by Steve Vickers, DCW publisher
publisher@drumcorpsworld.com
As part of a series of videotape restorations from the Jim Jones/Troopers archives, Drum Corps World is pleased to announce the release of the second DVD project that includes the ONLY performance of the Hawthorne Muchachos from the 1975 season. It is included in a six-corps collection that also features the 1974 Stockton Commodores, 1975 Troopers and the 1976 Troopers, Santa Clara Vanguard and 27th Lancers.
The Muchachos...
by Mike Ferlazzo, DCW staff
mferlazzo@yahoo.com
This article was originally published in the June 2009 edition of Drum Corps World (Volume 38, Number 3).
Some within the drum community may see the loss of an existing locally-sponsored show on the DCI tour as a reflection of the troubling economic times, or a shrinking roster of local sponsors, or just bad luck. George Lindstrom sees it as an opportunity for Denver’s Blue Knights.
That’s because Lindstrom and his wife, Lynn, have...
by Steve Vickers, DCW publisher
publisher@drumcorpsworld.com
This article was originally published in the June 2009 edition of Drum Corps World (Volume 38, Number 3).
I first met Mike Pease only last summer, but I’ve been familiar with his volunteer work for a number of years. He’s a resident of Michigan City, IN, and has been running shows there for a long time . . . at Ames Field on the same “sacred” ground where an event has been held dating back to the...
by Bob Fields, Drum Corps World staff
RFields25@AOL.com
This article was originally published in the June 2009 (Volume 38, Number 3) edition of Drum Corps World.
I first set foot on Allentown’s famed J. Birney Crum Field back in 1976. I was traveling with the Concord Blue Devils as a reporter for the Concord Transcript newspaper, and, even though I grew up in a local California corps (publisher’s note: the Pinole Princemen), traveling on a national tour was just a dream come...
by Art Kellerman, Drum Corps World staff
artandmarykel@comcast.net
This article was published originally in the June 2009 edition of Drum Corps World (Volume 38, Number 3).
On Saturday, April 25, the Massachusetts Drum Corps and Music Educators Hall of Fame held its induction ceremony/dinner dance with over 500 in attendance. The large crowd was anticipated well in advance which encouraged organizers to change the venue from Florian Hall to the larger IBEW Hall. It was a good decision...
