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NEWS: Fireworks cap grueling drum corps competition |
| Monday September 3, 2007 - The 43rd annual Drum Corps Associates World Championships ended Sunday night
with a bang as participants celebrated the conclusion of the three-day event
outside PAETEC Park.
Fireworks exploded overhead after the Red Wings game at Frontier Field. "It's like built-in entertainment, and we didn't have to pay for it," said championships Chairman Allen Buell.
The Reading Buccaneers of Reading, Pa., won the world champion title after a grueling competition that featured 22 drum corps from across the country and Canada.
"It's been the most
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NEWS: Sight and Sound, Step by Step |
| Monday September 3, 2007 - None of these teenagers need to be here. Yet something keeps them coming back to
suffer with a smile.
All summer they've practiced their portions of songs like "Brickhouse" and "Bohemian Rhapsody" instead of lounging at the beach.
At Wheaton North High School, students fill four rows of blue chairs and gaze at music sheets and a dry erase board filled with notes.
Similar scenes are occurring simultaneously at high schools all over DuPage County in early August, when marching bands began preparations for the school year.
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NEWS: The beat goes on for a drum and bugle corps |
| Friday, August 31, 2007 - In mid-August in Newark's Liberty International Airport, the Raiders of Wayne
finally lost their balance.
They had held it through the worst summer heat, through frequent day-long drills and performances (including parades in four towns on July 4 alone) in full uniform under searing sun, through sometimes makeshift lodging in college dorms and local schools and armories, through long bus rides across desolate terrain, through recruiting and scheduling and year-long fund-raising and massive haulage of luggage and instruments, including bulky
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Midlothian, TX - September 29, 2007
Fall Preview Experience
Midlothian High School
Participating Schools
| BAND |
START TIME |
| Berkner H.S., TX |
12:30 |
| TBA |
2:45 |
| TBA |
3:00 |
| Thomas Jefferson H.S., TX |
3:15 |
| Highland Park H.S., TX |
3:30 |
| Newman Smith H.S., TX |
3:45 |
| DINNER BREAK |
| Legacy H.S., TX |
7:45 |
| Creekview H.S., TX |
8:00 |
| Princeton H.S., TX |
8:15 |
| Midlothian H.S., TX |
8:30 |
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Ypsilanti, MI - September 29, 2007
Eastern Michigan University
Participating Schools
| BAND |
START TIME |
| TBA |
12:15 |
| West Bloomfield H.S., MI |
12:30 |
| Lincoln-Way East H.S., IL |
12:45 |
| Boone County H.S., KY |
1:00 |
| Chantilly H.S., VA |
1:15 |
| Reeths-Puffer H.S., MI |
1:30 |
| Milford H.S., MI |
1:45 |
| BREAK |
| Brunswick H.S., OH |
2:15 |
| Victor J. Andrew H.S., IL |
2:30 |
| Lakeland H.S., MI |
2:45 |
| Lake Orion H.S., MI |
3:00 |
| Dublin Coffman H.S., OH |
3:15 |
| Plymouth-Canton Ed. Park, MI |
3:30 |
| Eastern Michigan University Band |
3:45 |
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Grand Nationals - November 14-17, 2007
Indianapolis, IN
RCA Dome
Participating Schools
Adair County HS, KY; Arlington HS, TN; Athens HS, MI; Avon HS, IN; Avon HS, OH; Ayala HS, CA; Bellbrook HS, OH ; Ben Davis HS, IN; Blue Springs HS, MO; Blue Valley West HS, KS ; Boone County HS, KY ; Bourbon County HS, KY; Broken Arrow Sr. HS, OK; Brunswick HS, OH; Buckeye HS, OH; Campbell County HS, KY; Carlisle HS, OH; Carmel HS, IN; Carroll HS, OH; Center Grove HS, IN; Centerville HS, OH; Clayton HS, NC; Clear Brook HS, TX; Collinsville HS, IL; Columbus North HS, IN; Concordia Lutheran HS, IN; Decatur Central HS, IN; DeSoto Central HS, MS; East Noble HS, IN; Eastern HS, KY; Edgewood HS, OH; Father Ryan HS, TN; Forest Park HS, IN; Fred J. Page HS, TN; Green HS, OH; Harrison HS, GA; Hart County HS, KY; Herscher HS, IL; Highlands HS, KY; Indian Hill HS, OH; Jackson Academy MS; Jenison HS, MI; Kings HS, OH; L.D. Bell HS, TX; Lake Central HS, IN; Lake Park HS, IL; Lakeland HS, MI; Lawrence Central HS, IN; Lawrence North HS, IN; Lebanon HS, OH; Limestone Community HS, IL; Lincoln Community HS, IL; Livonia Franklin HS, MI; Lone Oak HS, KY; Louisville Male HS, KY; Mabank HS, TX; Marian Catholic HS, IL; Martinsville HS, IN; Meade County HS, KY; Milford HS, MI; Monrovia HS, IN; Moore HS, OK; North Augusta HS, SC ; Northmont HS, OH ; Norton HS, OH ; Norwell HS, IN; Odessa HS, MO ; Plymouth-Canton Ed. Park MI ;
Reeths-Puffer HS, MI ; Richland HS, TX ; Ronald Reagan HS, TX ; Shelby County HS, KY ; Springboro HS, OH ; Stephen F. Austin HS, TX ; The Woodlands HS, TX ; Tippecanoe HS, OH ; Twin Valley South HS, OH ; Warren Local HS, OH ; Waynesville HS, OH ; West Carteret HS, NC; West Clermont HS, OH; West Johnston HS, NC; Western Brown HS, OH; William Mason HS, OH; William S. Hart HS, CA
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| November 3 |
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| November 3 |
Flagstaff, AZ (BOA) |
| November 10 |
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| November 14 |
Grand Nationals
Indianapolis, IN |
| November 15 |
Grand Nationals Indianapolis, IN |
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Grand Nationals Indianapolis, IN |
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Grand Nationals Indianapolis, IN |
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96.150 Spartans |
90.550 Memphis Sound |
98.313 Buccaneers |
| 97.025 The Cadets |
95.700 Jersey Surf |
90.450 Fever |
96.650 Caballeros |
| 96.350 The Cavaliers |
92.050 Teal Sound |
84.425 Dutch Boy |
95.650 Empire Statesmen |
| 94.850 Phantom Regiment |
90.875 Blue Devils B |
84.225 Revolution |
94.575 Bushwackers |
| 94.175 Santa Clara Vanguard |
90.400 Vanguard Cadets |
80.775 Oregon Crusaders |
93.683 Brigadiers |
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