In an effort to expose more people to their organization, the Bridgemen have expanded their operations to include a new competitive indoor color guard, open to high school and college aged individuals. Double B, as it has come to be named, will function as a separate organization under the umbrella of the Bayonne Bridgemen Alumni […]
Thurrock Marching Brass completed an undefeated season to win the 2013 British Youth Band Association Cadet Class National Championship title at Cannock, West Midlands yesterday. The talented group of musicians and performers have brought Thurrock’s first National Marching Band Championship title home for an incredible 30 years! As you would expect at a National Championships, […]
The New York Skyliners Alumni Drum and Bugle Corps is pleased to announce some exciting staff news as preparations continue for the 20th Anniversary season. Joining the Brass staff as a Brass tech is Al Chez while returning to the podium is Carl Ruocco as DM. Al Chez – former trumpet/flugelhorn with Paul Shaffer and […]
On Saturday 21st September Drum Corps United Kingdom held the 34th British Drum Corps Championships at the Select Security Stadium in Widnes, Cheshire. A new venue for the DCUK Championships which proved a massive hit with both spectators and performers alike with its astro turf “ipitch” surface and the biggest audience seen at Championships for […]
In preparation for the upcoming season, Dream Association of California the governing body for SoCal Dream Drum & Bugle Corps went through a long and tendentious evaluation process in order to ensure the longevity of organization for the 2014 season and beyond. In order to do this the current board of directors will remain intact, […]
Thurrock Marching Brass were crowned as the British Youth Band Association (www.byba.org.uk) 2013 Cadet Class League Champions on Sunday 22 September 2013 after competing at the Brass Explosion competition held in Staffordshire. Competing against their own previously highest score the young band secured their second consecutive victory, posting a new highest score in the cadet […]
The DCE European Championships will be held in the Parkstad Limburg Stadium until 2017. Drum Corps Europe and Roda JC have signed a five-year contract. The event moved from Rotterdam (where Sparta was its host) to the Parkstad Limburg Stadium in 2008. Meanwhile, the DCE European Championships have become the biggest drum corps event in […]
Memorial services for World Drum Corps Hall of Fame member Tom “Bucky” Swan will be announced at a future date through the Carmen F. Spezzi Funeral Home, following a private cremation service. He passed away at age 79 on Friday September 6. Letters of condolence may be sent to the family at www.spezzifuneralhome.com Memorial contributions […]
Marching and Performing Arts UK (MPA:UK) is pleased and proud to announce the launch of the UK Fan Network featuring videos from Drum Corps United Kingdom (DCUK) and Winter Guard United Kingdom (WGUK) Championships. Currently over 200 performances are available to access (DCUK 1984 to 1996 plus 2012 and WGUK 2010 to 2012) and over […]
Both Preston Scout House Band and Cadets youth drum line, of Cambridge, Ontario will be showing the social side of their organization on the last two weekends of September. Scout House is welcoming visitors to a Sunday afternoon Open House at the Preston Knights of Columbus building, 333 Speedsville Road, on September 29. Members of […]
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