The Madison Scouts began the 2015 season with November audition camp in Indianapolis this weekend. Potential new members and returning veterans spent 24 hours rehearsing, memorizing music, learning movement, and living together to get an idea of the Madison experience. Jacob Sheets, a tenor player from Cedarburg, Wisc., who marches at the University of Wisconsin […]
The Blue Knights held their first 3-day Audition Xperience weekend for the 2015 season which saw record attendance for November Camps for the Blue Knights. The BKXperience camp was held at Rachel B. Noel Middle School with positive reports from all areas of the Blue Knights organization. “The beginning of a journey starts with a […]
Two men with Racine roots will be marching as Santa’s escort before a worldwide audience in the 88th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Thursday, Nov. 27. Randy Chaffee and Tony Holm, both alumni of the Madison Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps, will march with the “Madison Scouts — Corps of Brothers,” a group that combines […]
Greg Jarosz can’t stop marching. Forty-one years after marching in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, Jarosz is going back — and he’ll be marching and playing again. Jarosz, 55, of Pleasant Prairie, will be part of the 426-member Madison Scouts-Corps of Brothers drum and bugle corps that will be the penultimate unit in the parade, […]
Thank you to everyone for a great open house weekend. The next two practice sessions are to be held at the Nashua Boys and Girls Club on Sunday December 14th and Sunday December 21st. Both practice are from 10AM to 4PM. New Members are welcome. If you are coming to either of the events and […]
Brass Co-Caption Head Dr. Dan Fong announces the 2015 Brass Staff. Together with Co-Caption head Santiago Sabado, many staff members have returned from last year. We also welcome several new technicians, including Mandarins alum Ben Fong, who marched with and taught the corps in the 1960s and 70s. See a full listing of the brass […]
Drum Corps World and Sights & Sounds, Inc. recently made available two new products for drum corps fans around the world. The first is the publications’ eighth historic DVD, this one featuring the 1973 Drum Corps International Championships held at Wisconsin State University (now the University of Wisconsin) in Whitewater, WI, on August 27. This […]
The Vanguard is pleased to welcome Taylor Criswell and Shawn Murphy to the corps’ 2015 Brass staff. Second Lieutenant Taylor Criswell currently serves as the Executive Officer with the US Army School of Music in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He previously served as a noncommissioned officer and euphonium player with the Army Materiel Command Band in […]
A University of Miami graduate will be adding some local flavor to this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. Matthew Marshall, who is a French horn member of the Miami Symphony Orchestra, will perform in the parade with the Madison Scouts, a drum and bugle corp he was a member of when […]
Percussion Arranger/Caption Head – John McFarland Co-Caption Head/Snare Technician – Kenji Okubo Snare Technician – David Edwards Tenor Technician – Nicholas Martiniak Tenor Technician – Ian Conyers Tenor Technician – Ryan Marshall Bass Technician – Josh Mitchell Bass Technician – Robert Hairston Cymbal Technician – Prichard Proctor Pearce Cymbal Technician – Jennifer Tarka Front Ensemble […]
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