Burglars were caught on camera ramming a pickup truck through a Concord bingo hall overnight before taking an ATM machine, the Contra Costa Times reports. The two burglars — white males in their 40s — drove away with roughly $5,000 in $20 bills and the ATM machine, which itself is worth $8,000, according to a […]
Congratulations – You’ve already taken the first step towards entering the brotherhood that is The Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps. Don’t stop here. Many young men dream of becoming a part of the “Green Machine,” but it’s up to YOU to show us your passion and dedication as you look to attend the 2012 Clinics/Auditions […]
This is the first in what I hope will be a daily report culminating with the DCI Championship Competition at Lucas Oil dome stadium. I’ll begin with the spectacular Tour of Champions Finale at Giants’ Stadium in the New Jersey Meadowlands last Sunday. If you weren’t there you should have been, because I believe it […]
Blue Devils B cinched its third straight Open Class World Championship with a score of 95.00 at the Open Class Finals in Michigan City, Ind. on Tuesday, Aug. 9, edging out the Oregon Crusaders by three tenths of a point. The Devils join the ranks of only two other Open Class corps and four corps […]
After rain forced the cancellation of the Open Class World Championship Prelims on Monday, all 18 OC corps took the field Tuesday in an expanded Finals competition. In today’s Field pass presented by Zildjian, Dan Potter focuses on one corps whose 2011 season just got underway in Michigan City. Have a Field Pass question, comment […]
Passion, dedication and commitment to excellence are often goals associated with a sports team or a music ensemble. What about a marching music band? What? You never thought that a marching music band could provide the educational, cultural, interpersonal, physical, and emotional growth necessary for today’s young people to become leaders? Well, think again. Oregon […]
At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Canton mayoral candidate Chip Conde said he could not have asked for a better night. By 8:50, the sky darkened with the fall of night and the threat of rain, which fell hard on the 2011 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival Drum Corps International competition at Paul Brown Tiger […]
The Cadets rehearsed all day in Indiana, Pa. yesterday and performed a run-through at the end of the day for the community. Last year, we stayed at Indiana Area High School for a few days, so some eager locals were a little disappointed to see the corps leave so soon. It was a good turnout […]
Even the busiest guys on the planet have time to go to Wal-Mart with their 3-year-old granddaughters. On Monday afternoon, Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps director Fred Morris was cruising Wal-Mart in Cambridge Springs, Pa., with 3-year-old granddaughter, Madison Grace. Read the rest of the article here.
A wild back-and-forth weekend sets the stage for a dramatic World Championships week! Dan Potter has results and reaction plus a preview of Thursday’s “Drum Corps at the Movies: Big, Loud and Live 8” in today’s Field Pass presented by Zildjian. Have a Field Pass question, comment or request? Leave a message for Dan Potter […]
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