This year, the Seattle Cascades saw our largest ever group of in-person and video auditions for Drum Major, Assistant Drum Major and Conductors. The competition was intense with such a large field of qualified candidates. After a final weekend of auditions during our January camp here in Seattle and some pretty tough decision making, we […]
The Bluecoats are returning to Hong Kong for the Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year Night Parade! The corps will take 32 performers and 6 staff to Hong Kong, where the ensemble will perform selections from its 2018 DCI bronze medal production Session 44. This is the Bluecoats second invitation to the Chinese New Year […]
Pacific Crest is proud to introduce our drum major team for the 2019 season: Andrea Nordahl, Amber Cameron, and Bianca Dulong! Nordahl, Cameron, and Dulong are all returning members of Pacific Crest. “We’re excited to have these three amazing individuals leading the corps this season,” says Mark Kveton, Student Leadership Coordinator. “After a very competitive […]
Among the prospective members at this past weekend’s RCR audition camp, was a group of extremely talented candidates who went through our Drum Major audition process. After hours of review and discussion amongst RCR’s leadership, we are honored to announce our 2019 Drum Majors; Adam Shew, Katherine Stone and Noah Vander Loop. We are incredibly […]
Name: Sarah Connelly What year(s) did you march in the Blue Knights? Blue Knights Winter Brass 2007 Blue Knights Drum & Bugle Corps 2008-2010 Read the rest of the article here.
As we embark on RCR’s 5th Anniversary season we are thrilled to introduce our 2019 Battery Percussion Team! This season, Percussion Supervisor/Program Coordinator, Paul Weber and Percussion Caption Head, Patrick Lyons will be joined by consultant Jake Coon, lead instructor Sam Peck, and instructors; Nathan Bailey, Kirk Fladung, Calvin Lipetzky, Dan Wesson, Jacqueline Gaetz, Jordan […]
As their activity was rocked last year by a series of scandals, leaders at Drum Corps International at times seemed sluggish in response. They delicately avoided in public statements naming a former Pennsylvania corps director accused of sexual misconduct. When the young members of a Wisconsin ensemble complained of poor conditions, they took weeks to […]
George Hopkins, the former director of the Allentown Cadets drum and bugle corps charged with sexually assaulting two women and accused of sexual misconduct by nine others, called the claims an “orchestrated smear” by those who disagreed with his management, in an online post Thursday. In 12 paragraphs posted to the online publishing platform Medium.com, […]
Bluecoats are saddened to share the loss of one of their own today. Sheila Bear-Wallace was tragically killed by a gunman while walking her dog in a Cleveland neighborhood park on Thursday, January 17th. Sheila was an early member of the Bluecoats as a color guard performer from 1978-80. After aging out, Sheila remained with […]
A brand new year means a brand new season of our video series: From The Field! We are so excited to be back, and ready to make some “Vanguard Magic” at our Brass and Percussion callback camp this weekend. Summer will be here before we know it! Don’t forget to like us on Facebook at […]
NEW on the DCP Forums