The Rochester Crusaders will honor the great British composer Gustav Holst with their 2009 production “Land and Space – the music of Gustav Holst.” “After the success of our past two seasons with Russian orchestral music, we wanted to maintain our identity, but with a twist,” program coordinator Gene O’Brien said. “Holst gives us the […]
DCA President, Gil Silva, has announced the appointment of Allen Buell to be the Director of Operations for the DCA Championships. President Silva advises that Allen has been doing a wonderful job with the Rochester Championships these past 3 seasons as local contest chairman and now will continue in this position permanently – no matter […]
The Bridgemen are pleased to announce their staff for the 2009 season. This year, the corps has 3 new staff members, 2 of which are former instructor’s who were with the corps during it’s Junior’s days. They are Brass instructor Ray Fallon, who instructed the corps back in the day from 1977-1979 & 84, and […]
Mighty St. Joe’s Alumni Drum & Bugle Corps held its first practice for the 2009 season on Sunday, Nov. 9 at the LeRoy Middle School, 2-6 Trigon Park in LeRoy. There were over 80 current, former and new members in attendance, including 44 brass, 20 percussion and several from the guard and staff. The corps, […]
The Reading Buccaneers Drum & Bugle Corps announced its visual and color guard design and instructional team for the 2009 season. “This staff is exceptional,” said Buccaneers Staff Coordinator Carl Ruocco. “The Buccaneers have traditionally enjoyed a strong visual program. This is due not only to the talent of the staff and membership, but also […]
The Atlanta CorpsVets got the 2009 season swinging with our first open house. A good mix of veterans and new members gathered at Alexander High School in Douglasville, GA to meet staff and hear about the 2009 production Southern Suite. The day started with Executive Director David Stollberg, PhD outlining the corps’ plans for the […]
Matt Risell – Visual Caption Head Matt Risell returns to Fusion Core as Visual Caption Head for the 2009 season. Matt joined the visual staff for the 2008 season and was part of the team along with the members earning the Class “A” Visual Caption Award. Matt is a music educator with a degree in music education […]
The Reading Buccaneers Drum & Bugle Corps and Buccaneer Alumni Association announced today that Ken Honsberger, Ralph Pace, Jay Landis and Randy Mutter will be inducted into the Buccaneers Hall of Fame at the corps’ annual year-end banquet on Saturday, November 29, 2008. “We established the Buccaneers Hall of Fame in 1995 as we approached […]
Dick Gagliardi thought he was just bringing his grandsons into Paul Saltarello’s barber shop for haircuts. But the two men began discussing Gagliardi’s beloved Purple Lancers drum and bugle corps, and an idea was born. Gagliardi was looking for help raising money to purchase $24,000 in uniforms for the Lancers, a legendary Auburn institution that […]
"Lake Erie Thunder" will be holding our first ever Open House on Saturday December 6th from 1:00 – 5:00 PM at East High School in Erie, PA. We are very excited about the level of interest we have received, and expect a great turnout for the beginning of this new venture into the world of […]
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