Two lucky DCP readers have each won a 4-pack of tickets to Tuesday nights’ opening of BLAST! at the Orange County Performing Artscenter in Costa Mesa, CA. CONGRATULATIONS to Robert Smit of Alta Loma, CA and Jay Troglin of Orange, CA – who were randomly selected from nearly 200 registrations for the contest. Both Robert […]
LAST DAY TO REGISTER! Drum Corps Planet and the Orange County Performing Artscenter are happy to offer you an opportunity to attend OPENING NIGHT of BLAST! on Tuesday, February 5th at 7:30pm in Costa Mesa, California. TWO (2) sets of 4-tickets for this performance (no exchanges) will be awarded to the lucky winners of our […]
Tour Event Partners: Working to make tour great Thousands of people have experienced the drum corps activity at one time or another. Some of them are still around and continue to support the activity as directors, instructors, tour managers, board members, sponsors, volunteers or drivers. These people play a key role in helping drum corps […]
Pro-Mark Corporation, the world’s largest manufacturer exclusively crafting drumsticks, mallets, and percussion accessories, and the Blue Devils, 12-time and current World Champion, have come together in a new historic partnership. Both organizations have recently celebrated their 50th anniversaries and made the joint announcement today. “Since the very beginning, the Blue Devils have been the standard […]
DCI – Back to Basics “As the audition dates grow near and you’re having doubts, go for it! You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Nothing is impossible.” Irina GonzalezSo…you’ve been to the shows and competitions, you’ve tracked your favorite Corps all over the States and beyond and you have decided that this […]
The Bugler’s Hall of Fame is proud to announce the second annual North American Championship for Individual and Ensemble Brass and Percussion, Mixed Ensembles and Mini-Corps. The events are open to all performers, regardless of affiliation. Based on the success of last year’s Inaugural show, two (2) I & E Venues have been planned for […]
It was late May of his age out year. Ray Valarde was marching his second year in the Vanguard snare line. His identical twin brother, Art, was the top bass drummer. Art and Ray were inseparable, living a drum corps dream they never thought possible back in their days with the Sound Machine Youth Marching […]
The Bugler’s Hall of Fame is proud to announce the second annual North American Championship for Individual and Ensemble Brass and Percussion, Mixed Ensembles and Mini-Corps. The events are open to all performers, regardless of affiliation. Based on the success of Last year’s Inaugural show, two (2) I & E Venues have been planned for […]
Back in the early 1950s, Stetson D. Richmond began offering his audio recordings of drum and bugle corps contest action to the public by popular demand. The technology of the day required him to split the typical 13-15 minute performance of the day into four segments to fit the 78 RPM record format in common […]
An Unlikely Lesson I deliberated for some time about what amazing and unique topic my first Drum Corps Planet article would cover. My fellow columnists had covered such a wonderful array of topics, I wasn’t sure where I was going to fit in. Then, late one night it suddenly occurred to me – luggage! (And […]
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