The Spartans Drum and Bugle Corps set off Friday night for its cross-country tour, to perform a dramatized take on Igor Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. Paul LaFlamme, Spartans president, explained the annual Drum Corps International event just before boarding the bus. Read the rest of the article here.
Forte announced this afternoon that the corps will withdraw from the last three weeks of the 2012 Drum Corps International Tour. Originally with plans to sit out of the Edmond, Okla. show scheduled for July 25 and rejoin the Tour this coming weekend due to a transportation issue, the corps made the announcement later in […]
Percussion cadences pierced an otherwise silent Angelo State University campus this past weekend as area students tackled new skills to bring back to their school marching bands. The Genesis Drum and Bugle Corps, in San Angelo for a rehearsal and performance Sunday night, taught clinics to students attending Angelo State University’s percussion and drum major […]
It’s not every day that hundreds of the world’s best marching musicians come to Niles for a winner-takes-all competition. That’s why Niles High School band director Steven Gruver is calling the Niles Four Flags Spectacular a must-see show. “It’s the major leagues of marching bands,” Gruver said. “You are going to see an ultra-level of […]
Believe it or not we are one week away from hitting the road for our travels to DCI in Indianapolis. The corps has grown so much over the past few weeks. The weekend of July 21st we will be at camp all weekend and then on Wednesday evening July 25th we have our last Mall […]
Genesis has posted the 12th episode of their All Access video series on their Facebook page. This episode asks corps members what they would be doing if they were not on tour. Watch the video here.
They’re hard-working, award-winning and dedicated. A bit of an underdog — not quite a household name — but driven to excel nonetheless. Sixty years ago, The Blue Saints Drum and Bugle Corps got its start. Six decades later, it is the fifth-oldest corps in North America, and one of only two left in the entire […]
More than 600 people gathered at the Trabuco Hills High School football stadium Saturday, but the crowd wasn’t there for football. Instead, it cheered 10 drum & bugle corps competing in “A Different Kind of Show.” The all-California competition included two groups based in Orange County – Impulse from Buena Park and SoCal Dream from […]
Racine Scouts leadership recently made the decision to put an early end to their corps’ season as part of the 2012 Drum Corps International Tour. Based in Racine, Wis., the Scouts competed in several events in the Open Class earlier this June. When it appeared that meeting the minimum number of performers to compete could […]
The corps has been working hard to solidify the show and we are in the early phases of getting ready for our national tour. On Thursday, July 26th we head to the midwest and start our travels to the DCI World Championships. Lots of excitement and a lot of work to be done between now […]
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