IN THIS EDITION:

• Shadow opens ranks to all DCI ages
• Mandarins alum honored for lifetime achievement in television news
• Vanguard brass sings in the clowns
• And more!


MarchOn

#MarchOn

With the cancelation of the 2020 DCI Tour, DCI's performing ensembles are in need of your assistance. A donation of any amount to the organizations of your choice will go a long way to ensure that we will #MarchOn for the benefit of some of the best and brightest young adults across the globe! 

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7th Regiment

7th Regiment will kick off its Performing Arts Academy programming on November 1 with a session on the fundamentals of electronics and sound design in the marching arts.

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The Academy

Academy front ensemble coordinator Thomas Kurator talks about the audition experience for the corps in a recently-posted video.

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Blue Devils

Educators from the Blue Devils and Cadets will present an educational clinic for USBands on Saturday, November 21.

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Bluecoats

Bluecoats brass and battery percussion audition materials are now available for download.

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Boston Crusaders

2020 Boston Crusaders percussionist Jovanna Mullin recently took home second place in the Hit Like a Girl global drumming contest.

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The Cadets

An anonymous Cadets alum pledged to match up to $5,000 in donations until October 31.

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Carolina Crown

This week Carolina Crown welcomed Tyler Edrington to head the corps' color guard section. “As an alumnus of the organization, it’s great to have the opportunity to lead CrownGUARD into the future,” Edrington said.

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Carolina Gold

The start of Carolina Gold’s online educational brass clinics is less than two weeks away.

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The Cavaliers

The Cavaliers will host "2020 Cav-A-Thon, Back On Track!" a virtual fundraising event on Saturday, December 5. The four-hour program will be broadcast live on Facebook and YouTube.

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Colts

Check out this throwback video to the Colts cymbal line working some visuals in the warm-up lot.

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Colt Cadets

The Colts Red Zone online educational series also includes programming for those interested in getting their start with the Colt Cadets.

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Crossmen

Tim Mikan has been named caption manager of the Crossmen color guard staff. "The Crossmen guard has set standards of quality over time and Tim has the ability to keep that excellence obvious to all," program director Ed Devlin said.

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Impulse

Impulse's thoughts are with all those in Southern California who have been affected by wildfires.

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Jersey Surf

Jersey Surf gives us a 2019 rehearsal video from the perspective of one of the corps' cymbal players.

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Madison Scouts

Madison Scouts brass arranger Daniel Montoya Jr. talks with corps member Marco Iannelli who composed a song titled "What’s There for Me” for last week's Madison Scouts "Walk On" telethon fundraiser. Telethon host Dan Potter said of Iannelli and the piece, "Maybe we're seeing the beginnings of another George Gershwin."

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Mandarins

The Emmy Awards recently honored Lonnie Wong, a Mandarins alum and longtime journalist for KTXL FOX40, for lifetime achievement in television news.

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Music City

Last Sunday Music City hosted its first-ever Topgolf Invitational fundraiser in Nashville.

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Phantom Regiment

Phantom Regiment profiled the late Vicki Auditore who will be inducted posthumously into the corps’ hall of fame during a virtual gala event on November 21.

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Santa Clara Vanguard

Last week Santa Clara Vanguard's horn line debuted a virtual vocal ensemble performance of the corps' theme song "Send in the Clowns."

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Seattle Cascades

Seattle Cascades encourages everyone who is eligible to vote to get out and do so.

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Shadow

Traditionally only open to high school students, Shadow will be making a change in 2021 to open its auditions to anyone eligible by Drum Corps International rules to participate.

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Spirit of Atlanta

Until October 31 your contribution to Spirit of Atlanta’s Project 21 will be matched dollar for dollar.

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Troopers

Troopers will host a free virtual open house for prospective members interested in meeting the corps’ new color guard staff and learning more about what’s in store for the corps in 2021.

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