Friends and fans of Preston Scout House Alumni Band, of Cambridge, have a couple of ways to help boost funding for the Band’s 3rd annual Invitational Tattoo on August 18. They can be Fiver Fans by making a $5 donation or be a partner by placing an advertisement in the archive quality souvenir program. Fiver […]
On June 8th, former DCA and Mini-corps Associates member Capital Brass! begins a Spring series of assemblies in local schools entitled: “Brass-O-Mania! … a Brief History of Brass Music”. Students will be presented with a fun and informative program that presents both traditional and corps-style instrumentation. The program involves a 9 piece brass & percussion […]
The Edge is coming home. The drum corps-inspired performance troupe that counts Batavia native Joey Pero among is creators, is returning to Western New York next month for at least three performances, including two dates at Darien Lake Theme Park Resort, Darien Center. Read the rest of the article here.
After nearly 50 years of entertaining crowds and participating in competitions, the Hamburg Kingsmen went silent in 1977. Almost 35 years after performing for the last time, nearly 70 original members of the legendary drum and bugle corps will reunite and perform during the Hamburg Bicentennial parade, which is slated to begin at noon on […]
To hear Brass Caption Head Minesh Shah speak about it, you would think the visit by Hall of Fame Arranger Jay Bocook to Cadets2 camp was sort of a religious experience for the staff and members this past Saturday. Jay Bocook, who was on his own “excellent Cadets adventure” this past weekend made a one-day […]
After nearly 35 years, the Hawthorne Muchachos Drum and Bugle corps will once again don their sequined boleros and red pleated bell bottoms. Initially formed in the 1950’s and starting out as a parade corps, the Muchachos through the years grew to be an Eastern powerhouse in the world of drum corps.
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Don’t be left standing on the dock when a cruise of the Western Caribbean aboard the Carnival ship Conquest departs from New Orleans. Sponsored by the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame, the eight day cruise beginning on January 20, 2013 will visit three ports of call: Montego Bay, Jamaica; Grand Cayman, one of the […]
Rochester’s Empire Statesmen are giving new meaning to the old drum corps term “park and play.” They’re going to play in a special park on three separate weekends this summer. There are plenty of other engagements on the performance schedule over the next three months. The Statesmen’s summer schedule will see them play one weekend […]
Jay Bocook, the musical arranger for both Cadets and Cadets2, will spend his weekend split between Pennsylvania rehearsal camps listening in and working with both corps’ staffs on his arrangements for the 2012 programs. First, Jay will take in the sights and sounds on Saturday with the team at South Mountain Middle School in Allentown, […]
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