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Pearl Designs “Cyborg” Drums For Beatrix’

In the second half of the 2014 season Beatrix’ Drum & Bugle Corps will enter the contest fields with a complete restyled field percussion. With the Drum Corps International Corps the standard covering of the field percussion has been outdated for a long while. These corps modify the appearance of their drums every year with […]

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New Glassmen Alumni Association Items For Sale

As promised, we have added the Glassmen Drum & Bugle Corps cookbooks and patches to our Glassmen Experience website and are available for purchase. Get yours before they’re gone! Read the rest of the article here.

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Funeral Service For Michael ‘Red’ Corso

Funeral service for Drum Corps Associates (DCA) treasurer Michael ‘Red’ Corso, a member of the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame since 1991, will be held at Holy Ghost Church, 472 Atwells Ave. on historic Federal Hill in Providence, Rhode Island on Monday August 25 at 10 am. He passed away the morning of Wednesday […]

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Scout House Pleasing The Crowd At Optimists Legends Show

Members and Staff of the Preston Scout House Band, On behalf of the Optimists Alumni Drum and Bugle Corps we would like to take this opportunity to thank you so much for being part of our show once again this year! The Preston Scout House Band is one of the bands to perform at all […]

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Volunteer Reaches Beyond Carolina Crown

Carolina Crown could not exist without the passionate, committed volunteers who regularly give up their summers to cook, drive trucks, sew and so much more. In this volunteer spotlight, Evan Woods not only gives his time to Carolina Crown, he shares his passion with the entire drum corps community in a uniquely personal way. A […]

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Important 2014-2015 Spartans Dates

Important dates.. Spartan Banquet this Sunday (8/24) at Noon. Members and their families are reminded to RSVP via the corps web site by this evening (8/18/14) Also.. the 2015 60th anniversary season open house will be Saturday evening November 22nd and Sunday November 23rd. More information will follow. Read the rest of the article here.

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Phantom Regiment 2014 End Of Summer Sale

Use coupon code “2014swan” to receive 25% off during our end of summer sale! http://bit.ly/1tvxjbh Read the rest of the article here.

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Colts Receive $12,500 Grant From Dubuque Racing Association

When the Dubuque Racing Association announced their grant awards to local nonprofit organizations just before summer, the Colts Youth Organization was pleased to learn it received $12,500 for the purchase of Colt Cadets percussion instruments. This was the 18th consecutive year that the Colts received a grant of $5,000 or more from the DRA. Those […]

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Cavaliers 2014: On Record Series Round Up

In 2014, The Cavaliers presented a new video series On Record to friends, fans, family, and alumni. Over the course of 10 episodes, we explored the member and staff perspective of life on the road, life with the Green Machine. Enjoy this round up of all ten episodes of On Record! Read the rest of […]

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YEA! Head Recruiter Position Open

With programs like The Cadets, a 10-time DCI World Champion, or Cadets Winter Percussion, a WGI Champion in its very first season, one may think that young people would be falling all over themselves to audition. But over the years, we have found that many reasons, some real and some imagined, keep a young man […]

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