Dr. Ritchie Robertson, supervisor of music for Springfield Public Schools in the 1920’s, forever changed Central High School. He created music groups to enrich the lives of students and was inspired by the phrase “Teach a boy to blow a horn, and he won’t blow a safe.” Read the rest of the article here.
Westward bound is the buzz within the Crown Organization over the last month as the 2013 early touring plans begin to fall into place. With still much to research, plan and decide Carolina Crown is excited to announce to our fans (especially west of the Rockies) the corps plans to be performing in numerous DCI […]
The Connecticut Hurricanes are excited to announce their new Administrative Team for the 2013 season. Bob Glover will be assuming the role of Corps Director after serving on the Hurricanes’ brass staff in 2010 and 2011 and as Assistant Corps Director in 2012. Doug Oravez, Hall of Fame member and last season’s Corps Director, will […]
Behind the scenes, DCE is working hard on the professional DVD recording of the DCE European Championships. The DVDs will become available in December. Order your DVDs now and enjoy the European Championships again this winter! Thanks to the professional recording and the very good image and sound quality, which is better than the webcast, […]
Join the Jersey Surf as it celebrates outstanding high school marching bands from throughout the great Garden State as they convene this weekend in two great competitive events, sanctioned by our performance partners, the Tournament of Bands. On Saturday, October 20, West Essex High School in North Caldwell will be the site of the 2012 […]
Drum Corps United Kingdom are pleased to make their initial announcement regarding contest dates for the 2013 season. For the three seasons prior to 2012 DCUK had held three shows during the summer plus the British Drum Corps Championships but in 2012 this was increased to 4 and as each show was well attended by […]
On Friday, October 12th, 80 people attended Pacific Crest’s Annual Charity Golf Tournament. Proceeds from the Tournament fund Pacific Crest Drum and Bugle Corps, which transforms the lives of its 140 youth performers each year. After a day of truly weird Southern California weather, that included flash floods and hail storms, Friday turned out to […]
The yearly open day of Jong Beatrix got a different approach this year. And due to success… we’re going to stick to this approach. Saturday October 13th staff, board and a lot of volunteers gather in the early morning at the Hilversumse Muziektent at the Kerkbrink. Denise van Doorn, in her new function as a […]
Three key caption heads have announced that they will be returning to their respective roles with Atlanta CV Drum and Bugle Corps. Victor Mooney will be returning for his third season as Program Coordinator and Guard Caption Head. Under Mooney, the CV Guard has captured the attention of the DCA community with its bold, captivating […]
This year’s FBF National Championships was held in the Sandton Sport Stadium. The venue was different from last year’s, but the intimacy of the stadium created a very warm atmosphere (literally and figuratively). Nine bands competed this year, 3 in First Division (starter bands) and 6 in Premier Division. Because of the increasing success of […]
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