Drum and Bugle Corps

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The Blue Devils C Drum and Bugle Corps and the A Winter Guard programs for the 2006 season are under way.

The C Corps accepts elementary and middle school students between ages 8 to 13. Rehearsals are held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays at Glenbrook Middle School in Concord.

The A Winter Color Guard accepts elementary and middle school students between ages 8 to 14. Rehearsals are held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church, and from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays at Calvary Baptist Church in Concord.

Previous experience is not necessary for either group.

For information, call the Blue Devils at 925-689-2918, Ext. 3100, for the C Corps, and Annette Odello at 925-686-4295 for the A Winter Guard Program.

Could this be the first usenet posting mentioning drum corps?

From: Flip Phillips (flip@osu-cgrg.UUCP)
Subject: DCI - any of you out there?
Newsgroups: net.music
Date: 1985-11-06 08:24:21 PST

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Here’s a link to the post in Google’s usenet archive.

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ROCKFORD — The Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps is being sued for defaulting on a $450,000 bank loan.

The suit, filed Dec. 16, lists Rescomm Holdings No. 2 LLC, as the plaintiff.

According to the suit, the Rockford-based Phantom Regiment took out a $450,000 loan on March 7, 2000, but has failed to maintain payments. Rescomm is trying to collect on an outstanding balance of $367,563.67.

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DOVER — Dover finally is getting its groove back.

It’s been years since the town has had its very own drum and bugle corps, but last year, all of that changed when the American Legion welcomed the New York Skyliners into their post.

Now, the Skyliners are calling Dover their home, and they are reaching out to students at Dover High School and other neighboring communities in hopes of broadening membership, said corps director Ralph Marino.

The Skyliners have been around for 61 years, beginning with their formation in Manhattan. Since then, they have changed homes several times, moving first to the Bronx, then to Garfield, then to Stroudsburg, Pa., and finally last year back to New Jersey.

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The Skyliners will be performing all year round in various parades to raise funds, and it even hopes to sponsor its own show at Hamilton Field in Dover this summer.

But what its members are truly practicing for is the championship at the end of next year.

The 2006 repertoire is “Fire in the Sky,” which will include jazz and tango-style tunes as well a twist to Queen’s classic “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

Link: New York Skyliners

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The P132,750 total donations were the bulk of the gross proceeds in the ticket sales of the highly successful Alturas Drum and Bugle Corps Showdown 2005, which was held last November 27 at the CPG sports Complex.

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