“In what is sure to be a can’t-miss event during DCI’s 40th anniversary summer season, the Drum Corps International Tour will return on Friday, July 6, to Whitewater, Wis. Top World and Open Class corps will square off at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s Perkins Stadium, the historic site of the very first DCI Championship in 1972.” –from the Drum Corps International web site.
The event begins at 7pm and tickets cost between $10-$30.
Would you like to read more about drum corps? Try searching the International Index to Music Periodicals to find articles such as “Impressions of a Decade in Marching Music” (School Band and Orchestra, 2010, vol.13:no.1, pp.34-37), “Contributions of Drum Corps Participation to the Quality of Life of Drum Corps Alumni” (Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 2004, no.159, pp.46-57 –available in print format and shelved under “Council for…” in Andersen Library’s 1st-floor bound periodicals collection), and “What Is It? or What Is It?” (School Band and Orchestra, 2010, vol.13:no.3, pp.18-22 –a discussion about “whether it is possible to please both audiences and judges”).
Please ask a librarian if you’d appreciate assistance with finding materials.
