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Cozy’s Corpsdom ~ Meet Me at the Oasis

When Steve "Hairbear" Masters retired from drum corps after the '99 season with the Racine Kilties, he traded in his ol' mini-van for a Corvette (not a CorpsVet). Master's logic: "If I have a 'Vette, I'm truly done with all the long corps commutes." Last week, Masters planned to rent a mini-van to haul percussion […]

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Member’s Journal – Let the tour begin!

13 June 2007Wednesday, 10pmAbingdon, VAWe’re finally on tour! Monday was the last full day of all days- it made up for my horrible Sunday performance. I marched and played to the very end of the show with ease. I spent all evening up until lights out packing for our departure Tuesday night. I was expecting […]

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Cozy’s Corpsdom ~ Rolling Aught Sevens

Hereabouts on Lake Corpsdom, watching all the jedi skis 'n bass boats, I recall that last year on Memorial Day weekend, I was working a drum corps fundraiser in charming Charlotte, NC. I worked in the Home Depot suite, which went nuts when Tony Stewart won both days. This year, not working for the CorpsVets […]

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Blue Knights release “Dark Knights” video

Blue Knights are celebrating the approaching drum corps season and wishes to share its Telly Award winning program “Dark Knights” to all drum corps fans for free!. The video program is the entire tour video documentary with portions of the 2006 Championship performance. The complete DVD is available to purchase on the www.Bknights.org web site […]

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Pacific Crest’s Sneak Preview This Sunday

Celebrate Father’s Day with Pacific Crest and enjoy their 2007 Sneak Preview. Mark your calendar for Sunday, June 17 at 6:00pm, then make your way to Los Altos High School Stadium for the debut performance of "What Happens in Vegas ….." You can enjoy a light dinner, as you reconnect with alumni and fans. You’ll […]

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Moonlight Classic Returns to Stockton

The 28th Annual Moonlight Classic returns to A.A. Stagg Stadium at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA on Sunday, June 17th at 5:30pm. Hosted by the Sponsors of Musical Enrichment (S.O.M.E.), this annual favorite will feature Santa Clara Vanguard, Blue Devils, Mandarins, Blue Devils "B", Vanguard Cadets, Fever, Impulse, Blue Devils "C", River […]

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Summer Tour opens on West Coast

The DCI Summer Music Games Tour opens this weekend on the west coast on Saturday night (June 16th) in Pleasant Hill, CA and the Blue Devils’ Precision West show at Diablo Valley College. A perennial favorite, the show will feature The Blue Devils "A", "B", and "C" Corps, The Santa Clara Vanguard, Vanguard Cadets, Fever, […]

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Member’s Journal – Second Week of Everydays

28 May 2007Monday, 11:20 pmThe dreaded days after off-time… in the morning I woke up in a fairly good mood. I've been having toast with peanut butter almost every day – it'd be awesome to keep those toasters on tour; somehow I doubt we will. In visual we started putting third movement drill on the […]

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Member’s Journal – First Week of Everydays

20 May 2007Sunday, 2:30pmI have just setup camp in the dorm. This year Spirit is staying in Curtiss Hall, right across from Paul Snow Stadium. The girls are on the third floor, meaning I had to carry up a mellophone, horn, big rolling duffel, and my smaller duffel. There is no elevator here. None of […]

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Blue Devils Announce MediaBox™

The Blue Devils are proud to announce its new ‘internet media dispenser’ – MediaBox™. MediaBox places at your fingertips the ability to browse the entire media archive of videos, music, and podcasts produced by The Blue Devils. Videos are arranged by year and music by shows and categories – making it easy for you click […]

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