Drum Corps International Field Pass
Summary: Drum Corps International (DCI) is the world leader in producing events for the world's most elite and exclusive marching ensembles for student musicians and performers. Field Pass presented by Zildjian is Drum Corps International's official podcast featuring award-winning host Dan Potter. With fresh episodes available daily throughout the summer on iTunes and DCI.org, Field Pass gives you an inside look at Marching Music’s Major League; from the parking lot, to the stadium tunnel to the 50-yard line!
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Field Pass Tweetcast, Monday, June 11, 2012. A Madison Scouts pre-season report from Executive Director Chris Komnick.
DCI judges get schooled on the new judging sheets, thousands of DCI Ambassadors are ready to spread the word about drum corps, and camp updates complete with music from the Bluecoats and Boston Crusaders. As the countdown continues to the start of the 2012 Drum Corps International Tour, Dan Potter has it all in this season's first, full-length Friday Field Pass presented by Zildjian.
Your Field Pass Tweetcast for Thursday, June 7, 2012 DCI's John DeNovi talks about the 2012 edition of Drum Corps at the Movies DCI Tour Premiere coming to theaters nationwide on Jun 18.
Your Field Pass Tweetcast for Wednesday, June 6, 2012. A preseason report from Bluecoats Music Coordinator Dean Westman.
Your Field Pass Tweetcast for Tuesday, June 5, 2012. A preseason report from Boston Crusaders Executive Director Tom Spataro.
Your Field Pass Tweetcast for Monday, June 4, 2012. Interview with DCI Judge Administrator John Phillips.
The recently held Drum Corps International Annual Business Meetings and Conference Weekend dealt with a full agenda of major issues, including the biggest change in DCI's adjudication system in some 30 years. Still, as we hear from Dan Potter in this edition of the Field Pass presented by Zildjian, the meetings were relaxed and productive, with the participants united.
For fans of the reigning DCI World Champions, the Cadets, this Christmas will last the next eight months! Getting into the holiday spirit, Dan Potter talks with Cadets Director George Hopkins about the corps' 2012 production '12.25.' Plus, longtime drum corps color guard designer Adam Sage reveals why he's decided to lend his talents this year to the Madison Scouts, and we hop in our drum corps time machine to learn about the origins of the eight-man snare line from DCI Hall of Fame member Joe Marrella. Listen to all of this and more in the final Field Pass of the year presented by Zildjian!
What goes on in a World Class corps design meeting? How do show designers pick a concept, music and visual themes? DCI's Field Pass takes you inside to find out as Dan Potter crashes Bluecoats' November staff meeting to speak with director David Glasgow and designers Michael Gray, Dean Westman and Daniel Wiles. Plus, TV producer Tom Blair talks candidly about the 2011 World Championship Blu-rays and DVDs and some tough choices that had to be made. And, DCI Executive Director Dan Acheson lays out the 2012 Drum Corps International Tour schedule in a brand new Field Pass podcast presented by Zildjian!
In some ways, the weeks after the Drum Corps International World Championships have taken on the feel of the NFL's draft season, and this year it seems that is especially true. Dozens of top corps designers and instructors have shifted their allegiances to work with new corps and, in some cases, old friends. Dan Potter looks at who's going where and why, and searches for the reasons behind the seemingly high number of staff changes in the September edition of the Field Pass presented by Zildjian.Interviewed in this episode J.D. Shaw Santa Clara Vanguard, Don Hill Phantom Regiment, Andre Feagin The Academy, Lee Beddis Madison Scouts, Glen Crosby Blue Knights, Dean Westman Bluecoats and Michael Gaines The Cavaliers.
The Cadets win their 10th title, and there's much for everyone in the Drum Corps International family to be proud of after the 2011 World Championships. Dan Potter puts a bow on the gift the corps gave us this summer in the final Field Pass of the season presented by Zildjian.
The Yokohama Scouts are faring best in the International Division at todays Prelims competition, jumping up three spots since their last performance on Tuesday in Michigan City, Ind. DCIs Dan Potter discovers that Yokohamas U.S. Tour has been much more than just a pleasant distraction for the corps.
Emotions ran high at yesterday's Open Class World Championship Finals in Michigan City, Ind. Dan Potter captures some of the cheers and tears in today's Field Pass presented by Zildjian.
After rain forced the cancellation of the Open Class World Championship Prelims on Monday, all 18 OC corps took the field Tuesday in an expanded Finals competition. In todays Field pass presented by Zildjian, Dan Potter focuses on one corps whose 2011 season just got underway in Michigan City.
A wild back-and-forth weekend sets the stage for a dramatic World Championships week! Dan Potter has results and reaction plus a preview of Thursday's Drum Corps at the Movies Big, Loud and Live 8 in today's Field Pass presented by Zildjian.
