In conjunction with their 10th Anniversary season, Teal Sound is pleased to announce an exciting new partnership with Jupiter Band Instruments, Inc. to perform on the new Quantum series of brass, drums and percussion instruments. The Quantum project is a collaborative effort between Jupiter, Mapex and Majestic brands to develop a complete line of high-performance […]
Thunder has new staff for 2008, most of whom were in Spokane for the camp: Rich Harvey – Spokane, WA – Corps Director Nick Golding – Atlanta, GA – Brass Caption Head, Arranger Jeffrey Willis – Orlando, FL – Percussion Caption Head, Arranger Anthony Parnther – Fullerton, CA – Visual Caption Head, Designer Brittany Petrie […]
Looking at the support issues that go into running a youth activity like the one we participate in, it is difficult to tell whether you are ending a season or beginning a new one. When the fleet comes home from summer tour after logging 15,000 miles, are you fixing problems that occurred on the road […]
Drum Corps International is pleased to expand its offering of Video Performance Downloads (VPD). Just added to the collection, which debuted in July of 2007, are the fourth through sixth placing World Championship corps from the ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s and ‘00s. Made specifically to watch on your computer, VPDs can be easily transferred to a […]
On January 19-20, 2008, the Spokane Thunder Drum & Bugle Corps held its first rehearsal camp and Open House for the 2008 competitive season. The number of members at this event was the largest in the 4-year history of the corps. An enthusiastic group of members and parents were in attendance to hear from corps […]
Six minutes of music to the Cadets program "In Pursuit of Happiness" is now intact as members of the corps Creative Team make plans to meet this week to discuss concept, design and staging of a show that takes fans on a journey through life and the quest for contentment. The Cadets met last weekend […]
The January camp was riddled with distractions, but none could affect the exceptional progress of the corps. By now, the Madison Scouts have grown quite accustomed to adverse winter weather conditions, so aside from some last-second changes of planes to buses and a handful of late arrivals, everything was par for the course. The new […]
The most successful era of the internationally famous Rosemont Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps came to an end this month with the retirement of the man who led it to its most impressive achievements. Jeff Fiedler followed up his retirement in 2006 from an administrative position at St. Francis de Sales High School in Chicago […]
Some 400 members of the drum corps community, including directors, instructors, tour event partners and others will converge in Orlando at the International Plaza Resort starting Thursday, Jan. 24, for the Drum Corps International Annual Meeting & Conference Weekend. These annual sessions represent the biggest conclave of Drum Corps International community members outside of the […]
The 2008 Targets Drum & Bugle Corps from Springfield, Massachusetts will be performing selections from “The 13th Warrior. ” “The 13th Warrior” is a 1999 action film starring Antonio Banderas with original music by Jerry Goldsmith. It is loosely based on the Anglo-Saxon epic poem, "Beowulf", whose author is unknown. Targets’ show starts with the […]
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