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In The News: Kilties Drum Corps Heads To Stiehm Stadium

Before the D.C. Everest marching band gets back into action for the school season, the Racine Kilties will warm up Stiehm Stadium with a drum and bugle corps demonstration. The Kilties will perform Aug. 16 with the Minnesota Brass and The Govenaires. All three are independent corps not associated with a high school or college, […]

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SoCal Dream Preparing For Final 2009 Performance

SoCal Dream will be performing their 2009 show, "A Supernatural Dream; The Music of Santana", one final time on September 12th at the Goldenwest College football game. The game will be held at Lebard Stadium on the campus of Orange Coast College. This stadium was the site of many great drum corps shows in the […]

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Empire Statesmen Rebound To Second Place In Kingston

Rochester’s Empire Statesmen scored top marks in both the music composite and music effect captions, to blow past Hawthorne Caballeros into second place behind Connecticut Hurricanes at the March of Champions contest in Kingston, New York on August 8. The Statesmen were rebounding from a fifth place finish in the previous week’s contest in Scranton, […]

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Sun Devils Win 2009 Music City Metal Class A Title

After a grueling 14 hour one way bus ride, the corps came ready to work. The Sun Devils have been preparing for its first DCA competition in Antioch, TN. The show, "Music City Metal" was hosted by Music City Legend Drum and Bugle Corps. The show was well attended and had a very all age […]

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2009 DCA Scranton Report

Rochester’s Empire Statesmen are still climbing on the score sheets, but their total of 83.850 was good for only fifth spot at the Parade of Champions in Scranton, Pennsylvania on August 1, in a contest featuring the top six from last year’s Drum Corps Associates (DCA) championships. Reading Buccaneers, scored 88.963 to maintain their undefeated […]

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CorpsVets 7th Annual Drum Corps Rocks The South

On Saturday, August 22nd the Atlanta CorpsVets All-Age Drum and Bugle Corps will play host to four of DCA’s finest Drum and Bugle Corps with the 7th annual Drum Corps Rocks the South! competition at Rockmart High School in Rockmart, Georgia. The Family & Friends BBQ starts at 5:30pm and the show gets underway at […]

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Mary Murphy Joins Music City Legend As New Assistant Conductor

Music City Legend Drum & Bugle Corps is pleased to announce the selection of Mary Murphy of Lebanon, Tennessee, as the corps’ new Assistant Drum Major. Mrs. Murphy is the owner of Flying Hippo Ranch®, a graphic design firm specializing in design, manufacturing, packaging, and promotion. Additional services include identity consultation, custom logos, T-shirts, posters, […]

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2009 Sun Devils July Report

DCI Valdosta and Orlando are now fond memories of first show weekends. DCI Orlando was especially memorable due to the ever changing weather. Before the corps took the first step in Orlando, Drum Major John Johnson received a stern warning from DCI Contest Coordinator Tony DiCarlo regarding the performance. Johnson was told point blank that […]

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Empire Statesmen Sweep Jamestown

It was no vacation for Rochester’s Empire Statesmen at Buglers Holiday in Jamestown, New York: hard work paid off again with top score in every caption, for a first place total of 82.850. The Statesmen opened their Drum Corps Associates (DCA) season on July 4 with high score in every caption to win the Vince […]

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Drum Corps Return To Nashville Metro This Weekend

Music City Legend, the Mid-south’s only competitive, all-age drum and bugle corps, will host Music City Metal III, The Southern Drum Corps Showdown, its annual Drum Corps Associates (DCA) “all-age” drum corps contest this Saturday, August 1st, starting at 7:00 PM, at Antioch High School, 1900 Hobson Pike, in Antioch, Tennessee. The contest will feature […]

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