by Steve Vickers, DCW Publisher
publisher@drumcorpsworld.com
This article originally appeared in the July 2008 edition of Drum Corps World (Volume 37, Number 4). It is the type of material that is included in each issue, covering the junior, all-age, alumni and foreign drum and bugle corps activity worldwide.
Just about everyone in the drum and bugle corps activity knows Steve Rondinaro as the consistent face of 29 years on the television broadcasts of DCI’s annual championships....
by Jeff Helgeson
This article was originally published in the July 2008 edition of Drum Corps World (Volume 37, Number 4).
On June 28, alumni of the Chicago Royal Airs celebrated rgw 50th anniversary of their corps’ founding with a dinner and keynote speech by Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps Founder and President, Don Warren.
Gathered together at the Park Ridge, IL, VFW Post that sponsored their one-time crosstown “Green Machine” rivals, Royal Airs alumni, who had assembled from across the country commemorated the history...
by Dr. Fred Olin, DCW staff
fholin@gmail.com
This article was originally published in the July 2008 edition of Drum Corps World (Volume 37, Number 4).
When I pull out my driver’s license and look at the date there, it tells me that I’m 70 years old. But when I look between my own ears, I’m 20. The reason? I’m marching drum corps again. I’m practicing with a three-valve baritone (the one I played 50 years ago had only one valve) and I’m learning the “dot system” of marching . ....
Drum Corps Europe will make a live webcast of the DCE Championships this Saturday, September 27, in Kerkrade, Holland, with audio and video streaming. Drum corps fans who can’t travel to Kerkrade will still be able to see what’s happening in the Parkstad Limburg Stadium.
In previous years, a webcam sent a picture to the server every 5 seconds. This year the webcast will be a live audio and video streaming event (high camera view). The audio and video will have limited quality (fans should not expect DVD quality), and this year is a...
by Officer Walter L. Edwards II
This article was originally published in the July 2008 edition of Drum Corps World (Volume 37, Number 4).
As a law enforcement officer and bodybuilder, I firmly believe that those who do good for others will have good returned to them. Myself, putting a smile on a kids face is my project, no matter the obstacle. I had attempted in the past to join several area youth-based organizations, but as youth members and staff members of these organizations left in droves, and the internal in-fighting and public...
