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Buccaneers Announce 2009 Visual, Color Guard Staff

The Reading Buccaneers Drum & Bugle Corps announced its visual and color guard design and instructional team for the 2009 season. “This staff is exceptional,” said Buccaneers Staff Coordinator Carl Ruocco. “The Buccaneers have traditionally enjoyed a strong visual program. This is due not only to the talent of the staff and membership, but also […]

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Atlanta CorpsVets 2009 Open House Report

The Atlanta CorpsVets got the 2009 season swinging with our first open house. A good mix of veterans and new members gathered at Alexander High School in Douglasville, GA to meet staff and hear about the 2009 production Southern Suite. The day started with Executive Director David Stollberg, PhD outlining the corps’ plans for the […]

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Fusion Core Announces 2009 Visual Staff

Matt Risell – Visual Caption Head Matt Risell returns to Fusion Core as Visual Caption Head for the 2009 season. Matt joined the visual staff for the 2008 season and was part of the team along with the members earning the Class “A” Visual Caption Award. Matt is a music educator with a degree in music education […]

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Reading Buccaneers Announce 2008 Buccaneer Hall Of Fame Inductees

The Reading Buccaneers Drum & Bugle Corps and Buccaneer Alumni Association announced today that Ken Honsberger, Ralph Pace, Jay Landis and Randy Mutter will be inducted into the Buccaneers Hall of Fame at the corps’ annual year-end banquet on Saturday, November 29, 2008. “We established the Buccaneers Hall of Fame in 1995 as we approached […]

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In The News: Dinner Buys Lancers Uniforms

Dick Gagliardi thought he was just bringing his grandsons into Paul Saltarello’s barber shop for haircuts. But the two men began discussing Gagliardi’s beloved Purple Lancers drum and bugle corps, and an idea was born. Gagliardi was looking for help raising money to purchase $24,000 in uniforms for the Lancers, a legendary Auburn institution that […]

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Lake Erie Thunder Announces 2009 Open House

"Lake Erie Thunder" will be holding our first ever Open House on Saturday December 6th from 1:00 – 5:00 PM at East High School in Erie, PA. We are very excited about the level of interest we have received, and expect a great turnout for the beginning of this new venture into the world of […]

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Rochester Crusaders Announce 2009 Open House, Banquet

The Rochester Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps is pleased to announce its 62nd Annual Open House on Sunday, November 30th, 2008. The Open House will take place at the East Rochester High School in East Rochester from 9am-3pm. The 2009 Production: Brass arranger Jim Prime presents “The Music of Holst”Additional Staff to be announced shortly.

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In The News: Flying The Colors Proudly

Rachel Gonzalez sounded like a typical color guard captain as she barked orders at flag-toting peers on a practice march across the Hammett Bowen Jr. Elementary School basketball court. But the fifth-grader isn’t typical, and neither is the group she commands. Gonzalez is the captain of the elementary school color guard, a unit organized by […]

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DCA Rules Congress/Seminar Schedule Released

DCA President, Gil Silva, Vice-President Larry Hershman and Local Chairman, Allen Buell have released the schedule for the 2009/2010 DCA Rules Congress and Seminars to be held on December 13th and 14th at the George Eastman House Museum (www.eastmanhouse.org) and the Strathallan Hotel (www.strathallan.com) in Rochester, New York. All all-aged corps planning on competing during […]

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Brigadiers Announce 2009 Program

The 2009 edition of The Brigadiers is pleased to bring you a “new” rendition of the famous “Pictures at an Exhibition”, with a big emphasis on “new”. Not only are the musical selections new to The Brigadiers, some even to the pageantry activity as a whole, but there is a new Design vision and Instructional […]

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