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2018 Mandarins Health And Wellness Team

We are excited to announce the implementation of the Mandarins Health and Wellness Team. Co-directors Kimberly Wong, PT, and Daniel Fong, O.D. will be assembling a team of professionals and interns to ensure the health and well-being of the Mandarins members and staff. “The members’ physical health and well-being is the most important aspect of […]

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2018 Seattle Cascades Welcome Anna Quenemoen

We’re thrilled to have Anna Quenemoen on board for the 2018 season! This veteran will fulfill many roles in the drum corps. She’ll serve as an administrator as well as a consultant for our drum majors and leadership team! Anna has been a part of marching arts in the Northwest since 2010, since graduating from […]

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Black Star Drumline Helps Kids Find Their Own Beat

Wisconsin Life, a production of Wisconsin Public Radio and Wisconsin Public Television, published a feature on the Black Drum Drumline, a program of Forward Performing Arts. Check it out here: https://www.wisconsinlife.org/story/youth-group-drumline-helps-kids-find-their-own-beat To learn more about Black Star, go to www.blackstardrumline.com Read the rest of the article here.

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Queen, Chreste, Lluvera, More Join 2018 Bluecoats Staff

With audition season kicking off this weekend in Texas, we are excited to announce several key additions to the 2018 Bluecoats instructional staff. See below for a list of new faces that will help contribute to our success this summer. Guard: Rosie Queen, Guard Advisor Carrie Short, Guard Instructor Aylin Vural, Guard Instructor Read the […]

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#GivingTuesday 2017

On Tuesday, November 28, charities, businesses, and communities around the world will come together in honor of #GivingTuesday – a global day of giving and celebration of the way your donations can make a difference! For many years, millions of people have reached out to support the causes they believe in and the communities in […]

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Blue Knights Percussion Ensemble Sets 2018 Membership

The Blue Knights Percussion Ensemble (Independent World Class) held four BKXperience-Audition! Clinics over the past two months in preparation of setting their winter drum line for the 2018 season for competition in the Winter Guard International (WGI) and Rocky Mountain Percussion Association (RMPA) circuits. This will also be the 25th Anniversary of the Blue Knights […]

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Music City Seeks Admin/Media Interns

Music City Drum Corps is seeking highly motivated and detail-oriented individuals to round out its support team for the 2018 season. Anyone interested in applying for an Administrative Intern or Media Intern position should submit a cover letter and resume to executive director Kent Baker at director [at] musiccitydrumcorps [dot] org. Resumes received by Friday, […]

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Starriders Workshop 2017

WOW !!!! What a great workshop weekend! What a success for Starriders and the Drum Corps scene! Already on Friday evening the Starriders clubhouse was filled with life … The first members from own ranks, as well as guests, gradually came to Bad Münder and were looking forward to the upcoming workshop! Read the rest […]

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Announcing The 2018 Bushwackers Brass Instructional Staff

The Bushwackers Drum Corps is excited to announce the brass instructional staff for the 2018 season! This season begins on November 18 and 19, 2017, at our Open House. Register for Open House or sign up for more information. “The expansion of the Bushwackers brass program is one our organization’s goals for the coming season. […]

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World Drum Corps Hall Of Fame Member Irene McGrath Passes Away

World Drum Corps Hall of Fame member Irene McGrath passed away at age 97 at the Episcopal Home in Rochester, New York at 4:15 am, Friday November 10, from complications of pneumonia and heart failure, with children Patricia, William, Thomas and Shirley at her side. In 2000, she became the third member of her family […]

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