While most kids are on summer vacation, one group of kids are spending their summer running around a football field. The 7th Regiment is a drum corps based in New London. Kids from across the country, plus one from Italy, are embarking on a national tour, which will bring them around the Northeast and Midwest. […]
“The highest level of marching band artistry and athleticism,” is how David Eddleman describes the Shoremen Brass Classic Drum Corps International (DCI) competition to be held at Avon Lake Memorial Stadium at 7 p.m. on Saturday, August 6. Eddleman is the director of the instrumental music department for the Avon Lake City Schools. Read the […]
William Penn University’s Athletic Bands hosted an exciting competitive marching and music event in Oskaloosa on July 27, with the first place title going to Vanguard Cadets of Santa Clara, California. Drum Corps Mid-America, a competition between four of the best Open Class Drum & Bugle Corps from across the U.S., was held for the […]
Drum corps fans packed Vanderbilt University’s stadium on July 29 and were treated to outstanding performances by nine corps. Music City Drum Corps got things kicked off, and the applause started before the corps even marched onto the field. The corps gave by far its best performance of the year. Thank you MCDC fans for […]
A drum and bugle corps competition that’s drawing teams from around the country is about to rattle and pound its way across athletic fields at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. For those unfamiliar with drum corps, it combines music and sport and is, as Troy Breaux likes to describe it, “kind of like a […]
Most of you already know that drum corps members nationwide pay membership fees that cover most of a drum corps’ expenses. All corps however must raise additional monies to make up the difference not covered by the membership fees. Music City’s biggest fundraiser last summer was donations from generous supporters to “sponsor meals” for the […]
Chris Magonigal describes a drum and bugle corps as a “marching band on steroids.” As founder and director of the roughly 150-member Genesis Drum and Bugle Corps of Austin, Texas, Magonigal says his musicians often practice 14 hours a day, sometimes in 110 degree heat, follow strict diet and exercise regimens and come up with […]
The University of Louisiana Monroe is hosting the the Louisiana Stars and Bugle Corps at the university from July 17-22. The Louisiana Stars are in their third year of existence and include local band director Robbie Freeman in their permanent staff. Watch the video here.
Dear friends, The Battalion’s first competitive season was an absolute success, thanks to the selfless contributions and tireless work of so many. In 2014, this corps was born on a few pieces of paper. A copy of those pages sits on my desk and I often look at them in amazement. On those sheets were […]
Music City’s 2016 production “Coronation” is proving to be a crowd favorite this summer. The corps has received rousing ovations at all of its early tour performances. You can check out numerous photos on the corps’ Facebook page. The corps was also warmly received at July 4th parades in Wisconsin. Watch and listen to the […]
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