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 […]
World Drum Corps Hall of Fame (WDCHoF) member Frank Gerris, age 79, passed away April 2 in Hawthorne, New Jersey. He was inducted in the WDCHoF in 1992 and the New Jersey Drum Corps Hall of Fame in 2000. His involvement in drum corps activity began at age 7 playing soprano horn with Our Lady […]
The Board of DCUK has recently met with their member Corps and part of these discussions were to get an idea of what Corps are planning as the COVID restrictions start to get relaxed. It was very pleasing to hear that most are looking to start “live” rehearsals very shortly which, whilst maybe not as […]
We’re approaching our first anniversary on May 11, 2021, and now is a good time to introduce ourselves to the drum corps community. About the site – We are the premiere Pacific NW drum corps website specializing in 1960s and 70s corps. We also have various sections covering Pre-1960s corps like Elks, Eagles, American Legion, […]
A feature story in the Sunday March 28 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper gives readers tons of information about World Drum Corps Hall of Fame member Bill Ives and his ongoing campaign to collect items for a proposed Marching Pageantry Arts Museum. The extensive and photos were also featured in The Upside section of […]
Drum Corps Associates is excited and pleased to announce that Jeff Griffin has been added to the staff of DCA for 2021 season. Jeff’s title will be Marketing Content Writer and will be writing content to build excitement surrounding DCA and its corps in this summer virtual season. The content itself will likely cover several […]
Picture this. You’re wrapping up your weekend on a hazy Summer Sunday. The windows are open and a warm breeze is wafting in. Everything in your living space is reflecting a golden glow, as the sun begins to slowly set outside, its rays peaking in at the end of a busy, sunny, beautiful weekend. You’ve […]
World famous jazz pianist Chick Corea, inducted into the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame in 2018 for distinguished professional achievement, died February 9 at age 79 from a rare form of recently discovered cancer. He had been inducted into the International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers Hall of Fame a year earlier. He […]
Those wishing to honour the memory of World Drum Corps Hall of Fame member Don Friesing, who passed away recently, may make a donation to the Hall of Fame’s scholarship fund in his name. Donations can be sent to World Drum Corps Hall of Fame, PO Box 357, Pine Brook, NJ 07058.
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