World Drum Corps Hall of Fame member Marty Hurley, age 65, passed away in New Orleans early this week after suffering complications from a stroke several weeks earlier. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2004 and was also named a member of the Louisiana Music Educators Association in 2010. He had been […]
Cadets2, the new weekend-only corps to be offered by the Cadets and Youth Education in the Arts has announced that the age range for those to be considered for membership will be 16–25 years of age, with special consideration for those over 22 who have marched with The Cadets DCI corps. According to George Hopkins, […]
I was beginning to think the Reading Buccaneers Drum & Bugle Corps simply had forgotten how to lose. Since a third-place finish in 2004, the Buccaneers had won every competition they entered – 64 straight – until coming in second on Sept. 3. I’m not a big drum and bugle corps guy, except when I’m […]
Preston Scout House Alumni Band, including four members who in their earlier years served in the Canadian Armed Forces, will take part in a ceremony honouring military veterans beginning at noon on Saturday, September 10. The event takes place one day before the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center towers […]
Drumroll, please. For the first time in their history, the Minnesota Brass Drum and Bugle Corps took home the top prize this weekend at an annual drum corps competition in Rochester, N.Y. It was a major win for the corps, which has been participating in the Drum Corps Associates World Championships for about 30 years […]
From across the country drum corps large and small came to Rochester this weekend to compete in the Drum Corps Associates World Championships. This was the sixth consecutive year for Rochester to host the competition. And with the closing of award ceremonies Sunday, so also closed a record-setting run for the city. Read the rest […]
As Tom Allen told the audiences at Sahlen Stadium today at the Drum Corps Associates Alumni Spectacular, only 20 percent of military funerals include a live performance of Taps to honor military veterans. Though it’s protocol to have the ceremonial piece played, a recording is more often that not what’s used. “We are the drum […]
In 2009 and 2010, SoCal Dream had rehearsed at Golden West College in Huntington Beach. For the 2012 season, Dream will once again hold rehearsals at GWC. GWC is a community college located in Huntington Beach, Ca. The agreement with GWC is that SoCal Dream will once again provide musical entertainment at their football games […]
Drum Corps Associates (DCA), the event producer and sanctioning body for the all-age drum corps activity in North America will present its 2011 World Championships in Rochester, N.Y. this coming Labor Day weekend, Sept. 2-4. Twenty-one corps in two classes are scheduled to compete over two days at Rochester Rhinos Stadium, home to the U.S. […]
Due to the predicted severe weather caused by Hurricane Irene, the Reading Buccaneers and the Big Sounds in Motion committee made the very difficult decision to cancel the competition set for Saturday, August 27, 2011 at Albright College in Reading.
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