Home » January 23rd, 2019 Entries posted on “January, 2019”

2019 Magic Of Scout House Winter Guard Raffle Winners

Winners of the Magic of Scout House winter guard’s annual fund raising raffle to help pay travel expenses shared $1,000, with first prize winner Angele Faucher receiving $500; second prize winner Franco Spina receiving $300 and third prize winner Mike Young receiving $200. The annual fund raising event offers 500 tickets priced at $10 each. […]

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Meet The 2019 Pacific Crest Drum Majors

Pacific Crest is proud to introduce our drum major team for the 2019 season: Andrea Nordahl, Amber Cameron, and Bianca Dulong! Nordahl, Cameron, and Dulong are all returning members of Pacific Crest. “We’re excited to have these three amazing individuals leading the corps this season,” says Mark Kveton, Student Leadership Coordinator. “After a very competitive […]

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Meet The 2019 River City Rhythm Drum Majors

Among the prospective members at this past weekend’s RCR audition camp, was a group of extremely talented candidates who went through our Drum Major audition process. After hours of review and discussion amongst RCR’s leadership, we are honored to announce our 2019 Drum Majors; Adam Shew, Katherine Stone and Noah Vander Loop. We are incredibly […]

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Introducing The 2019 Minnesota Brass Lead Design Team

Minnesota Brass is proud to announce the lead designers for the 2019 return for the Drum and Bugle Corps. Joel Matuzak will return as creative director, Dr. Ward Miller will be arranging the brass music , Wil Furnstahl will be coordinating the visual presentation, and Christopher Judd will be creating front ensemble arrangements and sound […]

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A Ronnie Lubner Tribute

The Field Band Foundation (FBF) joined close family, friends and business associates of the late Mr. Ronnie Lubner for a memorial service held on Thursday, 17 January 2019 at the Houghton Golf Club. The service began with a heartfelt performance from the Field Band followed by tributes from family and friends. Ronnie Lubner, passed away […]

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Blue Knights Alumni Spotlight: Sarah Connelly

Name: Sarah Connelly What year(s) did you march in the Blue Knights? Blue Knights Winter Brass 2007 Blue Knights Drum & Bugle Corps 2008-2010 Read the rest of the article here.

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Meet The 2019 River City Rhythm Battery Team

As we embark on RCR’s 5th Anniversary season we are thrilled to introduce our 2019 Battery Percussion Team! This season, Percussion Supervisor/Program Coordinator, Paul Weber and Percussion Caption Head, Patrick Lyons will be joined by consultant Jake Coon, lead instructor Sam Peck, and instructors; Nathan Bailey, Kirk Fladung, Calvin Lipetzky, Dan Wesson, Jacqueline Gaetz, Jordan […]

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In The News – Slow To Clean House, Drum Corps International Wastes No Time Punishing Critic

As their activity was rocked last year by a series of scandals, leaders at Drum Corps International at times seemed sluggish in response. They delicately avoided in public statements naming a former Pennsylvania corps director accused of sexual misconduct. When the young members of a Wisconsin ensemble complained of poor conditions, they took weeks to […]

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In The News – Allentown Cadets’ Former Leader Calls Sex Assault Accusations ‘Orchestrated Smear’

George Hopkins, the former director of the Allentown Cadets drum and bugle corps charged with sexually assaulting two women and accused of sexual misconduct by nine others, called the claims an “orchestrated smear” by those who disagreed with his management, in an online post Thursday. In 12 paragraphs posted to the online publishing platform Medium.com, […]

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2019 Reilly Raiders Open House Postponed

The Reilly Raiders Open House, which was originally scheduled for this Sunday and is the subject of the attached press release, is being postponed due to the impending weather forecast. The event has been rescheduled for Sunday, February 10 at 12:00 noon. The location is the Knights of Columbus, 235 Limekiln Pike, Glenside, PA 19038.

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