Four Alumni of this legendary corps talk about its history and the famous “Baby Elephant Walk.” With Joe Flynn, Harry Jenkins, Bob McLaughlin, and Chuck Quackenbush. You can listen to us above, or if you want to take us with you, you can download us from iTunes. Read the rest of the article here.
Music City has selected its drum majors for the 2017 season. Pictured on the left is new assistant drum major Scott Smith from Erin, TN. Scott is a music education major at Austin Peay State University. This will be Scott’s first year marching with Music City. Pictured on the right is third-year drum major Jeremiah […]
The Madison Drum & Bugle Corps Association, Inc. is pleased to announce that the organization is formally changing its name to Forward Performing Arts Association, Inc. to best reflect its current and future ambitions. “Recently the board of directors ratified a strategic direction titled Vision 2021”, said Gregg Auby, board president. “The basis of that […]
Matthew Shippey first performed with Pacific Crest in 2016. The 2017 season will be his second as a member of the snare line. Tell us about your background and family. I was born and raised in San Diego, CA. I have 3 older siblings, 2 brothers and one sister. Their names are Mike, Sara, and […]
Get your tickets today and sit in the Vanguard Block of seats for select events in our 2017 DCI Performance line up! DCI Southwestern Championship: $67.00 July 22, 2017 (Alamodome – San Antonio, TX) DCI Open Class World Championship Finals: $28.00 August 12, 2017 (Ames Field – Michigan City, IN) DCI World Class World Championship […]
Being a one season age-out, affectionately known as a “rook out”, is challenging in its own right. Regardless of being a one year member or a super vet, the experience of being a Bluecoat is life long. We feature this month 2000 Contra (tuba) “rook out” Dawn Crandall Bradbury. Q: What was the show that […]
Representatives from The Battalion traveled to Atlanta this past week to attend the DCI Annual Meetings – a series of trainings, workshops, and collaboration sessions designed to advance Drum Corps International and its member organizations. ??The proceedings marked several milestones for the corps. After completing a successful year as an affiliate member of DCI’s Open […]
NO FEBRUARY CAMP: With the cancellation of the New Orleans trip, we will have no Rehearsal/Camp next month. We will use the time to continue recruiting and strongly encourage new interested people to use our Video Auditions. For $75.00 through the video audition, we will assess a person’s skill level, their potential, and where in […]
Pacific Crest is proud to introduce our drum majors for the 2017 season: Sabrina Thomas, Victoria McFarland, Jacqueline Hernandez, and Andrew Fresquez. Sabrina, who joined the corps as a mellophone player in 2012, will lead the drum major team for a second year. This past winter, she graduated from Azusa Pacific University with a Bachelor’s […]
The Blue Knights Drum & Bugle Corps is pleased to announce the Visual Staff team for the 2017 Drum Corps International season. Neil Adkison will return as the Visual Caption Head for the Blue Knights. Neil Adkison has been involved with DCI for over 16 years both as a performer and an instructor. He spent […]
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