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More than 100 people tested their percussive timing skills throughout the day on Saturday in the third World’s Most Accurate Drummer contest in Atlanta, Ga. at the Coltrin & Associates DCI Southeastern Championship. This contest, presented by Beatnik Rhythmic Analyzers, gave people of all backgrounds and ages the opportunity to see if they had what […]
Competition drives the Phantom Regiment, but so does the idea of a perfect score. But achieving said score is far from easy, and tweaking the drum and bugle corps’ performance translates to hours of practice. All that practice pays off this month and next as Rockford’s Phantom Regiment continues to compete during its preliminary regional […]
Locals may have been confused by the ruckus at Thirlby Field. It sounded like a typical September football game, but it was July and there were no football players. Instead, the noise came from the four bands performing at this year’s Cherryland Drum Corps International Classic. "I love the sound and intensity of marching band, […]
When Drum Corps International planned its 2006 summer tour of competitions, Middle Tennessee State University, a popular stop on the route, had to be abandoned. "They were working on the football field," said Chris Weber, spokesman for DCI, the nonprofit event producer and sanctioning body for these marching ensembles. "We had to go to Cookeville […]
Music will become sport when seven drum and bugle corps compete in Drummin’ Down the Trace. "A drum corps show is music in motion," said Floyd Stevens, event organizer, "and these kids are judged on what they do." The corps include ages 14 to 21 who devote their summers to mastering music, as well as […]
Thousands of fans filled the Georgia Dome tonight to watch the top 12 Division I drum corps compete head-to-head against each other at the Coltrin & Associates DCI Southeastern Championships in Atlanta, Ga. The top seven corps have been switching positions the entire season, but the Blue Devils (88.475) came out on top at tonight’s […]
Drum Corps International is pleased to announce the debut of the first-ever Mid-Season DVD. Taped in the Georgia Dome at the 2007 Coltrin & Associates DCI Southeastern Championship, this brand new DVD product will feature the final eight performing corps from the event. Read the rest of the article here.
11 Drum corps took the field this afternoon at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta for the first half of the Coltrin & Associates DCI Southeastern Championship. Boston Crusaders (79.950), Colts (78.625), Glassmen (77.375) and Spirit from Jacksonville State University (75.550) had the four highest scores of the afternoon, and will advance to the evening show […]
Drum Corps International’s top eight drum corps took the field at Middle Tennessee State University’s Floyd Stadium Friday, July 13, for the annual Masters of the Summer Music Games major event. One of the very first and only a handful of times that all of these corps will see each other head-to-head before making their […]
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