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Help Us Push To DCA Finals

Help contribute to the most successful season of our 89 year history! The group experienced bussing issues, and for the members own safety, had to turn back from heading to Maryland for a series of parades that cost the group nearly $10,000 in lost equity. This coupled with the loss of three competitive shows and […]

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In The News – Drum Corps March To The Beat At Parade Of Champions

The Skyliners Drum and Bugle Corps blasted trumpets, pounded drums, twirled weapons and serenaded the crowd with electronic instruments at John Henzes/Veterans Memorial Stadium on Saturday. The audience got to see all of that in a roughly 10-minute performance, but instructor Jeff Crawford described the synchronized routine enacted by about 85 musicians and dancers as […]

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Marching Roundtable 629: Empire Statesmen- Our All-Time Favorite Shows

Allen Buell, Holly Marino, and Bill Sapienza discuss their favorite Statesmen shows. You can listen to us above, or if you want to take us with you, you can download us from iTunes. Read the rest of the article here.

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In The News – City To Host Colossal 125th Anniversary Parade And Drum Corps Competition

The hills of Everett will be alive with the sounds of music this coming Saturday, July 22, as scores of drum and bugle corps from all over the East Coast will descend upon the city – in a nod to the past – for a colossal parade and competition in honor of the City’s 125th […]

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Showdown In Peckville, PA

The Drum Corps Associate’s summer tour rolls into Lackawana County, Pennsylvania as eight of DCA’s finest corps will be in competition on Saturday, July 29, 2017. This event has been a long standing one each year on the DCA tour and before last year was held in Scranton. For many years this show was also […]

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Trenton Thunder With The Bushwackers

Join the Bushwackers on August 6 in Trenton, NJ as the Trenton Thunder minor-league baseball team faces the Altoona Curve! The Bushwackers Drum Corps will present a pre-game performance, and the corps will perform God Bless America and Take Me Out to the Ball Game during the 7th inning! We’re inviting our family, friends, and […]

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Winning Tickets In Scout House Raffle Drawn On Canada Day

After a major downpour that drenched Canada Day 150 parade participants and spectators, it rained money for three winners in the Preston Scout House Band Inc. raffle. The winning tickets were drawn shortly after a sudden major rain and windstorm swept down the parade route during the Preston parade. Winner of the $1,000 first prize […]

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Preston Scout House Offering $1,000 Raffle

Preston Scout House Band Inc. of Cambridge is offering a thousand reasons for people to celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary on July 1: a $1,000 top prize and two $500 prizes in the Scout House raffle. Tickets are available from members of every group in the organization, including Magic of Scout House winter guard, Preston Scout […]

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Scout House Heritage Band In Preston Canada Day Parade

The loud cheering and shouts of support for Preston Scout House Band by Canada Day 150 parade spectators were more than a match for a torrential downpour of heavy rain and fierce head winds that swept down the main street as the Band reached the halfway point of the big parade on July 1. Many […]

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In The News – Long Island Drum And Bugle Corps Sunrisers Shine At Precision & Pageantry Show At Wahconah Park

On a toasty warm Sunday afternoon, the Long Island Sunrisers set themselves apart from the competition at Precision & Pageantry held at Wahconah Park. The New York -based drum and bugle corps bested The Connecticut Hurricanes, The Skyliners of Wilkes-Barree, Penn. and Excelsior from Troy, N.Y. to win the event sanctioned by Drum Corps Associates. […]

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