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Free Day? What About a Free Week?

Recently members of Bluecoats and many other drum corps celebrated the big San Antonio, Texas regional performance with a free day on Sunday. The San Antonio free day has become an iconic part of the modern drum corps landscape. Today, with members of any corps having friends or classmates marching in other corps across the […]

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Marching Roundtable 1228: Phantom Regiment Takes Us Into The Mynd

Explore this journey through the mind with variety of music, interesting props, and expressive performances. With Tony Hall, Steven Estudillo, and Matt Penland You can listen to us below, or if you want to take us with you, you can download us from iTunes and Amazon. Read the rest of the article here.

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1227: Mandarins Bring Us a Vieux Carré

The corps takes us to New Orleans during the Witching Hour in a show full of great music, visuals, and emotion. With Becca Anderson, Vince Oliver, and JW Koester You can listen to us below, or if you want to take us with you, you can download us from iTunes and Amazon. Read the rest […]

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On The Back Hash Ep. #83: DCI 2024- All Age and Open Class Rankings/ San Antonio Breakdown

This past weekend was a wild one with DCI’s Southwestern Championship taking place. The guys breakdown the placements and discuss how they feel about the scores and breakdown what some corps need to make it to the next level. Let us know how you feel about this past weekend and what you think might happened […]

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Thank You Midwest Combine Challenge Donors

A heartfelt Thank You to all of the generous people who donated in support of the Blue Stars during the Midwest Combine Challenge. Your support is crucial to our success each year! Join them and add your name to the list. Read the rest of the article here.

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Aged Out Podcast 113 || DCI 2024 Midseason Discussion

Hosts of The Aged Out Podcast, Michael Fantini and Evan Worrell, discuss their opinions and thoughts after the 2024 DCI San Antonio Regional. Read the rest of the article here.

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Marching Roundtable 1226: Boston Crusaders Have a Glitch

Keith Potter gives us an inside look at the colors, rings, and inspiration behind this innovative show. You can listen to us below, or if you want to take us with you, you can download us from iTunes and Amazon. Read the rest of the article here.

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Meet The Bus Summer Series | Episode 2 – Early DCI 2024 Show Clips, San Antonio, Member + Staff Interviews

Welcome in everybody to The Summer Series Edition of the Meet The Bus Podcast! We are back again for a PACKED episode of drum corps, so I hope you got your popcorn ready! For today’s episode, I started by recapping the beginning of the 2024 DCI Season, and where groups are stacking up in the […]

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On A Water Break – The One Remembering Peggy Twiggs

This is a very special episode of OAWB where we remember the amazing life of a true legend and pioneer in the marching arts world. Peggy Twiggs past away recently and we remember her for the amazing fun loving, skilled, innovative legend that she is. Read the rest of the article here.

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The Academy Announces Planned Departure of Founder and Executive Director Mark Richardson

The Arizona Academy of the Performing Arts (AAPA) is announcing the planned departure of our Founder and Executive Director, Mark Richardson, who will be stepping down in May 2025 after serving in his role since 2000. Mark has been the driving force behind AAPA since its inception, shaping it into the distinguished institution it is […]

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