It was perfect weather to kick off the 2011 DCUK season (maybe even a little too warm!) as 12 Corps attended the Centro Drum Corps Contest held at South Kesteven Sports Stadium in Grantham, Lincolnshire sponsored by The Company. There was a warm welcome to two news Corps for 2011, The 6th and Nexus, and […]
On the heels of our performance at DCI West, Freelancers Alumni Drum & Bugle Corps is proud to announce the Freelancers Alumni Drum & Bugle Corps website. Come by and have a look at http://www.freelancers-alumni.org.
Mystikal is in the running to win $50,000 from Pepsi through their Refresh Everything Project to purchase percussion equipment. Without proper funding, the drum & bugle corps will not be able to provide opportunities for many young musicians and their families that are committed to something which makes a difference in our own community. The great thing about this fundraiser […]
Forte has purchased a gorgeous new trailer for the 2011 Summer tour. Our original driver is no longer available for tour, so we are looking to hire someone asap for July 18th-August 13th.
Attention all Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware Drum Corps fans!! Fusion Core, 2010 Class A Champions, will be coming to a town near you for the 2012 season. Fusion, based in Morris County NJ, has begun discussions with several music educators and community leaders within the Kennett Square PA, Newark and Wilmington DE, and Towson and […]
In this special edition of Off the Record, Frank Dorritie pays tribute to “the jewel in the crown of all national titles” – the CYO Championships – with recordings between 1964 and 1984. Enjoy! Includes selections from this Fleetwood album: Click on the player below to listen
The Hawthorne Caballeros will host their 47th annual Drum Corps Grand Prix on Saturday, July 9th, 2011. The competition and entertainment will start at 6:30 p.m. and be held at the Passaic County Technical Institute, 45 Reinhardt Rd., Wayne, NJ 07470. Gates open at 5:00 pm. The Grand Prix is a major Drum Corps competition […]
The Connecticut Hurricane Alumni Association will be hosting a summer wine and beer tasting event to benefit the Connecticut Hurricanes Drum and Bugle Corps. The event will take place on Friday, July 8, 2011 at the Costa Azurra Restaurant, 72 Broadway in Milford, Ct. from 6-9 p.m. The cost is $25.00 per ticket with hot […]
The 2011 Scout House Invitational Tattoo, to be held August 20 in University Stadium in Waterloo, will feature top drum and bugle corps, marching bands and other special entertainment units in a salute to the music directors, bandmasters and drum majors who put music on the march in southern Ontario over the past half-century. Gates […]
Preston Scout House Alumni Band will share the field with the top competitive corps in Drum Corps International (DCI) and Drum Corps Associates (DCA) at contests in Michigan, Pennsylvania and New York this summer, during a schedule reminiscent of Scout House summer tours in the 1950s and 1960s that regularly took the band from the […]
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