Do you see those horns?….We need to replace them! Who we are: Shenandoah Sound is a competitive all-age drum & bugle corps from Northern Virginia. The corps exists to provide its membership with education and performance opportunities in the drum corps tradition of marching music. Shenandoah Sound is the only drum corps in Virginia and […]
Since 1927, the Govenaires have seen almost every phase of modern American drum and bugle corps. They represented St. Peter, Minn. at American Legion competitions during the 1940s and 1950s. They brought down the house at the Drum Corps Midwest championships from 1982 to 2004. And from its formation to the present, the southern Minnesota […]
If you are from the North Shore, you very well may remember the sound of drums and brass in the air over the summer as local drum and bugle corps practiced their routines at various football fields, vacant parking lots , or the neighbor’s front lawn…. Indeed nobody ever minded listening to the Arbella drum […]
The Reading Buccaneers Drum and Bugle Corps’ 138 members stood tall and proud with their instruments Sunday and gave a sneak peek of this year’s music. The corps, which has won 10 world championships since its beginning in 1957, starts its competition tour Saturday in Wildwood, N.J., and will visit several East Coast states throughout […]
We have filled most of the food crew holes, a good many of the driver spots, we will have four roadies soon, and well, we are two days into tour and the new guys are kicking butt!! The response has been incredible! What we have learned is too much to say! Read the rest of […]
After an amazing inaugural appearance on June 7 at the YEAllentown! Concert, the buzz is growing about the newest drum corps on the East coast and for a few lucky young people, there are positions in low brass and color guard waiting for them. If you are interested in participating as a member of the […]
By the age of 9, Mike Waldron’s life was already pretty bleak. He had never known his father. Half of his mother’s family had died of alcoholism, eventually including his mother; and he and an older brother had been taken away from her and put in the Genesee County Children’s Home in Batavia. Today, Waldron, […]
Friends and fans of Preston Scout House Alumni Band, of Cambridge, have a couple of ways to help boost funding for the Band’s 3rd annual Invitational Tattoo on August 18. They can be Fiver Fans by making a $5 donation or be a partner by placing an advertisement in the archive quality souvenir program. Fiver […]
On June 8th, former DCA and Mini-corps Associates member Capital Brass! begins a Spring series of assemblies in local schools entitled: “Brass-O-Mania! … a Brief History of Brass Music”. Students will be presented with a fun and informative program that presents both traditional and corps-style instrumentation. The program involves a 9 piece brass & percussion […]
The Edge is coming home. The drum corps-inspired performance troupe that counts Batavia native Joey Pero among is creators, is returning to Western New York next month for at least three performances, including two dates at Darien Lake Theme Park Resort, Darien Center. Read the rest of the article here.
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