Alumni, will you be in Indianapolis for DCI Championships this year? If so, we’d like for you to join us for two special events. First, please join us for breakfast with the A Corps on Friday, August 10 (time TBA). The breakfast will take place at the A Corps’ housing site. Read the rest of […]
The rehearsal days are finally here! The Cadets are in the middle of their three-day stay in Cullowhee, NC at Western Carolina University. George Hopkins is back on tour as well as a nearly full panel of design staff, including brass arranger Jay Bocook and drill writer Jeff Sacktig. Yesterday, the corps learned a whopping […]
A national champion drum and bugle corps took a pit stop in North Platte Sunday, practicing at North Platte High School. “We are on an eight-week national tour,” said Dan Farrell, program director for the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Crops based in Rockford, Ill. “We’re between performances in Denver and Omaha.” Read the rest […]
Drum Corps International has received a statement from the board of directors of the Teal Sound Drum and Bugle Corps, announcing its decision to suspend operations for the remainder of the 2012 season, effective immediately. “We are saddened to learn of the loss of this great drum corps from the balance of the 2012 DCI […]
Today we celebrated the life of Daniel J. Burke, beloved husband and father, son, brother, friend, board member, and educator. “A Life Remembered” stories were shared by Frank Meacham, Blue Knights alumnus and a dear friend for 30 years, Mark Arnold, friend and Executive Director of Ascend Performing Arts, and John Milota, a friend and […]
The winds were strong and the clouds were menacing. Experts pegged the chance of rain at 60 percent. Ninety minutes later, the sky was Wyoming blue with nary a whispy cloud. It turns out Friday’s “Drums Along the Rockies — Casper” was the only Drums Along the Rockies event this season. Read the rest of […]
As rehearsal was coming to a close at Jackson on Saturday, I was watching the radar. A storm was coming and it was going to rain, but how much? We decided after a conference to NOT open the stadium until after the rain. Clearing the location would be tough and there was not a great […]
Alex Liddell, 19, was a drum major at Auburn High School his junior and senior years, conducting the band at sports games and helping the band director run rehearsals. During his senior year last year, he was asked to play tuba in the school’s band to beef up the brass section. He did. He then […]
Despite a short but scary electrical storm, the Jackson, N.J. show did go on. Read also YEA CEO George Hopkins’ account of the evening’s excitement. At first, the day seemed normal. The Cadets and Cadets2 rehearsed through the miserable, 100-degree heat in Jackson, N.J. Saturday. While the crunchy, clumpy grass made it more difficult on […]
Your chance to order tickets for Show of Shows in Rockford on Sunday are coming to an end. Buy your tickets now and choose your exact seat! (Tickets will be held at will call). Show of Shows – Rockford, Illinois Sunday July 15 7pm – Buy Now *** Online ticket sales end Tues 7/10 at […]
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