The Bluecoats are proud to announce a new partnership with the Cleveland Browns NFL franchise to produce The Cleveland Browns Drumline, a percussion entertainment ensemble featured at every Browns home game of the 2013 season. Whether they are entertaining tailgaters before the gates open, pumping up the team prior to kickoff, or firing up fans […]
RCR-Rochester is in the books, and it’s time to set our sights on Metamora and La Crosse. We are still in need of a few more volunteers for RCR-L. Our needs are concessions, program book sales and 50/50 raffle sales (big personalities a bonus!). Please let us know if you can help. Read the rest […]
Presented by the Blue Devils and Minnesota Brass. This 3-day intensive camp is for drummers who are serious about the art of marching percussion and is for intermediate and advanced performers ages 12 and up. Focus will be on establishing a solid technique and applying that to individual skills and ensemble performance demands. This camp […]
The day started bright and early for Crossmen on Independence Day. The wake up music started at 5:30 am and after only 6 and a half hours since our show departure. Everyone seemed in really good spirits and very animated this morning. Our Independence Day was to consist of three parades in Chicago in the […]
On Wednesday, July 3rd, Pacific Crest presented a clinic to the high school music students in the Moreno Valley Unified School District. “This isn’t about you becoming a member of Pacific Crest,” explained Corps Manager David Pham, “It’s about getting you fired up for the upcoming marching band season!” Members of the district’s high school […]
The Cavaliers and Phantom Regiment have reignited the rivalry with the return of the Backyard Brawl, a fundraising challenge between the two Midwest powerhouse drum corps, for the 2013 season. The campaign started July 1 and will run through 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, July 13. In 2012, Phantom Regiment took home the title, bringing in […]
The corps were awake at 7:15 this morning. They were greeted again to temps in the low 50’s. The expected high today is 80 with clear skies. After PT, stretch with John, breakfast and visual block we had 60 minutes in sectionals followed by lunch hour at 12:30. The rehearsal day ended with sectional, ensemble […]
Today we introduce Barathi Chinnappan, a first-year member of Pacific Crest’s cymbal line, who will be aging out at the end of this season. Barathi is from Pennsylvania and is completing her undergraduate degree at West Chester University. Barathi shares her thoughts about her time in California and the experience of playing cymbals at Pacific […]
Tonights ride to our Janesville housing site from the show site was @70 miles. That is a record for the shortest convoy trip in my 7 tours at Crossmen! I don’t think the trucks and buses got up to running temperature before we pulled into the housing site at the Waldorf Pemberton High School.The benefits […]
Join The Cavaliers on Sunday, August 11, as we conclude our 65th anniversary season with the Annual Awards Brunch honoring our current marching and graduating members. “This awards banquet is a special chance for us to reflect on the season with our closest family and friends,” said Corps Director Adolph DeGrauwe. The tickets you purchase […]
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