Field Pass: Crossing off the days to summer with the Crossmen
By Dan Potter | fieldpass@dci.org
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 - 3:53 PM
After their "Metamorphosis" in 2007, the Crossmen are set to launch an expedition to "Planet X" in 2008. Today and tomorrow, the Field Pass looks at how this iconic Eastern powerhouse has adjusted after a full year in its new home base in Texas.
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Dan Potter has been hooked on drum corps and competitive marching band for 30 years. He is the announcer for many Drum Corps International and marching band shows nationwide and is the host of DCI's "Field Pass" podcast which covers the best in marching music.
Drum major of the Geneseo Knights Drum and Bugle Corps from 1979-1981, Potter has experience on the staff of the Glassmen and has taught or consulted high school marching bands in Indiana and Texas.
At home in Tulsa, Okla., Potter is news director and assistant program director for AM 740 and FM 102.3 NewsTalk KRMG. His journalism has been honored by several broadcast organizations including the 2000 Edward R. Murrow award from the Radio-Television News Directors Association for best radio newscast in the U.S. and, in 2004, Dan was part of a team of radio reporters awarded broadcast journalism’s equivalent to the Pulitzer Prize, the Dupont-Columbia Silver Baton.
