It was another great year. A very special thank you to everyone who volunteered and helped make the corps look and be fantastic this year. From sewing, to cooking, to finding a band aid for a member… it all mattered. The corps will wrap up this season and begin the 2014 season on Sunday, August […]
For many young adults participating in drum corps for the first time, homesickness can be a new feeling to wrestle and overcome. Amongst the new friendships, long rehearsal hours, and learning a new routine, in the back of many new member’s minds, the thoughts of what they are leaving behind has the opportunity to interfere […]
Congratulations to all Legends members who participated in the Individual & Ensemble (I&E) Championship today! Special congratulations to Legends member, Jacob Elliott on being named I&E Champion in the timpani category! Read more about this event on the DCI website. Read the rest of the article here.
We got in some great work before loading up and making the 2 hour trip to the J. Birney Crumm Stadium in Allentown, PA. Allentown is the most historic site on the East Coast for drum corps. For close to 40 years there has been a large drum corps event in this town. Crossmen have […]
We pulled into our West Essex housing site on time after rolling down essentially the same roads we did the night before. The saving grace is that we don’t have to travel as far. West Essex puts us about 90 minutes out of Allentown close to the PA border with New Jersey. The facilities here […]
Henry Johns hails from Huntington Beach, California. He is a second-year member of the baritone section. Corps Manager David Pham talks to Henry about the corps’ free day in Washington DC and his thoughts about their performance in Warrenton, Virginia. Today is Monday, August 5th, and the corps performs in Centerville, Ohio. Tomorrow, the corps […]
On August 3, members, staff, and volunteers of the Santa Clara Vanguard gathered at Hillcrest Banquet Hall in Minersville, PA to celebrate the 2013 season. After rehearsal ended on Saturday, everyone got dressed up before loading the busses and heading off to the banquet hall where a fantastic dinner was waiting. A huge thanks to […]
In an ongoing effort to support nonprofit organizations, Swagge, a custom apparel company, hosted a cookout for the Cavaliers Drum Corps at Salisbury High School prior to DCI Eastern Classic in Allentown, PA. Led by Franko Robinson, VP of Humanity Programs, Swagge staff members served homemade deep dish mac and cheese and fried chicken to […]
The roads were rougher than expected and the tolls for the privilege of driving on them were more expensive than expected as well. I don’t know what they are doing with the toll money but they aren’t spending it on road maintenance! All of us in the RV were airborne at multiple times on the […]
It was an easy 190 miles on the interstate to Salem, VA. We have a short day at the housing site before we head out to the Salem Stadium. Two short blocks are the order of the day starting with wake up at 9:00 am and the EPL at 4:00 pm. The Salem Show is […]
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