As winter turns to spring and the excitement of summer draws near, the Colts are excited to announce a step forward into a new era of Colts history. World-renowned uniform designer Michael Cesario created a BOLD NEW LOOK for the 2017 Colts. Cesario has a strong history of uniform design within the drum corps activity […]
My double life. My alarm went off at 3:10 am this morning….T-minus 62-ish hours until an uncharted, dreamlike world awaited me on the other half of the globe. I stumbled through my day, surviving at best, with my best efforts to be productive and efficient as a working mom, adult, manager….Yet today I also got […]
Marching with the Bluecoats gives members a diverse experience and after drum corps they move on to very varied lifestyles. Here are three recent news articles featuring our very own! Home is where the Kidney is (Dr. Lynsey Biondi: Baritone, 1994) After Lynsey’s marching days she turned to medicine and is now a sought-after specialist […]
The Hawthorne Caballeros will be hosting color guard auditions for the 2017 season on April 29th and April 30th! Returning as caption head is Bobbey Biddle with Michelle Adcock as visual caption supervisor. His staff includes talented instructors from across DCI, DCA, WGI, and various fall marching band programs. For full details on the 2017 […]
Auditions will be held Saturday, April 22nd from 1-9pm and Sunday, April 23rd from 9am-3pm in Dansville. Both days are mandatory, and overnight accommodations will be available. Audition criteria will include: 3 winter choreography pieces (one flag, one rifle, one saber), plus new additional choreography taught at auditions (one flag, one rifle, one saber, possibly […]
MadBrass, the SoundSport ensemble of Forward Performing Arts and the Madison Scouts, is pleased to announce their 2017 show titled The Funky Drummer, a tribute to Clyde Stubblefield. Clyde was a mainstay drummer of the Madison, WI music scene having located there in the early 70s. Clyde is best known as the primary drummer for […]
Ascend Performing Arts is proud to announce the Blue Knights Percussion Ensemble Scholarship recipients for the 2016-2017 indoor percussion season. Keith Nygaard Memorial Scholarship The Keith Nygaard Memorial Scholarship was established in 2016, in honor of late Blue Knights Percussion Esemble Keith Nygaard. The first recipients of the Keith Nygaard Scholarship are Malia Oderik and […]
With the nominations for the 2017 class of the Cadets Hall of Fame officially closed, we have Cadets that span generation up for consideration. From the tragic story of a drum major’s life cut short to a flood of nominations for someone who was both Cadet of the Year and is currently a member of […]
The Bridgemen Performing Arts Organization is happy to announce its new programs along with a new website and Facebook connections. We are introducing the current board and administration through the debut of our new website as well. This is the amazing group of people that will lead this organization into new territory. We will be […]
Brass fanfare, echoing snare drums and colorful flags whirled inside Table Mound Elementary School in Dubuque, as the Colt Cadets Drum & Bugle Corps set to kick off its 2017 season, marking its 50th anniversary. The group, a younger subsidiary of the Dubuque Colts Drum and Bugle Corps, was founded in 1967 as the Legionnaires […]
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