American history will show that there have been British invasions to our country during the Revolutionary War and during the 1960’s with the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and the rest of the British musicians who followed. Fans of Drum Corps Associates and drum corps fans alike know of the Kidsgrove Scouts joining the ranks of DCA […]
Marching Band Activity United Kingdom continues to grow in followers. Launched in May 2013 as an Voluntary Independent Information and News Network has seen thousands of connections between hundreds of Bands and Musicians Sharing Information and good news from across the Activity.
Thurrock Marching Brass entertained a packed 2015 Clacton Carnival on Saturday 8 August 2015 as people lined the sea front route under perfect blue skies. This is the third successive year that the young marching band has taken part in this popular carnival. Despite having a large number of members on their holidays, the band […]
Saffron Lane Stadium in Leicester has seen many DCUK spectacular events over the years and on Sunday 19th July the end of the first half of the 2015 season was no exception. The journey to Leicester was a damp and miserable one and after the excellent weather two weeks ago it looked like we were […]
I was quite excited to be asked to write a review on the International Summer Spectacular, held in Woking, UK on the 4th July 2015, I must have been because I started scribbling my thoughts down the night before! Wondering what I might expect from such a unique gathering, Drum Corps form Ireland, Holland, the […]
Thurrock Marching Brass has been incredibly active in the community over the past 10 days with a number of local community engagements, and an official Jack Petchey Achievement Award Presentation too. Starting on Saturday 11 July, this young up and coming group of youngsters opened the proceedings at the Treetops School Summer Fair with a […]
World Drum Corps Hall of Fame member Don Pesceone, who served as Drum Corps International’s (DCI) first full-time executive director from 1973 to 1994, passed away at age 75 on Wednesday July 8, 2015 at Elmhurst Memorial Hospital with complications from pulmonary fibrosis. He was a longtime resident of Villa Park, Illinois. He was also […]
Popular marching arts groups from Ontario, New York and Pennsylvania will help salute the 50th anniversary of Canada’s national flag during the sixth annual Scout House Invitational Tattoo, to be held on Saturday, August 15, 2015 at University Stadium, 81 Seagram Drive in Waterloo, beginning at 6:30 pm. Gates open at 5:30 pm, rain or […]
Albert J. Mura, a member of the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame since 1989, passed away Friday, July 10 at age 92, surrounded by his loving family. Music was a vital and driving force in his life. He was an original 1934 member of the Holy Name Cadets (later the Garfield Cadets), which he […]
In 2012, the Cavaliers and the Phantom Regiment joined forces for the Backyard Brawl, a fundraising event which took the friendly rivalry between the two Illinois drum corps from the field to the internet. The Brawl was incredibly successful for both corps, as demonstrated by how much it has grown over the past three years. […]
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