She is small in stature, but big in heart. Texas-native Adora Choquette (pronounced Sho-Ket, despite what some announcers may proclaim) is one of the Blue Knights’ drum majors and big fan of cute puppies. No stranger to Drum Corps International, Adora was a conductor for the Blue Knights in 2014, as well as a drum […]
Week 7 culminates with a long-running DCI tradition in Allentown, PA. Sunday, July 26 – Rehearsal – John Hardin HS, Elizabethtown, KY Monday, July 27 – Rehearsal – Watkins Memorial HS, Pataskala, OH Tuesday, July 28 – Show: Erie, PA Wednesday, July 29 – Show: Rome, NY Read the rest of the article here.
Chers Phans, Good afternoon! Here is a recap of the first part of the week. After pushing our performance to the next level at the San Antonio regional, the corps was ready for some down time. On Sunday, we had a short block in the afternoon before heading to laundry. Cleaning clothes in San Antonio […]
We are just over three weeks away from finals in Indianapolis! It has been an incredible journey so far and the best is yet to come. The Academy’s show “A Step In Time” is thrilling crowds everywhere we go! Every day the show gets better and better. Our scores are climbing and the crowds are […]
Chers Phans, Good evening! Saturday marked the end of the Regiment’s 2015 Texas Tour with the San Antonio Regional in the Alamodome. It was an incredible performance for a very receptive crowd. Read the rest of the article here.
Hamilton Drum Corps Classic at Virgil Schwarm Stadium at Hamilton High School Saturday, July 25, at 7 p.m. “I am very excited that we are able to bring this to Hamilton. I love drum corps. What you get to see in a two-hour show is amazing,” said Shawna Lindsay, president, Hamilton High School Band Parents, […]
Traveling across the country in a summer drum corps takes most participants thousands of miles from home. For percussionist Matt Johnson, a Pennsylvania college student, a piece of home has followed each performance of his drum corps, Jersey Surf, including at his most recent show in Broken Arrow. Read the rest of the article here.
After leaving Riverside and saying goodbye to our beautiful home state of California, the Corps set east, trekking through the Midwest to share “The Spark of Invention” with eager audiences patiently awaiting our arrival in their home town. Our first stop was in Arizona, where the sun was bright and the temperatures high. The key […]
World Drum Corps Hall of Fame member Don Pesceone, who served as Drum Corps International’s (DCI) first full-time executive director from 1973 to 1994, passed away at age 75 on Wednesday July 8, 2015 at Elmhurst Memorial Hospital with complications from pulmonary fibrosis. He was a longtime resident of Villa Park, Illinois. He was also […]
On Saturday, July 11th, Ascend Performing Arts hosted an iconic show of the drum corps season: Drums Along the Rockies. Four students from Cherry Creek High School in Greenwood Village, CO won VIP tickets to Drums Along the Rockies and were personally escorted around to Blue Knights’ warm up zones of their choice, had the […]
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