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2017 Juliana Instruments For Sale

We will be selling our hornline. The instruments are from Dynasty, the instruments are in great shape. The instruments will be available in December. You can get more information with Harrold the Council. Email him to have [dot] deraad [at] gmail [dot] com Read the rest of the article here.

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Three Named To 2018 Visual Leadership Positions At Phantom Regiment

Phantom Regiment is pleased to announce the return of former guard designer Tim Newburn to Rockford, this time as visual coordinator. Joining him on the visual leadership team is Ralph Stewart as drill designer and Stephanie Chavez as color guard caption head. Longtime visual staff member and alumnus Drew Solomonson returns for his second season […]

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Inside the Arc – Color Pre or Take a Knee

There once was a time in Drum Corps when the color guard was the Gulag to which were sent all those who were unfit or unready to play horns or drums. The guard was officially known as “the auxiliary”, a term that had always conjured up (at least in my mind) something like an appendix, […]

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Blue Knights Announce 2018 Brass Staff

The Blue Knights are pleased to announce the Brass Staff team for the 2018 Drum Corps International season. Chad Pence is the Brass Caption Head for the Blue Knights Drum & Bugle Corps. Chad Pence has been the Director of Bands at Ashley Ridge High School in Summerville, SC since the fall of 2014. In […]

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Columbians Announce New Executive Director

The Columbians Drum and Bugle Corps is pleased to announce Tom Zarate as the corps’ new Executive Director. Preceding Executive Director was Russ Newbury, holding the position for 5 years. We wish him the very best in his new endeavors. Tom was previously the corps’ President of the Board of Directors and has been on […]

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Dave Is Back In The “Magic Valley”

Yesterday was once again a very special evening for the Starriders family. Almost traditionally this year again a meeting with the former Brass Arranger Dave Hill took place in Bad Münder. Many former but also active Starriders were very happy about an “old friend” once again in the arms to be able to close. Read […]

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St. Rita’s Brassmen Alumni Announce New Director

The St. Rita’s Brassmen Alumni are pleased to announce Billy Di Paolo as their new Director. He is a Long Island Sunriser Hall of Fame member and has been with the Brassmen Alumni since its inception. He began his Drum Corps career with the St. Joseph Patron Cadets Feeder Corps and Sea Cadets from 1963 […]

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Royal Drummers Add To Busy Weekend For Liberty

Drum Corps UK Finals in Widnes is always the start of a special weekend at Liberty as we perform twice on the Saturday and then travel to Stafford for the final contest of the season before BYBA National Championships. Once again, our show The Bench, seemed to make a connection with the audiences who really […]

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Wölper Löwen Open Rehearsal 2017

Our drumcorps season is nearly over. This coming Saturday, we will be presenting “Behind BLUE Eyes” at the DCE Championships in Kerkrade for the last time and will try to build on the successes of recent years. In parallel, the concept for 2018 is already being developed! For a first milestone on the way to […]

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Tim Snyder Named Mandarins Brass Caption Head For 2018

The Sacramento Mandarins are pleased to announce that the percussion, color guard and visual caption heads—as well as the program director—will be returning for the 2018 season, with Tim Snyder joining staff as the new Brass Caption Head. Darren VanDerpoel will be leading percussion, Mario Ramirez with color guard, Michael Samson as the visual caption […]

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