Mark your calendars and prepare your appetite – we’re bringing food trucks to the Vanguard Hall! Every Tuesday evening from 5:00-8:00pm, come visit us at 1795 Space Park Drive in Santa Clara to enjoy a delicious meal from some of the Bay Area’s most popular food trucks. We’ve got plenty of parking so bring the […]
We had a successful audition camp this past weekend for color guard and percussion! Thank you to everyone that made the trip to Beloit, Wisconsin to audition. We were honored to have you here and we hope you enjoyed the weekend. There’s still time to audition as we have 3 more opportunities upcoming: Read the […]
The 52nd year of the Seattle Cascades is off to a great start! On Saturday the drum corps welcomed over 125 brass musicians, percussionists, and color guard members from the northwest area to participate in a day of drum corps at College Place Middle School in Lynnwood. After a brief introduction from Michael Tran, the […]
Blue Knights Alum, Brooke Vissoc, from Tipp City, Ohio is attending Wright State University and is majoring in Music Education. She was recently accepted into the United States Army Band on Trumpet. Brooke with Trumpet Legend, Doc Severinson We took a few moments to ask her some questions: Read the rest of the article here.
While we prep for the 2018 season, we wanted to share some more developments and changes coming from us at the Oregon Crusaders. OC has brought on Keith Jones as our Food Coordinator, who has been working with our current cook team and health teams to develop an improved meal plan for our corps. Read […]
Drum corps has more than 400,000 fans, dozens of competitive groups and a series of competitions around the nation that last all summer and lead to the world championships in Indianapolis, Indiana. Whether it’s playing a brass/percussive instrument or performing with the color guard, Drum Corps International, founded in 1972, is the non-profit organization behind […]
Maximilian began his drum corps career with the Oregon Crusaders in 2008 as a mellophone player. He continued performing on the field until 2011, when he served as their drum major. The following year, he returned to the field for his age-out during the organization’s 2012 Open Class championship production. Maximilian was added to the […]
Give thanks at Thanksgiving. Get great deals on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Then, the next day —#GivingTuesday — is the perfect day to donate to Pacific Crest. For the third year, Pacific Crest will participate in #GivingTuesday 2017. Now, you can join millions from around the world to show your support on this global […]
Cisco Hance Percussion Caption Head/Designer Osman “Cisco” Hance currently resides in Port St. Lucie, FL. He has been involved with DCI since 2003. He started marching with Magic of Orlando under the instruction of Colin McNutt and Brian Tinkel. In 2005 he joined Carolina Crown and acted as center snare and percussion section leader from […]
Thom Hannum, Percussion Director/Arranger Thom Hannum is entering his sixth year as Director of Percussion for the Crown Drum Corps. He will share the duties of arranging for and directing the Crown percussion program with Percussion Caption Supervisor Travis Peterman and Front Ensemble Supervisor/Arranger Jim Ancona. Read the rest of the article here.
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