On an unusually warm February night in San Francisco, the Mandarins helped ring in the Year of the Pig, at the 2007 Chinese New Year Parade. The performance was the corps’ public debut of the season. They first marched in this parade in 1965, and the event has been a Mandarins tradition ever since. As […]
The Crossmen are coming off an exhilarating and productive camp where energy, inspiration and the ties that unite ‘Bones’ from one season to the next were felt throughout the weekend. The corps met for its fourth rehearsal of the season at Ronald Reagan High School in San Antonio, Texas, learning additional music to the their […]
Blair Lezcano was chosen from a field of three very qualified candidates. The other two candidates are students at Cal State University Long Beach, and University of Kentucky respectively. Blair is a junior at Canyon High School in Anaheim Hills. His interests include trumpet, piano, composition, conducting and advanced electronics. He plays the solo trumpet […]
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It is with great honor and pleasure that the Raiders Drum & Bugle Corps of Wayne, NJ make the following announcement. George Hopkins Director of the Cadets and CEO of Youth Education in the Arts (YEA!), announced recently the organization has decided to donate the Cadets Pre-Owned 47 Ft Food Trailer to the Raiders Drum […]
Madison-based Capital Sound Drum and Bugle Corps is drumming up support for the community of Enterprise, AL, after a deadly twister last week claimed the lives of eight high school students and devastated the school. Corps leaders say the philosophy is "May you never walk alone." That will hold true as the corps leads a […]
The great blizzard of February 2007 is one way the Madison Scouts recent winter camp will be remembered. At 6pm on Friday night, February 23rd, it was just a cold winter night in Madison… two hours later there was over a foot of snow hitting the entire Midwest. Needless to say, the camp was a […]
The Sacramento Mandarins recently announced the corps’ drum majors for the 2007 season: Rachel Gonzalez is 18 years old and is returning for a second year as drum major for the Mandarins, having been drum major during 2006, her first year with the corps. She currently instructs the Reed High School (Nevada) winter drumline and […]
Famous for stepping to the music, drum and bugle corps are also well known for stepping up to help fellow musicians in times of trouble. The Capital Sound Drum & Bugle Corps didn’t miss a beat when it was asked to help the badly damaged community of Enterprise, Ala., where a massive tornado tore apart […]
In response to a call for support for the victims of the horrific tornado that destroyed Enterprise, Alabama, and leveled its high school, Capital Sound has launched an immediate drive to collect relief supplies, which will be taken directly to the town for distribution. Joining in their efforts will be both the Madison Scouts and […]
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