For Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, we are shining a spotlight on Vanguard’s FIRST female corps director, Rebecca Compton-Allen, best known as RCA! VMAPA is proud to be a vehicle for RCA, and all of the women who presently work at Vanguard, to help pave the way for female leadership in the activity! […]
The Cadets are pleased to announce that Cara Warntz will lead the CPit for 2022. Cara is a senior at Elizabethtown College, planning to graduate with a degree in Music Therapy this May. The daughter of a Cadets Percussion Alumnus and staff member, Cara is a legacy member who grew up around the corps. Her […]
Welcome to our series of Meet The Council articles. Throughout these entries we will try to give you a chance to get to know the people working behind the scenes at BYBA. This week we are meeting the BYBA Judging Chair, Gary Roylance. Gary started performing with a CLCGB band in 1985 before moving into […]
Are you a runner? Are you planning on running the 2022 Colfax Marathon weekend on May 14th and 15th? If so, consider running for Ascend Performing Arts and the Blue Knights! Register here and select “Ascend Performing Arts” as your charity and you will receive a 15% discount in our BKMarketplace.org online store! The Colfax […]
Once upon a time, there were over 60 drum and bugle corps in the U.S. military, a distinct style of marching ensemble that performs a field show with brass and percussion musicians. In the twenty-first century, there is only one: “The Commandant’s Own,” the Marine Drum & Bugle Corps. You see them at events. They […]
Help the current members “March Fourth”, continuing the legacy our alumni created over the past 40+ years! All month long, we’re raising funds for Marching Arts Month. Could you donate $40+ for those 40+ years? Read the rest of the article here.
DCI has provided The Cavaliers the following ticket blocks for Championships and the three regional weekend shows. The locations are assigned by DCI and give you the opportunity to sit with other parents, alumni, and fans of The Cavaliers. Tickets purchased through this program benefit the corps as 20% of the face value of the […]
The worlds of HBCU marching band and The Cadets haven’t collided much through the decades, but when they do, special moments happen on the field. The best possible example played out in 2021 when Rigel Robinson, Jr. became a Cadet. In May 2021, Rigel and his father travelled from Jackson, Miss. to Salem, N.J. for […]
Vanguard ticket blocks are available to purchase for select DCI Regionals, as well as all three DCI championship performances in Indianapolis, IN. When you book your tickets with a Vanguard block, a portion of the purchase will go back to the corps to aid in their continued excellence in providing education and competition for members […]
A celebration of the life of World Drum Corps Hall of Fame member Harold ‘Robby’ Robinson will take place April 9, 2022. He died peacefully at age 83 at his home in Gordonville, Pennsylvania on Valentine’s Day February 14. He was also a member of the Crossmen Hall of Fame and the Drum Corps International […]
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