The Hawthorne Caballeros won their first competition of the 2021 season with a score of 71.25 and sweeping all captions, including High Brass, High Percussion, High Colorguard, and High Visual. Cabs recorded their first show on July 10 and was streamed during the competition on July 18. Read the rest of the article here.
As we travel on the road of life, there are always obstacles that are placed in our way. Some are minor and easy to fix. Some are life altering such is the case for Kody Mackey, age twenty-one, who is a front ensemble member of the Sunrisers and has been blind since birth. The only […]
DCA’s judge administration team goes way back. And that’s not always common. But John Kreitzer, Marty Griffin, Rich Guillen and Tony Smith have made it common. For more than a decade, the quartet has been managing Drum Corps Associates’ judging systems swimmingly, backed by the trust of DCA’s competing organizations. Read the rest of the […]
After over a year of inactivity due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hamburg Kingsmen Alumni Drum and Bugle Corps has returned to scheduled rehearsals and public performances. Winter recruiting took place in anticipation of looser restrictions and the corps re-instituted rehearsals in April. The Kingsmen made its 2021 debut this past Saturday afternoon at the Strawberry […]
DCA drum corps is coming straight to your living room; eight weeks of competitive performance all in one place, all for one price. A fully virtual season is a bold, brand-new concept within the drum corps activity. So, what can you expect from your subscription?
Behind the unmistakable sound of parades and summer festivals, the Keystone Regiment Senior Drum and Bugle Corps represents the passion for music in Central Pennsylvania. Started by a small group of musicians, the Keystone Regiment was founded in 1985 when two other local drum corps, the Cambria Cadets of Ebensburg and the Gardener Guards of […]
Fans can see DCA performances all season in an exciting virtual format. With John Carr, Kyle DeFranco, Kim Roman, and Chris Romanowski. Sign up to watch at https://dcacorps.org/watchdca You can listen to us below, or if you want to take us with you, you can download us from iTunes and Amazon. Read the rest of […]
Caleb Khuu, the 2021 winner of the $800 Wilf Blum Youth Music scholarship, began playing musical instruments at age 5. He experimented with violin, trumpet and French horn, but now focuses on guitar, bass, harmonica, drums and piano. Preston Scout House Band Inc. of Cambridge offers the annual youth music scholarship in memory of Band […]
On Saturday, Jun 12th, the Columbus Saints hosted their first clinic in nearly two years. This unique marching music clinic featured a variety of educators from HBCUs, DCI World Drum Corps, WGI World Ensembles, and more. Featured Clinician, Tim Snyder; Brass Caption for DCI’s Troopers, and Mandarins, joined the corps for the day, providing a […]
Why don’t we create a Bruno Mars concert? It was a sentence Bobby Jones had probably never uttered in his design career. But when developing performance material for a brand-new virtual platform, you’re bound to at least try something new. Jones, the program coordinator for Fusion Core in 2021, was inspired by a Bruno Mars […]
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