Rochester’s Empire Statesmen opened their summer field show contest season in Bridgeport, Connecticut on Saturday, June 30 in the Champions on Parade contest, featuring all five of the top finalists from the 2011 DCA championships: current champions Minnesota Brass; second place Buccaneers of Reading, Pennsylvania; third place Empire Statesmen; fourth place Connecticut Hurricanes and fifth […]
The 33rd annual Moonlight Classic drum corps show at Sacramento State’s Hornet stadium had to cancel the last three remaining performances because the lights would not turn on. Tom Hope, Drum Corps International’s contest coordinator, told the crowds that organizers were working feverishly to get the light systems going. They were scheduled to go on […]
Do you see those horns?….We need to replace them! Who we are: Shenandoah Sound is a competitive all-age drum & bugle corps from Northern Virginia. The corps exists to provide its membership with education and performance opportunities in the drum corps tradition of marching music. Shenandoah Sound is the only drum corps in Virginia and […]
Since 1927, the Govenaires have seen almost every phase of modern American drum and bugle corps. They represented St. Peter, Minn. at American Legion competitions during the 1940s and 1950s. They brought down the house at the Drum Corps Midwest championships from 1982 to 2004. And from its formation to the present, the southern Minnesota […]
Celebration in Brass, Central Iowa’s famed drum and bugle corps competition, returns to the Waukee High Stadium on Tuesday, July 10, starting at 7 p.m. The Colts Youth Organization (CYO) from Dubuque and the Waukee High Band Boosters teamed up to return the Drum Corps International (DCI) contest last year before a near sellout crowd […]
Music City gave its first public performance of the season on June 6 at the CMA Music Festival Kick-Off Parade. The corps received a rousing reception from the thousands of spectators that lined the streets of downtown Nashville. You can view a photo gallery from the parade on the corps’ Facebook page by clicking HERE.
Friends and fans of Preston Scout House Alumni Band, of Cambridge, have a couple of ways to help boost funding for the Band’s 3rd annual Invitational Tattoo on August 18. They can be Fiver Fans by making a $5 donation or be a partner by placing an advertisement in the archive quality souvenir program. Fiver […]
On June 8th, former DCA and Mini-corps Associates member Capital Brass! begins a Spring series of assemblies in local schools entitled: “Brass-O-Mania! … a Brief History of Brass Music”. Students will be presented with a fun and informative program that presents both traditional and corps-style instrumentation. The program involves a 9 piece brass & percussion […]
After nearly 35 years, the Hawthorne Muchachos Drum and Bugle corps will once again don their sequined boleros and red pleated bell bottoms. Initially formed in the 1950’s and starting out as a parade corps, the Muchachos through the years grew to be an Eastern powerhouse in the world of drum corps.
Purchase your tickets right HERE or from any of our marching members. Each ticket is just $5. Our membership will be working hard to sell tickets to work off their member tuition, so please support their efforts! When buying your tickets online, we encourage you to mention a member by name so that person will […]
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