Six-time DCI world champion Santa Clara Vanguard reaffirms a long-standing commitment to masterful music with their 2012 production: Music of The Starry Night. In celebration of the corps’ anniversary and a nod to forty-five years of history, innovation and excellence, the music of Eric Whitacre, John Mackey and Gustav Holst paints a celestial composition using […]
Due to a shortage of drivers, the admin team stepped in and drove the small vehicles pulling trailers the first night on the road. The few of us not driving jumped in passenger seats and blasted loud pop music and conversation all night long, until we pulled into Muhlenburg College in Allentown around 6:00 a.m. […]
DCI judges get schooled on the new judging sheets, thousands of DCI Ambassadors are ready to spread the word about drum corps, and camp updates complete with music from the Bluecoats and Boston Crusaders. As the countdown continues to the start of the 2012 Drum Corps International Tour, Dan Potter has it all in this […]
The Mandarins have posted a video on their corps website and Vimeo account for their June 2012 update. The video features interviews with fitness trainer/physical therapist Christopher DePrato, volunteer cook staff member Connie Ferreria, 2012 drum majors Corey Jones and Rebecca Ellis, and staff coordinator Ron Munekawa. Watch the video here.
The Crossmen have posted a video on their YouTube account focusing on the 2012 pit. The video features interviews with pit members Zachary Ogles, Riley Warren, Madelynn Webbe, Maria Brandone, Austin Birdy, and Santos Cardenas, rehearsal footage taken from various perspectives in the pit, and a very important public service announcement. Watch the video here.
We need van and souvenir box truck drivers for some or all of the summer tour! What a great way to see the country – from inside a DCI world-class drum corps! Spend a week or a couple of weeks! We’re looking for drivers beginning June 23 through August 8. Some or all of the […]
The Boston Crusaders are very excited to announce the 2012 class of the Crusaders Hall of Fame. This year’s inductees are: Tom Lizotte – long-time brass instructor and caption head Bob Bedard – long time instructor and supporter Jim and John Lyons – key contributors in keeping the corps alive after the 1982 Europe trip […]
By the age of 9, Mike Waldron’s life was already pretty bleak. He had never known his father. Half of his mother’s family had died of alcoholism, eventually including his mother; and he and an older brother had been taken away from her and put in the Genesee County Children’s Home in Batavia. Today, Waldron, […]
Friends and fans of Preston Scout House Alumni Band, of Cambridge, have a couple of ways to help boost funding for the Band’s 3rd annual Invitational Tattoo on August 18. They can be Fiver Fans by making a $5 donation or be a partner by placing an advertisement in the archive quality souvenir program. Fiver […]
On June 8th, former DCA and Mini-corps Associates member Capital Brass! begins a Spring series of assemblies in local schools entitled: “Brass-O-Mania! … a Brief History of Brass Music”. Students will be presented with a fun and informative program that presents both traditional and corps-style instrumentation. The program involves a 9 piece brass & percussion […]
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