The De La Salle Oakland Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps is going to honor the 1977 Oakland Crusaders drum line on October 27th, 2007 for winning the high percussion award – even though the corps never made it into finals that championship night. This is a very rare accomplishment that will probably never happen again. […]
We are happy to announce that we’re opening our photo archive to public viewing. DCP’s photographers have been busy capturing images from several events this past summer, which we’re going to share with you. Included in the initial release are some great images from the 2007 DCA Preliminaries, Finals, and the Alumni Spectacular in Rochester, […]
Drum Corps: Through Triumph and Regret In doing research and interviews for my book, Not for the Fain of Heart: My Journey to Manhood in the Santa Clara Vanguard, I made a surprising discovery about the lives of drum corps alumni and the drum corps experience. My research focused mostly on my years in the […]
The Winter Season of a Drum Corps Lifer Drum corps kids have called Don Warren “the Old Man” since he was a teenager. Sixty years later, the nickname fits like plume to shako. Warren, founder of The Cavaliers and their president since the Truman administration, is as classic as a single-valve G bugle. But don’t […]
Pacific Crest will be hosting a charity golf tournament at the Los Serranos Country Club in Chino Hills, CA on Friday, October 5. The tournament is open to everyone and proceeds from the tournament help support the Pacific Crest Youth Arts Organization. Registration opens at 11am, followed by a 12 noon ‘shotgun start’ of the […]
The Blue Devils are very pleased to announce their brass auditions for the 2008 season! After a great 2007 culminating with 3 amazing performances in Pasadena, The Blue Devils are already looking forward to another exciting year. Here is a full list of the 2008 "live" brass auditions: o Saturday October 27th – Atlanta (tentative)o […]
My name is Gregory M. Kuzma (GM for short) author of the book, On the field from Denver, Colorado -The Blue Knights! One member’s experience of the 1994 summer national tour and I’d like to welcome you to Company Front. The intent of this column is to be a forum where you can inquire about […]
I’m excited to announce a new feature column on Drum Corps Planet – entitled "Company Front". As a regular series, the column will offer our readers insight into the marching arts from the perspectives of 4 different authors, in rotation. Gregory "GM" Kuzma – author of "On the field from Denver, Colorado … The Blue […]
This weekend in Rochester, NY, at the 2007 Drum Corps Associates Championships, Drum Corps World will have a table in the souvenir area offering a special price for new subscribers who sign up for a one-year subscription or current subscribers who wish to renew for an additional year. The introductory price is $40.00 for U.S. […]
4 August 2007Saturday, 10:39 pmPhoenix Regional I’ve been slacking in my updates. Where I left off was when we had the Pittsburg, KS show. The next day we had the Dubuque, IA show. The only thing I remember is that the show didn’t seem as energetic as the day before. We had no floor time […]
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