The Cadets rehearsed in blistering heat again yesterday in Kansas City, Mo. After the long drive from Rockford, Ill., the corps pulled in at 9:30 a.m., and the volunteers started right away on brunch. A lot of the members stayed up to get a jump on the day, but the official wake-up time was 11:15 […]
Students in the Teal Sound Drum & Bugle Corps practiced in the heat Monday at Valley Center High School for their competition tonight at Wichita State University. Mike Steiner, one of the band’s staff members, said staffers anticipate the problems that weather will contribute. Read the rest of the article here.
Episode 2011-09 of the Drum Corps Planet Box Center podcast is now ready for your listening pleasure! Join Managing News Editor Kevin Gamin as he reviews the results from both the DCI Minnesota premiere event as well as the first DCI Tour of Champions event, the Phantom Regiment Show of Shows. Kevin also looks at […]
In this 65th anniversary year of both Beatrix’ and Pearl, Beatrix’ Drum & Bugle Corps was provided with a complete new set of field percussion instruments. Pearl Europe and Beatrix’ Drum & Bugle Corps have signed a new contract. In this contract our long term partnership has been sustained for many more years.
In complete contrast to 2 weeks ago, the weather really was not kind to us at the second DCUK contest of the 2011 season with most Corps having to contend with driving rain at the Poynton Commodores sponsored contest held at Victoria Park in Warrington.
The Devils from Witzenhausen – Germany will not perform a show this year. After internal deliberation, the German corps saw no alternative but to take a year-long ‘time out’ from show performances, partly because of high costs. The Devils will be celebrating their 20th anniversary and preparations are in full swing. However, the costs of […]
We’d like to thank ALL the volunteers who helped out last night with the biggest Show of Shows ever! We’d also like to thank our sponsors again: Show Sponsors: Rockford Register Star; PG Display; Lexington Hotel at Cliffbreakers; Culver’s; Berg Industries, Inc.; HVAC; Read the rest of the article here.
Yesterday was another hot day in the Midwest for The Cadets, and they toughed it out all the way through the end of ensemble at 4:45 p.m. Gino Cipriani left tour yesterday for a while, so Percussion Caption Supervisor Colin McNutt is now running ensemble rehearsals. “I think it’s great for the kids to have […]
The commanding beat of the drums and the powerful resonance of dozens of horns could be heard for miles around TCF Bank Stadium at the University of Minnesota on Saturday. Twenty-five of the nation’s most elite drum corps took to the field for a day of intense competition in the intense heat. Read the rest […]
Yamaha Corporation of America, Band and Orchestral Division and music store chain Music & Arts have joined with Youth Education in the Arts (YEA!) and The Cadets to promote the Aug. 7 New Meadowlands Stadium Tour of Champions Grand Finale. Read the rest of the article here.
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