Six groups from around the U.S. will compete in "Drums Across America," the National Champions Drum and Bugle Corps Competition, at 7 p.m. Monday in Sevier County High School’s Burchfield Stadium. This is the 33rd consecutive year of the event, which this year will feature the following competing groups: The Cadets from Allentown, Pa; Spirit […]
Two Lexington graduates have spent the summer traveling with Glassmen, a world-renowned drum and bugle corps. Although Hannah Snyder, 19, and Evan Foltz, 18, may not be living in luxury, the teens say this journey been the experience of a lifetime. According to its Web site, Glassmen is 45-plus-year, Ohio non-profit youth organization. Glassmen has […]
Drums On the Chippewa will bring teenagers from all over the country to Carson Park on Sunday to participate in a drum and bugle corps competition. Next year, some of those teenagers will come from the Chippewa Valley. The host of the competition, the Chippewa Valley Brigade, is starting audition camps in the fall for […]
The Chicago Royal Airs Drum & Bugle Corps proudly announced today that the Sie Lurye Sponsorship Grant Committee has awarded two grants this year. The recipients are Megan Francomb of the Colts Drum & Bugle Corps, Dubuque, IA, and Mike Kowbel of the Madison Scouts, Madison WI. “We’re very happy to be able to help […]
Dear Carolina Crown Alumni, Parents, Supporters and Fans: As most of you know, Carolina Crown is having the greatest season of its 19 year history this summer. Why, just recently in Orlando we established new “firsts” by winning a DCI premier event, and doing so with a big victory over our east coast rivals, The […]
City of Bloomington officials are expecting an economic boost from the influx of people The Drum Corps International World Championships will bring to the city. The event will take place Aug. 7 to 9 at Memorial Stadium, and 35,000 to 40,000 people are expected to be in Bloomington over the three days, said Danny Lopez, […]
In 16 days, the Cadets will wrap up their 2008 summer tour at DCI Finals in Bloomington, Ind. and they need help getting there and back. Although the Cadets tour is winding down, the fuel prices are still winding up. Each stop for fuel costs the Corps several thousand dollars, and it’s a long trip […]
The 2008 Pittsburg State University Brass Spectacular lived up to its name Wednesday. “This is the biggest show we’ve ever had,” said Doug Whitten, PSU director of athletic bands. “We have seven corps, and usually we have five or six.” Each corps is made up of musicians between the ages of 14 and 22 from […]
YEA alumna Tiffany Duncan is urging everyone to donate blood instead of sending flowers or gifts while she is in the hospital battling leukemia. "If anyone is near the Philadelphia area, you can donate blood (A+), plasma or platelets by talking to the Red Cross and giving them my name (Tiffany Ann Duncan, Abington Hospital […]
Chalk up another change of plans to fuel prices. Darrell Cox was excited at the prospect of seeing his two children on Tuesday. They’ve been traveling with the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps since Memorial Day, and the group was scheduled to make a stop at Lawrence High School for an all-day practice session. But, […]
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