One day in the fall of 1960, an older gentleman handed a shiny chrome bugle to a 13 year old and showed him how to hold it properly. The youngster already knew a few calls, but had never been this close to a bugle with a valve.
Somewhere among my mother’s long-ago stored effects there is a photograph of a 3 year old boy, standing on a sidewalk in New York as a parade passes by, waving a small American flag, an expression of pure joy on his face. That boy was me and, though I do not recall the details, I […]
Big G: “Behold, you are all my peeps. Now go forth and get along with each other.” Crazy G 1: “But they are all different. You can’t expect that.” Big G: “Actually, I can. I Am Who Am, after all. Besides, they are all the same, in essence. They’ll figure it out.” Crazy G 2: […]
His name was Clark, and he wanted more than anything else to play a horn and make sounds like the ones he was hearing on the radio every time he walked home from school past the barber shop, where the men laughed, smoked and told stories about “The Great War”.
-being a short anthropology of the bugle, more or less- The following is a Fractured Fairy Tale, though many of the details are absolutely true. As for the rest… As dawn broke in a boreal woods long, long ago, a drowsy Neanderthal trudged out of the brush and promptly tripped over an old Triceratops skull. […]
Episode 2014-10 of the Drum Corps Planet Box Center Podcast is now available for download! This week, the Scout House Alumni get ready to entertain at their Spring Opening arena show while Drum Corps Europe fans now have a chance to get in early on their 2014 ticket ordering. DCP Managing News Editor Kevin Gamin […]
Episode 2014-09 of the Drum Corps Planet Box Center podcast is available for download! This week, the Bushwackers announce a very special performance coming up in June at the 2014 Special Olympics Closing Ceremonies! Join DCP Managing News Editor Kevin Gamin for this and other news from around the drum corps activity. Discuss the episode […]
Episode 2014-08 of the Box Center podcast is now available for download! Join DCP Managing News Editor Kevin Gamin as he review the past week’s news and announcements from the drum and bugle corps activity. This week, the Reading Buccaneers prepare for their 10th annual Spring Preview Concert, the Sunrisers start their $60 for 60 […]
Episode 7 of the 2014 Box Center podcast season is now ready for download! This week, Drum Corps Planet Managing News Editor Kevin Gamin looks at the show announcements from Star United, Cavaliers, and the Vanguard Cadets, as well as the important news and upcoming events in the drum corps activity. Discuss the episode here. […]
Episode 2014-06 of the Drum Corps Planet Box Center podcast is now available for download! Join DCP Managing News Editor Kevin Gamin as he takes you through the latest news and events in the drum and bugle corps activity. Vanguard and Colts announced their 2014 programs while Boston Crusaders prepare to unveil their new look […]
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