Rochester’s Empire Statesmen will take to the football field on July 30, not to compete as usual in a drum and bugle corps contest, but to help the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL) kick off the start of their 50th season. The anniversary celebration will take place on the field at Growney […]
A Sutherlin woman is joining the ranks of such legendary horn blowers as Louis Armstrong and Maynard Ferguson after her recent induction into the Buglers Hall of Fame. “I don’t think I rate as high as they do,” said Donna-Mae Smith, now 89. The corners of her lipsticked mouth curled up and her eyes shone […]
On 7/19/2009, SoCal Dream performed their last judged show in Dublin, Ca. The staff is very proud of what the corps accomplished this season. Their final score for the season was a 71.138. This score currently represents the highest score of any DCA Class “A” corps in the country. SoCal Dream is not making the […]
Following their one-week layoff, Rochester’s Empire Statesmen jumped up to 80.188 on the score sheets at the Mission Drums contest in Lawrence, Massachusetts, to finish third behind Connecticut Hurricanes and Hawthorne Caballeros. Hurricanes won the contest with a score of 82.663 with Caballeros close behind at 82.313. Kingston Grenadiers were fourth, with 67.013, followed by […]
Due to unexpected circumstances, Austin Stars will be inactive as a competitive drum corps for the remainder of the 2009 drum corps season. We will not be sending any ensembles to Rochester, as was originally planned. However, we will be putting together a brass and percussion ensemble this winter to perform locally and will be […]
As an educational foundation, Austin Stars Performing Arts Association and its organizations (Austin Stars Drum Corps, ATX Winterguard) are helping students in our community with a "Back To School" supply drive. Although we have not yet been assigned a specific school, we are anticipating requests from an elementary school in Austin. Therefore, we are asking […]
The DCI Masters of the Summer Music Games show in Murfreesboro, TN, takes place on July 23rd and 24th. On Thursday, The LoudHorns featuring Music City Legend’s own Joe Murphy and Vinnie Ciesielski will wow the crowd with a pre-show concert. On Friday, Music City Legend takes the field to perform "A Soldier’s Chronicle". This […]
It is time for SoCal Dream to head north on their annual mini-tour to that other state known as Northern California. This weekend, the corps will be performing at two DCi shows in NorCal along with the two other All-Age corps in California, The Kingsmen and The Renegades. Last weekend was the first time all […]
The Sun Devils’ first public performance went over very well. The Sun Devils / North Port High School Alliance Drum and Bugle Corps garnered the North Port Freedom Festival Independence Award – Best in Show. Sun Devils Program Coordinator and Alliance director, Mark Cole, stood before 42 anxious horns for warm up. Nearby locals watched […]
Roll back to the clock to late evening, August 31st 2008 – Rochester, NY, as the announcer (little old me!) read through the endless score upon score, corps fell into their final spots of the season. The anxiety was building. Would anyone challenge the Buccaneer juggernaut? Who would it be that either dethroned or nipped […]
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