"It’s a tie!" Electronics — No one hopped down a hole to predict this outcome. Somehow, the future of, speculate, two years from now, time-warped through a parallel dimension to Sunday morning in the director-packed DCInternational meeting room in the Sheraton in downtown Atlanta. George Hopkins, Cadets director, had told me just the day before […]
DCA’s Much Ado about Fewer Primed by the overall successful DCAssociates Championships in Rochester, DCPlanet was abuzz with posters mere days after the Labor Day weekend gala, optimistically discussing how DCA was set to explode across North America (from Canada to Mexico to Panama?) and inspiringly beyond. Threads even dissected opinions about where and when […]
Another weekend; another audition. I had no access to a mellophone over the holidays, so I had no idea what to expect. I brought my French horn for a second time. I carpooled with the same people as last camp, minus one who is probably not marching this summer. We actually left earlier and stayed […]
DCI has released ten rules proposals that will be considered at the Drum Corps International winter meetings in Atlanta from January 25 thru 28th. The proposals include proposed changes in corps’ membership limits, placement/location of judges, warm-up time content, and the use of electronic instruments. DCI columnist Mike Boo has prepared an in-depth analysis and […]
The Great Debate ….. Mylar vs. Kevlar As I travel throughout the United States, Canada, Asia, Europe and Africa visiting hundreds if not thousands of marching bands and drum corps I am constantly listening to all kinds, shapes and sizes of drums, drum heads and drum accessories. I listen, watch and then I hear the […]
The Buglers Hall of Fame will sponsor the inaugural North American Championship for Individual and Ensemble Brass and Percussion, to be held on Saturday, March 17 in Bridgeport, CT. The event is open to all performers, regardless of age or affiliation. Scoring will follow DCA guidelines and adjudication will be provided by industry professionals. The […]
Drum Corps Planet publisher John Donovan today announced a new website dedicated to the fantasy drum corps activity – www.drumcorpsfantasy.com . The new site will be the home of Drum Corps Planet International (DCPI) – a ‘Fantasy Drum and Bugle Corps circuit’ which is comprised of member ‘corps’ that ‘compete’ against one another – using […]
The MIDLANDERS were a junior drum and bugle corps located in the London – Woodstock (Ontario) area. They were active from their inception in 1967 to their demise in 1978. During that time, the "mighty Mids" won several championships including provincial honours twice, Canadians four times and both the Us Open and World Open B […]
Time has flown by this semester. It’s another drum corps season, and I was very anxious to return. Over the past couple months I’ve been insanely busy being a music major and participating in college marching band. I had to miss the first Spirit audition camp due to the big rivalry game between FSU and […]
VK, Troopers, DCK, Excelsior, NCR et al. are joyous! Hark, the new clamor forth! Embrace the comeback corps! Happy holidays! Hopefully, your holiday shopping will include checking out these and other fine corps. The holidays are much cheerier to have open houses and rehearsals for new names and never-forgotten corps. For Drum Corps International, check […]
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