Hormel Girls celebrates the World War II-era women performers and musicians of the Hormel Girls Caravan in a new musical comedy at St. Paul’s History Theatre. History Theatre continues their 30th anniversary season with their 100th World Premiere play, Hormel Girls, opening Nov. 24. The original Hormel Girls were born when Jay C. Hormel created […]
The Hip Pickles Drum Band has just retuned from 3 days of performances at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida. On September 6th and 7th the Hip Pickles, music director Chet Doboe and performance partner John Doboe, presented 4 Young People Concerts, which had students from area schools bopin’ and rockin’ to […]
The Summit Indoor Percussion Ensemble from Reno, Nevada is preparing for an exciting second season. An increased performance schedule and the possibility of adding a second percussion ensemble are the biggest changes planned. This year the open-class ensemble plans to attend the WGI World Championships in Dayton, Ohio as well as increase their involvement in […]
Central Ohio Winter Color Guard and Percussion is pleased to introduce INERTIA Indoor Percussion Ensemble! INERTIA is an independent indoor percussion unit from Columbus, Ohio. In its inaugural season, INERTIA Indoor Percussion Ensemble will compete as a member of the Mid East Performance Association (MEPA); the Ohio Indoor Performance Association (OIPA); and Winter Guard International […]
How would it feel to receive the same honor as an award-winning actor and musician like Andy Griffith? Ask Michael Cesario, 1971 graduate of UW-Whitewater, as he, along with Griffith and other noted musicians, were inducted into the 2007 class of Signature Sinfonians. Cesario, a current band and drum corps uniform designer, received the Signature […]
Two Lawrence residents know they’ll be pushed to the limit this summer. As members of the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps, Keenan Cox and Chris Hansen will practice up to 14 hours a day. The Dubuque, Iowa-based corps teaches its 135 members — who are between ages 15 and 21 — a high level of […]
For Cork Newhouse and Maureen O’Brien, their involvement with the Kawartha Kavaliers has come full circle. What had started off as a way of being part of a dynamic local music group – which previously boasted male only membership – has provided the two women with a plethora of memories and long-standing friendships. The two […]
Robert Krupinski half-dreaded the summers he spent with the drum and bugle corps called Dynamic Royalaires. But the experience with the Oradell- and West Paterson-based junior drum and bugle corps taught him discipline, responsibility and how to memorize music and perform. On the down side, he suffered from homesickness when the corps traveled to Pennsylvania, […]
The Hip Pickles will be appearing at two regional Percussive Arts Society "Days of Percussion" over the next two weeks: The Virginia/DC Day of Percussion on March 10th and the Connecticut Day of Percussion on March 17th. Read on for more details!
When Manchester Marine Ryan McCaughn was laid to rest last month, taps rang out in the cemetery. The song, written by a Union general during the Civil War, is sounded at every veteran’s funeral, as required by law. But the young Navy corpsman who put the bugle to his lips that day didn’t play a […]
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