Every summer the high-energy Spirit Drum & Bugle Corps competes across the country. These young people are all talented musicians — incredibly motivated and dedicated to attaining a remarkable level of performance excellence. Every summer Spirit competes with other drum corps in what some describe as an intense graduate level marching music experience. Read the […]
Along with other facilities around the city of Bloomington on Wednesday, the damage left by last week’s floods put the status of Memorial Stadium’s field in peril for the upcoming months. Wednesday, excess water gathered on the AstroPlay turf surface at the home of the Hoosier football team. After the water drained, a 2-feet deep, […]
Drum Corps International staff members, along with members of the Advance Resource Team of the Indiana Convention and Visitors Association’s Music Crossroads Initiative, were joined this morning by representatives from the Bloomington Convention and Visitors Bureau for another in a scheduled series of detailed planning meetings and stadium tour at the site of the 2008 […]
"Constantly Risking Absurdity" is not only the name of the Blue Devils’ 2008 program, it’s also an accurate description of the entire drum corps activity according to Blue Devils executive director Dave Gibbs. Dan Potter has all of this and more in today’s Field Pass presented by Zildjian. Read the rest of the article here.
Summer’s here, school’s out and band camp seems a long way away. Maybe it’s closer than it seems. After hanging with friends a few weeks, a trip to the beach and a family vacation, it’s now time to strap on the sneakers and slather on the sunscreen and get into training. Start now and make […]
How will the Blue Devils use 15 additional performers this year? Dan Potter finds out in part two of his chat with Dave Gibbs, executive director of the defending DCI World Champions, in today’s Field Pass presented by Zildjian. Read the rest of the article here.
Nearly two weeks early, the Cadets have made their debut performance for the Richland High School Junior versus Senior Powder-puff Football Game! Decked out in white t-shirts and their Holy Name alumni hats, the corps performed for about 500 people during the pre-game entertainment. The June 7th show in Johnstown, Pa., was the perfect arrangement […]
The performance order for the Carolinas’ premier marching music events have been set. FirstBEAT 2008, to be held on Wednesday, July 9th at 7 PM at Irmo HS Stadium, will feature 9 of the finest drum and bugle corps including the 9 time world champions The Cadets. NightBEAT 2008, to be held on Sunday, July […]
Randy Warner has always heard the beat of a different drummer. Now, after 27 years as a very vocal animal protection activist, Warner is a man with an all-new mission. And he wants Las Vegas to march along with him. In formation. Here’s the vision: Nevada’s first drum and bugle corps, which Warner hopes to […]
Drum Corps International’s 2007 World Champions are hard at work on their 2008 program at “Mars," the Devils’ practice facility in Concord, Calif. In today’s Field Pass presented by Zildjian, Blue Devils executive director Dave Gibbs tells us about life on "Mars" and more in the first of a three-part interview, plus samples of the […]
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