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Box Center Episode 2014-06

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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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Box Center Episode 2014-05

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Episode 2014-05 of the Box Center Podcast is now ready for download! Join DCP Managing News Editor Kevin Gamin as he reviews the latest news and announcements from around the drum corps activity. This week, we pay tribute to Retha Cilliers, feel the “Pasion” of the Govenaires 2014 show, and keep up with the Bridgemen […]

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Box Center Episode 2014-04

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Episode 2014-04 of the Drum Corps Planet Box Center podcast is ready for download! Join DCP Managing News Editor Kevin Gamin as he takes you through the week’s news and events in the drum corps activity. This week, DCI makes a SLIGHT change to its instrumentation rules, Preston Scout House makes a SLIGHT change to […]

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Box Center Episode 2014-03

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Episode 2014-03 of the Drum Corps Planet Box Center podcast is ready for download! Join DCP Managing News Editor Kevin Gamin as he takes you through the week’s news and events in the drum corps activity. This week features top stories from the Racine Scouts and the Greater New Orleans Drum Corps Association, as well […]

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Box Center Episode 2014-02

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Episode 2014-02 of the Drum Corps Planet Box Center podcast is now available for download! Managing News Editor Kevin Gamin once again takes listeners on a tour of the latest news and events in the drum and bugle corps activity! Read the show notes here. Discuss the episode here.

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Box Center Episode 2014-01

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It’s a new year, Kevin’s got a new job, and that means YOU have a new podcast to listen to as the inaugural episode of the Drum Corps Planet Box Center podcast is now available for download! Join DCP Managing News Editor Kevin Gamin as he dives into the latest news and announcements from around […]

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Inside the Arc – “The Art of the Gift”

On a beautiful summer day 69 years ago, a young Joe Montanaro took some of his buddies for a short boat cruise. They bobbed in a channel for a time and then headed straight for the opposite shore. When they crested the breakers there was much shouting and anticipation, but this was no ordinary beach […]

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Box Center Episode 2013-02

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Episode 2013-02 of the Drum Corps Planet Box Center podcast is now available for download! Join DCP Managing News Editor Kevin Gamin as he interviews Bill Clark, Program Coordinator and Brass Caption Head for the 2013 Racine Scouts. Bill talks about the corps’ program, “From the Ashes”, and about the goals of the Scouts for […]

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Inside the Arc – “The DAO of SNARENESS”

My friend Curt Moore, drummer with the extraordinary Latin/Jazz group Soul Sauce, was in an earlier life the lead stick in the Santa Clara line of the early’70s and subsequently a top-gun instructor and DCI adjudicator. He has played with Grammy nominees, written books, created videos and conducted clinics and seminars in the US and […]

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Inside the Arc – “Annapolis Time Tripping”

Now that I think about it, the whole episode unfolds like a slick Hollywood script, except it really happened. If you doubt it, just ask the others. They were there, too. It’s the Sunday of Labor Day Weekend, that most excellent event that stretches summer by one more glorious day. This time holds special meaning […]

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