Drum Corps International
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The Day the Music Didn’t Die
On the morning of July 8th of Spirit of Atlanta’s 1980 DCI tour, a tragic accident claimed the life of Jim Ott, the Corps’ brass arranger. If you recognize the name Jim Ott, it’s because his name is memorialized on the Brass Caption Trophy handed to the Corps with the highest scoring brass section at Continue reading
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DCI – “How It Began”
This. This is where it all started. Well…this is where I SAW it for the very first time. Drum Corps Interntional. August 4th, 1978. Chattanooga, Tennessee. I was 14 years old. Obviously couldn’t drive. So…on this day in 1978 I begged my best friend’s Aunt to drive me, him, and a friend to see this Continue reading
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