Upon leaving the Dallas-Fort Worth area and arriving in Memphis, TN for the start of the 2009 DCI Tour, we noticed a problem with the tires of the Food Box Truck. The truck was on the verge of blow-out for one tire, and the other three were replaced as well as a precaution because of […]
More than two weeks into their Summer Tour and the Holy Name Cadets have already had an amazing ride! Fans have fallen in love with West Side Story 2009: Conflict and Resolution, the show received by cheering crowds from Pennsylvania to Ohio to Michigan. Heading into the July 4th Weekend, the schedule gets tight, and […]
Ten corps and bands, including the UK based Atherstone Youth Band an The Senators Drum & Bugle Corps, will enter the IMBA/DCUK show in Arklow next weekend, Saturday 11th July. The event will be a DCE certified contest. Corps and bands entering the show will be yje Boyle Marching Band, Ravens Marching Showband, Tallaght Youth […]
A utility vehicle and trailer were stolen from The Academy Drum and Bugle Corps only days before the group leaves on its annual summer performance tour. The equipment was stolen Monday in the area of Broadway Road and the Price Freeway in Tempe, police said. The musicians in the academy, ages 16 to 21, were […]
Quite possibly the most disappointing words a drum corps fan or performer can hear at an event is, "Unfortunately, we are forced to cancel this show due to the rain and lightning …" There have already been several rainouts in just the first few weeks of the ’09 DCI Tour, and today’s Field Pass goes […]
The saws were still buzzin’ up until the 4pm departure time Wednesday, when the new SCV Souvenir Merchandise trailer drove away from corps hall, to join the Corps in Eugene, Oregon. Our Chief Carpenter, Sal Navarro’s handy work (yes, Annette’s dad!) is prominently displayed in the cabinetry. It’s been a long journey of planning and […]
Even with bad weather and no thanks to Drum Corps International, five groups at the 20th-annual Maple City Sound’s Music Under the Stars show entertained a packed grandstand Wednesday evening. Four drum corps and a local marching band played for around two hours Wednesday night to the crowd of around 2,500 spectators at Maple City […]
Editor’s note: This is the fifth of a five-part series featuring the drum and bugle corps which will perform at “Thunder in Oregon” July 7 at Ontario High School. This week’s drum and bugle corps: The Santa Clara Vanguard. Drum Corps International will hold an event featuring five drum and bugle corps in Ontario July […]
A few years back, five members of the Empire Statesmen Drum and Bugle Corps were putting together a new funk band and were tossing around ideas for a name. As founding member Brian King recalls, the trumpet and saxophone players together weighed some 1,000 pounds — and whenever one of them would toss out a […]
31years ago Drums Along the Mohawk was an idea in Claudette Wire’s head. "It began as a fundraiser for a corps for my children were marching in, and it just kind of kept going." said Wire, now the Executive Director of the event. Every year drum corp international teams, from all over the country, visit […]
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