After spending most of the 2009 Drum Corps International Tour trailing Carolina Crown, Santa Clara Vanguard edged ahead to take second place (90.550) at the Pearl Presents the Masters of the Summer Music Games event in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Thursday, July 23. In third place, Crown scored 90.100 while the Cavaliers continued their upward climb from […]
With less than three weeks left in the season, Phantom Regiment has just completed a massive overhaul of its 2009 show "The Red Violin." In today’s Field Pass, Dan Potter talks with Regiment program director Dan Farrell about those changes as well as the challenges the corps is working to overcome in 2009. Have a […]
By late afternoon next Friday, July 31, the North Andover High School football field will be filled with music, drumming and dancing as the visiting Madison Scouts of Madison, Wis., — one of only two all-male drum and bugle corps in the world — practices for a competition. The large rehearsal is free to the […]
Tune in to the DCI Fan Network on Saturday, July 25, for a live Webcast of the DCI Atlanta Southeastern Championship, presented by Lake Oconee and Greene County, Ga. This event will be the very first time this season that all 22 World Class corps will compete head-to-head, and you won’t want to miss this […]
Pacific Crest’s 2009 Golf Tournament, presented by John Hancock Financial Services, takes place Friday, October 9th, at the Los Serranos Golf and Country Club in Chino HIlls. For more information, contact tournament chair Phil Mortensen at 714-309-0546 or via email. You can also download the brochure and registration form. Read the rest of the article […]
For 10-months, the Holy Name Cadets Silent Auction Committee has been working hard to bring you an eclectic and fabulous inventory of items that will be available for bid during the Cadets Summer Diamond Bash on Aug. 1 in Montclair, N.J. As the largest celebration in Holy Name history nears, the Committee releases the Silent […]
Pounding drums and blaring horns thundered through M.M. Roberts Stadium Wednesday as hundreds of high school students participated in a workshop with a decorated drum and bugle corps from California. The interactive workshop, held at the University of Southern Mississippi, was hosted by Drum Corps International – a global, marching group providing percussion entertainment and […]
The Glassmen will unfortunately join the ranks of corps that have performers “under the weather” tonight, as some members were recently diagnosed with an upper respiratory illness. The corps has chosen to sit out from this evening’s DCI Southern Mississippi event in Hattiesburg, Miss. to give performers a chance to recover. The Mandarins also had […]
Stephanie Lee is the first female drum major in the history of the Santa Clara Vanguard. And she just might be the most "orchestral" conductor the corps has ever had as well. Dan Potter has more with Stephanie in today’s Field Pass. Have a question, comment or request for Field Pass? Leave a message for […]
Dear Friends, Family & Supporters of the GLASSMEN, Just a quick note from the road to update you on the happenings of the corps, and dispel any rumors or misinformation that may be circulating. Yesterday, we took seven members of the GLASSMEN to the local hospital as they were complaining of flu-like symptoms. Six of […]
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