Harry Heidelmark, long-time photographer for Drum Corps World (more than 25 years!), was hospitalized shortly after DCI Championships week in Pasadena. He has been driving one of Pioneer’s equipment trucks for the summer tour and became quite ill as the corps passed through Las Vegas, NV, on the way back to the Midwest. He was […]
25 July 2007Wednesday, 10:21pmPittsburgh, KS In the past week we have endured cricket infestations, scalding hot showers, and fourteenth place. But really, that's looking at everything from a very negative point of view. Last Wednesday night (July 18), we had the Lafayette, LA show. It would've been a great show if my cold and asthma […]
14 July 2007Atlanta, GASaturday, 10:03amRegional Day! Sunday last, we had a laundry day in Allentown- we all got to go to the same huge laundromat, and were done quickly. Our Warrenton, VA housing site was horrible. On Monday night, we pulled into a school where the girls had to sleep in the cafeteria. There were […]
Rolling into Murfreesboro, the choices were to continue staight on East Main under the banner prompting one to attend Uncle Dave Mason Days with clogging and buck dancing or turn on Middle Tennessee Blvd. for…"Are you ready for some drum corps?!" Actually, Todd Tanji's pal, John Donovan, and I continued on through town for Lebanon […]
Strolling into the local coffee shop by Lake Corpsdom, I noticed the familiar gaggle of pool sharks in the back beyond the poker tables. Too early for a slaw burger, I order my black goo. As I take it straight, no chaser, sans sucar o leche, I don't have to worry about how they would […]
4 July 2007Wednesday, 5:15pm Chicago, ILI can't believe it has been almost another week. Last Friday I found another location to add to my 'favorite shows' list: Normal, IL. The kids there treated us like it was a regional, or finals week. I'd never preformed there before. On Saturday, we drove all the way to […]
24 June 2007Sunday, NoonRusselville, ALLaundry DayI haven't had time or motivation to write recently, as we've had three show days in a row. On Thursday, we were in Benson, NC, for CrownBEAT. Although I did not have a good show, especially as the brass quintet had timing issues in the ballad; somehow we got off […]
The first performance of the CorpsVets CELEBRATION! show was hot – in more ways than one. The temperature for rehearsal reached 98 degrees, with a heat index of 104 in Alpharetta, Georgia. The CorpsVets members were not about to let a little heat get in the way of their first performance of the year. After […]
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The Kingsmen Alumni Corps, a performing unit of Kingsmen Starcorps Inc., have released a video of the four day camp that took place June 20th to 24th at California Baptist University in Riverside, California. The video contains excerpts from the four day event including the finale to the color presentation. The camp was well attended […]
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