On Sunday, October 5th, GLASSMEN friends, family, and golfers (sometimes all three) from all over Ohio came out to support the corps at the first annual GLASSMEN Golf Classic…and what a day it was! Following a lunch at the Heather Downs Country Club, and a short presentation about the corps, it was time to hit […]
StellaTrek Motion Pictures and MDG Documentaries are pleased to announce that Michael D. Gough’s "America’s Core," the documentary about the revival of the Casper Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps was selected as 1st runner up for Best Documentary at the Idaho International Film Festival last week. The film competed alongside 49 other films and was […]
Cascades Director, Sal Leone, announced recently that Ron Comfort has been appointed as Program Coordinator, Comfort has been an adjudicator for DCI and WGI and a designer for the Madison Scouts, Magic of Orlando, Shaktai, Mayflower and Paradigm. Returning to the staff is John Freeman as Visual Caption-Head, and Kurt Jull as Design Coordinator and […]
The percussion staff will mark their 3rd year with Revolution in 2009 and continue the success and growth of this program for the organizations 10th season! Carlos Botello will return as Caption Head for his official 4th season. The percussion section capped off 2008 with a 4th place finish at the DCI Open Class World […]
The Crossmen are pleased to announce that Darryl Pemberton will be back with the corps in 2009 in the dual role of visual design as well as the Visual Caption Head. He is accompanied by the majority of the talented 2008 visual team including Caption Supervisor Aaron Barnes. "We were so fortunate to have a […]
The Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps is pleased to announce the return of Bradley Kerr Green and Donnie VanDoren to lead its brass program in 2009. "Bradley Kerr Green’s resume and success with the Blue Stars’ Brass program speak for itself. He has done a great job with growing the brass program’s performance along […]
After a very successful 2008 season, Green Thunder Percussion will begin its 3rd season of offering serious students an advanced comprehensive percussion studies program designed to improve rudimental and orchestral percussion skills in the Chicagoland area. The organization is open to gentleman 14-18 years of age, and concurrently serve as an ideal preparation resource for […]
Size does matter, and so does the environment in which things are presented. Another thing that matters is the local grass-roots origins of what have now become prominent drum and bugle organizations. Thinking things like that, and then talking about them in December of 2007 at a Racine Kiltie open house, eventually caused former Chicago […]
The Pioneer Drum and Bugle Corps, in collaboration with Eastern Michigan University GEAR UP and Willow Run Community Schools, will be hosting its first Music and Movement Educational Clinic at Willow Run Middle School in Ypsilanti, MI on Saturday, November 22nd. Registration will begin at 9:00 AM EST, and the M&M Educational Clinic will run […]
Highly skilled timpani players are sought to audition for the Cadets’ Front Ensemble during the corps’ first camp in November. The Cadets are also encouraging experienced percussionists to audition within the battery section due to a large number of 2008 age-outs. “The corps lost a considerable number of members in the battery due to age-outs,” […]
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