The Mandarins have posted their Spring 2012 VideoLetter on the corps website. The video reports on the corps’ 50th anniversary in 2013, percussion partnerships with Yamaha and Zildjian, and more. Watch the video here.
Boundaries can limit. They can also protect. Boundaries can divide opposing forces, or provide a framework within which games are played. Boundaries define what one does or does not do, what is acceptable or unacceptable. They also define who is in, and who is out. Boundaries protect us from enemies, but also fence us in. […]
The Cascades have posted a video from their April camp. The video shows a run of the intro from the corps’ 2012 program, “Shinto”, as the corps has made their way outdoors for rehearsal. View the video here.
Believe it or not, move-in weekend is here! At 8 a.m. this morning, the Allentown office crew and a few Cadets met up in the lot to drive the loaded convoy to Johnstown, Pa. This afternoon and evening we will unload and settle in so that the members, staff and volunteers are set up for […]
The Music Department at Irvine Valley College will once again be a featured sponsor of Corps at the Crest. “Since Dr. Stephen Rochford arrived at Irvine Valley College, the music program has garnered respect,” explained Executive Director Stuart Pompel. “A number of our performers have been students at IVC, and I’m excited about our being […]
We need your help! Pacific Crest is sponsoring the So Cal Sneak Preview on Saturday, June 16, at Glen A. Wilson High School in Hacienda Heights. The evening includes a spaghetti dinner and sneak preview performances from our Southern California drum corps — Gold, Impulse, VK, and Pacific Crest. Read the rest of the article […]
Members of The Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps’ brass, percussion, and color guard made their way back to Rosemont, Ill., for the 2012 April Camp just three weeks before the summer officially begins on May 18 with the start of Pre-Tour. The last three-day camp weekend of the 2012 season, held April 27-29, was the […]
(Stadium) LIGHTS, (TV) CAMERAS, (Drum Corps) ACTION! The Drum Corps International Tour returns this summer to movie theaters nationwide for two ultra-exciting one-night-only cinema events. DCI will once again team up with National Cinemedia’s Fathom Events for the second-annual DCI Tour Premiere which will be shown in movie theaters on Monday, June 18. Read the […]
In the spring of 2008, the Madison Scouts continued to face an uphill battle to recruit and retain high-quality male color guard members in a area dominated by females and in an activity where most units are now co-ed. “The evolution of color guard in drum corps was really very evident in the late 70s […]
Dave Shaw received a wonderful update from John Baumfalk’s niece Judi Van Houten: “John continues to live in Southern California, not Reno or Las Vegas. He has been at a Board and Care home in Anaheim for a couple of years now. Read the rest of the article here.
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