A three-day drum competition is going strong in Pasadena. Youth marching music ensembles from around the world are competing at the Drum Corps International’s World Championship there. Take a look at what the fanfare’s about. Read the rest of the article and watch the video (Flash required) here.
The Most Outstanding Drum Major Award for Divisions II & III were given to Edgar Guzman of the Vanguard Cadets and Andrew Snead of Memphis Sound at this afternoon’s final competition at Pasadena City College. The award is designed to recognize excellence in corps leadership and in conducting skills, and the two drum majors were […]
John Baumfalk’s eyes lit up when he saw The Cadets for the first time in more than a half century. In 1934, he was a founding member of the drum and bugle corps in Garfield, N.J., which had its beginnings in a basement. Baumfalk, 89, last played – and saw the group – in 1946. […]
The Rose Bowl rattled and shook Saturday with an intensity that might have been mistaken for aftershocks from Thursday’s magnitude-4.6 earthquake. But, fortunately for the thousands of viewers of the Drum Corps International World Championships, these were good vibrations. Drummers, brass players and dancers performed and marched their hearts out in the early evening’s nearly […]
The Nashua-based Spartans cemented their dynasty this weekend with a fifth gold medal at the Drum Corps International World Championships in Pasadena, Calif. The Spartans Drum & Bugle Corps won their fifth Division II gold medal at the championships, besting another east coast team, the Jersey Shore, in the finals Saturday. “We’re thrilled, absolutely thrilled,” […]
We would like to thank all of our age-outs this year. Your leadership, inspiration and dedication to the corps is greatly appreciated. You will always be part of our family and you are always welcome here. Don’t forget to stop by and say "Hi" from time to time. Read the rest of the article here.
A drum corps competing in this week’s Drum Corps International World Championships had its spirit tested after returning home from an event and discovering thieves had rifled through their belongings, taking iPods, cell phones and other items, police said Thursday. Members of the Pioneer drum corps of Milwaukee had gone out to compete and attend […]
This week, more than 5,000 percussionists will march into Pasadena’s Rose Bowl for Drum Corps International World Championships, but organizers say they’re having trouble drumming up sufficient local lodgings to house all the participants. Dan Acheson, director of Drum Corps International (DCI), said his group has been unable to find lodgings in the San Gabriel […]
THE event takes place at the Rose Bowl, but the break is called "intermission," not halftime. But what performing arts audience ever encounters an intermission that starts precisely on time? At 3:12 p.m.? The reason for that, explains red-haired event publicist Diane Peasel, shielding her eyes from the baking afternoon sun, is that the groups […]
One afternoon in March, Judi Van Houten quickly started scribbling notes on a piece of scratch paper. During a weekly visit with family, her husband’s uncle, John Baumfalk at 89-years-old, was randomly tossing out names and memories from the past. The Commodore Perry Scouts, a visit to the Japanese Emperor and another name she didn’t […]
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