Drum Corps Planet is BACK in Rochester, New York, for the close of the 2022 North America competitive drum corps season! Managing News Editor Kevin Gamin will be LIVE From The Stands! (or, more accurately, the Press Box!) to provide DCP readers with live coverage and photos of the 2022 Drum Corps Associates World Championships, […]
Nominations are now open for BYBA’s end of season awards. Each year, at the National Championships, awards are presented to individuals worthy of special recognition. These awards are the Terry Kemp Memorial Trophy and the Marie Leighton-Morgan Award. Read the rest of the article here.
Pacific Crest Youth Arts Organization and Élan Youth Arts are proud to announce a new partnership, connecting two of Southern California’s most eminent youth performing arts programs. The affiliation agreement was made official this past winter, and is announced today as Élan prepares for auditions for its 2023 season. While both organizations will continue operating […]
Vanguard Music and Performing Arts (VMAPA) is incredibly proud to announce that on August 7th, 2022, The Santa Clara Vanguard Cadets (SCVC) won the Drum Corps International Open Class Championships! Winning this title through Drum Corps International (DCI), commonly known as Marching Music’s Major Leagues, is the highest title a group of this caliber can […]
After a short summer break, BYBA returns to the competition field in September. There are 3 competitions left until the end of the season; bands have been split out into classes and the stage is set, now all that’s needed is you! leaning drums Leicester – 4th September The first competition of the second half […]
Two women discuss the important milestones in design and instruction achieved this season. With Lindsey Schueller of the Troopers and Becca Anderson of the Mandarins You can listen to us below, or if you want to take us with you, you can download us from iTunes and Amazon. Read the rest of the article here.
The Academy is excited to announce the posting of the position of Corps Director for The Academy Drum and Bugle Corps. On Thursday, August 18th, the Board of Directors gave the blessing to move forward with this strategic expansion of the administrative team for the flagship program of the Arizona Academy of the Performing Arts. […]
The Skyliners’ 75th anniversary celebration is 77 years in the making. 2020 marked the corps’ diamond anniversary, and plenty of exciting plans were in place to make that summer one to remember. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, those plans were put on hold. Now, in 2022, with competitive and in-person drum corps […]
For Atlanta CV, memories are counted in stars. Each year, as director Russ Thompson described, members are provided with a commemorative, decorative star for their uniform following their first performance with Atlanta CV. “It’s my understanding that one of the first uniforms was a shirt with just a badge on it,” Thompson said. “And from […]
Saturday morning started very ominously. As we went to board the bus to Lucas Oil stadium, the bus driver was there with the hood open, staring at the engine (which wasn’t running). The driver informed us that it wouldn’t start, and that we needed to call a tow truck. The driver said it just likely […]
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