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In The News – Inbhear Mor Ensemble Are A Big Hit On US Tour

A Wicklow group has become the first Irish band to perform at a prestigious international event in the United States. Arklow’s Inbhear Mór Performance Ensemble have recently returned from competing at the Drum Corps International competition as part of their 13-day tour of several American cities. Around 40 people including supporters and parents made the […]

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In The News – Differently Abled Drum Corps Makes History At World Championships

The FREE Players Drum and Bugle Corps made history Labor Day weekend. The Long Island, New York-area drum corps is the first differently abled group of its kind in the world — and they were invited to compete in the drum corps world championships. The Drum Corps Associates World Championships invited the FREE Players in […]

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In The News – A Step Above The Rest

He walks onto the field of Lucas Oil Stadium to the sound of a full crowd cheering. He sets up his microphone with the pit and finds his starting position on the field to perform in Drum Corps International World Championship Finals. He’s rehearsed for countless hours, played reps over and over again and poured […]

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In The News – ‘Local’ Team Takes Fourth In Drum Corps Open Class World Championships

Out of ten corps competing in the Open Class World Championship finals this past weekend at the Williamsport Area High School, the White Sabers Drum and Bugle Corps took fourth place with a score of 91.950. Made up of players primarily from Western New York and Pennsylvania, with some members from as far away as […]

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Seattle Cascades Announce 2020 Administrative Staff

The Seattle Cascades organization is pleased to announce Brandon Clemons as Tour Director. Brandon attended the University of Alabama and was a member of the “Million Dollar Band,” and is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He began teaching high school colorguard in the Tuscaloosa and Birmingham area before marching with Atlanta CV Drum […]

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2019 Drum Corps Associates Championship Wrap-Up

As we put 2019 to bed we have yet again seen the Reading Buccaneers dominate and take home the title. The 2019 show was brilliantly written and worked in all ways. Carolina Gold brought the Class A traveling trophy back to Williamsport from last year’s win just to pack it up and take it back […]

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Marching Roundtable 828: Bluecoats Arrangers On 2019’s “The Bluecoats”

Doug Thrower and Tom Rarick talk about the process of creating the joyful Beatles production that was so loved by audiences this Summer. You can listen to us below, or if you want to take us with you, you can download us from iTunes. Read the rest of the article here.

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Blue Knights Announce Design And Education Leadership For 2020 Season

The Blue Knights Drum & Bugle Corps has a long history of innovative design and musically driven programing. We are a drum corps unafraid to take risk in creating an environment where our members thrive as they create the unique Blue Knights’ “voice”. From the likes of George Zingali, Jim Prime, Ralph Hardimon, Rob Billings, […]

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Seattle Cascades Announce 2020 Design Team

Seattle Cascades are proud to announce our 2020 Design Team. We welcome three new team members to the Seattle Cacades family, and couldn’t be happier to see Micah Brusse return for his fourth season with the organization! With such an awesome lineup of talent, we can’t wait to see what the 2020 season holds in […]

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Madison Scouts Announce 2020 Design Team

The Madison Scouts are pleased to welcome Jason Robb as program coordinator and announce the 2020 design team including Noah Bellamy (visual designer), Joshua Wendt (visual coordinator), Jennifer “Jenifo” Leseth (color guard designer), Daniel Montoya Jr. (brass arranger/composer), Matt Hahn (front ensemble arranger & electronics designer), Ryan Ellis (battery arranger), and Michael Turner (creative consultant). […]

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