Hot sounds and sizzling sights will fill the night at the Avon Lake Memorial Stadium on Friday, Aug. 3at 7 p.m. The Drum Corps International tour is arriving for the “Shoremen Brass Classic” drum and bugle corps show. Seven “high stepping, high-volume bands,” the Oregon Crusaders (Portland); Vanguard Cadets of Santa Clara, CA; the 7th […]
An extravaganza of sound, color and precision will wow the crowd Aug. 3 at Avon Lake Memorial Stadium, when seven drum corps take the field during the inaugural Shoremen Brass Classic. The event, which begins at 7 p.m., is part of the Drum Corps International summer tour. Drum corps from across North America will be […]
It is with sorrow that I announce the passing of Mr. Glenn Eng, Executive Director of Spirit of New Jersey Drum and Bugle Corps, on Friday July 27, 2012. As a horn instructor, Mr. Eng has taught the following corps, such as The Bridgemen, Velvet Knights, New York Knickerbockers, and Falcon Ridgemen just to name […]
The Spartans Drum and Bugle Corps set off Friday night for its cross-country tour, to perform a dramatized take on Igor Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. Paul LaFlamme, Spartans president, explained the annual Drum Corps International event just before boarding the bus. Read the rest of the article here.
Forte announced this afternoon that the corps will withdraw from the last three weeks of the 2012 Drum Corps International Tour. Originally with plans to sit out of the Edmond, Okla. show scheduled for July 25 and rejoin the Tour this coming weekend due to a transportation issue, the corps made the announcement later in […]
Percussion cadences pierced an otherwise silent Angelo State University campus this past weekend as area students tackled new skills to bring back to their school marching bands. The Genesis Drum and Bugle Corps, in San Angelo for a rehearsal and performance Sunday night, taught clinics to students attending Angelo State University’s percussion and drum major […]
It’s not every day that hundreds of the world’s best marching musicians come to Niles for a winner-takes-all competition. That’s why Niles High School band director Steven Gruver is calling the Niles Four Flags Spectacular a must-see show. “It’s the major leagues of marching bands,” Gruver said. “You are going to see an ultra-level of […]
Believe it or not we are one week away from hitting the road for our travels to DCI in Indianapolis. The corps has grown so much over the past few weeks. The weekend of July 21st we will be at camp all weekend and then on Wednesday evening July 25th we have our last Mall […]
Genesis has posted the 12th episode of their All Access video series on their Facebook page. This episode asks corps members what they would be doing if they were not on tour. Watch the video here.
They’re hard-working, award-winning and dedicated. A bit of an underdog — not quite a household name — but driven to excel nonetheless. Sixty years ago, The Blue Saints Drum and Bugle Corps got its start. Six decades later, it is the fifth-oldest corps in North America, and one of only two left in the entire […]
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