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Stars Academy 2021 Color Guard Staff Announced

We are happy to announce the instructional staff for the color guard track of Stars Academy – our virtual educational program for summer 2021! The color guard instructional staff will continue to be led by Meredith Owen, a five-year Louisiana Stars staff member and caption head. Owen and her team has worked diligently to provide […]

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Blue Knights Announce Tracy Carter As Color Guard Caption Head

The Blue Knights Drum & Bugle Corps is excited to announce Tracy Carter as the Color Guard Caption Head for the 2021 season! Tracy Carter is a native of Jackson, MS where she attended and graduated from Jackson Academy High School. During and after high school, she marched as a color guard member for various […]

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Boston Crusaders Announce 2021 Program

THE 2021 BOSTON CRUSADERS PRESENT: ZOOM Featuring Music Inspired By: Air Phoenix U2 Rimsky-Korsakov Hans Zimmer Perez Prado Billy May Holst John Adams “Lights Out” – Ryan George, Colin McNutt, Iain Moyer, Michael Zellers Read the rest of the article here.

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The Cadets Pay Tribute To Hugh Mahon

Hugh “Hughie” Mahon, left this world on his favorite holiday, Saint Patrick’s Day. The legacy he leaves behind is significant, and The Cadets cherished Hugh as a member, an instructor, a Director, and a founding father of Drum Corps International. Hugh Mahon started his drum corps career in the late 1950s as a Drum major […]

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Play What The Cadets Play

Band Directors: NOW is the time to reserve 2021 Cadets Brass and Percussion instruments for your fall marching program! Our high quality, gently used Yamaha Marching Series horns are now available for pre-sale at 34store.org/brass. Read the rest of the article here.

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Marching Roundtable 972: DCI On Keeping Members Safe

Dan Acheson, Kathy Black, and Vicki MacFarlane explain the policies in place to keep DCI marchers safe. They discuss how the policies are implemented, plus health and wellness improvements and expectations for 2021. You can listen to us below, or if you want to take us with you, you can download us from iTunes and […]

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Forward Leadership Partners With Marching Arts Education

Forward Performing Arts and Marching Arts Education are pleased to announce a partnership for the virtual delivery platform of the Forward Leadership training program. Forward Leadership was developed from the decades of experience and application of the leadership principles taught within the Madison Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps. It has since been cast into classroom […]

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Boston Crusaders Announce 2021 Drum Majors

Please welcome our 2021 drum majors, Calvin Householder, Hunter Britton, and Griffin Collins! These three talented leaders were selected from a competitive pool of veterans to serve and lead the 2021 Boston Crusaders. Our drum major team will also be joined by three conductors who will be selected and announced later this spring! Calvin Householder […]

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Celebrating Board Chair Jennifer Bauman On International Women’s Day

This year’s International Women’s Day theme is #ChoosetoChallenge, and we can think of no better woman to recognize than our very own VMAPA Board of Directors President, Jennifer Bauman. Jennifer’s history began with Vanguard as a member of the front ensemble from 1997-1999. She is currently serving her fifth year as a board member and […]

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Int’l Women’s Day Staff Spotlight: Denise Bonfiglio

Today, as we celebrate all the incredible women who have impacted The Cadets organization throughout the decades, we’re shining the spotlight on our organization’s leader, Denise Bonfiglio. With an extensive background in pageantry, Denise’s roots were firmly planted with the 27th Lancers Drum & Bugle Corps and Winter Guard. Since aging out of the Lancers, […]

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