Preston Scout House Alumni Band’s 2012 Invitational Tattoo on Saturday, August 18 will salute the ceremonial band of the Waterloo Regional Police Service, celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. The 3rd annual Tattoo will also feature popular alumni drum and bugle corps and marching bands from across southern Ontario, Quebec and New York state. In […]
Once again, the Optimists Alumni Boosters are proud to present the “Legends of Drum Corps IV” show on Saturday, August 25th. This show presents the finest in Ontario alumni drum and bugle corps and bugle bands and will be held in the city of Oshawa (just 30 minutes east of Toronto) at the Oshawa Civic […]
The Connecticut Hurricanes are pleased to announce that online ticketing for the Fanfare 2012 show is now available. Please join the Hurcs as we host several mini-corps, alumni corps, local highs school bands, and DCA competing corps inside Bridgeport’s Kennedy Stadium in what promises to be a spectacular night of music in motion.
The Preston Scout House Alumni Band organization now includes the Scout House Cadets, a new youth drum line which will begin to offer weekly instruction sessions to area youth in September. The Cadets are expected to draw membership from a wide area around Cambridge, including Kitchener/Waterloo, Guelph and Brantford. The new group shares its name […]
It was reportedly a pretty tight contest, but the Empire Statesmen of Rochester gave the top performance at Saturday’s “Music Under the Stars” Drum &?Bugle Corps Show at Maple City Park. Maple City Sound committee member John Petrilli said Cadets 2 of Allentown, Pa., placed second in the show, Bushwackers of Princeton, N.J., placed third […]
The clouds may have hidden the stars but there was no stopping the music Saturday night in the Maple City. The grandstand was packed for the return of “Music Under the Stars” Drum & Bugle Corps Show on the new carpet at Maple City Park. The rain stayed away, and a knowledgeable and enthusiastic Hornell […]
William (Bill) E. Meyers, one of the founding members of Preston Scout House Band, passed away at his home in Southampton, Ontario on July 4 at the age of 80. He was born October 17, 1931 in what is now the city of Cambridge but was then three separate communities: Preston, Galt and Hespeler. Cremation […]
Families are being welcomed with open arms at The Kiltie Klassic Drum and Bugle Corps Show on Sunday, August 5th. To encourage a family-friendly atmosphere and conduct a truly affordable event, the Kilties are allowing children 12 and under to attend the event for no charge, and are also providing a free hot dog and […]
The two Batavia-based groups share a name and a penchant for cowboy hats. But musically, the two Ghost Riders are quite different. The Ghost Riders country music band led by Bill McDonald and Bill Pitcher favors guitars, original music and classic country songs spiced with other genre-mixing covers. Read the rest of the article here.
After a short break following an exceptionally busy spring season, Preston Scout House Alumni Band, of Cambridge, will perform its first full field show of the season in Hornell, New York on July 28, the first of seven out of town weekend performances in a row. Scout House returns home to Cambridge on Saturday, September […]
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