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Add Defenders Alumni Drum And Bugle Corps from Rockland, Mass to the Alumni list.

Sure they more the merrier!!

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Cannot wait for the season to start!! Going to be quite an exciting year!!

Has anyone seen or heard of what the lineup is for the Plymouth, Mass show on November 20th is?

Looking forward to all the performances today. Should be a great time. Defenders have been practicing to knock your socks off with their show.

Can't wait to see everyone at the Open House. Going to be a blast playing MacArthur Park!!

So what's the other new song Steve? Hmmmmmmmmm?

Latest forecast on the local television newscast this morning....I don't believe it either, but I'll take it.

Weather is now expected to break low 60's!!!

We march in 3-4 parades a year. The biggest of course in Plymouth, Mass in November. All nine corps appearing in the reunion show that night march in the parade. The other parades usually have the same contingent of Defenders, Crusader Seniors and St. Kevin's. Throw in the Crusaders and Citations during July parades.

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Parade should be good as well let's pray for warm weather. Lat year was brutal.

Here's a couple of pictures of the rolling racks we use for parades. Click below for some pictures of them. Defenders Bass Rack Version 1 Defenders Snare Line Rack

I am all for you guys being there!!. Who would not want to see Cahill on drums? Contact the committee.

The alumni corps I march with uses stands for practices and performances. We just introduced a rolling bass drum rack and snare rack for parades. Personally I am a traditionalist. I prefer to carry at all times.

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The line up for the Reunion concert this year looks really good. These corps are listed @ http://usathanksgiving.com website. Listed as appearing at the November 21st event are: Crusader Senior Drum & Bugle Corps – Boston, MA Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights – Newark, NJ St. Kevin’s Emerald Knights – Dorchester, MA Park City Pride – Bridgeport, Ct. Holy Family Defenders – Rockland, MA Hawthorne Caballeros – Hawthorne, NJ. Lancers Sr. Alumni Drum & Bugle Corps- Hanover, Pa Reilly Raiders-Willow Grove, Pa It should be noted that the website indicates that this lineup is a work in progress.

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Defenders full Corps Rehearsal August 16, 2009 12-4pm Memorial Stadium McKinley Way Rockland, Ma We will continue rehearsing our show and finish learning Legend of the One Eyed Sailor. Come on down and have a look. Bring a friend. We are always looking for new members. http://defendersalumni.org

1)Crown 2)Blue Devils 3)Cadets 4)Cavies 5)Boston 6)Phantom 7)SCV 8)Blue Coats 9)Colts 10)Blue Knights 11)Academy 12)Scouts

"in this great future you can`t forget your past."-Bob Marley

That's like saying a baseball fan does not know about the teams of the past or cares about it. You need to expose people to the earlier years so they see and understand how far the activity has come. This would lead to a better appreciation of the art. Sure Time did well and I think the exposure is great. "don´t forget yor history nor your destiny." =Bob Marley

Again, as I staed several posts before. I give credit to the writing of the article. However, there should have been a stronger consideration given to the corps who paved the way for the modern drum corps. Obviously, if you put Spirit of Atlanta as a top 10 corps performance. Then where do you put the Blue Devils in 79/80 whose music changed the way books were written or Garfield 1983/84 and the dawn of today's modern drill design. I know that some of you are too young to even fathom how they changed the face of drum corps or don't even remember DCI Finals when BD beat 27th Lancers by a tenth of a point.

It does not matter if it the general public or DCI Fans. Accuracy, Fair and balanced reporting are key to proper reporting.