Hamilton Drum Corps Classic at Virgil Schwarm Stadium at Hamilton High School Saturday, July 25, at 7 p.m. “I am very excited that we are able to bring this to Hamilton. I love drum corps. What you get to see in a two-hour show is amazing,” said Shawna Lindsay, president, Hamilton High School Band Parents, […]
Traveling across the country in a summer drum corps takes most participants thousands of miles from home. For percussionist Matt Johnson, a Pennsylvania college student, a piece of home has followed each performance of his drum corps, Jersey Surf, including at his most recent show in Broken Arrow. Read the rest of the article here.
After leaving Riverside and saying goodbye to our beautiful home state of California, the Corps set east, trekking through the Midwest to share “The Spark of Invention” with eager audiences patiently awaiting our arrival in their home town. Our first stop was in Arizona, where the sun was bright and the temperatures high. The key […]
Thurrock Marching Brass has been incredibly active in the community over the past 10 days with a number of local community engagements, and an official Jack Petchey Achievement Award Presentation too. Starting on Saturday 11 July, this young up and coming group of youngsters opened the proceedings at the Treetops School Summer Fair with a […]
World Drum Corps Hall of Fame member Don Pesceone, who served as Drum Corps International’s (DCI) first full-time executive director from 1973 to 1994, passed away at age 75 on Wednesday July 8, 2015 at Elmhurst Memorial Hospital with complications from pulmonary fibrosis. He was a longtime resident of Villa Park, Illinois. He was also […]
On Saturday, July 11th, Ascend Performing Arts hosted an iconic show of the drum corps season: Drums Along the Rockies. Four students from Cherry Creek High School in Greenwood Village, CO won VIP tickets to Drums Along the Rockies and were personally escorted around to Blue Knights’ warm up zones of their choice, had the […]
Alumni and Friends, This is Brandon Jones, The Academy Alumni President, with this month’s (RE)cap! It has been a great year for both The Academy and The Academy Alumni Association. This will be our last (RE)cap of the season until October. We hope you have enjoyed our monthly posts and The Alumni’s participation this season. […]
Setting the tempo for marching band season, local kids get a taste of the big leagues. With band camp starting soon at Grand Island Northwest, what a way to inspire local high kids, by seeing a nationally touring drum corps. Read the rest of the article here.
The finest Drum Corps show in the south takes center stage this Sunday, July 26. NightBEAT Presents: Tour of Champions will feature your hometown Carolina Crown, perennial crowd favorite Madison Scouts, defending Champion Blue Devils and the remaining top world class corps from 2014. Fans have shown their excitement for the move to BB&T Field […]
This summer, Gloucester County Institute of Technology Emma students Kelly and Coryn Reed are touring the United States on a trip like no other. The music students are performing on the Drum Corps International tour with Southern New Jersey marching ensemble, Jersey Surf. The duo will be joining 148 other members to learn, perfect, and […]
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