The Blue Stars are pleased to announce our design team for the corps’ 2016 season. Designers include: Kevin Ford – Drill Design Ian Grom – Percussion Composer and Arranger John Mapes – Percussion Composer and Arranger Richard Saucedo – Brass Composer and Arranger Michael Shapiro – Color Guard, Choreography, Visual Coordinator Read the rest of […]
We are pleased to announce that Aidan Williams and Mark Hambleton will lead the Boston Crusaders Drum & Bugle Corps in 2016. With a combined 8 years of drum corps experience, we couldn’t think of better people to represent the Crusaders as we enter in our 76th season of competition. Still interested in conducting? There […]
As part of its “Bring Change” campaign, TD Bank’s Penny Arcade served as a designated hub to support the Spartans Drum & Bugle Corps, according to a press statement. TD invited people to participate in a community coin counting event and fundraiser and matched up to $2,000 in coins counted, donating a total of $2,103.02 […]
The Sacramento Mandarins appoint two premier instructors in order to accommodate the expanding Mandarins Academy—Director Milt Gee and Assistant Director Marvin Reed. The Mandarins Academy is a series of rehearsal sessions for youth in order to further their performing arts skills, and is intended to be fully complementary to the students’ school band programs. Read […]
You can now take the first step to becoming a member of the 2016 Phantom Regiment! Our audition information and registration is now posted. See you in November! Read the rest of the article here.
Recent drum corps alumnus Alex Factor may have only aged out from the corps in 2014, but since then he’s been dedicated to helping with all facets of Ascend Performing Arts, from assisting with camp and clinic registration for both the drum corps and the percussion ensemble, to spearheading tasks such as painting and cleaning […]
The University of North Georgia (UNG) Drum and Bugle Corps received the silver medal for overall performance at two international competitions this summer. Comprising 40 members, the UNG Drum and Bugle Corps offers UNG students, non-UNG students and local high school students the chance to rehearse and compete together. The band took silver at Drum […]
The Vanguard Cadets held their 2015 Award Banquet the evening after the corps’ performance at the Quarter Finals of the DCI Championships at the Buca de Beppo Restaurant in Downtown Indianapolis. It was a joyful evening of good food, excellent company and an awesome celebration of the Corp’s Open Class Championship and the heart-warming acknowledgement […]
REGISTER TODAY to become a Crusader in 2016! Find out information on camps, get connected with Caption Heads, and interact with veterans of the 2016 season. VISIT: www.joinbostoncrusaders.com Read the rest of the article here.
STAR Donors and their generosity have allowed us the flexibility to maintain our program membership fees as some of the most affordable in each activity! Without our STAR Donors support, the Vanguard and Vanguard Cadets would not have been able to travel more than 25,000 miles and performed in more than 40 events in 2014! […]
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