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Seeing our Crown souvie truck staffers eating authentic buffalo wings in Buffalo, NY without us was just not fair. But we forgive them:-) Hi again from the road. We are beginning our second day of rehearsals in Dayton, OH at Welcome Stadium, home of the University of Dayton Flyers. To catch you up since we […]
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Mass of Christian Burial for World Drum Corps Hall of Fame member Leonard “Lennie” Piekarski, will be held 10 am Friday August 8 at Santa Maria del Popolo Chapel, 116 North Lake Street in Mundelein, Illinois. Interment will follow in St. Adalbert’s Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday from 4-8 pm at the Kristan Funeral Home […]
August 5th, 2014 | Filed under Current News,DCA News,FrontPage Feature | Read More »
The Madison Scouts have a long and successful history with Drum Corps International’s Individual and Ensemble contest (I&E), but the corps’ participation has declined over the years due to touring and rehearsal demands. This year the Scouts have recommitted themselves to the event in a big way. “We have many members who are music education […]
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A Note from Blaise Castaldo: The family of Jack Carney would like to thank everyone who helped out ina very stressful situation at Dietz stadium in Kingston, New York on Saturday afternoon. Jack’s spirit, soul and his memory will live on with all of us forever. He was a dear friend to me since my early days […]
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A caravan of coach buses, semis and auxiliary vehicles carrying members of the Canton-based Bluecoats Drum Corps rolled into North Canton sometime in the early hours Monday after leaving a competition in Buffalo, New York, earlier that day. After hours traveling, Bluecoats members dragged themselves off the buses, hustling into a facility on the Walsh […]
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“Orange is the new bloo,” don’t you know? Peppered throughout the stands of Paul Brown Tiger Stadium on Monday night were fans sporting orange in honor of Canton’s Bluecoats drum corps. The Bluecoats were among seven corps that competed in the Drum Corps International’s Tour of Champions — the final competition before the DCI World […]
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August 4th, 2014 | Filed under Current News,DCI World | Read More »
Rochester is playing host to the 50th anniversary of the international drum and bugle corps competitions this Labor Day weekend. “It’s a whole three day extravaganza,” says Allen Buell, the vice president of Drum Corps Associates. After two years away from the area, the Drum Corps Associates returns to Rochester. More than 35 drum and […]
August 4th, 2014 | Filed under Current News,DCA News | Read More »
After an exciting month of regional shows, concluding with DCI East on Saturday night, finals week 2014 has arrived. Today, Carolina Crown is at Leetonia High School in northeast Ohio, preparing for the the last regular season show before traveling west to Indianapolis, IN. J. Birney Crum Stadium in Allentown, PA, legendary sight of the […]
August 4th, 2014 | Filed under Current News,DCI World | Read More »