Category: News

(cnn.com) (CNN) — A powerful group of players known as the ‘G-7’ has sparked tumult amid accusations of a hostile takeover attempt. This drama isn’t being played out in a corporate boardroom but on the football field, as marching groups converge on Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, for the Drum Corps International (DCI) World … Continue reading “Trouble at ‘Marching Music’s Major League’”

(dci.org) Sunday, January 27, 2008 – 10:30 AM On Saturday night at the Drum Corps International Annual Meeting & Conference Weekend, the instructors’ caucus voted to send on four proposals to be considered and voted on by the DCI Board of Directors. Those four proposals include for the allowance of water to be used on … Continue reading “Final 2008 DCI rules vote tallies”

(dci.org) Saturday, January 26, 2008 – 9:59 PM On Saturday night at the Drum Corps International Annual Meeting & Conference Weekend, individual brass, percussion and visual instructor caucuses met to offer their recommendations to the session of instructors’ representatives. One representative for each eligible corps voted on which proposals would be recommended to the DCI … Continue reading “Instructors recommend four rule proposals to board of directors”

(dci.org) Rules Change Process Ten rules change proposals will be considered at the Drum Corps International Annual Meeting and Conference Weekend from Jan. 24-27 in Orlando, Fla. Instructors and corps directors during a series of caucus sessions will deliberate on these proposals according to a series of considerations including educational, creative, logistical and fiscal impacts. … Continue reading “Rules Change Proposals”

(www.casperstartribune.net) By CORY MATTESON Star-Tribune staff writer In 1972, after over a decade of being known as “America’s Corps,” the Casper-based Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps, became a founding member of Drum Corps International. Today, the DCI governs the world of competitive drum corps, where 14- to 21-year-olds spend their summers sweating through hundreds of … Continue reading “National group sanctions Troopers”

(lacrossetribune.com) The La Crosse Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps is back in the big time. The Blue Stars will join the Madison Scouts, the Cavaliers of Rosemont, Ill., the Cadets of Bergen County, N.J., and 20 other elite drum corps in Division I or open class in 2006. Drum Corps International’s board of directors … Continue reading “Blue Stars back in Division I”