Sarah Quesnell is only a few weeks away from seeing history firsthand. The Galena High School junior is preparing for her trip to the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Quesnell, the daughter of Jeff Quesnell, Galena, will march with the Colts Drum & Bugle Corps. And it’s an impressive event, performing at a presidential inauguration. […]
The Santa Clara Vanguard is currently seeking applicants and nominations for the newly created position of Sound Engineer. We encourage anyone interested in this position to review the corresponding job description posting. Please contact Brian Mason, Percussion Coordinator, for further information. Read the rest of the article here.
Kanstul Musical Instruments, producer of professional brasswinds and supplier to the industry has been contracted by Sony / BMG Music Entertainment to produce replicas of Miles Davis’ mouthpiece to be included in a comprehensive retrospective of Miles’ music under their Legacy Recordings label. “We consider this a very special opportunity to help Sony showcase Miles’ […]
This Sunday, The Academy completed its second consecutive weekend of its annual clinic/auditions for the 2009 corps. Participants were treated to another 14 hours of solid instruction and an inside look into The Academy’s rehearsal techniques. This weekend featured opportunities for new and returning brass and percussion applicants to audition. The color guard auditions will […]
Twas the weekend before Christmas and all‘round Fort Millwas the sound of music ringing all throughout the hills. A drum corps was gathered at a camp at Nation Fordwith visions of a future covering many miles on summer tour. The food truck was set and equipment unloadedas unpleasant weather to northern travelers it boded. Read […]
The to-do list before Greg Orwoll doesn’t look like those most of us have this week. His doesn’t show gift-buying, party-planning or package-wrapping. But make no mistake: He’s making a list and checking it twice. For Orwoll, there is a lot to do if he’s going to get his Colts Drum and Bugle Corps to […]
Although the official start of winter doesn’t arrive until this Sunday, a blustery weekend is in store for the Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey area. The administration of the Jersey Surf is keeping an eye on the weather situation, and as of 12 Noon Friday, all systems are still GO for this weekend’s second rehearsal […]
The audition weekend is now January 30 to February 1, and we have scheduled a make-up rehearsal and audition for February 20-22. All remaining weekends will remain as scheduled. This will give us the same number of weekend camps as we had last year, so although right now if feels as if we’re way behind […]
The Cavaliers are happy to welcome several new talented individuals to the instructional staff for the 2009 season: Carl Eppler, Battery Percussion Supervisor Eppler’s teaching experience includes the Spirit of JSU (2003, 2004) as well as The Cavaliers since 2006. In addition to drum corps, Eppler is the arranger and caption head for the Franklin […]
Now, if this had been a drum corps camp in the Tundra, we might have understood, but this is the Northwest and we rarely get snow in our region. Hence, we had many new applicants and vets cancel before the weekend. For the 2 snare lines, full drum line and a great turn out with […]
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