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New Director for Dutch Boy

See the following thread on the Drum Corps Planet forums.

There is no press release on the corps site ( bleh, It's still Firefox unfriendly) as of yet. However, the DCI.org site now indicates the new directors name for Dutch Boy. The old director was Steve Miekle replaced by Sarah Teschke.



Dutch Boy, Corps Director????

D.R.U.M. [web rudiments tutorial]

For those of you who want to work on your rudiments (flash plug-in is required):

D.R.U.M.

Edmonton Strutters Drum and Bugle Corps inactive for the 2005 season

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It saddens us, however, to inform you that even though all of the above wondeerful things are in place, due to unforeseen circumstances we, the board, have decided to postpone the 2005 Summer Tour until the summer of 2006. This heart wrenching decision was made due to the fact that grant applications did not come through, bingo revenues were substantially lower than previous years as well as 95% of the membership fees are still outstanding. It is expected that come 1 July 2005, when the no-smoking bylaw takes effect, the bingo revenue will drop even further, and with all of these negative financial factors in place, we would be incompetent if we allowed the tour to take place.

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2005 Summer Tour Postponement Announcement

DCI on ESPN2!

The officail announcment of DCI final televised on ESPN:

Sept 6, 2005 -- DCI on ESPN2

Drum Corps International (DCI), the world leader in producing and sanctioning touring marching music competitions, today announced that its dynamic and award-winning World Championships television program will be broadcast on ESPN2 this fall. This is the first prime-time broadcast of the program on commercial television, and it will be available to more than 88 million households.

Kiwanis Kavaliers Unveil New Uniforms - DCP News

DCP News - Kiwanis Kavaliers Unveil New Uniforms

The Kiwanis Kavaliers have unveiled their new look for 2005. The uniforms - the first new design for the corps in almost ten years - combines the most recent all-black uniforms with the "classic" Kavaliers look previous in a 21st-century fashion.

Bandettes inactive for the 2005 season

Bandettes Online Community -> Summer 2005 Update

After many struggles and despite all the hard work from all of the members and staff the Bandettes are heartbroken to announce that the competitive corps will be inactive for the summer 2005 season.

The Bandettes Feeder Corps will remain active along with a parade corps. The Parade Corps will perform in several parades throughout the summer on weekends. The parade fees will help to maintain the bills. Also, we have formed a partnership with Marion Glory Cadets, who have also been struggling recently. Many of the older members will be performing with them this summer season. We are going to continue our fundraising efforts and recruiting throughout the summer. Bandettes are currently pursuing the possibility of a winter program that could help to maintain and build our membership as well as our finances for the future success of the organization.

We are looking for anyone interested in working with our brass and color guard sections this summer on parade weekends with the possibility of them continuing in the winter program as well. We are currently accepting members in all sections for membership in the parade corps as well as the feeder corps.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact me at vibeplayer@hotmail.com or post a message in our forums.

Love in Corps,
Shara Barlow, Bandettes Staff

DCI and ESPN to Announce Deal In June - DCP News

DCP News - DCI and ESPN to Announce Deal In June

For those you who only get to watch drum corps on T.V. this is good news. For people like me who don't have cable this is a a (small) disappointment. Perhaps we can put together some DCI get-togethers at a sports bar in August?