200+ students performed a demonstration concert on Sunday, December 7th. Showing friends, family, and Pacific Crest alumni what they had learned these past two Sundays, the Workshop students performed a brief concert at Diamond Bar High School to wrap up the Fall Workshop series. Halfway through the concert, the rain began, and everyone filed into […]
On Saturday, December 6, the Boston Crusaders family lost one of our own. Joseph P. Ricci Jr, current board member, former Director of the corps, passed away suddenly. Joe was beloved by all who knew him. Please submit and share your stories of Joe in our forum. Funeral from the Robert J. Lawler and Crosby […]
Phantom Regiment is pleased to announce the return of Rick Subel to the Regiment staff. Rick will be taking on the roles of guard designer and caption head for the 2009 season. He was last on the Regiment guard staff from 2005 to 2007. Also returning in his choreographer role since 2005 is Michael James. […]
Auditions for the 2009 Crossmen began last week at sites in Kansas City, MO and West Chester, PA. They continued this week with over 430 young musicians attended an eXperience/audition camp in San Antonio and Dallas. This was the second year for the corps to offer camps at two Texas locations and the first to […]
What a great weekend for the Colts Family! The banquet allowed us to hear final words from many of our age outs, and the kick off meeting on Sunday introduced the staff and excitement of 2009. If you were unable to be here with us, we wish you could have been to share the experience! […]
We are excited to announce James Wilson as our Brass Caption-Head. James is an alumnus of the Madison Scouts and is originally from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. He received his Bachelor’s of Music degree from the University of Tulsa. He has been a brass instructor for Southwind Drum & Bugle Corps and numerous schools in Oklahoma […]
The Annual Awards Banquet held at the Four Points by Sheraton ON November 21, 2008, captured the accomplishments of the Blue Knights’ 50th year! Although filled with celebrations, the year was bittersweet with the remembrances of Becky Yarberry, former BK tour director and Percussion Ensemble member, Chris Danskin, avid Blue Knights supporter, and Debbie Blaiszik, […]
The Santa Clara Vanguard completed another successful Thanksgiving weekend Clinic/Audition, with the brass section performing a draft of the opening segment from the summer program "Ballet for Martha." On Friday morning prospective and veteran members arrived from all over the United States and Canada, primarily from western states and provinces and overwhelmingly from California. Many […]
Volunteers are needed for the remaining five winter camps, Spring Training and Summer Tour 2009. Specifically, the upcoming camp on Dec. 12-14 is in need of volunteer cooks while future camps will also require the help of seamstresses and builders. “Parents, family members, alumni, supporters and fans anyone is welcome to come out and help […]
Ken Karlin returns to the Madison Scouts visual staff for a second season as both drill writer and caption supervisor. Ken has been a member of the Blue Devils’ visual staff for over ten years and works with James Logan High School. “We are excited to have Ken return in a greater capacity,” said Corps […]
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