2024: Making New History

Deep in the woods of the Oregon Coastal Range, spring training for the Cascades started with a mix of typical early summer sunny days and cool nights. This magical time gave the members and staff the opportunity to focus and bond as a team with visits to many charming small towns, including a home-grown parade and firework show on the 4th of July in Vernonia, Oregon.

The competition season began in the Pacific Northwest where for the first time in the organization’s history, The Cascades/NYMA sponsored and ran three drum corps competitions! The first show in Portland, Oregon was a wild day of preparation that ended with an exciting performance capped with our first “ahhhhhhhhh” from the lighthouse turned telescope in our production of Sky Above.

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