As Preston Scout House Alumni Band, of Cambridge, Ontario, approaches the 75th anniversary of its founding in 1938, it is still emphasizing the spirit of community service that has been a hallmark of the organization for the past seven decades. This sense of duty to the community dates back to the early years, when the […]
A beautiful May morning at Tega Cay Golf Club near Fort Mill, SC, the smell of freshly cut grass, beautiful blue skies and manicured greens. You can hear people on the practice putting green already bragging about how well they are going to do and the people picking up their CrownGOLF swag bags and shirts […]
Here we go… it is Spring Training Time! April Music Camp (4/14 and 4/15) Boys Club. Brass and Percussion. Start time 8:30AM on Saturday and will end at 4PM on Sunday. All meals provided. Sleep over Saturday evening. There will be a visual segment to this weekend. Full Corps Practice Day (4/22) Boys Club. Guard […]
The March camp was another significant boost forward for The Cadets. The opener, “Carol of the Bells” is now finished, and the corps performed that along with nearly everything else they know for friends and family on Sunday afternoon in a full display of the ‘12.25’ program. The admin team proved that they can do […]
To: Tech Folks who love band and drum corps and a challenge From: George Hopkins- CEO of Youth Education in the Arts Hello! What follows below is a job description for someone to come to the beautiful world of Allentown, PA and help us, lead us, and support us, as we grow year after year […]
Drum Corps International announces a unique internship opportunity for an exceptional candidate with a background and interest in arts administration, music education and/or event management. A special project grant recently awarded to DCI for the summer of 2012 has created the remarkable internship opportunity for an individual who is self-motivated, well-spoken and who possesses excellent […]
7:30 came early as usual yesterday morning, but The Cadets cleared their sleeping gear out of the gym and made their way to the cafeteria for pancakes and then PT. Sectionals began at 9:30, and the horn line received revisions to their music for “Carol of the Bells” and learned the second half of “Jingle […]
The Cadets are hard at work in sectionals this Saturday morning after a Friday night spent reviewing all the music they’ve learned so far. The brass didn’t touch the show music last night. Gino conducted a full brass warm up in the cafeteria; then they split into high and low brass sections, and the staff […]
Tickets are now available for Rockford, Ill.; Salem, Wis.; and Charleston, W.Va. Buy your tickets now and reserve your seat, as all 3 shows have premium reserved seating available. Plus, we have your DCI World Championships in Indy tickets as well. Now is the time to put yourself in the audience for a great night […]
Looking back, Cheryl Upfold says it was the best time of her life. The 65-year-old Guelph woman spent nine years in Sarnia playing bugle with the Lionettes, one of at least five drum corps that existed in Sarnia between the 1940s and 1980s. “In the summertime we practised just about every day because we had […]
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