George Hayek, the last original member of the Hawthorne Caballeros Drum and Bugle Corps, passed away October 12 at age 90, after recently attending the 2016 New Jersey Drum Corps Hall of Fame induction ceremony. He was born October 1, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan. He had been a member of the World Drum Corps Hall […]
A sad day in the Caballero organization and a sad day for the entire drum corps community. On October, 12th, of 2016, George Hayek passed away. He was a veteran of World War II and was regarded as being part of, as Tom Brokaw so rightfully said, the “Greatest Generation” that ever lived. After his […]
The 2017 percussion audition packet is currently available for prospective members trying out for snare, tenor, or bass drum! In order to have access to the audition packet ahead of the open house, prospects must first prepay the $50 registration fee. To do so, please see below PayPal link. Read the rest of the article […]
The Skyliners Drum & Bugle Corps proudly announced their 2017 Brass Staff: SHANE STARTZEL – Brass Caption Head; JOE WILT – Assistant Brass Caption Head; RACHEL EWANIUK, MARK HOVER, AND CONNOR BARZ – Brass Technicians; and DOREEN SANDOR – Brass Technician/Brass Assistant to the Caption Head. This is Shane Startzel’s second year as Skyliners’ Brass […]
On October 6th 2016, Oliver Plunkett was elected, by the Caballeros Administration, to helm a new position within the organization, Development Coordinator. The Development Coordinator position is a merger of the open Public Relations Director position and Oliver’s 2016 role as Fundraising Coordinator. Moving forward, Oliver will lead conversations with media outlets to promote the […]
The Hawthorne Caballeros are proud to announce their 2017 Drum Majors! Joshua Jenkins will be returning for his second year as head drum major. “JJ” graduated from Ithaca College with his Bachelors in Music Education. He is currently the band director at Brooklawn Middle school in Parsippany, NJ and also teaches the Parsippany Hills High […]
The Bushwackers Drum and Bugle Corps is pleased to announce that registration for the corps’ 2017 Open House and information session is now open! On November 19 and 20, 2016, the Bushwackers will host its first rehearsal and Open House for the 2017 season at Montgomery Lower Middle School in Skillman, New Jersey. Read the […]
The Skyliners Drum & Bugle Corps announces the following Designers for 2017: THOMAS SPARLING – Program Coordinator/Visual Designer; TED MASCARI – Percussion Caption Supervisor and Battery Arranger; RYAN REED – Front Ensemble and Soundscape Arranger; and JOHN MEEHAN, Brass Arranger. Thomas Sparling, Program Coordinator/Visual Designer, engaged and challenged the 2016 Skyliners with a drill package […]
Over the past several months we have been posting articles on families involved in a drum corps. Some families have over one hundred plus years. Some not as many. One similarity in all of these articles, is that they have been doing it as a family. Such is the case of the Ripley family of […]
Drum Corps Associates is pleased to announce that John Carr has been appointed as the new Treasurer of DCA. Lou Tierno has accepted the position as the Director of the Reading Buccaneers and John Carr has been voted in by the members to finish out Lou’s term. We thank Lou for his service to DCA […]
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