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In The News: Weather Dampens Drum And Bugle Corps Competition

At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Canton mayoral candidate Chip Conde said he could not have asked for a better night. By 8:50, the sky darkened with the fall of night and the threat of rain, which fell hard on the 2011 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival Drum Corps International competition at Paul Brown Tiger […]

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Cadets Prepare For Last Regular Season Show

The Cadets rehearsed all day in Indiana, Pa. yesterday and performed a run-through at the end of the day for the community. Last year, we stayed at Indiana Area High School for a few days, so some eager locals were a little disappointed to see the corps leave so soon. It was a good turnout […]

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In The News: Troopers Head To Indianapolis For DCI Finals

Even the busiest guys on the planet have time to go to Wal-Mart with their 3-year-old granddaughters. On Monday afternoon, Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps director Fred Morris was cruising Wal-Mart in Cambridge Springs, Pa., with 3-year-old granddaughter, Madison Grace. Read the rest of the article here.

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2011 DCI Field Pass Episode 40

A wild back-and-forth weekend sets the stage for a dramatic World Championships week! Dan Potter has results and reaction plus a preview of Thursday’s “Drum Corps at the Movies: Big, Loud and Live 8” in today’s Field Pass presented by Zildjian. Have a Field Pass question, comment or request? Leave a message for Dan Potter […]

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2011 DCI Open Class Prelims Report

For the first time in eight years, a DCI World Championship event was canceled due to severe weather. The Open Class Prelims came to a halt on Monday, Aug. 8 after only two corps had performed at Ames Field in Michigan City, Ind. Although the event was scheduled to feature 18 Open and International Class […]

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Great TOC Finale In New Meadowlands Stadium

The Cadets had a great day of rehearsal in the New Meadowlands Stadium again yesterday. Security was tight, as is expected at such a large stadium, but the facility was well worth the extra trouble.The New Meadowlands is currently the most expensive sports stadium ever built, at a cost of $1.6 billion. The corps finished […]

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DCI East A Success In Spite Of Rain

Yesterday, The Cadets rehearsed at the New Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey (home of the New York Giants and New York Jets). Rehearsal ended early at 3:30 in order to leave enough time to travel to Allentown, Pa. for the last regional of the year. The rain didn’t stop The Cadets in Allentown last night […]

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2011 DCI Eastern Classic Saturday Night Report

Despite on and off again rain showers throughout the entire event, 12 of Drum Corps International’s World Class competed without a delay during the second day of the DCI Eastern Classic on Saturday, Aug. 6 in Allentown, Pa. Holding onto a win by a mere half a tenth of a point were the Blue Devils, […]

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In The News: Drums Along The Mohawk

The music can be heard throughout Rome as the city pulses with the beat of the annual “Drums Along the Mohawk.” Our Kat De Maria spent the evening listening to the performances and joined us from the event. Read the rest of the article here.

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In The News: Troopers Drum And Bugle Corps Inspires Applause Despite Weather

The Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps, Casper, Wyo., a group of 141 young adults from across the nation, performed its brief but powerful show “The Road Home” for a crowd of 135 people inside Schuylkill Haven Area High School’s Zwerling Auditorium on Saturday night. The combination of trained performers, numerous tubas and trumpets and the […]

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