On Father’s Day in 2000, a group of Menomonie, Wisconsin High School Band Boosters brought drum corps back to Wisconsin’s Chippewa Valley for the first time in more than two dozen years, sponsoring the first Drums Along the Red Cedar (DARC) competition. During the months that followed, others from the community joined with them to […]
Size does matter, and so does the environment in which things are presented. Another thing that matters is the local grass-roots origins of what have now become prominent drum and bugle organizations. Thinking things like that, and then talking about them in December of 2007 at a Racine Kiltie open house, eventually caused former Chicago […]
Drums On the Chippewa will bring teenagers from all over the country to Carson Park on Sunday to participate in a drum and bugle corps competition. Next year, some of those teenagers will come from the Chippewa Valley. The host of the competition, the Chippewa Valley Brigade, is starting audition camps in the fall for […]
This is the year the Chippewa Valley Drum and Bugle Corps Association is going to start making some noise. Already the non-profit association has hired an executive director. Linda Knutson, an Eau Claire business owner, is working out of an office at 345 Frenette Drive in Chippewa Falls. She began her new job on Monday. […]
Drums Along the Red Cedar in Menomonie Wisconsin was named a DCI-Central Show of the Year in 2004, and continues to draw rave reviews from fans. The only June DCI show in Wisconsin this year, the competition on Sunday, June 18th features the Madison Scouts, Colts, and Blue Stars, moving up to compete in Division […]
The UW-Eau Claire Blugold Marching Band, in cooperation with the Chippewa Valley Drum & Bugle Corps Association Inc. presents:A Summer musical experience for students in the Western Wisconsin/Eastern Minnesota region Eligibility: # Brass Players, Percussionists, and Color Guard members from any area high school or college # Ages 15 or older and in good standing […]
Yamato Drum Corps departed from LAX last Wednesday evening and are currently in Eau Claire, WI, following two shows in Dubuque and Eau Claire. With judges’ tapes in hand from the two shows, the staff began discussing changes that needed to be made. We are working on changes made by the staff NOW and will […]
From May 15th through June 15th, General Admission tickets for DRUMS ALONG THE RED CEDAR (DARC), Sunday, June 18th in Menomonie Wisconsin are available at numerous locations throughout Western Wisconsin. At ticket outlets, fans can save $2 – $3 off gate prices. These outlets include: WESTconsin Credit Union offices in: Menomonie, Amery, Baldwin, Barron, *Hudson, […]
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