The Year of the Rooster takes flight with Chinese New Year on January 28, 2017, and Hong Kong is set to commemorate the event in grand style with an epic celebration. Today, the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) announced its selection of the National Football League’s (NFL) Los Angeles Rams Cheerleaders and the 2016 Drum […]
Congratulations are in Order! The drum major selection committee has announced the Pioneer Veterans Joey Tackett (# 2291) and Jackie Hirn (# 2428) have been selected as our leaders for the 2017 Season and beyond. Joey Tackett: has been section leader of our tuba section for three of the past four years for the corps. […]
The Phantom Regiment Hall of Fame was created in 2016 to recognize those people who made a significant and long-lasting positive impact on the Phantom Regiment. (Read about the inaugural PR Hall of Fame here). The Phantom Regiment Hall of Fame is managed by a committee that currently includes: Dan Richardson (chairman), Cindi Baumgartner, Dan […]
Welcome to the 2017 GOLD Experience and Cast Auditions. We are excited to have you join us for these instructional and audition events. Below is a tentative schedule for our first event at Orange Glen High School in Escondido CA. (Please be aware that times may change depending on weather conditions) Read the rest of […]
For members of the Bluecoats, your first real arrival into the ranks is when you are given your blue shoelace. All winter long rookies see coins jangling around the necks of veterans on that blue shoelace. This year the shoelace, and the change that comes with it, turns 25 years old. Members of the Bluecoats […]
The Blue Knights World Percussion Ensemble is pleased to announce the 2017 production, “The Cave”. Deep below the planet’s surface lies a dark place inhabited by a small clan of humans surviving in a post-apocalyptic world. Within this place, there is a cave containing a large crystal that can influence the emotions and actions of […]
Music City has completed its first round of auditions. The corps has offered 110 of the anticipated 150 performing positions. So at least a few openings remain for all brass, percussion and color guard positions. The first step towards learning more about the possibility of becoming a part of the 2017 corps is to submit […]
John Dowlan, a member of the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame since 1987, passed away in Weeki Wachee, Florida the morning of Wednesday, December 21 after suffering a series of strokes over the past few years. He was nicknamed the ‘baron of back sticking’ after developing the technique in the late 1940s, then teaching […]
Here is a run down of January practice details. Please remember all practice sessions are held at the Nashua Boys and Girls Club in Nashua NH. As we are now officially into the 2017 season, all practices are mandatory and members are asked to please confirm any conflicts by contacting your section staff so that […]
World Drum Corps Hall of Fame member John Arietano passed away in early December after struggling with cancer. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1996. He was also a member of the Buglers Hall of Fame, inducted in June, 2005. He had been taking part in drum corps activities continuously since he […]
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