An Unlikely Lesson I deliberated for some time about what amazing and unique topic my first Drum Corps Planet article would cover. My fellow columnists had covered such a wonderful array of topics, I wasn’t sure where I was going to fit in. Then, late one night it suddenly occurred to me – luggage! (And […]
Drum Corps: Through Triumph and Regret In doing research and interviews for my book, Not for the Fain of Heart: My Journey to Manhood in the Santa Clara Vanguard, I made a surprising discovery about the lives of drum corps alumni and the drum corps experience. My research focused mostly on my years in the […]
Welcome back to the land of “All Things Brass.” This installment of Brass Advantage continues to discuss brass pedagogy (the study of performance techniques specific to brass instruments.) If you haven’t read the last two Brass Advantage columns, I would highly encourage you to do so to gain an understanding of the concepts that have […]
The Winter Season of a Drum Corps Lifer Drum corps kids have called Don Warren “the Old Man” since he was a teenager. Sixty years later, the nickname fits like plume to shako. Warren, founder of The Cavaliers and their president since the Truman administration, is as classic as a single-valve G bugle. But don’t […]
My name is Gregory M. Kuzma (GM for short) author of the book, On the field from Denver, Colorado -The Blue Knights! One member’s experience of the 1994 summer national tour and I’d like to welcome you to Company Front. The intent of this column is to be a forum where you can inquire about […]
Twyla Tharp has written a fascinating book. You ought to know who she is, especially if you are interested in the great debate over the past and future of Drum Corps as we know (or knew) it. Actually, any thinking person should know lots of strange-named folks, like Ezra Pound for instance or Dweezil Zappa, […]
4 August 2007Saturday, 10:39 pmPhoenix Regional I’ve been slacking in my updates. Where I left off was when we had the Pittsburg, KS show. The next day we had the Dubuque, IA show. The only thing I remember is that the show didn’t seem as energetic as the day before. We had no floor time […]
(The basic facts of this particular story are true. Variations have played out throughout the land for years. May it ever be so.) Once upon a time, in a more or less remote corner of the drum corps world, a group of good folks convinced the local law enforcement authorities of the benefits to the […]
25 July 2007Wednesday, 10:21pmPittsburgh, KS In the past week we have endured cricket infestations, scalding hot showers, and fourteenth place. But really, that's looking at everything from a very negative point of view. Last Wednesday night (July 18), we had the Lafayette, LA show. It would've been a great show if my cold and asthma […]
Welcome back to the land of “All Things Brass.” This installment of Brass Advantage continues to discuss the brass pedagogy (the study of performance techniques specific to brass instruments) relative to producing a characteristic tone quality. If you haven’t read Brass Advantage #11 I would encourage you to do so to gain an understanding of […]
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