Three corps broke 90 points for the first time this season as the Drum Corps International Tour took a breather from temperatures breaking 90 and 100-degrees across the country inside the air conditioned Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Texas’ three Open Class corps served as the opening act to the annual DCI Southwestern Championship on […]
The Cadets’ second day at The Berry Center in Houston, Tex. was both successful and educational. The corps maintained a normal rehearsal schedule, while building in some time to let local high school students experience drum corps from the inside. Eric Kitchenman, the director of YEA!’s Urban Arts Center in Allentown, headed up the clinic […]
Charlotte based Jazz Ensenble “Compass” will provide pre-event entertainment at this year’s NightBEAT Tour of Champions VIP Reception. Just like the device after which it is named, Compass can steer audiences homeward with its progressive yet familiar sound. Compass specializes in original material and challenging choice covers from the last three decades of jazz. Smooth […]
The Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps is one of the oldest of the elite American groups attached to Drum Corps International. Founded in 1934 in New Jersey and currently based in Allentown, Pa., the Cadets have been traveling the country the entire summer, performing the same show in different cities every night, save for a […]
For the past 33 years, the city of Allentown has become the center of the drum corps universe as the Drum Corps International “carnival” of DCI Eastern championships rolls into the Lehigh Valley. The championships have all the can’t-miss carnival elements: Funnel cakes, French fries, drum corps rehearsing in the park and then performing before […]
At about 11:00 PM our equipment truck was rear ended while traveling from Denton, TX to San Antonio TX. The accident happened while passing through construction in Waco, TX on I-35 at mile post 338A. There were no members involved in the accident and our truck driver was unhurt. The student buses were far behind […]
The Boston Crusaders and the Madison Scouts are pleased to announce “The Old School Challenge Rematch” an 10-day fundraising blitz that pits two of drum corps’ oldest units in a head-to-head battle for financial supremacy. Starting at 12:01am, Wednesday July 20th, and continuing until 11:59pm Friday the 29th, the two corps will compete against each […]
Three new members were inducted into the Bluecoats Hall of Fame at a special ceremony held during the intermission of the Innovations in Brass Drum Corps Competition, in Akron, OH on Thursday, July 7, 2011. Scott Swaldo, President of the Bluecoats Board of Directors presented the awards to Dinah Armey, Debbie Pietrangelo, and Tom Rarick. […]
After a Wednesday performance at Corona del Sol High School in Tempe, the 150 local musicians who make up the Academy Drum and Bugle Corps hit the road later that night on a competition tour that will take them around the country. The group, which is made up of musicians ages 16 to 22, is […]
The Cadets are looking for a few good…very good…volunteers to help in the souvenir operation as we head down the home stretch. The Angels and Demons are ready for the “rush” of the last third of the drum corps season. Everything needs to be prepared for the traditional increase in sales at the souvenir trailer, […]
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