As we rapidly approach the Spring Training and Touring Season for the 2019 Blue Stars Drum & Bugle Corps, it is time to begin seriously considering volunteering your time and talents with the corps. From helping on the Cook Truck to Uniform Maintenance, Prop Construction or Driving a Corps Vehicle, WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT to […]
Who does not know that: actually you only wanted to buy tealights and in the parking lot you ask yourself, how do you get all the stuff in the car? This is how we are doing right now: we are happy about countless new members – but now they all really want to take an […]
In 2019, the annual drum corps show Celebration In Brass will return to Ankeny, Iowa. The show has its historic roots in Ankeny, with the first drum corps performance in the town taking place in 1982. Ankeny hosted the event for over 25 years, where the show became a staple summer event for drum corps […]
The Academy is excited to introduce our newest partnership with Ultimate Drill Book. Just as the season is gearing up with member assignments, technical training, and production design, the corps will soon be implementing drill on the field for the 2019 show. This year, the members of both The Academy Drum and Bugle Corps, and […]
TEN DAYS LEFT…before the St. Patrick’s Day! We have 72 people so far and more are welcome! FLYING IN?…We can help you with pick-ups at both O’Hare and Milwaukee airports. But you will need to call us (414) 333-2235. Read the rest of the article here.
Four of the friends who left work to attend the verdict reading were people who’d met Escalon 10 years before his death, when they were all members of Concord’s award-winning drum and bugle corps group The Blue Devils. Escalon joined as a teenager, quickly developing friendships that lasted the rest of his life. Read the […]
Imagine your winds playing better than ever! Matt Harloff, the Brass Caption Supervisor at Carolina Crown, talks about creating the personality of your group, and about how to handle a slump in your season. You can listen to us below, or if you want to take us with you, you can download us from iTunes. […]
The success of the Music City Drum Corps depends upon a team of volunteers who fill many key roles, including feeding hungry corps members and staff during weekend camps. New volunteer Dan Hecht of Gulf Breeze, Fla. talks about his experience helping during the February camp and why you should consider volunteering, too. Hecht’s son […]
Launched in 2013 by Marching Band Activity United Kingdom, the Awareness Week runs annually on the first week of May and has seen the most successful series of promotion of Marching bands across all social networks. Marching Bands have staged extra performances, recruitment evenings and workshops during Marching Band Awareness Week. This ambitious campaign cannot […]
Technology plays a key role in the Boston Crusaders off season development. The Boston Crusaders brass program partners with SmartMusic (https://www.smartmusic.com/), a web based music education platform. SmartMusic allows our brass players to learn exercises, technical studies, and a range of repertoire from chorales to parade music and of course… our field production. Read the […]
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