The ten-time Drum Corps Associates world champion Reading Buccaneers Drum & Bugle Corps announced today the election of William Snook, William Powers and Daniel Wildonger to the corps’ Executive Committee, effective this month. In addition, Jami Mills has assumed the newly created role of Tour Director. The Buccaneers Executive Committee is an all-volunteer board that […]
Congratulations to our 2011 award recipients! Corps Awards: Outstanding Horn Line Member: Chris Monroe, euphonium Horn Line Rookie of the Year: Devin Baggett, trumpet Read the rest of the article here.
The Renegades Association of California, the corporate entity behind the Renegades Drum & Bugle Corps, has adopted new Corporate Bylaws. The new Bylaws were approved by a unanimous vote of all eligible voters who attended the Board of Directors meeting. The new Bylaws restructure the corporation to a “Board Governance” structure, rather than the “Membership” […]
The weekend’s Great Lakes Brew Fest had fewer attendees than last year but was still considered a success by organizers, who this year changed venues for the first time in the festival’s eight year history. Organizers cited a struggling economy and absence of home-brewed beer as reasons attendance fell from 4,500 last year to about […]
Saturday October 22nd 2pm -4pm (Dinner and Dance to follow at 6pm) Clark Road Secondary School 300 Clarke Road London, Ontario Featuring a performance of MacArthur Park with Special Guest Soloist Al Chez – DCI Alumnus and Clinician Member of the CBS Orchestra perfoming nightly on the Lateshow with David Letterman Al will also conduct […]
Three of the best-known equipment suppliers in the drum and bugle corps community, Yamaha, Vic Firth Inc. and Zildjian, are sponsoring Scout House Alumni Band’s ‘Time to Step Out’ guard, percussion and brass clinics. Vic Firth Inc. co-operates with educators around the world to support percussion education. Yamaha products include a wide range of marching […]
Sandee Conlin and her four daughters are champions of the world – at least in Drum Corps Associates standards. Drum Corps Associates is the governing body for senior or all-age drum and bugle corps in North America. DCA was formed in 1965 as the first heir to the modern drum corps activity, breaking from the […]
Coming off another successful competitive season in their 57 year history, the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Hurricanes are pleased to name Bernie Malesky as the President and Doug Oravez as Corps Director for the upcoming 2012 season. Bernie was the Corps Director of the Hurricanes for 8 years from 2002 to 2010. He […]
Forest Lake music program alumni and staff helped make history when Minnesota Brass Drum & Bugle Corp (MBI) of St. Paul were proclaimed Class A Champions at the all-age 2011 Drum Corps Associates (DCA) World Championships. The event was held Sept. 4 in Rochester, N.Y., and marked the first world championship win in the 65-year […]
World Drum Corps Hall of Fame member Marty Hurley, age 65, passed away in New Orleans early this week after suffering complications from a stroke several weeks earlier. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2004 and was also named a member of the Louisiana Music Educators Association in 2010. He had been […]
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