The Forward Performing Arts, Inc. (FPA) announces its 2019 annual meeting on Friday, November 22, 2019. As a required meeting of the association by-laws, this annual gathering will include a recap of the association’s 2019 fiscal and programming year. ANNUAL MEETING Friday, November 22, 2019 – 6 p.m. (CT) Dream Lanes 13 Atlas Court Madison, […]
Name: Emil Rodriguez-Powell Section / Years Marched: Colorguard, 2000 and Colorguard Staff 2001, 2003, 2004 (just at the beginning of the summer) Where are you originally from? Born in Puerto Rico, my family settled in the Souderton, Pennsylvania area where I graduated from High School and my love for color guard started. Read the rest […]
Visitation and a military ceremony for World Drum Corps Hall of Fame associate member Michael Gasparre, of Tarrytown, New York, will be held on October 17 and 18. He passed away in Florida on September 24. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 pm Thursday October 17 at Coffey Funeral Home, 91 North Broadway in […]
Each summer, students across the country participate in competitive drum and bugle corps, honing their musical abilities and having fun in the process. This year, South Dakota State University had five students involved with Drum Corp International competitions – Matthew Avenson (tuba), Alex Barthel (baritone), Brady DeBelts (percussion), Madelynn Hotchkiss (percussion) and Kaitlin Niles (color […]
Phantom Regiment is pleased to welcome a team of talented marching arts professionals to the 2020 Drum Corps Program and Design Team. The following individuals join the previously announced program managers, designers, and instructional leadership: Michael James – Movement Designer Dwight Emmert – Education Coordinator Mark Evans – Program Consultant/Performance Coach Evan Brown – Sound […]
The Madison Scouts are pleased to welcome Dr. Tiffany Galus as Music Ensemble Coordinator. Ms. Galus currently serves as the Assistant Director of the Longhorn Band and Associate Director of the Longhorn Pep Band at The University of Texas at Austin, where she teaches courses in undergraduate conducting and wind band literature and co-directs the […]
We are pleased to announce that the Troopers will offer a free brass clinic & audition to all Wyoming and surrounding area brass students on November 23rd at the University of Wyoming. Click HERE for details and to register. “We are grateful to our partners at UW for helping us maintain a presence in Wyoming, […]
The Mandarins are pleased to welcome back for 2020 their design team of Peter Beckhart (Visual Designer), Key Poulan (Brass Arranger), Mario Ramirez (Creative Director & Color Guard Designer) and Caption Managers Tim Snyder (Brass), Joseph Hayes (Visual), Mario Ramirez (Color Guard) and Beno Morris (Sound Engineer). This team will once again be under the […]
The Colts are excited to announce their brass team will be returning for the 2020 season. The team will be led by Brass Caption Head Chad Miller and Brass Arranger Michael Miller and brings with them experience from a wide range of backgrounds spanning several decades of performing, designing, adjudicating, and instructing. They are all […]
On August 6th, the 2019 Blue Knights Drum & Bugle Corps hosted their Annual Awards Banquet in Indianapolis. After the corps finished up a full day of rehearsal, the members and staff were released to get ready for the evening’s plans. Meanwhile, the volunteers and cook staff were hard at work to provide a home-cooked […]
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