The Boston Crusaders are proud to announce the inductees for the 2008 Crusader Hall of Fame George Bevilacqua – Drum Major and Corps DirectorPaul Byrne – marching member and instructorSteve Cirillo – member, staff member, and tour directorWayne and Alyce Hayden – souvenir operationsJohn Montgomery – marching instructor and drill designerHelen Taylor – member and […]
The following story appeared in Marketwatch.com today and sends a signal to the Cadets and all corps. This summer, already hit with huge fuel increase for corps, now has the additional burden of food prices expected to be 20 percent higher than in 2007. BULLETIN: U.S. food prices rise 0.9 percent — their largest monthly […]
Hundreds of young musicians come from all over the world to compete in an intense marching band boot camp, spending 12-hour days completing music rehearsals and physical training. It sounds like a pitch for the latest reality television show, but this is a reality North Stafford High School senior Andrew Piner has faced since November […]
Drum Corps International is incredibly pleased to announce one of the most ambitious Web-based undertakings since DCI’s founding some 36 years ago. DCI World Class corps have come together to take the wraps off of the totally redesigned and wildly expanded “Fan Network” which now gives fans of drum corps across the world the chance […]
Why did the Parliament of Quebec bar longtime Drum Corps International announcer Brandt Crocker from even touching the microphone at the World Championship Finals in 1982? What are the origins of the opening phrase “On the Field …”? Find the answers to these questions and more in part two of Dan Potter’s interview with the […]
Jasper High School junior Andrew Kier has been selected to tour with the Drum Corps International group Memphis Sound this summer. Kier is a drum major with the JHS band. "I’ve never seen Andy so excited about anything as he is this," Jasper High School Band Director Jeff Parma said. Kier said he sent an […]
Former Dane County Executive Jonathan Barry has been named to the Board of Trustees of The Explorer Fund for the Madison Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps ( www.MadisonScouts.org ). A former Dane County and state legislator, Barry served several terms on the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and as a corporate […]
On Sunday, May 11th, Yamato hosted its very first gathering of its members and their families at their Mother’s Day Picnic. Nearly 90 family plus corps members attended an afternoon of great food and entainment to honor their mothers and grand mothers who do so much. May 11th was also the organization’s evaluation day by […]
The Cadets have had a few changes, and as such, we have a great opportunity for an outgoing, organized, and sales based person willing to hit the road for the summer of 2008. The right person will love talking to folks about the Cadets; selling, selling and selling, and traveling the country. Read the rest […]
One person has performed in more DCI World Championship Finals competitions than anyone else … and he’s still performing. Today and tomorrow, Dan Potter goes one-on-one with the “Voice of DCI” Brandt Crocker. Read the rest of the article here.
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