The roar of Niagara Falls was louder than usual Tuesday – and it kept better tempo. The Capital Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps performed against the backdrop of the mighty Niagara. WBFO’s Joyce Kryszak has more on which was louder. The awesome power of Niagara Falls had a little competition Tuesday. The 80-piece drum corps […]
They came on foot, by car, even by bus. However folks chose to get to Windsor High School on Friday night, one thing was clear. By 6:30 p.m. the parking lot and the football stadium were full of thousands of people watching Drums Along the Rockies: Windsor Edition. The inaugural performance of Drums Along the […]
Tuesday night was a homecoming of sorts for Kyle McKenzie, Lance Schade and Alyssa Tyree. The three Granby High School graduates had been traveling across the country for the past month as part of the Capital Regiment Drum Corps. Suffolk was the closest to home the three had been since beginning the Drum Corps International […]
Join us July 27, 2009 at Carson Park in Eau Claire, WI, for Drums On the Chippewa! The lineup includes Santa Clara Vanguard Cadets (2008 Open Class World Champions), Teal Sound, Oregon Crusaders, Revolution, Memphis Sound, Velvet Knights, Colt Cadets & Racine Scouts. Competition begins at 6:30 p.m. Save 20% and buy your tickets online […]
Drum corps returns to San Jose for the second time this summer as the annual California State Open Championship, featuring some of the best Open Class and All-Age corps in the United States will be hosted by the Vanguard Cadets on Saturday evening, July 18 at Yerba Buena HS in San Jose. The "Open" will […]
The Racine Scouts Drum & Bugle Corp lost a very dear member this afternoon, Sunday June 28th. Dorothy was involved with the Corp for approximately 46 years serving as a volunteer. In 2005, DCI named her the "Volunteer of the Year". A mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated next week Thursday, July 9th at […]
A bankruptcy hearing on the fate of the Nashua-based Spartan Drum & Bugle Corps has been postponed again. The hearing, slated for Thursday, was postponed to July 13. The court had delayed two previous hearings at the request of the organization’s attorney. The organization filed for bankruptcy protection last fall, with its director, Paul LaFlamme, […]
Upon leaving the Dallas-Fort Worth area and arriving in Memphis, TN for the start of the 2009 DCI Tour, we noticed a problem with the tires of the Food Box Truck. The truck was on the verge of blow-out for one tire, and the other three were replaced as well as a precaution because of […]
For Jessen Smith, involvement in the Colt Cadets is a family affair. Jessen, 14, his mother, Crys, and his father, John, have been involved with the Colt Cadets for five years. Jessen was first interested in joining the squad when he learned from his father, the Clear Creek-Amana band director, that his school’s band doesn’t […]
An auction to sell the longstanding Nashua home of the Spartans Drum & Bugle Corps happened so fast there would have been no time to strike up the band. In less than two minutes Tuesday morning, the mortgage-holder of the 15,400-square-foot building and two-acre lot placed the winning – and only – bid. Without much […]
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