Michigan City High School student Courtney Hart has been playing the trumpet since he was 14-years-old and knew little about music when he started. Three years later, he helped Legends, a drum and bugle corps team from Kalamazoo, Michigan, take home third place during the Drum Corps International Open Class World Championship on Tuesday night […]
Drum and Bugle Corps from around the world gathered on Monday night to perform during the Drum Corps International Open Class World Championship at Ames Field. There were 17 corps in attendance including three international bands, hailing from Canada, Colombia and the United Kingdom. Read the rest of the article here.
For the sixth straight year, the Shoremen brass and drum corps international competition was held at Avon Lake Memorial Stadium. The competitors were once again showing off their intensive musical and physical training resulting in the polished professionals they are. The music went from smooth and mellow to a starched military format to very hot […]
Music City Drum Corps is excited to announce that the corps seeks to fill a full-time executive director position as soon as possible. Keith Hall, current volunteer director/board member/founder is stepping down as director as part of the organization’s plan for future growth. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications. It will be necessary for the […]
Music City is having its best season ever! The corps’ “TRIBE” production continues to enthrall audiences, especially the enormous hometown crowd at the Nashville show held July 28. The uniforms for the brass and percussion sections have changed in order to better depict the tribal theme of this year’s show. Many thanks to all of […]
The Music City Drum and Bugle Corps made a stop Tuesday in West Tennessee to practice at the South Gibson County High School in Medina. The group, based in Nashville, competes all over the United States. The group is considered the professional level of marching bands and consists of people from the age of 15 […]
The Drum Corps Mid-America Competition blew away the crowds at Lacey Sports Complex on Saturday, July 29. William Penn University Athletic Bands Director Terry DeJong said the event went very well. “We got the crowd we were hoping to get. Number-wise, I thought it was really good. Almost the whole upper section was full, certainly […]
There’s just a little over a week before the Vanguard Cadets take the field in Michigan City for the 2017 Open Class DCI Prelims. Catch up with the corps and see what they’ve been up to on their national tour! Read the rest of the article here.
More than 1,400 attendees turned out for the inaugural Drums Across the Smokies, a Drum Corps International-sponsored competition held to help raise funds for Farragut High School Marching Admirals band. Farragut High School Band Boosters teamed up with Music City Drum Corps to host the event, which took place at FHS’s Bill Clabo Field Wednesday […]
The tapping of snare drums, bleating of brass horns and ringing of xylophones filled the Virginia High School campus Monday. Members of the Kalamazoo, Michigan-based Legends Drum & Bugle Corps, on their way to a competition today in Knoxville, Tennessee, stayed at the high school Sunday night and used Monday to practice. Read the rest […]
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