Dear friends, The Battalion’s first competitive season was an absolute success, thanks to the selfless contributions and tireless work of so many. In 2014, this corps was born on a few pieces of paper. A copy of those pages sits on my desk and I often look at them in amazement. On those sheets were […]
People in Skiatook have been hearing twelve hours of music a day. That’s how much the Seattle Cascade Drum Corps is practicing for its performance Wednesday night in Broken Arrow. It’s one of nine groups touring all across the country for the Drum Corps International Tour. Watch the video here.
Music City’s 2016 production “Coronation” is proving to be a crowd favorite this summer. The corps has received rousing ovations at all of its early tour performances. You can check out numerous photos on the corps’ Facebook page. The corps was also warmly received at July 4th parades in Wisconsin. Watch and listen to the […]
The Cadets invite you to three special events Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 12-14, to celebrate the Awakening season and the eighty-third installment of this great drum corps! Before DCI Semifinals on Friday, August 12, Cadets alumni and fans are invited to our annual, FREE VIP reception at Palomino Restaurant downtown. Then, join The Cadets […]
Drum Corps International (DCI) was in Huntsville for the fourth year in a row. The DCI North Alabama 2016 concert was held at Alabama A&M’s Louis Crews Stadium Friday night. Competing group, the Blue Coats Drum Corps, travels 13,000 miles over the summer for different shows. For two members, Friday’s Huntsville show brought them home. […]
Class of 2012 Hargrave High School graduate Ryan Meadows is traveling the nation this summer with some of the top marching musicians and performing at big name venues across the United States. As a lifelong music enthusiast, pursuing a degree in music education at Stephen F. Austin State University was a natural progression for him. […]
Excitement has filled the air since William Penn University’s Athletic Band program announced that a competitive marching and music event will return to Oskaloosa at a much higher level than ever before. “Drum Corps Mid-America” is a competition between four of the best Open Class Drum & Bugle Corps from across the U.S. This unique […]
Anna Eberhart’s wild performance of our 2016 production, Quixotic, has garnered over three million views and counting. Her great musical and theatrical performance was caught on video by drum corps superfan Mike O’Neill and spread like wildfire through the internet, expanding well past the drum corps community. A gif of her passionate performance picked up […]
Highlights of the 2015-2016 Report to Society include: We operated 48 bands in 24 localities and, through an active recruitment campaign, increased average band membership to 140 members each (2014: 137). This year sees active membership of 6 742 youngsters attending an average two rehearsals a week (up from 6 586 members last year). This […]
The Columbians Drum and Bugle Corps finished their 2016 season with a fantastic showing in Devner, CO. The Columbians scored a 57.1, good enough for 3rd place (at their season’s conclusion) in DCI’s Open Class division. The 122 member corps began with a Northwest tour and continued on to Boise, ID, Odgen, UT, and culminated […]
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