Passion, dedication and commitment to excellence are often goals associated with a sports team or a music ensemble. What about a marching music band? What? You never thought that a marching music band could provide the educational, cultural, interpersonal, physical, and emotional growth necessary for today’s young people to become leaders? Well, think again. Oregon […]
The store is now active! Items can either be shipped or picked up at a Thunder camp. Items will be produced the week before each Thunder camp, so orders must be placed by the Friday before each camp. Otherwise, they will be produced by the next camp. Shipped items will be produced the last week […]
Greetings to all of our fans and alumni. The 2011 tour has been very exciting. As many of you know, the corps is once again seated in the top rankings of the Open Class and is in a great position to hopefully break into the top three again. The season has been a hot one… […]
The Oregon Crusaders have posted a video of their 2011 program, The Blue Hour, on their website. The performance is from their 2011 tour send-off on July 23rd. The video is also available on YouTube. Read the rest of the article here.
Drum major, is your band ready? This question, followed by a sharp turn and a salute, was the formulaic start to each of seven drum corps performances at Sunday’s Legends Drum Corps Preview. Young brass band members and percussionists wowed audiences as their corps performed in the first-time competition held at Harper Creek High School. […]
It requires thousands of hours of practice and perfect timing, but drum and bugle corps musicians such as Conner Heinle perform for the thrill of it. “I have an absolute blast,” said the 20-year-old euphonium player, who performed Saturday at Northern Illinois University’s Huskie Stadium with the Racine Scouts out of Racine, Wis. Read the […]
Jubal Drum & Bugle Corps from Dordrecht – The Netherlands is currently preparing for its first performance in the 2011 Drum Corps International competition. The first contest in which Jubal will perform is in Ocean Springs – Mississippi and is on today. At the ‘Miississippi Sound Spectacular’ contest at the Greyhound Stadium, there will also […]
Legends Performing Arts Association (LPAA) will host the Four Flags Drum Corps Spectacular at 7 p.m. Friday, July 29 at the Niles High School stadium. “I was looking for another location to host an event,” said Ibe Sodawalla, executive director and CEO of the LPAA. “We had two specific dates to work with and with […]
The corps will have its last practice Wednesday, July 27th at Lawrence Stadium from 5:30PM to 10PM. On Thursday, July 28th we will all meet at the Boys Club at 6PM, load the busses and trucks and be on the road to Paw Paw MI by 7PM. Please do not leave cars at the Boys […]
Racine Scouts will be Hosting a show on Aug. 5, at 7pm. Location: Greendale High School 6801 Southway, Greendale, WI. Tickets: Ticket prices are $12 per adult; $10 for children 12 and younger; children 5 and younger may attend free with a parent or adult. Read the rest of the article here.
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