World Drum Corps Hall of Fame member Vince Macciocchi, who served as music director and brass instructor for many of Ontario’s top drum bugle corps for more than three decades, passed away peacefully at home on Christmas Day at age 88. He had been a Hall of Fame member since 2003. Visitation took place at […]
The Skyliners Drum & Bugle Corps proudly announced their 2018 Brass Staff. SHANE STARTZEL – Brass Caption Head; JOE WILT – Assistant Brass Caption Head and Baritone Tech; MARK HOVER, Trumpet Tech; KIM MILLER, Mellophone Tech; RANDALL BENNETT, Tuba Tech; and DOREEN SANDOR – Brass Tech/Brass Assistant to the Caption Head. Shane Startzel, Brass Caption […]
The Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps was started in 1957 by a general contractor with $4,000 of borrowed cash. The group was mostly high school kids who performed for the first time publicly in 1958 in Riverton — it was a repertoire of “Riders in the Sky, Battle Hymn of the Republic, Cool Water and […]
If you can take direction as well as give it, have a talent for leadership – and are a little stage-struck, too – Minnesota Brass has a job for you. “We are totally excited to have the opportunity to build a strong drum-major team for MBI 2018,” said Brent Turner, himself a former drum major […]
Drum Corps Associates made history at the Annual Meeting in December when Pat Bocker was elected to serve as Vice President. Pat has become the first female in the circuits history to ever sit in the Vice President’s chair. She has a vast knowledge of drum corps having marched, taught, and served on administration boards. […]
Watchmen are pleased to announce the Guard Staff team for the 2018 season. Maritza Ramirez Color Guard Caption Head Maritza Ramirez comes to us from Southern California where she has been a part of the color guard community since 2005 having 12 years of performance experience. She has performed at the middle school, high school, […]
The Hawthorne Caballeros are proud to announce Gloria Pennell as the Hawthorne Caballeros’ Historian! Gloria is 100% Hawthorne in that she spent her first three years marching with the Hawthorne Muchachos in 1971, 1972 (color guard captain), and 1973 (color guard captain). In 1982, she joined the Hawthorne Caballeros as one of the organization’s first […]
Start thinking your happy thoughts and join us as we take you on an adventure to the second star on the right, and straight on ’til morning. In Incognito Drum & Bugle Corps’s 2018 production, you will learn how to fly, meet the Lost Boys, battle Pirates, and become enchanted with the heavenly Neverland. Read […]
When he was in fifth grade, Jackson Bush joined band, the earliest it was available in Hutchinson. The first instrument he learned to play was the baritone horn. In sixth grade, he switched over to tuba and it’s been his instrument of choice ever since. “They wouldn’t let fifth-graders play tuba because it’s pretty big,” […]
What year(s) did you march in the Blue Knights? Blue Knights Drum & Bugle Corps (Front Ensemble): 1994 Blue Knights Percussion Ensemble (Tenors): 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1998 Where did you attend high school? Arvada High School Read the rest of the article here.
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