Episode 2011-10 of the Drum Corps Planet Box Center podcast is now available for your listening pleasure! Join DCP Managing News Editor Kevin Gamin as he looks back at the DCI Southwestern Championship and the continuing fight for 1st and 12th place in DCI as well as the other major weekend shows in DCI and […]
Band students from around the Concho Valley caught a glimpse of what it is like to be part of a world-class drum corps as they watched the San Antonio-based Crossmen drum corps perform Sunday night. The performance by the 150-member corps was the finale of Angelo State University’s summer band weekend, a rebuilding weekend of […]
Jubal Drum & Bugle Corps from Dordrecht – The Netherlands is currently preparing for its first performance in the 2011 Drum Corps International competition. The first contest in which Jubal will perform is in Ocean Springs – Mississippi and is on today. At the ‘Miississippi Sound Spectacular’ contest at the Greyhound Stadium, there will also […]
“Renewal.” That’s the name of Crossmen’s 2011 production. But, it’s also the process the corps has been going through since moving to San Antonio. Dan Potter explores both aspects of this Texas corps’ renewal in today’s Field Pass presented by Zildjian. Have a Field Pass question, comment or request? Leave a message for Dan Potter […]
The Cadets have left Texas for good, and the heat continues. The high is 105 today in Edmond, Oklahoma, and the kids are out on the turf. George continues to build a little water and shade time into the schedule during ensemble, and it’s up to the caption supervisors how to deal with the heat […]
This summer’s historic heat wave is affecting not just the old or out of shape. The Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps awoke to 87 percent humidity at 8?a.m., on Monday in Lafayette, La. “We’re really watching them. They’re hydrating and taking more breaks, eating much lighter, more salads and fresh things. They’re just not hungry […]
Cajun Field was host to hundreds of students from across the nation competing in the 2011 Drum Corps International (DCI) Tour. It was not only a major night for music and performing arts, but a benefit to the UL Band. For three months, dedicated teens and young adults spend their summers outside on football fields […]
The 2011 Vanguard battery and front ensemble sections were featured performers on Sunday afternoon, July 24 at the Texas Bandmasters Association opening sessions in San Antonio, TX during a clinic with Vanguard percussion composer and caption manager Paul Rennick. The clinic outlined the SCV percussion program with regard to training, technique and individual musicianship. Rennick […]
Ten of the world’s most elite and exclusive marching ensembles will compete at M.M. Roberts Stadium on The University of Southern Mississippi’s Hattiesburg campus starting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 27 as part of the Drum Corps International (DCI) Southern Series Tour. From its modest beginnings more than three decades ago, DCI has developed into […]
Legends Performing Arts Association (LPAA) will host the Four Flags Drum Corps Spectacular at 7 p.m. Friday, July 29 at the Niles High School stadium. “I was looking for another location to host an event,” said Ibe Sodawalla, executive director and CEO of the LPAA. “We had two specific dates to work with and with […]
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