Even with bad weather and no thanks to Drum Corps International, five groups at the 20th-annual Maple City Sound’s Music Under the Stars show entertained a packed grandstand Wednesday evening. Four drum corps and a local marching band played for around two hours Wednesday night to the crowd of around 2,500 spectators at Maple City […]
Editor’s note: This is the fifth of a five-part series featuring the drum and bugle corps which will perform at “Thunder in Oregon” July 7 at Ontario High School. This week’s drum and bugle corps: The Santa Clara Vanguard. Drum Corps International will hold an event featuring five drum and bugle corps in Ontario July […]
31years ago Drums Along the Mohawk was an idea in Claudette Wire’s head. "It began as a fundraiser for a corps for my children were marching in, and it just kind of kept going." said Wire, now the Executive Director of the event. Every year drum corp international teams, from all over the country, visit […]
Among the more enthusiastic "early adopters" of the new technology available to corps this year is Spirit. From an electronic string bass, to steel drums, to the music of classic rock’s Kansas, this isn’t your father’s Spirit. Find out more about the new direction the corps is taking this year – and why – all […]
Every year a member of the Phantom Regiment keeps a daily journal for all of our regiment.org Phans to read. This year, that person is Daniel Treuman. The journal has been up and running, but we’ve also created an RSS feed so that you can keep up to date very easily. Just subscribe to it: […]
The Holy Name Cadets are thrilled to share the news that their first drum major and founding member, John Baumfalk, will be an honored guest at the Cadets Summer Diamond Bash on Aug. 1 in Montclair, N.J. John, 91, will make the trip across country with his daughters to celebrate the Holy Name Cadets 75th […]
Hi Everyone, The nice folks at Argyle High School allowed me to tap into their internet line to send a quick update of Surf happenings from on the road. Last night, The Surf earned a score of 64.7 in their first ever World Class competition. From where I sat, the corps looked amazing! The crowd […]
The 2009 Drum Corps International Tour has already been marked by hard work, amazing performances, and incredibly tight competition, and the corps competing on the West Coast have been no exception. World Class corps from the West, joined by the Ohio-based Bluecoats, have earned high marks from judges at recent competitions in Clovis, Stanford and […]
When the Boston Crusaders took the field Tuesday at Rome Free Academy Stadium, they demonstrated just what makes them a world class drum and bugle corps. As red-and-black-clad musicians from Boston launched into the music for their “Core of Temptation” performance, color guard members began acting out a story of romance and strife that incorporated […]
One of the people propelling Carolina Crown’s slow and steady rise in Drum Corps International competition is brass caption supervisor Matt Harloff. DCI’s Dan Potter spoke with Matt after last Friday’s Crown victory in Normal, Ill. and asks him about the brass sound and style he’s helped create in Fort Mill. Have a question, comment […]
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