Blue Knights: Keeping Your Membership Engaged
Jordan Helwerda, Austin Greene, and Daniel Belcher present an interactive conversation about the strategies and procedures they have used to great success, and which you can adopt for your own group!
Guardians: What Does It Mean To Be “Open Class?”
The Guardians present a discussion on what actually makes a drum corps open class, and what the difference is between this distinction and other levels of the marching arts.
Guardians: The Corps Conflict
The Guardians interview a band director, addressing students marching drum corps in high school and their eventual return to their scholastic program.
Guardians: Hiring Service-Oriented Staff and Why That Is Important
Guardians discuss their hiring practices, what they look for in support-staff roles, and how they utilize them. They also discuss the importance of having a diverse staff to meet the needs of a diverse membership.
Guardians IS Different
How Guardians cultivate their version of a “family” atmosphere, why it is okay to try and reinvent the wheel sometimes, and how being “different” plays into the future goals of the drum corps/collaborating organizations
Cavaliers: Cleaning It Up
The Cavaliers percussion staff and designers take us behind the scenes to look at the editing process as a show evolves during the season.
Cavaliers: Team Process Towards Visual Excellence
The Cavaliers show you how as they discuss structuring rehearsals at various points of the season and how the role of staff evolves throughout.
Cavaliers: Creating a Culture of Positivity and Self-Motivation
Guard Caption Coordinator CJ McCrory, weapon technician Ethan Marcus, and dance technician Darren Martin discuss techniques, coaching styles, and the importance of teamwork to encourage positivity and a hard-work ethic in your group.
Cavaliers: All of the dAah, All of the Counts
We present a glimpse into the modern brass program of the Cavaliers, with Drew Dickey, Michael Martin, and Kevin LeBoeuf.
Legends: Creating an Accessible, Attainable, & Entertaining Production
Corps Director Ibe Sodawalla, Program Coordinator John McFarland, and members of the design team Dr. Lindsey Schueller, Landon Ewers, and James Pluth share their secrets with you, focusing on the importance of communication and trust among your staff!