For music fans, the Drum Corps Associates World Championships this weekend at PAETEC Park will bring in some of the best drum and bugle corps performing anywhere. For the Rochester-area economy, the event will be a boon in the form of thousands of musicians and families staying in local hotels, shopping at stores and eating […]
Rochester’s Empire Statesmen are heading into the Drum Corps Associates championship tournament weekend on a high note, winning Fanfare 2008 in West Haven, Connecticut, on August 23 with a score 94.213, including high caption scores in music effect, field and ensemble brass, music composite, ensemble percussion and field visual. Hawthorne Caballeros were second with a […]
DCA is pleased to provide the schedule for the 2008 DCA I&E/Mini Corps Competition this Friday night, August 29th at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center beginning at 5:30PM. This kicks off Championship Weekend and gives the opportunity for the performers to meet and greet old friends, renew rivalries and simply have a great time. Venues […]
It’s finally here. DCA 2008. This week, everyone in the DCA world will be packing their bags and traveling to Rochester, NY for the 2008 World Championships. Take special note that on line ticketing will cease Thursday evening August 28th, at 10:00PM. However, Tickets will be available on Thursday and Friday at DCA Headquarters in […]
Heavens to Merkatroid — As all roads lead to Rochester, NY, for Labor Day weekend, the DCAssociates corps, scattered hither and yon, from Hurricanes' Connecticut to the Renaissance Midwest to rising again Atlanta to rockin' Gulf Coast to Dreamy L. A., have raised the bar of excellence yet again for what will be a most […]
Heavens to Merkatroid — As all roads lead to Rochester, NY, for Labor Day weekend, the DCAssociates corps, scattered hither and yon, from Hurricanes’ Connecticut to the Renaissance Midwest to rising again Atlanta to rockin’ Gulf Coast to Dreamy L. A., have raised the bar of excellence yet again for what will be a most […]
The regular season is now officially over and a great one it has been. In the last two shows of the season, Reading Buccaneers in their own show, retained #1 seed in prelims with a convincing 5 point victory over the Brigadiers and a final score of 95.538. In West Haven, CT, Empire Statesmen survived […]
Chairman Dick Pronti has announced the order of appearance for the 2008 DCA Mini Corps Contest held at the Riverside Convention Center in Rochester on Friday August 29th. This event follows the annual I&E competition at the same site starting at 5:30. Main St. is blocked off to allow drum corps fans from everywhere to […]
The Austin Stars are now accepting applications for the 2009 season. Spots are available for staff and performing members in every section of the corps. We will compete in the Drum Corps Associates circuit and go all the way to the DCA World Championships on Labor Day Weekend 2009. A show announcement including repertoire will […]
Rochester’s Empire Statesmen are steadily closing the gap between themselves and still-undefeated Reading Buccaneers, finishing a strong second to the Bucs in the Parade of Champions American Legion National Championship contest in Scranton, Pennsylvania on August 16. Statesmen sailed ahead of Hawthorne Caballeros and Connecticut Hurricanes in the second-last weekend of regular contests in the […]
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