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Empire Statesmen Annnounce 25th Anniversary Program

Rochester’s Empire Statesmen will celebrate their 25th anniversary season in 2008 with highlights of the three main musical themes that have defined the corps’ contest routines since 1983: songs from the Big Band era, selections from some of the most popular shows to every appear on Broadway, and patriotic salutes to the men and women […]

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Bushwackers Announce 2008 Program

Imagine a place where the chart-topping stars are brass players, dance is a way of life, and folk singing tells the stories of the old world. Imagine a place where crossing genres is the norm and where it is routine for brass repertoires to be assimilated into different traditions. Imagine a place where you can’t […]

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Connecticut Hurricanes 2008 Open House

The Connecticut Hurricanes wish to remind everyone that they will be holding their open house/first rehearsal this Sunday, December 2 from 10-5 at the Community Center in Seymour, Ct. All interested new members as well as returning veterans are urged to attend. The program for 2008 will be announced and the staff members for 2008 […]

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Bushwackers Open House Report

The Bushwackers officially launched their 2008 season with a highly successful and promising Open House at Mahwah High School on November 24. It was an unusually chilly New Jersey day, but things were cooking in music rooms, in halls, and in a gymnasium at Mahwah High School as The Bushwackers officially began their 2008 season. […]

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Rochester Crusaders 2008 Open House Report

Well, I think that everyone is just starting to get back up from their after drum corps naps. It was an amazing weekend for Crusaders once again this weekend. Things started out Saturday with a record turnout including vets from last year as well a quite a few new faces. Mike Laurie and the rest […]

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Reading Buccaneers Announce 2008 Program

The three-time defending Drum Corps Associates world champion Reading Buccaneers Drum & Bugle Corps today unveiled its 2008 program, THE PURSUIT OF JOY, to a large and enthusiastic crowd assembled for the corps’ annual Membership Day open house at Twin Valley High School, Elverson, PA. “We wanted to put together a program that will be […]

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Skyliners Seek Additional Percussion Staff

Lance Piantaggini has resigned as 2008 Percussion Caption Head for the New York Skyliners. Due to unexpected pressures, Lance will be leaving the New York area and returning to his home state of Massachusetts, concentrating on graduate work and an eventual career teaching Latin. Already a part of the family, Lance hopes to once again […]

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2008 LakeShoremen Open House

Attention returning and potential members of All Age’s. The 2008 Open House event for LakeShoremen drum and bugle corps will be held at West Bloomfield High School on December 8th from 10am-6pm. If you have any questions, please click on the FORUMS link and sign up for a membership account. We’ll be glad to assist […]

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In The News: Brampton Senators Drum Corps Planning Reunion

Brampton Senators Drum Corps Members — Past, is a Facebook group that inspired former member Timothy Stevens to plan a reunion. The Brampton Senators Drum Corps was a drum and bugle corps that played the streets of Brampton for ten years before disbanding. "My whole family was in the corps, my brother started in ’69 […]

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Rochester Crusaders Revamp Website

Moving ahead into 2008 the Management team of the Rochester Crusaders felt it was time to update the look of the corps web identity. Therefore after a few months of discussions and hard work, the Crusaders announce the launch of our new website. The new site has many new features and updates added to it […]

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