The Skyliners Drum & Bugle Corps proudly announced their 2017 Brass Staff: SHANE STARTZEL – Brass Caption Head; JOE WILT – Assistant Brass Caption Head; RACHEL EWANIUK, MARK HOVER, AND CONNOR BARZ – Brass Technicians; and DOREEN SANDOR – Brass Technician/Brass Assistant to the Caption Head. This is Shane Startzel’s second year as Skyliners’ Brass […]
On October 6th 2016, Oliver Plunkett was elected, by the Caballeros Administration, to helm a new position within the organization, Development Coordinator. The Development Coordinator position is a merger of the open Public Relations Director position and Oliver’s 2016 role as Fundraising Coordinator. Moving forward, Oliver will lead conversations with media outlets to promote the […]
The Hawthorne Caballeros are proud to announce their 2017 Drum Majors! Joshua Jenkins will be returning for his second year as head drum major. “JJ” graduated from Ithaca College with his Bachelors in Music Education. He is currently the band director at Brooklawn Middle school in Parsippany, NJ and also teaches the Parsippany Hills High […]
The Bushwackers Drum and Bugle Corps is pleased to announce that registration for the corps’ 2017 Open House and information session is now open! On November 19 and 20, 2016, the Bushwackers will host its first rehearsal and Open House for the 2017 season at Montgomery Lower Middle School in Skillman, New Jersey. Read the […]
The Skyliners Drum & Bugle Corps announces the following Designers for 2017: THOMAS SPARLING – Program Coordinator/Visual Designer; TED MASCARI – Percussion Caption Supervisor and Battery Arranger; RYAN REED – Front Ensemble and Soundscape Arranger; and JOHN MEEHAN, Brass Arranger. Thomas Sparling, Program Coordinator/Visual Designer, engaged and challenged the 2016 Skyliners with a drill package […]
Over the past several months we have been posting articles on families involved in a drum corps. Some families have over one hundred plus years. Some not as many. One similarity in all of these articles, is that they have been doing it as a family. Such is the case of the Ripley family of […]
Drum Corps Associates is pleased to announce that John Carr has been appointed as the new Treasurer of DCA. Lou Tierno has accepted the position as the Director of the Reading Buccaneers and John Carr has been voted in by the members to finish out Lou’s term. We thank Lou for his service to DCA […]
On October 30th, a new era for the Bridgemen will begin. Although the Alumni Corps has taken its last steps down Broadway, a number of long time Bridgemen Vets have organized, under the direction of the board of directors to keep the tradition alive. The new group will be known as the Bridgemen Performing Arts […]
Back in 2007 the door opened up one Sunday afternoon at a Florida Brass Drum and Bugle Corps rehearsal and in walks Dick Babino from Englewood, Florida. Dick sat down in the trumpet section and started to play like he’s been playing with the corps from day one. No one knew what this guy really brought to the Florida […]
Great opportunity with the Hawthorne Caballeros for new and returning members! The Hawthorne Caballeros offer one of the most inexpensive annual membership dues. In an effort to help offset the cost of being a member of the 2017 Hawthorne Caballeros, we are proud to announce this program for the upcoming season. Read the rest of […]
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