Pascagoula again hosting drum-and-bugle corps competition
PASCAGOULA, Miss. - War Memorial Stadium in Pascagoula will again host drum-and-bugle corps from several states scheduled to compete in this month’s Drum Corps International concert.
The event, held in Pascagoula for the fifth consecutive year, is sponsored by the Mississippi Gulf Coast Summer Music Games Inc. and others. The show - which has attracted about 3,000 people each of the last two years - is planned July 19.
Seven corps from Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, Florida, Kentucky and Wisconsin are to take part in the event, billed as “Blast on the Beach.”
MGCMG uses funds generated from the show to provide scholarships to local musical students.
