During the past few months, the Bluecoats Community has demonstrated a level of support unmatched in Bluecoats history. The cancellation of the Bluecoats’ 2020 season? due to the coronavirus pandemic has created one of the most significant challenges the Bluecoats organization has ever faced. At the beginning of May, Bluecoats announced a 2020 fundraising goal […]
Last week we alerted you all that the very first virtual performance of the specially commissioned Indoor Music Games (IMG) Anthem would be released today, 23 May 2020. We are more than delighted with the results of this unique project which are now ready for the big reveal – the World’s #1 Brass Band, the […]
The executive committee of the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame has determined that there will be no induction class of 2020: the results of voting for candidates to be inducted this year will remain confidential until the spring of 2021. The banquet and induction ceremony normally held the weekend of the Drum Corps Associates […]
Due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, nearly four weeks ago DCUK announced that the first two contests of this coming season had been cancelled with the third show on 19th July being highly unlikely to be able to take place. On Monday 20th April the 2020 Drum Corps United Kingdom Member Corps, together with members […]
The Buglers Hall of Fame is proud to announce its 2020 inductees, comprising the largest and most diverse class in its 15 year history. Thirty-one outstanding buglers will be honored, eclipsing the previous record of 28 in the inaugural Class of 2005. The 2020 BHOF Class includes buglers from Drum Corps, the US Military Services […]
John S. “Jack” Pratt, one of the most prolific percussion writers in the drum and bugle corps community, passed away early Monday, April 6 2020 from advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease. He had also undergone triple-bypass heart surgery in December 2000. Because of the effects of the current corona virus pandemic, family members are not […]
In line with the decision made by Drum Corps International, and Drum Corps Associates, the Columbus Saints Performing Arts Inc is ending all competitive activities for the season. Public health restrictions permitting, we will reorganize to welcome all performers to participate in any potential late summer parades as a way to bring the community together […]
The N. Y. Skyliners 75th Anniversary Banquet Planning Group announces that tickets for the Banquet go on sale on Sunday, March 15, 2020. Calling all Skyliners past and present (including all who have been in the Field corps, Alumni corps, Alumni Chorus, Winter Sky, Percussion Ensembles, Mini-corps, Volunteers and any other group that were created […]
Remember back in September of 2019 when there was supposedly going to be more than one million people converge on place in the Nevada desert known as Area 51? Remember when only 150 showed up and none actually stormed the joint? Remember laughing yourself silly? Yeah…we do, too.
Funeral services for World Drum Corps Hall of Fame (WDCHoF) member Bill Hayes will be held on Tuesday, February 18 at 1 pm at Tilghman Funeral Home, 52 Main Street, New Egypt, New Jersey, with burial to follow in Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Arneytown. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations […]
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