May rehearsal will be held at Washington Junior High School (Grandview Avenue and Highway 20). Camp kicks off at 9:00 PM on Friday, May 25. Please arrive early to check in and unload equipment. We will be holding much of our weekend rehearsal outside. Plan and prepare for any kind of weather. Make sure to […]
Racine Scouts will host a celebration of the corps’ 80th anniversary, this Sunday, May 27, in Racine, Wis. at 3 p.m. The Racine Scouts are recognized by many as the oldest continually active competitive junior drum and bugle corps in the United States. Originally chartered as a Boy Scout troop in 1927, the corps also […]
It’s early in the school day, not even lunchtime yet, and 14-year-old Emily Nunn is already drifting off. In the daydream, she twirls a baton so fast that it becomes a silver blur. She dances, moving to the rat-tat-tat of nearby snare drums and silky trumpet melodies. In her mind’s eye, she can even catch […]
F-Stop Productions and the Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps are pleased to announce the full length documentary of "America’s Core," based on the 2007 season and fifty year history of the Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps. Director Michael D. Gough, a former Drum Major for the Troopers, will lead a small crew to over twenty […]
On Friday, June 1st, Carolina Crown will be previewing their 2007 program, “Triple Crown”, at the Hickory Grove Baptist Church – North Campus Worship Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Following Crown’s performance will be the main event of the evening, Denver and the Mile High Orchestra. I recently had an opportunity to interview Denver Bierman, […]
Submit your essay on the values you hold dear – what beliefs carry you through life today – and your winning essay could lead to you being invited to enter the field as part of the classic Cadets’ ‘block’ during one of 33 performances this summer. A new essay winner will take the field with […]
Several members of Carolina Crown’s 2007 drum line and brass ensemble had the opportunity to kick off the third annual NASCAR NEXTEL Pit Crew Challenge Wednesday night at the Bobcats Arena in Charlotte, N.C. As part of the event, the Crown brass ensemble performed the National Anthem to a packed house. During pit crew introductions, […]
In preparation for the 2007 Summer Music Games Tour, the DCI.org staff will be working on several upgrades to the Season Pass product, through the last weeks of May and early June. The Season Pass is Drum Corps International’s premium content Web site which gives fans access to Audio Performance Downloads dating back to 1972, […]
Drum Corps International is pleased to announce the approval of several new and re-emerging units for participation in the upcoming Summer Music Games Tour. The organizations have participated in an evaluation process designed to help provide and refine an operational framework to meet each organization’s unique needs, goals and objectives. The evaluation process begins in […]
So…….here we are, 3 and a half years later……..many, MANY hours of hard work…of research, of fundraising, of many sleepless nights, anxiety, excitement, reports, meetings…… We have culminated all of this effort by the board of directors, staff and members in our final approval by DCI, yesterday, Sunday May 6th, 2007. VK Youth Arts Organization […]
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