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Music City Announces The Finis Sparkman Memorial Scholarship

Music City Drum and Bugle Corps is proud to help preserve the legacy of one of its former members with the creation of the Finis Sparkman Memorial Scholarship. The purpose of this scholarship is to honor Finis’ love of music, his passion for the activity, the value he placed in education, and the enduring impact […]

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In The News – Hallsville Musician Joins Elite Band

Hallsville High School senior Reid Lewis and his friends watched members of a Drum Corps International team perform over the summer. They were awed. The elite marching bands compete and perform all over the world. And in spring, Lewis is going to join their ranks as a trumpeter in Genesis Drum & Bugle Corps, a […]

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Vince Macciocchi Passes

World Drum Corps Hall of Fame member Vince Macciocchi, who served as music director and brass instructor for many of Ontario’s top drum bugle corps for more than three decades, passed away peacefully at home on Christmas Day at age 88. He had been a Hall of Fame member since 2003. Visitation took place at […]

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In The News – Troopers Look Forward To 60th Anniversary Of Calling Casper Home

The Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps was started in 1957 by a general contractor with $4,000 of borrowed cash. The group was mostly high school kids who performed for the first time publicly in 1958 in Riverton — it was a repertoire of “Riders in the Sky, Battle Hymn of the Republic, Cool Water and […]

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Watchmen Announce 2018 Guard Staff

Watchmen are pleased to announce the Guard Staff team for the 2018 season. Maritza Ramirez Color Guard Caption Head Maritza Ramirez comes to us from Southern California where she has been a part of the color guard community since 2005 having 12 years of performance experience. She has performed at the middle school, high school, […]

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Incognito Presents 2018 Program

Start thinking your happy thoughts and join us as we take you on an adventure to the second star on the right, and straight on ’til morning. In Incognito Drum & Bugle Corps’s 2018 production, you will learn how to fly, meet the Lost Boys, battle Pirates, and become enchanted with the heavenly Neverland. Read […]

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In The News – World-Class Madison Scouts Enlist Hutchinson’s Jackson Bush For 2018 Team

When he was in fifth grade, Jackson Bush joined band, the earliest it was available in Hutchinson. The first instrument he learned to play was the baritone horn. In sixth grade, he switched over to tuba and it’s been his instrument of choice ever since. “They wouldn’t let fifth-graders play tuba because it’s pretty big,” […]

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Blue Knights Alumni Spotlight: Cliff Pfeifer

What year(s) did you march in the Blue Knights? Blue Knights Drum & Bugle Corps (Front Ensemble): 1994 Blue Knights Percussion Ensemble (Tenors): 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1998 Where did you attend high school? Arvada High School Read the rest of the article here.

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In The News – Marching To Success

On the day Paris Cameron turns 18 next summer, she won’t be in Owensboro with family and friends. She’ll be making her dreams come true performing with the Music City Drum and Bugle Corps in Hoschton, Georgia. Read the rest of the article here.

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Watchmen Announce 2018 Program

Watchmen winter percussion is proud to announce our 2018 program – ” Umbra Hominis: Shadow of Man “. Underneath every conscious mind lies its opposite: the human subconscious. A chaotic and disorganized dimension of our own humanity, the unconscious rules our behaviors and thoughts without us even realizing it. Through the work of the distinguished […]

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