SCVC arrived early Saturday morning at Millard South High School, the site of the Omaha show. The corps immediately squeezed in a few well deserved hours of “horizontal” down time in the gym and then it was up to rehearse. It was a beautiful day, the mildest day we have had on tour so far […]
The Blue Devils kept their undefeated streak intact Friday, July 24, after the completion of the second day of competition at the Pearl Presents the Masters of the Summer Music Games event in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Earning a score of 93.200 – the highest of any corps to date – the Devils came out on top […]
Friday night in Hot-lanta, and it’s time for drum corps in the sultry south. Dan Potter previews the Southeastern Championship and has your voicemails in today’s Field Pass. Have a question, comment or request for Field Pass? Leave a message for Dan Potter by phone at 317.489.9385 or by e-mail at fieldpass [at] dci [dot] […]
The regiment got its marching orders and will leave town on Tuesday, headed west. Make that The Regiment. 7th Regiment. The New London-based junior drum and bugle corps will make its bid for the 2009 Drum Corps International Championship over the next week in Indiana. It was my pleasure and passion to serve as the […]
The Crossmen are pleased to announce the election of two new members to the Crossmen Hall of Fame, George Hopkins and Gary Cuzzocrea. Gerorge Hopkins, a charter member of the Crossmen, started his drum corps career in 1968 as a member of the Holt’s Hornets in Clifton Heights, PA. He then moved with the corps […]
Four trumpet players from Murray County are touring the United States this summer and competing in Drum Corps International (DCI) and Drum Corps Associates (DCA) contests across the country. All of these young men are current or alumni members of the Murray County High School Marching Indians. Emmanuel Nieto, a senior, and Josh Graham, a […]
After spending most of the 2009 Drum Corps International Tour trailing Carolina Crown, Santa Clara Vanguard edged ahead to take second place (90.550) at the Pearl Presents the Masters of the Summer Music Games event in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Thursday, July 23. In third place, Crown scored 90.100 while the Cavaliers continued their upward climb from […]
With less than three weeks left in the season, Phantom Regiment has just completed a massive overhaul of its 2009 show "The Red Violin." In today’s Field Pass, Dan Potter talks with Regiment program director Dan Farrell about those changes as well as the challenges the corps is working to overcome in 2009. Have a […]
By late afternoon next Friday, July 31, the North Andover High School football field will be filled with music, drumming and dancing as the visiting Madison Scouts of Madison, Wis., — one of only two all-male drum and bugle corps in the world — practices for a competition. The large rehearsal is free to the […]
Tune in to the DCI Fan Network on Saturday, July 25, for a live Webcast of the DCI Atlanta Southeastern Championship, presented by Lake Oconee and Greene County, Ga. This event will be the very first time this season that all 22 World Class corps will compete head-to-head, and you won’t want to miss this […]
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