AmericaFest of fizzle? July 4th festivities called “AmericaFest” at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA, seemed like a great idea. I was excited. Drum corps, fireworks, good food, good drinks and several thousand people, perfect! Well . . . maybe not for drum corps fans. This show brought out some the best of Los Angeles […]
Large crowd gets evening of entertainment at Madison Scouts’ “Drums On Parade” June 28, 2008 – Middleton, WI . . . The Scouts seemed to have been “adopted” by the Madison suburb of Middleton, as they staged another very successful event at Breitenbach Stadium. Perhaps because of the rainout the evening before in Naperville, IL, […]
Connecticut Hurricanes victorious at "Barnum Festival" June 27, 2009 – Bridgeport, CT . . . Twenty-seven years is a long time to wait for anything, but tonight the Connecticut Hurricanes’ long wait is over as they took first place honors at "Champions on Parade." The event was sponsored by the “Barnum Festival” committee, with fellow […]
Phantom flexes defending champs’ muscle in drum corps return to Central IowaJune 25, 2009 — Des Moines, IA . . . Drums corps made a successful return to Central Iowa after a two-year absence as just under 3,000 fans were thrilled by performances of seven corps on a warm night at Valley High School Stadium. […]
Crown leads Regiment, Cavaliers at first DCI showdown at BOA event June 26, 2009 – Normal, IL . . . Crown surprised everyone tonight by upsetting the defending DCI Champion Phantom Regiment and Midwest leader to date The Cavaliers. It was no surprise to me, though, for I feel they gave an emotional performance that […]
CorpsVets, Alliance nab two DCA Dixie shows August 16-17, 2008 — Douglasville and Alpharetta, GA. . . The Atlanta CorpsVets continued their DCAssociates South dominance in Open Class, while Alliance flexed its muscles in Class A at the highly-anticipated two Atlanta shows. Dick Pronti flew in to experience Southern hospitality as chief judge. Vic Kulinski, […]
Blue Devils Return to West Chester for another win!July 31, 2008 — West Chester PA . . . My first trip to this old stadium at West Chester University was in 1976, traveling with the Blue Devils, writing as a younger reporter for the Concord Transcript Newspaper. By the time I returned home, I had […]
Phantom Holds Off a Surging Crown and Talking Cadets August 2, 2008 — Allentown, PA . . . What a fantastic two evenings of drum corps! This day two of the DCI Eastern Classic pitted a surging Carolina Crown, group that has bested The Cadets in a recent show and is now focusing their attention […]
DCI East Reveals Bloomington BattlegroundAllentown, PA — August 1, 2008 . . . The first evening of August proved to be warm, pleasant and chock full of excitement for drum corps fans at the first night of DCI East. This night, and the one that followed, proved to set the stage for next week’s battle […]
Crown defeats Cadets to win “Drum Corps in Fauquier” showJuly 30, 2008 — Warrenton, VA . . . Carolina Crown once again bested The Cadets this evening by the narrow of margin of only sixth tenths of a point. Even in this close-scoring show, Crown took most of the major captions, with the exception of […]
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