Saturday evening, the voting membership of Drum Corps International gathered to pass final judgment on each of the 2010 rules proposals that were forwarded from the earlier instructors caucus session. The voting membership agreed the proposal to allow a sound engineer in the press box is a procedural change and did not need to be […]
Mrs. Connie Kardash, “Mrs. K,” former Quarter Mistress (1953-61) of The Cadets, passed away Jan. 21st following a brief illness. She was approaching her 98th birthday and, until today, held the distinction of “Oldest Surviving Member of the Cadet Family.” She is the mother of Cadet soprano bugler Bill Kardash who marched with the Holy […]
As the Chase Community Giving campaign comes to a close, we’d like to give thanks to the drum corps community, for uniting in support of the efforts of Carolina Crown, the Cavaliers, the Colts and Phantom Regiment. Though it doesn’t look like a drum corps will break into the top 6 prize-winning charities, the efforts […]
This afternoon, corps staff members gathered in Indianapolis for the DCI Annual Meeting discussed eight 2010 rules proposals, recommending whether or not each should be sent along for a final vote by representatives of the DCI member corps. Read more about all eight rules proposals in detail. With a unanimous vote, the proposal to allow […]
The January camp was definitely a big step forward towards the 2010 season. For one of the few times ever, attendance showed a substantial increase from the December camp. The January camp allowed for consolidation of Northern California and Southern California audition sessions. We also had attendees from our Hawaii workshop, and a number of […]
The Drum Major for the 2010 season is Patrick Beare. He currently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico and is a music education major at the University of New Mexico also studying percussion and conducting. He comes to the Cascades as a rook-out after marching with Oregon Crusaders as their tenor section leader in 2009. The […]
The Mandarins have posted a photo montage from their recent January rehearsal camp. You can check out the photos on their website here.
The Madison Scouts have posted a video recap of their December rehearsal camp. The video features rehearsal footage of the horn line and percussion practicing "Rhapsody in Blue" as well as Jim Mason speaking to the Scouts during camp. View the video here.
Friday January 15 saw the return of warm weather to Florida just in time for the Crusaders to roll into town. Program Coordinator Jay Kennedy arrived with music for the hornline hot off the presses, and the instructional staff prepared to whittle the final membership down to the 2010 instrumentation. Before camp officially starts with […]
Field Visual Sheet Change Judge George Oliviero has offered a proposal to, “Create a field visual sheet that is parallel in structure to the other visual sheets. This means that the field visual sheet will be clearly separated into a ‘what’ and ‘how’ sheet. The three other visual sheets have a similar consideration of what/how.” […]
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