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An interview with DCA Announcer Fran Haring

by William Aldrich-Thorpe, DCW staff
william.thorpe@mci.com

This interview is long past due. Fran Haring has been a DCA icon for many years and has the distinct title of the “Voice of DCA,” as he is the official announcer at the DCA World Championships. The Labor Day 2005 weekend marked his 23rd season.

Fran has been involved with drum corps in one way or another since 1967. He has marched a total of 12 seasons, six with the Sacred Heart Crusaders from Manville, NJ, and six with the...

November 22, 2005

Here is what’s in the December issue of Drum Corps World

The December 2005 edition of Drum Corps World was mailed to subscribers on Thursday, November 17. Here is a list of the articles and features included in this 24-page tabloid newspaper (Volume 34, Number 15), one of 18 issues totaling 400 pages of informatin produced yearly:

On the front page are color photos of Pacific Crest, Diamond Bar, CA; and Impulse, Costa Mesa, CA.

Also on the cover are the following articles:
* “DCA fall meeting has elections, plans for 2006.”
* “21st Century Foundation announces...

November 20, 2005

An interview with Drum Corps International Executive Director Dan Acheson

by Steve Vickers, DCW Publisher
publisher@drumcorpsworld.com

Publisher’s note: This interview was originally published in the October 2005 edition of Drum Corps World (Volume 34, Number 13), mailed to subscribers on Sepember 29.

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This has been a particularly successful year for Drum Corps International and Dan Acheson has been busy making changes, adding programs and leading the continuously stronger organization that fronts the junior drum...

November 16, 2005

Photographs needed for new DCW/DCI project

by Steve Vickers, DCW Publisher
publisher@drumcorpsworld.com

Drum Corps World and Drum Corps International are working on a project that requires photographs dating back to the 1972 championship event at the University of Wisconsin’s Warhawk Stadium in Whitewater, WI. Most of the material will come from the archives of Drum Corps World in Madison, WI, but there will be a number of smaller corps that very little, if any, pictures are available from that time period.

If you can...

October 23, 2005

Here is what’s in the November issue of Drum Corps World

Steve Vickers, DCW Publisher
publisher@drumcorpsworld.com

The November 2005 edition of Drum corps World was mailed to subscribers on Thursday, October 20. Here is a list of the articles and features included in this 24-page tabloid newspaper (Volume 34, Number 13), one of 18 issues totaling 400 pages of information produced yearly –

On the front page are color photos of: Blue Stars, La Crosse, Wi; Hawthorne Gold, Hawthorne, PA; Taipei Yuehfu, Taiwan, Republic of China;...

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About DCW

Drum Corps World is published as an on-line electronic magazine by Sights & Sounds, Inc., Madison, WI. It is supported by advertising from manufacturers, service providers, corps, circuits and show sponsors. The publication began in October 1971 at the same time Drum Corps International was formed and has been produced continuously as a tabloid newspaper until April 2011 and on the Internet since May 2011. It is released monthly, as well as six additional e-mail blasts, one in late June, three during July and two in August.

The worldwide staff of writers and photographers provide show reviews during the season and interviews, feature articles, news and human interest stories during the off-season. The photographs that appear in the magazine are provided by 27 staff members who are scattered around the world. The publication covers World and Open Class Drum Corps International corps, Open and Class A Drum Corps Associates corps, alumni, mini-, parade and standstill units, as well as the growing activity in Europe, the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Philippines and South Africa.