SoCal Dream Bowl-A-Thon consists of bowlers (and their families) from all of our organization. This event will benefit our members who need to raise money for their 2008 summer tour fee by getting pledges and bowling for a 2-hour period. The dollars raised will benefit our members. 100% of each dollar raise by a member […]
With the hot midday sun beating down on them outside of Edwards Middle School, the members of the Carolina Gold Drum and Bugle Corps feign the motions of drums and horn playing, and keep in step. Some members look exhausted, but still, they laugh and smile as they move in formation. "We have anyone from […]
“Oh, God, your sea is so great and my boat is so small.” ~ A mariner’s prayer [July 28 update: Today, Excelsior informed DCA they won't make it to Rochester, according to PR Director Tom Peashey. DCA now expects 25 competitive corps Labor Day weekend, 12 Open Class, 13 Class A. Also, Dick Pronti has […]
In the early 1960s, Gary Dershem, of Lewisburg, had his first encounter with drum and bugles corps at the Cavalcade of Champions contest. He was selling Cokes in the stands at a time when the competition was sponsored by the Keystoners Drum and Bugle Corps of Milton. On Saturday night, Dershem, now 55, will get […]
Four parades, a field show, a concert, and two rehearsals. WHEW! That’s one busy weekend! The Kilties helped local Wisconsinites celebrate the anniversary or our great nation’s independence and we were rewarded with wonderful appreciative ovations wherever we appeared. Our busy 4th of July weekend began at 7AM Friday the 4th at the Wal-Mart parking […]
It’s crowded at the top of the track in early-season Drum Corps Associates (DCA) contests. Rochester’s Empire Statesmen moved up more than three points on the scoresheets at the Drum Corps Grand Prix compared to a week earlier, but not enough to catch the front running Reading Buccaneers, Hawthorne Caballeros and Connecticut Hurricanes. Statesmen, competing […]
Empire Statesmen opened their contest season July 5 in Rochester, placing a close second to Hawthorne in a penalty-filled 5th annual Vince Bruni Preview of Champions. Hawthorne scored 76.425, including a 0.6 point penalty. Statesmen scored 76.063, including a 0.9 penalty. Syracuse Brigadiers, scoring 70.363, were hit with a whopping 2.4 in penalties. Rochester Crusaders […]
Rochester’s Empire Statesmen drum and bugle corps, celebrating its 25th anniversary this summer, competed in its first local competition Saturday at the fifth annual Vince Bruni Preview of Champions at St. John Fisher College. Other corps that competed were Hawthorne Caballeros of New Jersey; Syracuse Brigadiers; Rochester Crusaders and Dansville White Sabers. The Empire Cadets […]
The Austin Stars Performing Arts Association, parent organization of the Austin Stars Drum & Bugle Corps, is sponsoring two new winter guard programs. ATXguard will be a competitive, independent guard competing in TCGC and TECA circuits with membership open to anyone age 14 to 22 years old. ATXstars will be an exhibition guard with a […]
Local talent has been invited overseas to perform in a ceremony to honour a key piece of Canadian and world history next year. The Kawartha Kavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps will be the guest Canadian band at the 65th anniversary of D-Day at the Juno Beach Centre in Normandy next June, the organization stated in […]
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