Mandarins Videos, Interviews, and Podcasts

We give you access to the top designers, instructors, and marchers at the Mandarins Drum & Bugle Corps, with behind the scenes videos, interviews, webinars, and podcasts! Find all DCI content here. The Marching Roundtable is an Official Media Partner of Drum Corps International.

1232: DCI 2024 Wrap-up

Corps administrators from Phantom Regiment, Bluecoats, Madison Scouts, and Mandarins share their thoughts on the season.

Mandarins Bring Us a Vieux Carré

The corps takes us to New Orleans during the Witching Hour in a show full of great music, visuals, and emotion.

1227: Mandarins Bring Us a Vieux Carré

The corps takes us to New Orleans during the Witching Hour in a show full of great music, visuals, and emotion.

1118: DCI 2022 Wrap-up 1- Lindsey and Becca

Two women discuss the important milestones in design and instruction achieved this season.

Creating Visual Magic at the Mandarins

The Mandarins visual team talk about how they create eye-popping visual packages each year.

Mandarins: A New Design on 2021

New Design Team members and a real tour experience bring challenges and opportunities in 2021.

1011: Mandarins- A New Design on 2021

New Design Team members and a real tour experience bring challenges and opportunities in 2021.

The Mandarins Design Process

The Mandarins design team discusses their show design process, what the concept parameters are, music vs visual first, why they do what they do, and how they set their expectations and engagement of all captions throughout the process.

So You Want To Be A Member Of The Mandarins

The Mandarins caption managers discuss what they look for during the audition process, how they go about the audition process, the interaction between music & visual, and what a typical audition camp looks like.