Drum and Bugle Corps

(desmoinesregister.com)

Celebration in Brass, a Drum Corps International drum and bugle corps competition, will return to Ankeny on July 12.

The event will be held at the Ankeny High School stadium, 1302 N. Ankeny Boulevard. Gates will open at 6 p.m., with the program beginning at 7:30 p.m. Eight drum and bugle corps from around the country are participating this year.

All seats are reserved. Tickets are $12, $18 and $25. The $25 tickets include a picnic supper before the event and special parking privileges.

For more information or to order tickets, go online to www.ankeny.org, or call the Ankeny Area Chamber of Commerce at (515) 964-0685.

(www.baltimoresun.com)

Youth Education in the Arts (YEA!) and the Westminster High School marching band are sponsoring a drum and bugle corps competition Thursday that will feature seven groups: the Cadets, the Crossmen, Boston Crusaders, Carolina Crown, Jersey Surf, Magic of Orlando and Spirit from Jacksonville State University in Alabama.

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Students will watch the corps members and learn different performance techniques. The competition also enables the students to observe the motivation corps members put into their performances.

Each group will present an 11 1/2 -minute performance. After the local competition, the winners will participate in the Drum Corps International finals, scheduled for Aug. 11-13 in Boston.

The Westminster competition is part of the Music is Cool Tour 2005 organized by YEA!, a nonprofit organization that teaches youth about the performing arts.