The Rose Bowl Stadium is the home field of the UCLA Bruin Marching Band. This past summer, the Solid Gold Sound — under the direction of Gordon Henderson — threw its support behind the Pacific Crest Outreach Program, making it possible for 100 high school band students to attend the show free of charge. The […]
The Pasadena Tournament of Roses was a Presenting Sponsor of the 2019 edition of Drum Corps at the Rose Bowl. The Association’s sponsorship provided the opportunity for 235 high school band students to attend the show free of charge! The Tournament of Roses is best known for the two major events they produce, the Rose […]
10,000 miles, 32 performances, and nearly 300,000 audience members later, the final performance of “The BLUECOATS” left a Lucas Oil crowd of more than 20,000 on their feet. In a whirlwind of a season that included record breaking crowds and scores, and a performance as the headliner of the NFL Hall of Fame Game halftime, […]
The Colts and Colt Cadets concluded their 2019 seasons with performances in the Drum Corps International World Championships in Indianapolis the weeked of August 8 – 10. The Colts made a strong charge at the end of the season, being featured on their seventh consecutive “Big, Loud, and Live” broadcast on Thursday, August 8. The […]
Former Marching Rebels Taylor Reynolds and Cade Samons are used to competing against each other in band competitions. For the first two years of his high school band career, Reynolds was at Mercer County while Samons was at Boyle. The two became fast friends when Reynolds came to BCHS for band. Read the rest of […]
Thousands of high-school and college-age students dedicated 85 days of their summer to perfecting and performing 12-minute competitive marching shows for audiences across the country. This past summer, around 50 Aggies participated in Drum Corps International (DCI), a non-profit organization that oversees 45 junior drum and bugle corps and is known as Marching Music’s Major […]
The Boston Crusaders and their 2019 program “Goliath” gave fans an unforgettable summer! The corps placed 6th at the DCI World Championships, earning their highest historical score in DCI competition. Brilliant performances brought the crowd to its feet every night of tour with new twists keeping them on their toes all the way through championships. […]
The Blue Knights Percussion Ensemble is pleased to announce the Admin Team and Design Team for the upcoming 2020 Rocky Mountain Percussion Association and Winter Guard International season. The Blue Knights are proud to welcome back Keenan Evans in his new role as Director. Keenan has been involved with BKPE as a member of the […]
David Marshall, Jr., a 2018 graduate of Somerset Berkley Regional High School where he was a drum major for the Blue Raider Marching Band, was one of the leaders of the Spartans Drum and Bugle Corps that won the world championship at the Drum Corps International Open Class World Championship Finals in Marion, Indiana earlier […]
In the late 1950s, as drum and bugle corps were booming in the region, Frank Milliken, a World War II Navy veteran and trumpet enthusiast, started the Twin Town Cadets, a group of 9- to 21-year-olds from Camden, Rockport, and Lincolnville who spent the next several years traveling around the state and beyond to participate […]
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