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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Don’t be left standing on the dock when a cruise of the Western Caribbean aboard the Carnival ship Conquest departs from New Orleans. Sponsored by the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame, the eight day cruise beginning on January 20, 2013 will visit three ports of call: Montego Bay, Jamaica; Grand Cayman, one of the […]
Rochester’s Empire Statesmen are giving new meaning to the old drum corps term “park and play.” They’re going to play in a special park on three separate weekends this summer. There are plenty of other engagements on the performance schedule over the next three months. The Statesmen’s summer schedule will see them play one weekend […]
Jay Bocook, the musical arranger for both Cadets and Cadets2, will spend his weekend split between Pennsylvania rehearsal camps listening in and working with both corps’ staffs on his arrangements for the 2012 programs. First, Jay will take in the sights and sounds on Saturday with the team at South Mountain Middle School in Allentown, […]
The six individuals to be inducted into the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame during this year’s ceremony in Annapolis, Maryland on Saturday, September 1 have applied a wide variety of skills around the world in such areas as instruction, finance, computer automation, instrumentation and youth education in support of competing and alumni drum and […]
Since its founding in 1965, few organizations in marching music have enjoyed the celebrated history of Bayonne, NJ’s legendary Bridgemen drum and bugle corps. This June, the celebration reaches an entirely new level as generations of Bridgemen members and loyal supporters reunite in this city by the bay to relive some of this world-famous performing […]
Peter Bond, a well respected professional trumpet player and former caption head of the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps, held a clinic for the Bushwackers brass line over Memorial day weekend. This was basically a 4-hour master class on a smarter way to play a brass instrument. Members were engaged in interactive discussions on […]
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