Want to send a care package or letter to someone in the Phantom Regiment? Here is the first mail stop of the season. The remaining mail stops for the 2017 seasons will be posted later. Mail stops are a very popular time on tour – unless you’re one of the few that didn’t receive any […]
The Blue Knights Drum & Bugle Corps summer national tour has been set. The road to become a Blue Knight started back in the fall of last season where over 1,100 prospective performers from around the United States vied for a chance to be among the world’s elite at the BKXperience Camps (learn more). In […]
The 2017 Blue Stars Drum & Bugle Corps Spring Training begins on May 19th at Waldorf University in Forest City, Iowa. On June 14th, the corps relocates to La Crosse, WI, continuing daily rehearsals and performing at various events during our annual La Crosse Week. Below you will find important information regarding the 2017 Spring […]
As the end of the school year approaches, seniors spend the last days of their high school career daydreaming about their summer, whether it be shopping for the most aesthetically pleasing dorm decor or taking a roadtrip to a beach. For seniors Juliann Page and Sophie Malis, their summer plans include rehearsing and performing as […]
Get fired up to lead your high school band and take your leadership and conducting skills to the next level! Entering its fifth year, the Pacific Crest Drum Major Camp brings together experts in music education and leadership who will work with you one-on-one to prepare you for your role as a high school drum […]
Music City Drum Corps is excited to announce that it will host the first annual Drums Across the Smokies drum and bugle corps competition on Wednesday, July 19 at Farragut High School in Knoxville, TN. Performances by six DCI open class corps will get underway at 7 PM Eastern. Individual ticket prices on the day […]
This summer, audiences nationwide will experience the 2017 Santa Clara Vanguard through the eyes of the Ouroboros. One of the oldest mystical symbols in the world, the Ouroboros is an ancient image of a serpent eating its own tail, which is known to represent introspection and the cyclicality of something constantly re-creating itself. This serves […]
Everett Public Schools music educator Charles A Poole Jr., who leads the Everett High School Marching Band and its award-winning Percussion Ensemble, has been elected to the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame. The induction ceremonies will take place this coming Labor Day weekend in Rochester, New York. Poole began his musical career in 1957 […]
The Battalion Drum & Bugle Corps is excited to continue its ongoing strategic partnership with Snow College, once again naming the school as the official home for the corps’ Spring Training. “We love having our students at Snow,” said The Battalion Executive Director Dallin Hatch. “The faculty at the Horne School of Music, as well […]
In mythology, folklore, epic poems and the oldest extant literature, metamorphosis (or shape shifting) has long been present. It remains a common trope in modern fantasy, children’s literature, and works of popular culture. The shaman and the showman both have pondered the mystery and magic of metamorphosis. This most profound act of change can emerge […]
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