Phantom Closes Gap on BD in the Northwest July 8, 2008 – Hillsboro, OR . . . In the Portland Summer Music Games, the only show in Washington or Oregon this season, the Blue Devils continued their winning ways. Phantom Regiment closed the gap on the Devils, who won in the DCI West Championships three […]
Blue Devils stay on top at final major West Coast showJuly 5, 2008 – Palo Alto, CA . . . A nearly perfect evening in Northern California was the setting for the DCI West Championships. Stanford Stadium is a tremendous, state-of-the-art facility to view a drum corps show. This is the second year a major […]
Cavaliers remain undefeated through Louisville showJuly 7, 2008 – Louisville, KY . . . After raining most of the day and many corps shortening their rehearsal schedules, the rain subsided about two hours before show time. Papa John’s Stadium hosted yet another fine contest with The Cavaliers continuing their reign over most the other Midwestern […]
The blast of brass, the thunderous sound of marching drums and the flash and pageantry of drum and bugle corps returns to Manchester when Drum Corps International brings its “Summer Music Games” competition to the Queen City. “Fiesta de Musica II,” hosted by The Muchachos Drum & Bugle Corps, begins at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, July […]
Uniform maintenance at Vanguard is a daily event in the summer. Our Stanbury uniforms are tremendous and easy to maintain, but they take a beating each night with the physical nature of the show Vanguard performs each year. There’s always a short list every morning of an ornamental button to replace, a feather to change, […]
2Until this year, drum corps fans have had few opportunities to look beneath corps members’ shakos or aussies to see the performers’ faces … and to discover their amazing personalities. As Dan Potter tells us in today’s Field Pass presented by Zildjian, the new DCI Fan Network is turning a few performers’ names into household […]
The beautiful echoes of “…and the pursuit of happiness” filled the airwaves of Virginia and along the border of North Carolina Wednesday morning as several local National Public Radio stations aired a short piece on the Cadets and Youth Education in the Arts. The piece was aired at 8:35 a.m. on WCVE FM 88.9 / […]
A huge tour bus on Jenkintown Road drove past the intersection. "Here they come," they said. The bus read "Jersey Surf" and brought along 150 members of the Jersey Surf Drum and Bugle Corps to march in the parade its third straight year. Sue Brooks waited for her daughter, Heidi, to stop by with her […]
The Mandarins depart for DCI Tour on July 10, having completed the final California competition the previous week in Stanford. For the latest progress see our Mid-summer Update Video. Apple Quicktime 7 required to view the video. Best wishes to all corps members, instructors, and support staff on the way to Indiana! Read the rest […]
The DCI Fan Network delivered fans post-show OnDemand Playback from Stanford, Calif. and Kalamazoo, Mich., both on July 5. Now, an unscheduled addition to the Fan Network’s constantly growing archive of performances is the third and final show that took place on July 5, "Music in Motion" from Clifton, N.J. The four world class performances […]
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