Yesterday, members, staff, and volunteers of the Santa Clara Vanguard gathered in Pottsville, PA to celebrate the 2017 season! After rehearsal ended on Friday, everyone got dressed up, loaded the busses, and took off to the banquet hall where a fantastic dinner was waiting. A huge thanks to the staff at St. Nicholas Hall for […]
How do you take a concept like “Ouroboros” and translate that into a drum corps show? Choreographer Angela Brickhouse is here to share the inspiration behind each movement of this show, and shed some light on our 2017 production. Check it out! Read the rest of the article here.
Music City is having its best season ever! The corps’ “TRIBE” production continues to enthrall audiences, especially the enormous hometown crowd at the Nashville show held July 28. The uniforms for the brass and percussion sections have changed in order to better depict the tribal theme of this year’s show. Many thanks to all of […]
Six marching bands were playing in Charleston Monday night, but they were not your average marching bands. “these guys out here today are performing at the next level up,” said Matt Sowers, Poca Marching Band’s percussion teacher. These bands are part of Drum Corps International, which is also known as marching music’s major league. These […]
Open Class DCA Drum and Bugle Corps, The White Sabers, took home a second place finish in their first scored performance of the 2017 competitive season. Screen Shot 2017-08-02 at 3.59.19 PM “White Sabers has been my other ‘family’ since 2008,” 10 year colorguard vet Traci Morrow reflects. “If you asked me then if I […]
The Bushwackers Drum Corps is in the middle of a very exciting a successful season. With the strongest corps in years and a program that’s entertaining the fans, we are looking to build for the near future. We give our members a world-class experience, and we have the opportunity to replace our instruments and equipment […]
Pete Weber is at it again this year with drill design for “Ouroboros” that has been captivating audiences all across the country. In this video, SCV Visual Caption Manager, Matt Hartwell, sits down to discuss some of the most interesting visual aspects of our show – check it out! Read the rest of the article […]
The Music City Drum and Bugle Corps made a stop Tuesday in West Tennessee to practice at the South Gibson County High School in Medina. The group, based in Nashville, competes all over the United States. The group is considered the professional level of marching bands and consists of people from the age of 15 […]
We discuss the seeming overnight changes to DCI uniforms. Is innovation more important than keeping the tradition many value? With Sam Villicana, Mark Silvey, Tony Lymon, and Berry McWhorter You can listen to us above, or if you want to take us with you, you can download us from iTunes. Read the rest of the […]
Family members marching in a drum corps have been a long standing key ingredient in making the drum corps activity a successful one. Whether it is marching together or just volunteering to help the corps, it is the time spent with each other and what you get out of the drum corps experience is what […]
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