Starting off with a quick performance by six members of the Empire Statesmen, President and CEO of Visit Rochester Ed Hall announced today the return of the Drum Corps Associates World Championships to the Rochester area. More than 50 drum corps will be gathering at PAETEC Park Labor Day weekend for the 43rd annual championship, […]
The two-time defending Drum Corps Associates (“DCA”) world champion Reading Buccaneers Drum & Bugle Corps today unveiled a new brand image for the organization, marking the first institutional change to the corps’ brand in decades. 2007 marks the organization’s 50th anniversary. According to Corps Director James C. Gruber, the time was right to make the […]
The Juno Beach Centre Association is pleased to announce the 2007 NEW Waterloo Band Festival. This year’s event, scheduled for 6:45 pm. Saturday, August 18th at Kitchener’s Centennial Stadium, marks the third year of the return of this renowned music festival of the 1940’s & ‘50’s. Six drum & bugle corps will “strut their stuff” […]
The New York Skyliners will hold their first mini-corps rehearsal on Sunday, July 8th from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. at the Benda-Roehrich VFW Post #2867 in Garfield, New Jersey. Please note that this is a change from the previously announced rehearsal place and time. Music for two of the songs – Big Noise from Winnetka […]
A condensed, preview copy of the CB! Mini-corps documentary, "Gonna Happen", is now available thru the CB! website. The soundtrack for the film is concert audio from all three Spring events: Quest TEAM, BHOF Championships and MCA Invitational, including: Concierto De Aranjuez Sway Memories of You Everyday, I Have the Blues
Started as a junior corps in 1932 and continuing for the next 75 years, "Archie" will mark this momentous occasion with its 2007 Brass Reunion. This event begins at noon with the National Anthem and "Drum Corps History On Parade", a short inside-the-stadium parade of people and uniforms/regalia representing drum corps and organizations from throughout […]
The River City Regiment website has posted that, as of July 1st, the corps is inactive. No other information has been posted as of yet. Read the rest of the article here.
The first performance of the CorpsVets CELEBRATION! show was hot – in more ways than one. The temperature for rehearsal reached 98 degrees, with a heat index of 104 in Alpharetta, Georgia. The CorpsVets members were not about to let a little heat get in the way of their first performance of the year. After […]
DCA I&E Championship Registration is under way. All forms and information for entering the DCA individuals are posted on the DCA Website. The DCA is excited about this coming year’s contest. Last year thanks to DCA PR director Fred Windish and DCP, competitors and fans had a chance to suggest changes. Many of these changes […]
Nothing says "Hayward" like the Musky Festival. It’s a home-grown celebration of fishing and the unique and unbridled culture of the Northwoods, with 58 years of tradition behind it. Not every Musky Fest icon, however, is homegrown. At Sunday’s Musky Fest parade, spectators will watch Hayward-area mainstays march down Main, accompanied by groups and floats […]
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