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2012 Blue Stars Banquet Information

Join the members, staff, volunteers and administration in a celebration of the 2012 season at the Blue Stars’ annual end-of-season banquet. The banquet will be at the Indy West Conference Center from 11 am – 2 pm on Sunday, August 12. (Note: Tickets are not mailed for this event. Patrons will be checked in at […]

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The Company Wins DCUK Stoke Show

The Company from Barnsley still leads the competition of Drum Corps United Kingdom. Yesterday at the DCUK show in Stoke On Trent they scored 77.55 points with their show ‘Red Riding Hood’, which places them more than 3.5 points ahead of the competition. The DCUK Open Class (Premier Class) top three competed directly against eachother […]

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Cavaliers Remember Bruce Tietgen

With great sadness for all Cavaliers and the entire Cavalier family, we share news that Bruce Tietgen passed away on Sunday, July 15, 2012, after battling a long illness. Bruce’s history with The Cavaliers began as a tenor drummer in 1954 and after marching snare for 1955 & 1956 he became drum major in 1957 […]

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Limited Number Of Upper Deck Tickets Available For Tour Of Champions Grand Finale

Fans of visual programs rejoice! In an agreement with MetLife Stadium, we are pleased to announce that for the first time ever, seating will be available in the upper deck of MetLife Stadium for the Tour of Champions Grand Finale to be held Sunday, Aug. 5 in E. Rutherford, N.J. beginning at 7 p.m. A […]

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2012 Scout House Summer Field Show Schedule

After a short break following an exceptionally busy spring season, Preston Scout House Alumni Band, of Cambridge, will perform its first full field show of the season in Hornell, New York on July 28, the first of seven out of town weekend performances in a row. Scout House returns home to Cambridge on Saturday, September […]

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2012 NightBEAT Hotel Info

Carolina Crown is pleased to announce the official hotel for NightBEAT 2012 Tour of Champions is Aloft Charlotte Uptown at the Epicentre. 210 East Trade Street Charlotte · North Carolina 28202 Phone: (704) 333-1999 Central Reservations: 866-837-4200 Read the rest of the article here.

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In The News: Drum & Bugle Corps March To Different Beat

More than 600 people gathered at the Trabuco Hills High School football stadium Saturday, but the crowd wasn’t there for football. Instead, it cheered 10 drum & bugle corps competing in “A Different Kind of Show.” The all-California competition included two groups based in Orange County – Impulse from Buena Park and SoCal Dream from […]

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2012 Cadets DCI Minnesota Report

Over the past two days, The Cadets have been back in the familiar show-day routine. The Lisle, IL show on Friday night provided the corps a good chance to get back into uniform after four days of rehearsal (it’s easy to get used to performing the show without the extra weight and constraint of the […]

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2012 DCI Southwestern Championship Lineup

Results from the July 14 DCI Minnesota Premier Event in Minneapolis determine the performance order for the DCI Southwestern Championship in San Antonio. For corps that did not compete in Minnesota, scores were taken from their most recent event: Jersey Surf (July 7, Jackson, NJ), Mandarins (July 8, Pleasant Hill, CA), Pacific Crest (July 14, […]

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In The News: Eat, Sleep, Breathe

Colorful flags twirled and white rifles were tossed in the air to the beat of Igor Stravinsky’s “Firebird Suite” on Morris Community High School’s football field as a Denver-based drum and bugle corps ensemble practiced for a Friday night performance. The group, the Blue Knights, used the field Friday as a place to prepare for […]

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