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June 17, 2005

The scores are in...

Well the first scores of the Summer are rolling in. It looks like the Cavaliers are off to a good start with a 75.35 while The Cadets (70.30) and the Madison Scouts (67.50) both finished tops at their shows tonight as well.

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Drum Corps 2005: Day 1

The 2005 drum corp season officially begins today with the first contests slated in Minnesota, Illinois and Pennsylvania. The West coast drum corps have their first contests this weekend so by Monday you should have numbers on most of the corps. Click the link below if you need a preshow "warm-up"...

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June 09, 2005

It's Official: DCI on ESPN2

"The two-hour program is tentatively scheduled to air on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005, from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern time. Dates and times are subject to change. Additionally, the program will be rebroadcast later in the year as two one-hour specials. Airdates and times will be announced when available."

DCI.org Press Release

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June 03, 2005

DCI.org Season Pass

Every drum corp lover's dream has come true. You can now individually download your favorite drum corp shows for the measly price of $2.99 per show ($1.99 for subscribers) thanks to DCI's new Season Pass website which opened June 1st. As a subscriber, you can stream any Top 12 show dating back to the beginning of DCI as many times as you want. You want to hear the 76 Blue Devils? You got it. Or how about the 87 Cadets when they received a perfect drum score? Absolutely. Star's 91 Pines of Rome show? Yep, that too. On top of that, you also get access to all the Live events throughout the Summer which includes video streaming at major events.

The subscription costs are $69 for a year, or $39 for a three month pass. Here's the great thing, 100% of the proceeds of downloaded files is evenly shared across the Div I, II, and III corps. So you get a great show and you get to help the corps at the same time.

DCI Season Pass website

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June 01, 2005

DCI and ESPN?

There are rumors floating around in the drum corp community that a deal is in the works for ESPN to broadcast the World Championships. Granted it will not be live, but delivered sometime in the Fall. The major advantages being that Finals would be shown to a wider audience and broadcast once as opposed to varied times based on PBS affiliates' schedules.

This has been discussed in the community for years as we have watched other obscure "sports" being broadcast on ESPN and its affiliates - the latest being World Championship Poker. Is that a sport? Is drum corp a sport? If you have participated in the activity then you will most definitely argue the physical demands put on the body. Compared to what ESPN is running these days - poker, spelling bees, pool, cheerleading - drum corps is ABSOLUTELY a sport.

Supposedly a deal will be announced soon and we can look forward to an ESPN broadcast of the DCI World Championships. Just pray is doesn't get shuffled to the new (and not as widespread) ESPN U.

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