Alumni and friends in the North Jersey area are invited to hop on the bus to see The Cadets debut their summer production, Toy Souldier, on June 18 at J. Birney Crum Stadium in Allentown, Pa. The bus provided to the Holy Name alumni chapter will leave the Garfield VFW on Outerwater Lane at 4:30 […]
Who, exactly, are these volunteers? They’re the unsung heroes of drum corps, putting in as many hours behind the scenes as members do on the field. They cook for hungry performers and staff, sew flags, drive trucks, and perform countless other tasks and activities at all hours of the day. Though volunteers receive no compensation […]
For a lot of us, drumming is a nervous habit. We tap out a rhythm with fingers or toes – making our own music. Chances are, we can’t do 210 beats a minute, however. But that’s the tempo the elite Cadet Drum and Bugle Corps plans to reach at this year’s training camp being held […]
Fort Mill High School band students will have a chance to see international championship drum corps in action on June 20, and the community is invited to join them. FirstBEAT, a drum corps competition sponsored by Fort Mill-based Carolina Crown, will be held June 20 at the Fort Mill High School stadium. A portion of […]
Join Carolina Crown this Sunday evening, June 13th for a full run-through in uniform of their 2010 production "A Second Chance". The run-through will be at the Crown MMX training camp in Spangler Football Stadium, on the campus of Gardner Webb University. All fans, friends, and supporters of Crown are encourged ot attend. Admission is […]
A world class drum and bugle corps is in Thomasville getting ready for a summer tour of competitions. The corps is made up of 135 of the top talented high school and college music students from across the country. And their training camp isn’t for the faint at heart. "This is a high school marching […]
Sponsors of Musical Enrichment, Inc. (S.O.M.E.), a San Joaquin County, Calif. non-profit corporation, is now accepting applications for the 2010 Jim Ott Scholarship. The $3000 award will be given to a graduating high school senior or a student presently attending an institution of higher learning. To be eligible for the scholarship, students must: • Demonstrate […]
The Cadets are proud to announce what might be the most interesting class of honorees for entrance, and re-entrance to the Cadets Hall of Fame. As records were reviewed, calls made, and history books reopened, The Hall of Fame Committee has also discovered some errors of omission to correct as we move to a new […]
Brad Paisley sings about just another “American Saturday Night.” On a Wyoming Sunday night in early June at Douglas High, a couple of hundred people and a shivering Yorkie witnessed the first performance of the 2010 season by the Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps. After just nine days of rehearsal, it was a quick glimpse […]
The Phantom Regiment lost another alumnus over the weekend. Dan Bohan (percussion 1978-1981) lost his life in a traffic accident this past Saturday in Huntsville, Texas where he had lived since 1990. Dan grew up in Quincy, Illinois and marched with the Flying Dutchmen from 1973 – 1977. Dan then joined the Phantom Regiment in […]
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