In anticipation of Vanguard’s 50 year anniversary in 2017, we want to hear from you! Stop by the Vanguard Story booth this Thursday and Friday during DCI Championships Week. Tell us about your favorite memory as a member, staff, parent or fan! What does Vanguard, Vanguard Cadets, Winter Guard, Winter Percussion, B-Corps mean to you? […]
Every year, the day before prelims at Lucas Oil Stadium, Drum Corps International hosts a Performers’ Showcase (also known as Individual & Ensemble, or I&E) competition for soloists and small groups from competing drum corps to come together in a different kind of friendly competition. This year, the Blue Knights had 15 performers participate, and […]
Drums rattled, trumpets blared and banners flew into the sky at as The Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps rehearsed Monday at Harding High School. The elite 150-member marching band, originally formed in 1937 in Madison, Wisconsin, is made up of young men ages 14 to 21 who are mostly music or music education majors. […]
On August 1st, the members and staff of the 2015 Santa Clara Vanguard ditched their rehearsal clothes and threw on something nice for the annual Awards Banquet celebration in Pottsville, PA. After two blocks of rehearsal in the morning, the Corps was released to shower and get dressed for the evening. As the buses departed […]
Chers Phans, Good morning from Danville, Indiana! We have just arrived at our last housing site for the summer. This is when the countdown to finals day starts to feel very real. Last night was our final regular season show in Massillon, Ohio. It is bittersweet, because while the crowds at these shows are always […]
Gathered in a huddle, members of the Phantom Regiment field pit took a deep breath, one last glance at each other and they were ready. Sharing handshakes, high-fives and hugs before they made their way to the field as the first of seven drum corps to take the field at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium on […]
Crown finished the last regional of 2015 with the top score after setting J. Birney Crum Stadium in Allentown, PA “ablaze” this past Saturday night! The huge crowd was on their feet even before Crown played the last note of the show. After rehearsing at Nazareth High School on Friday and then in Allentown on […]
There was little shade for the Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps as it rehearsed in the hot sun at the Greenwood Chevrolet Falcon Stadium on Sunday. Though the corps is based in Casper, Wyo., its director, Fred Morris, is a 1969 Austintown Fitch High School alumnus who played in the drum line for the school’s […]
Coming off a strong competitive run through Minnesota, Illinois, and Missouri, it was time to slap on our spurs and take the South by storm. On July 14, the Corps woke for a rehearsal day in Norman, Oklahoma, and the midwestern leg of our tour was but a memory. The sun was bright and the […]
If you’ve seen the Blue Knights this year, chances are you’ve seen Alberto Viñado, a Blue Knights marimba player from Dallas, TX. He’s been playing marimba for 11 years–since he was in 6th grade–and recently took some time off from school to work as a pit tech in the Dallas area. The Blue Knights front […]
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