Want to add new meaning to "up close and personal"? As a volunteer for the 2010 Drum Corps International World Championships you can be a part of the behind-the-scenes excitement in any one of a number of interesting roles which will help to guarantee the success of thousands of talented musicians and performers as they […]
DCUK Stoke held by Kidsgrove ScoutsJuly 4, 2010 – Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, U.K. . . . Nine corps turned out to the Northwood Stadium for the first DCUK competition of the season. Hosted by Kidsgrove Scouts, the current DCUK champion, it was set to be very interesting. The weather looked very overcast as doors opened and […]
Episode 2010-13 of the Drum Corps Planet is now available for download! This week, Managing News Editor Kevin Gamin goes experimental, performing his first live VIDEO broadcast of the show! Kevin also takes a look back at the weekend’s drum corps activity, including the rained out DCI Minnesota, and looks forward to this weekend and […]
When rain delays a drum corps competition, judges have to wait it out just like the performers and fans. In today’s Field Pass presented by Zildjian, DCI’s Dan Potter takes advantage of one of the weather delays last Saturday in Minnesota to catch up with three Drum Corps International adjudicators. Have a Field Pass question, […]
We will be departing for tour in a few short weeks. To help out our members, families, and friends we’ve compiled a brief summary of our plans for tour. Please feel free to contact our staff with any questions. Members will arrive at the Boys Club at 5:30pm on Friday, July 30th to be ready […]
Drum Corps World photographer Harry Heidelmark took a large number of photos of all participating forces during the 2009 DCE European Championships in Kerkrade. The photos are grouped together in a photo gallery and can be ordered. Harry Heidelmark came to Kerkrade with Drum Corps World publisher Steve Vickers and took numerous photographs of the […]
When The Cadets return East in August, they hope to have a fantastic crowd rooting for them on Aug. 5 in West Chester, Pa., during Drum Corps – An American Tradition! As of this week, their wish may come true as tickets to the show at West Chester University are flying off the rack, with […]
On Saturday July 10, 90 minutes prior to the start of the DCI Premier Event in Kalamazoo, Mich., some two-dozen drum corps fans at any given time floated in and out of the first-ever Fan Forum Roundtable discussion sponsored by Drum Corps International. Held under a DCI tent just outside Western Michigan University’s Waldo Stadium, […]
In the shimmering heat of a muggy Tuesday afternoon, clusters of deeply-tanned, scantily-clad musicians lugged silver-plated instruments toward the shade of the Weede Center for water and and a hurried lunch. The heat index was hovering above 100-degrees, and despite the light wind wafting across campus even the hearty, native shrubbery wilting in the mid-day […]
Van Buren High School hosted the Drum Corps International competition Tuesday night. Close to 1,000 musicians from across the country put forth their best routines in front of a crowd of thousands. "It’s the only Drum Corps International event here in the state of Arkansas," said Ron Smith, director of the Van Buren High School […]
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