The Crossmen are pleased to announce the election of two new members to the Crossmen Hall of Fame, George Hopkins and Gary Cuzzocrea. Gerorge Hopkins, a charter member of the Crossmen, started his drum corps career in 1968 as a member of the Holt’s Hornets in Clifton Heights, PA. He then moved with the corps […]
Four trumpet players from Murray County are touring the United States this summer and competing in Drum Corps International (DCI) and Drum Corps Associates (DCA) contests across the country. All of these young men are current or alumni members of the Murray County High School Marching Indians. Emmanuel Nieto, a senior, and Josh Graham, a […]
The first half of the season is now over and the Corps is getting ready for a well earned 2 week break before the August Camp in Tewkesbury. There are some very mixed feelings about the first half of the season in terms of achievements however there is no doubt about the effort put in […]
After spending most of the 2009 Drum Corps International Tour trailing Carolina Crown, Santa Clara Vanguard edged ahead to take second place (90.550) at the Pearl Presents the Masters of the Summer Music Games event in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Thursday, July 23. In third place, Crown scored 90.100 while the Cavaliers continued their upward climb from […]
With less than three weeks left in the season, Phantom Regiment has just completed a massive overhaul of its 2009 show "The Red Violin." In today’s Field Pass, Dan Potter talks with Regiment program director Dan Farrell about those changes as well as the challenges the corps is working to overcome in 2009. Have a […]
By late afternoon next Friday, July 31, the North Andover High School football field will be filled with music, drumming and dancing as the visiting Madison Scouts of Madison, Wis., — one of only two all-male drum and bugle corps in the world — practices for a competition. The large rehearsal is free to the […]
Crown keeps win streak alive at FirstBEAT July 9, 2009 — Columbia, SC . . . Carolina Crown posted yet another victory at its first home show this year, sponsored in partnership with the Irmo High School Band, but the Holy Name Cadets are rapidly closing the gap, tonight coming within .35. Though still considered […]
Carolina Crown wins Central Jersey “Music in Motion”July 6, 2009 – Jackson, NJ . . . After days of rain in the Northeast, drum corps finally caught a break when the second of four YEA shows unfolded on a beautiful night in Jackson Township. I had spent a couple of days with Crossmen in Bristol, […]
The Percussive Arts Society has revamped their annual indoor Marching Percussion Festival scheduled for November 12 and 13, 2009 at the Indiana Convention Center, in Indianapolis, IN. The Marching Percussion Festival is recognized as one of the premier indoor marching percussion festivals for presenting some of the most cutting-edge, contemporary marching percussion performances by high […]
Tune in to the DCI Fan Network on Saturday, July 25, for a live Webcast of the DCI Atlanta Southeastern Championship, presented by Lake Oconee and Greene County, Ga. This event will be the very first time this season that all 22 World Class corps will compete head-to-head, and you won’t want to miss this […]
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