The second BYBA regional AGM took place on Friday 19th November. This time it was the turn of our Southern Region bands. TYMBA The first item on the agenda was the relationship between BYBA and the Traditional Youth Marching Bands Association (TYMBA). Claire Stacey, TYMBA’s chair, is also the bandmaster for Burgess Hill Marching Youth […]
After a two year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Southwind held its first camp of the 2022 Drum Corps International Season at Daphne High School in Daphne, AL. Read the rest of the article here.
The Muchachos Drum & Bugle Corps is back. The group made its first appearance since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic at the Halloween Parade in Woburn, Mass. “We didn’t do much in 2020 at all,” said Director Carolyn Surrell. “It was just hard to keep it together and to meet all the protocols that […]
Neal Smith, of Canton, Massachusetts is the new president of the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame (WDCHoF). Outgoing president Rich Templin announced Smith’s appointment during the group’s annual banquet and induction ceremony held in late November in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Templin, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania had served as president since September 2013.
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The Blue Knights Drum & Bugle Corps are pleased to announce their tour schedule for the 2022 season! The Blue Knights will be performing in 18 different states, at 25 different shows. After a shortened tour in 2021, and without a tour in 2020, the Blue Knights are thrilled to be taking on this extensive […]
The World Drum Corps Hall of Fame (WDCHoF) presented $500 scholarship awards to each of three recipients during the annual induction ceremony and banquet held recently in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. The three female winners, all currently studying in university, are Rebecca “Beca” Findley, Annika Hlywa and Julia Troy. Two of the scholarship awards were funded […]
Frank Dorritie, Charlie Poole, and Tom Lizotte take us behind the scenes for the 27th Lancers 1986 show “A Sondheim Suite.” You can listen to us below, or if you want to take us with you, you can download us from iTunes and Amazon. Read the rest of the article here.
The return of the drum corps and the return of the Blue Knights was never a given. It took fighting for it, it took patience, it took ingenuity, and it took a whole lot of brute force effort as well as financial support from countless people to *make* it happen. To be a part of […]
Metallurgy, the ancient art and science of modifying metals, gave rise to the study of alchemy. This medieval forerunner of chemistry is based on the supposed “transformation” of matter, particularly converting base metals into gold. Ancient Alchemy, a science represented in symbols, considered the Quincunx the most important. Five figures within a square, it denotes […]
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