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Crossmen Announce 2011 Colorguard Staff

Crossmen Colorguard Caption Head, John Leonard, and Crossmen Visual Coordinator, Ed Devlin are pleased to announce the 2011 Color Guard instructional team. This year?s teachers include: Morgan Brockman, Jay Kietzman, Jacob Kalemba, Adam Faircloth, Andrew Acheson and Andy Hudson. ?We are very pleased with the team that Ed and John have assembled for the Crossmen […]

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Freeman Leads 2011 Cascades Visual Team

The Cascades are pleased to announce that long time drum corps veteran John Freeman will be returning for 2011 as Visual Caption Head. John has been involved with the Cascades since 2001 and brings a high level of enthusiasm and experience to the job. It is in the strategic plan for the Cascades to transition […]

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Blue Saints Announce 2011 Staff

Blue Saints Drum and Bugle Corps is pleased to announce their 2011 staff. Administrative Staff Corps Director – Mark Ripley Design Staff Program Coordinator – Jordan Alvey Brass Arranger – Todd Schultz Front Ensemble Arranger – Chris Scarberry Battery Arranger and Drill Design – Jordan Alvey Color Guard Design – Jena Elfer Program Consultant – […]

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Cavaliers Remember Sal Ferrera

The world lost one of the truly great Cavaliers this week, with the passing of Sal Ferrera at age 77. Sal had been part of The Cavaliers quite literally since the beginning, starting out as a snare drummer with the corps in 1948, going on to become brass arranger and program director in the 1950s, […]

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In The News: Winning Beat

Their last halftime show ended weeks ago, but the role of performing percussionist is far from over for Cleburne High School seniors Bryce Harrington, Gavin James and Deryck Barrera. All three members of the Golden Pride snareline are hoping to land spots among the elite drum and bugle performance teams that make up Drum Corps […]

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Academy Board Approves New Scholarship Program For Returning Corps Members

This morning in the monthly meeting of the board of directors of The Academy, Executive Director Mark Richardson presented a new concept of financial assistance to returning members of the corps. A unanimous vote of approval moves the program into effect for the 2011 season and will help both current and future members of The […]

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2010 DCI Field Pass Episode 50

The question of how to attract new drum corps fans and keep current fans coming back to shows has been debated for years. Now, it has fallen on one man to help find answers to that question: Drum Corps International’s new Artistic Director Michael Cesario. In part one of a special, two-part Field Pass presented […]

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2011 Spirit Of Atlanta Second Audition Camp

It’s not too late to audition for Spirit of Atlanta. The second audition, or callback, camp for brass and percussion will be held December 17 – 19 in the Atlanta area at Ola High School. Video auditions for membership in the color guard will be accepted between now and May, with a second live audition […]

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GNODCA 2011 Tuition Assistance Program

The Greater New Orleans Drum Corps Association is happy to announce that the GNODCA Tuition Assistance Program has been renewed for the upcoming 2011 drum corps season. Applications are open to all people marching in any competitive junior drum corps and a $500 award will be given to one member in each of the three […]

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2011 SoCal Dream Open House – Membership Day

SoCal Dream will be holding their 2011 ?Open House – Membership Day? on December 12th 2010 from 12:00pm ?til 3:00pm. After a general introduction meeting, we will have a ?meet and greet? time to give you the opportunity to meet the caption head of the section you are interested in joining and learn what they […]

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