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.
After nearly 50 years of entertaining crowds and participating in competitions, the Hamburg Kingsmen went silent in 1977. Almost 35 years after performing for the last time, nearly 70 original members of the legendary drum and bugle corps will reunite and perform during the Hamburg Bicentennial parade, which is slated to begin at noon on […]
To hear Brass Caption Head Minesh Shah speak about it, you would think the visit by Hall of Fame Arranger Jay Bocook to Cadets2 camp was sort of a religious experience for the staff and members this past Saturday. Jay Bocook, who was on his own “excellent Cadets adventure” this past weekend made a one-day […]
After nearly 35 years, the Hawthorne Muchachos Drum and Bugle corps will once again don their sequined boleros and red pleated bell bottoms. Initially formed in the 1950’s and starting out as a parade corps, the Muchachos through the years grew to be an Eastern powerhouse in the world of drum corps.
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