Under the more than three decades of leadership George Parks gave the Minuteman Marching Band, it was transformed into an attraction that captivated many. Parks came to UMass with a new style. He eliminated the traditional high-step marching and took a more drum corps-like approach to performances. He understood that many of the performances, including […]
Join us at Southers Marsh Golf Club, Plymouth, MA, on October 2nd for an exciting day of fun and golf. The format will be shotgun start/best ball with check in at noon, and tee off at 1 PM. There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and last places, men?s and women?s longest drives/closest to […]
During Labor Day Weekend in Rochester, New York, Shenandoah Sound Drum & Bugle Corps competed in the Drum Corps Associates World Championship competition. The Manassas Park drum & bugle corps finished 11th in its division, the corps’ most successful competitive finish in recent history. Shenandoah Sound was a popular corps at the championships because the […]
The Board of Directors of Music City Legend Drum & Bugle Corps has elected Stephan M. Anderman, 56, of Lewisburg (TN), as their new Executive Director. Meeting in Lewisburg Sunday, the Board also elected Mr. Scott ?Hulka? McCoy, of Frankfort, Kentucky, as Assistant Executive Director. Mrs. Laurie Ford, of Nashville, was re-elected to a new […]
Now that the DCA 2010 dust has settled. The Sun Devils have been doing a lot of moving and shaking since early September. DCA 2010 proved to be the most successful Sun Devils season to date. Although the corps did not make finals, the corps ended the season 11 points higher than last year with […]
World Drum Corps Hall of Fame president Bob Glovna of Bridgeport, Connecticut, has appointed Bob Zarfoss of York, Pennsylvania the new executive secretary of the organization, replacing Jim Cossetti, of Philadelphia, who recently retired from the position after almost a decade of service. Zarfoss began his duties during the Hall of Fame?s executive committee meeting […]
George Parks, widely known as an outstanding drum major, horn player, drill instructor and show coordinator with Reading Buccaneers died unexpectedly of a heart attack on September 16, at the age of 57, while traveling with his University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band to Ann Arbor to perform at a weekend football game at the […]
The World Drum Corps Hall of Fame has helped ease the financial burden for five students who recently started their new school years at some of the country?s best-known colleges and universities by awarding each student a $1,000 scholarship. Hall of Fame members are invited each year to nominate a family member to receive a […]
The members of Music City Legend Drum & Bugle Corps elected four new members to their Board of Directors at the corps? picnic and annual meeting held Sunday at Henry Horton State Park in Chapel Hill, Tennessee. The state?s only all-age drum corps was first organized in 2003 and competed in the Drum Corps Associates […]
The Gulf Coast Sound Drum and Bugle Corps of Houston, Texas (GCS) is pleased to announce a partnership with the Lone Star College-North Harris Campus (LSC-NH). The partnership will entail the offering of a drum corps class for continuing education credit during the Fall 2010, Spring 2011, and Summer 2011 semesters, and optional membership with […]
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