A pair of Del Valle High School students have become members of a world-class drum and bugle corps and are spending the summer traveling the country with the band. Senior Carsten Patino-Pickert and 2009 Del Valle graduate Matthew Escalante were accepted to the Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps, which is regarded as one of […]
It was a very loud night in Salem Monday as thousands came out for the annual Drum Corps International competition. These tough economic times couldn’t slow down this show-stopper. The Summer Music Games feature some of the elite drum and bugle corps from all over the country and the show always wows the crowd. Read […]
For two years, Jason Ciesla has flown from his home in Orlando to join Carolina Crown, the Fort Mill-based drum corps. Why travel all that way? The team’s that good, he said. Read the rest of the article here.
The biggest weekend in the history of the Holy Name Cadets is coming fast and the great seats to these events are selling even faster! Now with only a five days left to go, the additional seat Giants Stadium released in the VIP and Premium Reserved Section are nearly gone. If you’re interested in the […]
Kathy Briggs Hlavac still has the drumsticks she held as a girl marching in Norwich in 1962. Every once in a while, she picks them up, just to see if she still remembers how to hold them. “It’s in your blood,” said Briggs Hlavac, 62, of playing with the Fire-ettes All Girl Drum & Bugle […]
Still at the top of the heap, Blue Devils wowed more than 12,000 fans at the Atlanta Georgia dome on Saturday, July 25, with a first place finish at the DCI Atlanta Southeastern Championship presented by Lake Oconee & Greene County, Ga.. “The corps is extremely hungry and that’s what we love about them,” said […]
The Blue Devils kept their undefeated streak intact Friday, July 24, after the completion of the second day of competition at the Pearl Presents the Masters of the Summer Music Games event in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Earning a score of 93.200 – the highest of any corps to date – the Devils came out on top […]
Friday night in Hot-lanta, and it’s time for drum corps in the sultry south. Dan Potter previews the Southeastern Championship and has your voicemails in today’s Field Pass. Have a question, comment or request for Field Pass? Leave a message for Dan Potter by phone at 317.489.9385 or by e-mail at fieldpass [at] dci [dot] […]
The Crossmen are pleased to announce the election of two new members to the Crossmen Hall of Fame, George Hopkins and Gary Cuzzocrea. Gerorge Hopkins, a charter member of the Crossmen, started his drum corps career in 1968 as a member of the Holt’s Hornets in Clifton Heights, PA. He then moved with the corps […]
Four trumpet players from Murray County are touring the United States this summer and competing in Drum Corps International (DCI) and Drum Corps Associates (DCA) contests across the country. All of these young men are current or alumni members of the Murray County High School Marching Indians. Emmanuel Nieto, a senior, and Josh Graham, a […]
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