Drum Corps International Field Pass

The 2013 Drum Corps International Tour is underway! Among the first corps to step off at the Southwest Corps Connection in Mesa, Ariz. this week was Carolina Crown. In today's Field Pass presented by Zildjian, Dan Potter takes us to one of Crown's rehearsal stops on the road to the West Coast and chats with Crown's executive director Jim Coates.

Oregon Crusaders are making the leap from Open Class to World Class competition this summer. In today's Field Pass presented by Zildjian, Oregon Crusaders Director Mike Quillen talks about the challenges and the rewards of the move.

What would lead a guy who never even marched in a drum corps to start a corps? Lifelong fan Matthew Shrewsbury says he's being led by the desire to do something for music students in South Carolina. That and he's a little crazy. Dan Potter talks with the director of Coastal Surge, one of DCI's newest Open Class corps in today's Field Pass presented by Zildjian.

Drum corps fans on both the East and West Coasts are celebrating new arrivals this summer the birth of an Open Class corps in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina called Coastal Surge and another OC corps from Pasco, Washington. Today, on DCI's 'Field Pass' presented by Zildjian, host Dan Potter talks with the directors of a small group in the Pacific Northwest that takes its name from a corps formed in the 1930s in the same area, the Columbians!

DCI's Field Pass podcast presented by Zildjian is back to cover another season of Marching Music's Major League. To kick off the summer, host Dan Potter chats with DCI Executive Director Dan Acheson to find out what's in store for the 2013 DCI Tour that will get underway in just a few short weeks.

The 2012 Drum Corps International World Championships are in the record books, but you can relive it all with DCI's Dan Potter in the 2012 season finale of the Field Pass presented by Zildjian.

Field Pass Tweetcast, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. Oregon Crusaders are the 2012 Open Class World Champions.

Field Pass Tweetcast, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2012. Hear the thoughts of an age-out corps member leading into World Championships Week.

Field Pass Tweetcast, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. The 300th U.S. Army Band turns out to support a soldier and a Carolina Crown corps member.

Drum Corps International's 40th Anniversary season is reaching its peak. As we hear in today's Field Pass presented by Zildjian, the climb to the summit launches in two places, Allentown and Michigan City.

Field Pass Tweetcast, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. How do you march in two drum corps at the same time? Go Dutch. Interviews with members of the International corps Jubal from the Netherlands.

Field Pass Tweetcast, August 1, 2012. Drum majors from Carolina Crown and Phantom Regiment share how they keep it together on the field.

Field Pass Tweetcast, July 31, 2012. Director George Hopkins unwraps a present being added this week to The Cadets' '12.25' show.

After a weekend of three big back-to-back shows, the Blue Devils remain undefeated. But, Carolina Crown is closing fast. Meanwhile, The Cadets leap-frog into third as we enter the run-up to the conclusion of Drum Corps International's 40th anniversary season. Dan Potter covers a huge weekend of drum corps action in a full-length Monday edition of the Field Pass presented by Zildjian.

Field Pass Tweetcast, July 26, 2012. Do you hear what I hear? Learn more about The Cadets' superb mellophone soloist in this Tweetcast.