To many college students, summer means it’s time to take that long-awaited road trip. Liberty University student Michael Kerr is doing that, but as part of one of the top drum and bugle organizations in the world, The Cadets. Kerr, a rising junior, is spending his summer touring with The Cadets, a drum and bugle […]
After the show with C2 in Lynn, MA, The Cadets drove back to Meriden, CT for two more days. This is the housing site where the turf stadium at the middle school is about a 10-minute drive from the high school where the food truck is set up. This morning and (like yesterday), the brass […]
The corps weather the storm in Central Indiana as Carolina Crown wins, the Madison Scouts top the Cavaliers for the first time in 14 years and the audience propels all performers to new heights in Muncie. Dan Potter brings us stories from weekend three of Drum Corps International’s 40th Anniversary Tour in this full-length Field […]
Marching band’s major league performed for fans and students at the Music For All Summer Symposium on Friday night at Scheumann Stadium. Drum Corps International brought seven corps from the World Class division to Muncie. The event was initially scheduled to start at 7 p.m. but was pushed back due to high temperatures.\ Read the […]
Joining the team of educators for the 2012 System Blue Midwest Drum Major and Leadership Camp for a special guest session is DCI Hall of Fame member Shirley Dorritie. Her presentation on maximizing performance when under pressure is hailed as a truly a life-changing event. Shirley holds an MA in Counseling Psychology with a Certificate […]
The first competition of the season can be scary. No longer in practice, corps are now at the mercy of the judges for what is right and what is wrong. Those performing will usually feel the sting of nerves as they pulse throughout their body and the rush of adrenaline pushing them to get past […]
The Denver Broncos start training camp at the end of this month. But on football fields across Denver, hundreds of pro athletes are already in game mode. “You have to pick things up pretty quickly,” Jackson McClellan, who’s in his rookie season with the Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps said. “You just kind of […]
Back in New York, The Cadets hornline learned some new choreography in marching rehearsal to accompany the musical changes at the end of “Jingle Bells.” Visual staff members Austin Greene and James Gow came up with the sequence and taught it to the corps yesterday morning as the members sang their parts to the jam-out […]
Carolina Crown took top honors (1st, 76.90) Friday, June 29 in Muncie, Ind., surpassing the Madison Scouts (2nd, 72.80) by 4.1 points and The Cavaliers (3rd, 71.70) by 5.2 points at Drum Corps International’s DCI Central Indiana event. Crown’s seventh straight victory on the 2012 DCI Tour, tonight’s results also marked the first time in […]
On Friday, June 29, at Pendleton Heights High School in Pendleton, Ind., The Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps’ management team made the decision to end rehearsal due to an intense and rapidly developing storm cell making its way into the area. While members, staff and volunteers were evacuating the rehearsal field, a sudden gust of […]
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