The Cadets just pulled into Landisville Middle School in Landisville, PA after a little less than a 10-hour trek up the East Coast from Charlotte, NC. The corps is consistently performing well, and their show at Night Beat at the fourth Tour of Champions show last night was no exception—especially after rehearsing under partly cloudy […]
After a weekend of three big back-to-back shows, the Blue Devils remain undefeated. But, Carolina Crown is closing fast. Meanwhile, The Cadets leap-frog into third as we enter the run-up to the conclusion of Drum Corps International’s 40th anniversary season. Dan Potter covers a huge weekend of drum corps action in a full-length Monday edition […]
This week, the corps begins its move out of the South and toward Allentown, PA. Read the rest of the story for details about this week. Monday, July 30 – Show Day: CrownBEAT, Raleigh/Durham, NC (Housing at Southern High School, Durham, NC) Tuesday, July 31 – Show Day: Drum Corps in Northern Virginia, Warrenton, VA […]
Thank you! We knew you would make sure we defeated the rival Cavaliers! In our inaugural Backyard Brawl fundraising challenge, however, we both came out winners. We both were able to get a great start on our fall fundraising, which is always the most difficult time of the year for drum corps. For that, we […]
The Three Rivers Summer Music Games has been host to many of Drum Corps International’s top corps during its history of competitions at Baldwin High School that began in 1995. But never before have so many drum and bugle corps appeared in Pittsburgh just days before the DCI World Championships. Read the rest of the […]
Results from the July 28 DCI Southeastern Championship in Atlanta determine the performance order for each night of the DCI Eastern Classic. Once seeded in score order within their respective events, corps were drawn at random in groups of three (First through third, fourth through sixth, etc.) to determine the performance order. Read the rest […]
The Cadets woke up at 8:00 a.m. in Nashville, TN yesterday for a short set of rehearsal blocks before the show in Murfreesboro. As I walked around at breakfast, something felt odd about the morning, and I realized that temperatures were below 90 at 8:15. While the day did get hot, it was a much […]
It’s the tap-tap of a snare, and the light flashing off a polished horn. It’s the squeal of a trumpet and the smack of a rifle in the hand. And for hundreds of young people from all across the country, this is the big leagues and a moment that they have worked so hard to […]
During our performance in Little Rock, Arkansas, one of our tuba players fell and had to be assisted off the field. The performer fell at the start of Tarantella Red, the last part of our first production, and was assisted off the field at the start of our second production, Yellow. The performer was seen […]
Entering uncharted territory can be a daunting feat for many. With so many unknowns, it can be hard to get past the simple idea that what you are doing is completely new. It’s when you allow yourself to get consumed into the notion of newness that you forget to live through the actual event. For […]
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