As I sit here in a school cafeteria in Stanford, Illinois I find myself reflecting on the events of the last 24 hours, and dealing with a flurry of emotions. Although I am still a little overwhelmed, I am truly thankful that everyone in the GLASSMEN Family is safe and okay. Yesterday morning our volunteer […]
The Academy Drum & Bugle Corps still needs to raise another $15,000 to reach its 2009 National Tour Raffle goal of $20,000. Your purchase of one raffle ticket will go a long way towards meeting that goal. All proceeds from the raffle will be used to help with the cost of this year’s 10,000 mile, […]
James Moore is the percussion Caption Head of the Kidsgrove Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps. Having joined the corps in 2003, James also writes for the drumline. Kidsgrove are an open-age British drum corps and in 2010, celebrate 100 years. James is married to Kelly and they are expecting their first child. As a professional […]
Wherever they go, they’re watched. They’re critiqued on the way they hold their instruments, their footwork, their poise. If they march too fast or too slow, someone notices. And if they lose their focus — even for an instant — someone is sure to tell them. But as members of the Cascades Drum & Bugle […]
Carolina Crown emerged victorious at Friday’s DCI Central Illinois event, earning a higher score than The Cavaliers for the first time in the corps’ 20-year history. With a score of 77.50, Carolina Crown surpassed the Cavaliers’ 77.10 by a few tenths of a point. Carolina Crown Program Coordinator Jim Coates said he was surprised with […]
There’s still time to book your travel to Las Vegas and enjoy an evening of drum corps – at the Drums Along The Strip show on Monday July 6. The show starts at 8:00pm, just as the sun is setting over the desert, and will take place at UNLV’s Sam Boyd Stadium. Even at this […]
The Hawthorne Caballeros will host their 44th annual Drum Corps Grand Prix on Saturday, July 11th, 2009 at 6:15 p.m. at our new location, Passaic County Technical Institute, 45 Reinhardt Road, In Wayne, NJ. The Grand Prix is a major Drum Corps competition in the New Jersey area with participating groups from all over the […]
On July 12, 2009, the day after the DCI Orlando Regional, Teal Sound will be hosting a gathering for ALL Florida Drum Corps Alumni to come out and meet each other, eat and party with Teal Sound—Florida’s Only DCI Touring Drum and Bugle Corps. The event will be held at Central Florida Fairgrounds in Orlando, […]
The members have been hard at work, taking only 3 days to finish drill for the Ballad and Closer! They have been working day and night to finish this production and be ready for first DCI Competition performance of the season. We now have the full musical production and all but 16 drill sets on […]
The Mandarins will be featured in "Rob on the Road", a series by Rob Stewart of Public Television KVIE, in Sacramento. Rob was at rehearsal this week to capture some footage of the corps, and to interview Jim Tabuchi, brass instructor and head of the Mandarins Brass Academy. Read the rest of the information here.
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