To kick off competitive action at the 2022 Drum Corps Associates World Championships, Reading Buccaneers, Hurricanes and Fusion Core took top marks in their respective classes in Saturday’s key DCA Prelims event. The Prelims featured 12 competing ensembles across three competitive divisions Saturday evening at the Rochester Community Sports Complex, with scores and placements setting […]
The smell of fresh street food and the sounds of instruments, conversing fans and cheers of approval filled Riverside Convention Center as the city of Rochester came alive Friday night for the opening event of Drum Corps Associates’ 2022 championship weekend. DCA’s Individual & Ensemble and Mini-Corps competition, which featured more than 80 total performances […]
Drum Corps Associates kicked off its long-awaited championship weekend in Rochester, New York with an introductory press conference, held at the Holiday Inn-Downtown Rochester’s Grand Ballroom. Rochester mayor Malik Evans, Monroe County deputy county executive Corinda Crossdale, Visit Rochester president and CEO Don Jeffries, and DCA president John Carr had the opportunity to share words […]
Empire Room – Rochester Convention Center 9:00 PM North Coast Brass 9:15 PM Phoenix 9:30 PM Warriors 9:45 PM Tri-Valley Brass 10:00 PM Brig Juice 10:15 PM Star United 10:30 PM Freelancers Read the rest of the article here.
DCA Championships’ long-awaited, triumphant return is right around the corner. For the first time since 2019, Drum Corps Associates is prepared to host its annual weekend event — in sticking with tradition, centered around the Labor Day holiday — September 2-4 in Rochester, New York. The DCA Championships will provide a resounding and memorable conclusion […]
The Skyliners’ 75th anniversary celebration is 77 years in the making. 2020 marked the corps’ diamond anniversary, and plenty of exciting plans were in place to make that summer one to remember. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, those plans were put on hold. Now, in 2022, with competitive and in-person drum corps […]
For Atlanta CV, memories are counted in stars. Each year, as director Russ Thompson described, members are provided with a commemorative, decorative star for their uniform following their first performance with Atlanta CV. “It’s my understanding that one of the first uniforms was a shirt with just a badge on it,” Thompson said. “And from […]
Saturday morning started very ominously. As we went to board the bus to Lucas Oil stadium, the bus driver was there with the hood open, staring at the engine (which wasn’t running). The driver informed us that it wouldn’t start, and that we needed to call a tow truck. The driver said it just likely […]
For the first time since 2019, Drum Corps Associates is set to hold its marquee championship events in Rochester, New York. But before the competitive on-field action gets going at the DCA Championships in Rochester, there’s plenty of fun, performance, and even some extra competition in store. DCA’s 2022 season-ending festivities are set to kick […]
For the first time in three years, Drum Corps Associates live events are back and in-person and that means the highly-anticipated return of the season-ending DCA Championships, set for their usual Labor Day weekend dates. The three-day event, slated to be held in Rochester, New York, will feature a variety of exciting performance mediums and […]
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