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Fine Arts Center, emergency lighting was all we had to see by, so we made […]
Phil Patenaude figures the Americanos Drum and Bugle Corps kept him out of reform school. "It gave me an opportunity to have somewhere I had to be every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night from 6 to 9 when we rehearsed," said Patenaude, 53 of Weyauwega who was a member of the group from 1971 to […]
Drum corps fans can feel it coming! The sense that summer is finally here and in just a matter of time, stadiums will come alive with beautiful color, emotion and the sounds of polished brass and thundering drums. Just two short weeks until those first goose bumps of the season! The Cadets can’t wait to […]
Come one, come all! Post Precision West Party – Saturday, June 13th, after the show Once again, Magoo’s Grill of Pleasant Hill will open their arms to the Blue Devils family, friends at alumni after the Precision West show. Our Santa Clara and Renegades friends are of course invited as well (as well as the […]
Photos from the first week of pre-tour held at Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, have been added to the Photo Archives. Click on the link below to locate the 2009 Photo section. Who knows, maybe you will find someone you recognize? A special thanks to Roger Sanders for capturing some of pre-tour through his camera […]
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