For 2023, as part of the conditions of membership for both DCUK (& our sister organisation Winter Guard United Kingdom), Member Organisations are now required to attend introductory online sessions on two very important subjects. The first being about Safeguarding and the second about Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
The New York Skyliners Alumni Drum and Bugle Corps wants YOU! We always welcome new members in all sections, experienced or not. If you can play a horn or drum, twirl (or carry) a flag or rifle, or would like to learn and be a part of a musical unit steeped in the historical military […]
Cadets Arts & Entertainment (CAE), the non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization that oversees The Cadets Drum Corps, today announced that CEO Denise Bonfiglio has decided to retire from the organization. The CAE board of directors has subsequently appointed Vicki Ferrence Ray as interim CEO, effective immediately. CAE Board Chair Mark Herzing said the board would begin a […]
Cambridge and North Dumfries Community Foundation (CNDCF) has provided an $1,800 grant to help with instruction costs of Scout House Youth Band, formerly known as Preston Scout House Cadets drum and bugle corps. The youth organization still performs with drum and bugle corps instruments. The CNDCF grant was issued a few weeks before the CNDCF […]
Sometime in the fall of 1971, I was walking down Waverly Place in Greenwich Village with a friend. A group of German tourists with backpacks and “Youth Hostel” virtually written all over them approached from the opposite direction. Just as they passed, I heard a young woman exclaim, “Das ist er! Das ist er!” There […]
Drum Corps Planet is BACK in Rochester, New York, for the close of the 2022 North America competitive drum corps season! Managing News Editor Kevin Gamin will be LIVE From The Stands! (or, more accurately, the Press Box!) to provide DCP readers with live coverage and photos of the 2022 Drum Corps Associates World Championships, […]
Want the opportunity to participate in SoundSport but don’t have the time or desire to spend months rehearsing? Want to be a part of a group that epitomizes the objective of the SoundSport activity; perform an entertaining, audience-focused show? Want to see the world (actually just Indiana, but we have to hook you in somehow)? […]
The two recipients of this year’s Wilf Blum Youth Scholarship awards, offered annually by Preston Scout House Band Inc., managed to make significant progress despite the restrictions on music ensemble activities over the past two years because of COVID 19. Both graduating students will enter university music programs in the fall. Hannah Gordon of Preston […]
Three Preston Scout Band Inc. groups are back in the swing of their summer rehearsal and performance schedules, but Scout House Alumni Band and Heritage Drill Team will remain inactive following almost three years of inactivity caused by the worldwide COVID 19 pandemic. Silver Leaves Brass and Scout House Youth Band were able to re-establish […]
Drum Corps Associates is back in full force. Starting June 25 and running through the weekend of September 4, the revamped DCA experience will be back in its entirety for the first time since 2019, with more than a dozen live events throughout the eastern United States, ranging from Connecticut to Ohio.
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