So much sound will emanate from inside Festival Hall on Aug. 26, that the doors might have to be left open to allow some of it to escape. For the first time ever, the Racine Symphony Orchestra will join forces with the Kilties Drum & Bugle Corps in concert that night. Together they will present […]
Preston Scout House Alumni Band has identified more than 175 of southern Ontario’s marching music leaders from the past 50 years and will pay special tribute to those who have passed away by listing their names in the program for the 2011 Scout House Invitational Tattoo. The Tattoo to held August 20 in University Stadium […]
The Connecticut Hurricanes are excited to announce two major fund raisers that are now in place. First is the Shop for a Cause. Shop for a Cause gives you the opportunity to give back to your community and to help the Hurricanes. Purchase a $5.00 shopping pass for exclusive savings in every Macy’s store and […]
Three of the best-known instructors in the North American drum and bugle corps community, all residents of the Cambridge, Ontario area, will share their experience and expertise with participants during the first annual Scout House Alumni Band’s “Time To Step Out” brass, percussion and guard clinics.
On Saturday August 13th, the Bushwackers and the Toms River East High School Band will present the 2011 Jersey Shore Invitational at Toms River East High School Stadium located at 1225 Raider Way, Toms River NJ 08753. The contest begins at 7:15 pm and includes the following corps in competition. The Defending DCA Champion Reading […]
You’d be surprised at the physical demands it takes to be a part of a drum and bugle corps. Musical athlete Jackie Bechtold explains how she keeps fit by performing with the Minnesota Brass. After playing trumpet in marching bands in high school and college, Jackie Bechtold knew she didn’t want to give it up. […]
From Memorial Day to Veterans Day, the Pine Hill Bugle and Drum Corps can be seen in various parades and events throughout Western New York. The Pine Hill Bugle and Drum Corps is part of a vanishing breed and a long history of active drum corps in Western New York and New York State. When […]
Almost 60 years after introducing French horns to the horn line in the mid-1950s, Preston Scout House Alumni Band will introduce mellophones to its brass section in 2012. The mellophones will add a new voice to the upper register, which will still include first and second French horn parts in music scores. Many drum and […]
Marie Louise of West Orange spends most of her year cataloging books and answering questions in the hushed environ of a school library. Once the summer hits, however, she rocks out on football fields, performing with one of New Jersey’s loudest bands. Louise doesn’t play heavy metal or pop-punk. She tosses sabres, spins flags and […]
Preston Scout House Alumni Band will make its ninth appearance since 2002 in the Drum Corps Associates (DCA) Alumni Spectacular field show in Rochester, New York on Labor Day weekend, part of a 10-corps lineup that represents the entire span of modern drum and bugle corps activity from the 1930s to today. The Alumni Spectacular […]
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