The Cadets are seeking contact information on drum majors so that they may be included in the corps’ 75th Anniversary celebrations. With 60 drum majors having had the honor of leading the corps during its renowned history, information on five individuals remains unknown, and staff is looking to alumni and friends of the corps for […]
How many people can say they performed for the president — on Inauguration Day? Jordan Carlton, 18, is one of those people who have that distinction. “It was definitely cool to be there and perform for the president of the United States,” he said last week. Carlton was one of 119 people chosen to march […]
The 2009 Blue Stars have their membership infrastructure set for a great season in all areas, although they are still in search of a tenor drummer with the skill set and experience to complete the battery section of the corps. If you have an interest, please contact Corps Director, Howard Weinstein at director [at] bluestars […]
The Cavaliers have re-organized their Board of Directors; necessitated by the retirement of Don Warren, founder, as President. Don will continue as Chairmen of the Board. Replacing Don as President will be Adolph de Grauwe, long time Executive Vice President. Adolph’s long time involvement with the Cavaliers includes participation as a member, Cadet Corps Director, […]
The Sacramento Mandarins recently completed their January camp under sunny skies and temperatures in the upper 60’s. As a result, while the corps had use of the entire Cosumnes Oaks High School campus, there were several outdoor sessions during the day, and the brass line was able to do some tracking in the parking lot […]
Two rule proposals were presented prior to the January 22-24 meeting of the DCI member corps. The directors dealt with these and two other considerations prior to concluding their weekend meetings. Gene Monterastelli, head of the DCI Rules Committee, helped to explain the results of the voting. Overall Effect judges The proposal to utilize two […]
In 2008, the Drum Corps International Board of Directors was restructured to a nine-person group established to facilitate more efficient business operations. Previously the entire World Class voting membership comprised the organization’s board. The new setup called for six elected representatives from the body of DCI member corps as well as three unaffiliated (at-large) members. […]
Following a unanimous vote of the Drum Corps International World Class member corps on Saturday, Jan. 24, the Cascades were approved to compete as a World Class corps on the 2009 Drum Corps International Tour. Founded in 1957 as the Greenwood Boys Club Corps, the Cascades won the Drum Corps International Division III World Championship […]
The Northwest Youth Music Association (parent organization to the World Class Cascades drum corps), completed a successful 2008 year of community service projects. There were two major initiatives, Rotary Music4Life and the Partners in Education program. Rotary Music4Life is a partnership between the Northwest Youth Music Association (NYMA), Rotary District 5030, and the Seattle School […]
The Vanguard Cadets continued marching towards the 2009 season this past weekend with almost 120+ attendees returning for the call-back camp. Saturday morning, prospective and veteran members for the horn and percussion sections arrived from all over the United States and Canada, primarily from western states and provinces and overwhelmingly from California Bay Area. Throughout […]
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