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ALTON
Some of the nation’s top drum and bugle corps will compete in the 15th annual Alton Drum & Brass Review on July 7 at Public School Stadium, 1513 State Street.
Gates will open at 5:30 p.m. and the show will begin at 7 p.m.
This year’s lineup is expected to include corps from Rosemont, Ill.; Columbus, Ohio; Milwaukee; Colliersville, Tenn.; and San Antonio. The event is sanctioned by Drum Corps International.
Tickets are $15 in advance or $16 the day of the show. Tickets can be purchased online at www.abob.net/adbr.htm or by phone at 618-465-8281.
The show benefits Alton Band and Orchestra Builders, an organization that helps support music programs in the Alton school district.
(mercurynews.com)
YOUTH GROUP’S LOSS ESTIMATED AT $50,000
A volunteer entrusted with running a non-profit’s $1 million fundraising program will appear in court next month on charges she embezzled more than $50,000.
Charlotte M. Luciani of San Jose volunteered with Santa Clara Vanguard, a non-profit youth music organization, for 20 years and managed the group’s lucrative four-times-a-week bingo fundraisers for the past 10 years, according to court records.
According to Vanguard’s tax filings, the games pull in about $1 million a year and represent 62 percent of the group’s $1.6 million annual budget.
Because of the condition of the books, though, it is unclear how much money might be missing, according to court records.
Luciani and her attorney, Michael Nichols, declined to comment on the charges.
The money raised from the bingo games is used to finance Vanguard’s internationally known drum and bugle corps, made up of hundreds of teens and young adults from around the world. The Santa Clara Vanguard operates two drum and bugle corps that perform at field and parade competitions throughout the country each summer.
The alleged theft hasn’t affected the group’s ability to fund its programs, according to Vanguard’s General Manager Dan Vannatta.
Link: Santa Clara Vanguard
Scores for the 2006 drum corps season can be found here (DCI) and here (DCA).
Drum Corps International Announces 2006 Annual Summer Music Games Tour; Marching Music’s Major League(TM) stages 140 events across the U.S. and Canada
ADDISON, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 20, 2006–Drum Corps International, the event producer and sanctioning body for the world’s most elite and exclusive marching music ensembles for students, kicked off its annual Summer Music Games Tour with its first major event in Lilse, Ill. this weekend. The tour features 12 major regional competitions in world class venues among more than 140 local events in cities and towns across the U.S. and Canada.
“Combining the physical intensity of top athletes with the virtuosity of a world-class musician, participants in Drum Corps International events are engaged in the pursuit of excellence at the highest levels,” said Dan Acheson, Executive Director and CEO of Drum Corps International. “With the rigorous training and competition along with the spartan living conditions on the road, these youth also gain significant life-enhancing experience. After seeing some of the performances during this weekend’s season kickoff, I believe the Summer Music Games Tour 2006 will produce some of the best performances Drum Corps International has ever offered.”
More than 8,000 students from all over the world audition for approximately 3,500 positions in Drum Corps International corps. Each year, corps participating in the tour will travel up to 12,000 miles, performing and competing in major stadium venues across the U.S., including the RCA Dome, the Georgia Dome, Gillette Stadium and INVESCO Field at Mile High. Performances incorporate a wide variety of music and dance from corps comprised of up to 135 high school and college students between the ages of 14 and 22. Each performance, featuring a thrilling spectacle of moving formations, spinning flags and masterfully orchestrated music, is judged on its general effect, music and visual elements.
During the 10-week Summer Music Games Tour, Drum Corps International participants rehearse an average of 70 hours per week. Member corps also hold 26 clinics for marching band students across the country. The tour will culminate with the 2006 World Championships at Madison, Wis., Aug. 8 - 12. Following the tour will be the ESPN2 broadcast of the championship finals event, tentatively scheduled for Sept. 5, 2006.
Highlights of the tour include:
- June 24: Columbia, Mo. at University of Missouri’s Memorial Stadium
- June 30: Central Illinois at Illinois State University’s Hancock Stadium in Bloomington-Normal, Ill.
- July 8: The Central Division Championships at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Ind.
- July 15: Battle Creek, Mich. at Battle Creek Central High School
- July 17: Louisville, Ky. at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium
- July 22: The Southwestern Championship at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas
- July 28: Masters of the Summer Music Games at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, Tenn.
- July 29: The Coltrin & Associates Southeastern Championship at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Ga.
- August 4-5: The Eastern Classic at J. Birney Crum Stadium in Allentown, Pa.
- August 8-12: The 2006 World Championships at University of Wisconsin Madison, Wis.
More than 55 corps will be competing in this year’s tour including: Blue Devils of Concord, Calif.; Blue Knights of Denver, Colo.; Bluecoats of Canton, Ohio; Boston Crusaders of Boston, Mass.; The Cadets of Allentown, Pa.; Carolina Crown of Fort Mill, S.C.; The Cavaliers of Rosemont, Ill.; Glassmen of Toledo, Ohio; Jubal of the Netherlands; Madison Scouts of Madison, Wis.; Phantom Regiment of Rockford, Ill.; Santa Clara Vanguard of Santa Clara, Calif.; Spirit from JSU of Jacksonville, Ala. and Yamato of Riverside, Calif. and Osaka, Japan.
Tickets for most events start at $18 and are available in advance online or at the venue box offices on the day of the show. For more information on tickets and a complete listing of scheduled events, please visit www.DCI.org or call (800) 495-7469. Publicity photos are available on request.
About Drum Corps International
From modest beginnings more than three decades ago, Drum Corps International has developed into a powerful, nonprofit, global youth organization with far-reaching artistic, educational and organizational influence. DCI is now recognized as the world leader in producing and sanctioning competitive marching music and related stadium events for youth. For additional information on the Summer Music Games Tour, Drum Corps International or the competing groups, go to www.DCI.org or contact Drum Corps International at (630) 628-7888. Drum Corps International is located at 470 South Irmen Drive, Addison, IL 60101.
(rrstar.com)
ROCKFORD — Pat Seidling was dealing with a reporter who didn’t know much about drum and bugle corps, other than, well, they have drums and horns.
So he tried some sports analogies.
“This is our Stanley Cup,” he said, pointing to the trophy in a glass case that the Phantom Regiment won in 1996 at the “Super Bowl” of marching music.
This corps is so strong on a national level, that it’s “kind of like the basketball team that always makes the Final Four,” said Seidling, director of the Phantom Regiment.
The Phantom Regiment is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.
And it’s an additional year of 35 performances in 40 cities with 15,000 miles logged on the odometer. The group, ranked third in the world last year, will try to win its second Drum Corps International World Championship.
The drum and bugle corps has 140 members, of which 135 are allowed in any performance, and about 2,500 alumni. Members come from as far as Texas and Japan, but none are from the Rockford area this year.
“Over the last couple years, we kind of stopped apologizing for that,” Seidling said. “I always use the example of the IceHogs. There are no players from Rockford on the IceHogs, but no one would deny the IceHogs are an important commodity.”
Like athletes who get endorsement deals to wear a shoe brand, the Phantom Regiment gets free equipment from instrument manufacturers. The organization then loans the instruments in the off-season to about a half-dozen high school bands and the Rockford Symphony.
“That’s our gift back,” Seidling said.
The Phantom Regiment has community support in spirit, “but it doesn’t translate into dollars,” said Tim Farrell, a former member who serves as president of the board of directors.
The organization has a $1.2 million annual budget, and nearly a quarter comes from tuition. An additional 15 percent to 20 percent comes from performance fees.
The rest is fundraising, including selling souvenirs, hosting band competitions and getting donations.
“You go to any college or high school band in America,” Seidling said, “and you say the word ‘Rockford,’ they’ll say Phantom Regiment. I guarantee it.”
To learn more about the group or to donate, visit www.regiment.org.
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Phantom Regiment history
1956: Formed by a group of VFW 342 members who wanted to see a competitive drum corps, it was named the Rockford Rangers, with an all-girl color guard to be called the Rangerettes.
1962: The original Phantom Regiment Cadets were formed.
1965: A fire in the corps hall took away the corps home, the uniforms and the instruments. The Phantom Regiment tried to field a corps in 1965, but eventually was forced to cancel the season due to a lack of finances.
1967: A new board of directors, comprised of former members and staff of the original corps, reorganized and incorporated the Phantom Regiment.
1970: The corps included 40 horns, 24 color guard, 14 drums, 10 rifles and 1 drum major for a total of 89 members.
1974: The Phantom Regiment made the finals at the Drum Corps International World Championships for the first time, finishing eighth in prelims and 11th in finals.
1989: Finished second in world championships with the second- highest score ever, 98.4.
1996: The Phantom Regiment tied the Blue Devils of Concord, Calif., for its first DCI World Championship.
(pennlive.com)
After a year’s absence because of litigation, a Carlisle-based promotions company is bringing back its drum-and-bugle corps competition to central Pennsylvania.
Five Star Brass Productions Inc. will stage its contest at Central Dauphin East High School’s Landis Field on July 8.
Last year, Five Star canceled the event when it was unable to secure Hersheypark Stadium, the site of the competition for two decades. Five Star said it couldn’t afford the higher rental fees imposed by Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Co.
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Competing this year are the Hawthorne, N.J., Caballeros; the New York Skyliners; the Connecticut Hurricanes; Harrison, N.J., Bushwhackers; and the Reading Buccaneers.
(democratandchronicle.com)
By Allen Buell
(June 7, 2006) — The Drum Corps Associates World Championships will be held in Rochester over Labor Day weekend at the new PAETEC Park in both 2006 and 2007. It is estimated that in each of the two years, the event will bring 20,000 people into our community and generate $11 million for the local economy. The Empire Statesmen Drum Corps, Rochester’s very own five-time World Champions, will play host to this prestigious competition — the largest Rochester event in terms of drawing outside dollars and people since the Ryder Cup in 1995.
How did Rochester land this entertainment and economic powerhouse?
As chairman of the 2006 and 2007 Drum Corps Associates World Championships, I can explain.
Rochester has a long history with drum and bugle corps shows going back to the days of Holleder Stadium, so we at least had a history.
Then, last August, Rochester was asked to put together a bid to host the upcoming championships. David Bruni, assistant director of the Empire Statesmen, and I, business manager for the Statesmen, immediately contacted the Greater Rochester Visitors Association to start the wheels in motion. GRVA’s professional staff is so in tune with what to do that they made the process very easy.
However, there are many steps involved, many questions to be answered. Would PAETEC Park be available? Local police have to be involved for many reasons, including traffic control and public safety. All 47 hotels countywide needed to be informed so they could hold blocks of rooms. The Rochester Riverside Convention Center needed to be put on hold for the opening events. Forty-seven schools, in the city and elsewhere in Monroe County, needed to be booked for rehearsals.
These are just a few of the details that went into a proposal of this size.
Rochester was up against Winston Salem, N.C., in this bidding war. We had to show that Rochester was the place to be. With the brand-new PAETEC Park as the site, the wonderful hotels, convention center and having a city that is easy to get around, we had a nice bid to offer.
The offices of the Rochester mayor and Monroe County executive also were on board to help in any way, showing that the county and city could work together to make this a wonderful choice.
The bid was presented to Gil Silva, DCA president, and within one week Rochester was awarded the prize.
Buell is business manager, Empire Statesmen; and local chairman, 2006 and 2007 Drum Corps Associates World Championships.
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