The Hawthorne Caballeros are proud to host the 53rd Annual Drum Corps Grand Prix at Clifton Stadium! This storied drum corps show will be special as the Hawthorne Caballeros will be dedicating this year’s competition to George Hayek, the last member of the original 1946 Hawthorne Caballeros to pass. Date: July 8th, 2017 Location: Clifton […]
The Phantom Regiment invites you to attend our annual “Dress Rehearsal” Saturday, June 17, 8:30 pm at Stillman Valley High School: Stillman Valley High School 425 S Pine St Stillman Valley, IL 61084 Read the rest of the article here.
A female corps director, drum major, and seminar leader talk about the challenges of leading as a woman in DCI. With Vicki MacFarlane (Colts), Kendall Stevenson (Cadets), & Christina Lear. You can listen to us above, or if you want to take us with you, you can download us from iTunes. Read the rest of […]
The Connecticut Hurricanes are extremely pleased to announce their new Drum Majors for the upcoming 2017 DCA competition season. Both of these individuals have a great deal of musical experience and leadership skills and will be a perfect fit to lead the corps. Matthew Piros, age twenty-seven, will be the Head Drum Major for the […]
The Music City Drum Corps family would like to ask you to keep one of its corps members Finis Sparkman in your thoughts and prayers. A snare drummer in the corps, Finis is being monitored in a local hospital after experiencing serious medical issues late this past Tuesday night. Our thoughts are also with his […]
Colin Plante Jr. is a very big young man. Almost big enough, in fact, to be an NFL lineman. He was out on the football field early this morning, warming up with some exercises alongside his 100 or so teammates. They will be here until well past dark. After scarfing down some peanut butter and […]
Everything around us is in pieces. That’s the idea behind the Vanguard Cadets’ 2017 production. And in honor of SCV’s golden anniversary, the Vanguard Cadets design team looked to the organization’s past as inspiration for this year’s show. This year, don’t look for a ‘story’ in the traditional sense. There’s no ‘hero’ or ‘character’ to […]
Justin Schatz, winner of the 2017 Wilf Blum Memorial Youth Music Scholarship award of $750, is a triple threat musician who plays four instruments, sings in two groups, dances with a group that performs across North America and Europe and teaches ballroom dancing. He intends to build a career as a music educator in order […]
The 240 members of the Colts and Colt Cadets will be practicing more than music on Saturday, June 10th, as they instead become experts at washing cars! Twenty simultaneous locations will be staffed with members of both corps from 9:00AM to 4:00PM for the annual Colts Car Wash fundraiser. Since the inception of this program […]
Earlier this week, The Daily Eastern News reported on The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps, which recently moved in at Eastern for part of their spring training. When that article ran, I got the chance to have my first-ever contributing byline in a news article. I gleefully wrote up a few paragraphs about drum corps […]
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