Star United Mini Corps is proud to announce the musical components of its 2011 competition program. Entitled I Like Tchaik: The music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Star United’s program will continue to push the boundaries of the mini corps idiom with a program consisting of selections from: Pas De Deux from “The Nutcracker” Finale from […]
The Connecticut Hurricanes are extremely pleased to announce that Vidal Orduz has been selected as the head drum major for the 2011 season. Vidal, age 22, is starting his seventh year with the corps and beat out a quality field of candidates to be chosen for this position. Vidal was a baritone player for the […]
The Cincinnati Tradition All-age Drum and Bugle Corps is pleased to announce a valuable addition to our staff. Dr. Larry Tinnerman of Indiana State University will join the corps as a Brass Technician. Dr. Tinnerman’s performance history started as a baritone bugler in 1969 with the Casper Troopers of Casper, Wyoming. After a 3 year […]
Youth Education in the Arts is proud to announce the formation of Cadets2, a drum corps for young men and women ages 16-22 that will operate and compete within the Drum Corps Associates circuit beginning in the summer of 2012. Based in the Lehigh County of Pennsylvania, Cadets2 will include 128 brass, percussion and colorguard […]
The 1st Annual CV Spring Social was a huge success! Thank you to all of our members, alumni and friends who came out to support the corps at this new fundraiser. The food was great and the company was even better! It was great to reconnect with so many of our alumni. We would also […]
After months of failed negotiations, the Kilties Drum and Bugle Corps is seeking alternatives for its Great Lakes Brew Fest annually held at Festival Park, which is no longer holding the September weekend as of Monday. The split was the culmination of months of going back and forth between fest organizers, who say it’s hard […]
The 2011 winter season has given us a great start and now it is time to move into our spring schedule. The next rehearsal will add our guard and field rehearsals begin. It is not too late to join us for the 2011 season, but time is getting short to add new members. If you […]
The line-up for Drums Along the Suncoast has been set! In order of performance: Music City Legend, Shenandoah Sound, Carolina Gold, CorpsVets, Tampa Bay Thunder & Florida Brass (exhibition). The first annual Drums Along the Suncoast competition will take place on Saturday July 16th, 2011 @ Land O’ Lakes High School in Land O’ Lakes, […]
Medina High School’s band director James Steele is about to join the ranks of an elite group of musicians who have played with or instructed a drum corps. Steele will be inducted into the Buglers Hall of Fame on Saturday in Bridgeport, Conn. Steele grew up in a family who believed music was an important […]
Another frosty mug full of controversy adds to the reputation of government as a “nanny state.” This time, the annual Great Lakes Brew Fest fundraiser is the target of bureaucratic baby-sitting. The Kilties Drum and Bugle Corps is considering a move out of Festival Park, in part because rules being applied there prevent the serving […]
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