On Saturday, Jun 12th, the Columbus Saints hosted their first clinic in nearly two years. This unique marching music clinic featured a variety of educators from HBCUs, DCI World Drum Corps, WGI World Ensembles, and more. Featured Clinician, Tim Snyder; Brass Caption for DCI’s Troopers, and Mandarins, joined the corps for the day, providing a […]
As everyone knows, the Greeks had their Mt. Olympus, the Romans their Pantheon, and the Norse their Valhalla, special places wherein resided the larger-than-life gods, demi-gods and heroes, under whose influence mere mortals went about their petty pursuits. Today most of us scoff at such a simplistic view of the cosmos, but there are lessons […]
The closer 2021 got, the more poigniant Fusion Core’s 2020 show concept became. It’s ironic, when you hear Fusion Core director Holly Marino explain it. “Smile” — which is the title of the New Jersey corps’ production for the 2021 virtual Drum Corps Associates — has actually been in the works since the fall of […]
World Drum Corps Hall of Fame (WDCHoF) member Darcy B. Davis Jr., a two-time winner of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) national individual bugle solo soprano performance championship passed away early in 2020 at the age of 93. Notice of his passing was not widely circulated at the time. He was inducted into the […]
Widely admired performer, arranger and innovator Ken Norman, inducted into the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame in 2006, passed away peacefully in hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Sunday May 9 shortly after suffering a massive stroke. Because of continued pandemic restrictions a celebration of life is delayed until an appropriate time.
Week 1- July 18, 2021 1) Rogues Hollow 2) Highland Regiment 3) Govenaires 4) Sunrisers 5) Southern Knights 6) Hurricanes 7) White Sabers 8) Atlanta CV 9) Caballeros
Drum Corps Associates held their Annual Spring Meeting last weekend which proved to be successful and highly productive. The meeting was held at American Legion Post 199 in Hawthorne, New Jersey and hosted by the Hawthorne Caballeros who are celebrating their 75th anniversary in 2021. The meeting was attended by DCA corps directors, DCA Executive […]
2021 marks the Twentieth Anniversary of The Academy Drum and Bugle Corps – from its humble beginnings as a brass ensemble to the World Class corps it is today. Beginning Tuesday May 11th, each day for 20 days, The Academy will present a short video recounting the highlights of each year along the journey.
Secondary school music teachers across Waterloo Region are now making applications available to their students for the 2021 Wilf Blum youth music scholarship award. The $800 prize is provided by Preston Scout House Band Inc. of Cambridge in honor of original director Wilf Blum, who founded the Band in 1938 as an activity for members […]
Drum Corps Associates’ unprecedented virtual 2021 season — which will be comprised of weekly competitive events, featuring live-streamed remote performances from a host of entertaining drum corps — is set to include one more marquee event: the 2021 DCA World Championships. After much discussion, the DCA Executive Board recommended to feature the 2021 season’s finale […]
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