by Jim Claytor, Drum Corps World staff (drumcorpsworldjim [at] yahoo [dot] com) July 1, 2, 3, 2001 – San Diego, Walnut and Riverside, CA — The Santa Clara Vanguard rolled into Southern California this weekend, pumped up and ready to climb that “Devils Staircase” to the top! Improving over a point since their Stockton show […]
by Ron Baysinger, Drum Corps World staff (BNMB [at] aol [dot] com) July 6, 2011 — Centerville, OH . . . A warm but beautiful night was the setting for the 32nd annual “Soaring Sounds.” The only thing missing was the hot air balloon that usually soars over the stadium at the beginning of the […]
by Bill Flaker, Drum Corps World staff (wrflaker [at] aol [dot] com) June 27, 2001 – Bridgeport, CT . . . The 2011 DCI New England tour opened up in grand fashion this evening with a large crowd on hand at Kennedy Stadium. The weather was perfect, while fellow DCW staff writer Timothy “Ace” Holleran […]
Forte has launched their annual raffle. Drawing will be at DCI World Class World Championship Finals on August 13th, and the winner will be announced at the souvenir booth at DCI as well as their webpage. 1st prize is an iPad 2 2nd prize is an HD Flipcamera 3rd prize is a Forte merchandise prize […]
Episode 2011-08 of the Drum Corps Planet Box Center podcast is now available for download and your listening pleasure! This week, DCP Managing News Kevin Gamin takes a look back at the results of the past weekend, looks forward to this week’s shows, and reviews the latest news from the drum and bugle corps activity. […]
by Jim Claytor, Drum Corps World staff (drumcorpsworldjim [at] yahoo [dot] com) June 24, 2011 – Stockton, CA . . . The Cadets’ “Between Angeles and Demons,” is a show that changes and gets wilder each time you see it. The first time I thought it was good, but wasn’t sure what to think because […]
by Andrew Wheeler, Drum Corps World staff (wheelerand [at] sbcglobal [dot] net) Author’s note: I’m reviewing three shows on successive nights in Whitewater, WI, Oswego, IL, and Michigan City, IN. The three competitions featured largely the same corps, so I have focuses the primarily on different aspects of the shows. For Michigan City, I’m writing […]
by Andrew Wheeler, Drum Corps World staff (wheelerand [at] sbcglobal [dot] net) Author’s note: I’m reviewing three shows on successive nights — Whitewater, WI, Oswego, IL, and Michigan City, IN. These three shows had largely the same corps each night, so I’m covering primarily different aspects in each report. For Oswego, the focus is primarily […]
By Andrew Wheeler, Drum Corps World staff (wheelerand [at] sbcglobal [dot] net) Author’s note: I’m reviewing three shows on successive nights — Whitewater, WI, Oswego, IL, and Michigan City, IN. These three shows consist of largely the same corps each night, so I focused the reviews primarily on different aspects of the corps’ shows. For […]
Spectators at the 8th annual Vince Bruni Preview of Champions contest in Rochester, New York will have a rare opportunity to see two drum and bugle corps from different eras on the same field, carrying on the legacy of their original directors, who aimed above all to entertain the audience.
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