2008 Bands of America Grand Nationals Montage

The awards presentation video shown during Finale at the 2008 BOA Grand National Championships at Lucas Oil Stadium.

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Watch for Cascades

We are proud to announce that the Cascades winter guard program will return to the community for the 2010 winter season. The winter guard is a sponsor of NYMA and Cascades Drum and Bugle Corps whose primary goal is to offer a quality, competitive color guard experience to the youth of the Northwest. Cascades winter guard will compete within the NWAPA and NWPA circuits along with two WGI regionals and WGI Championships.

The winter guard will maintain many of the staff members from the Cascades Drum and Bugle Corps, including Ben Adams and John Trueman. We are very happy to invite a new staff member, Patrick Elmore, into the Cascades family. We are also excited to have Kurt Jull and Ron Comfort working as design consultants. Cascades will be based in the Portland/Vancouver Area. For more information about the Cascades winter guard, visit our website at www.seattlecascades.org

PepWear is “Pepped Up” for Marching!

Marching season is almost here and the PepWear team has been busy getting prepared. Every year, planning starts in July and continues until the season begins in mid-September.

Beginning in early July, our event coordinators start scheduling events and working with Music Directors to determine dates, times and locations. The whole process takes about 2 ½ months and requires an abundance of coordination.

“Marching season is a 7-8 week period of non-stop events. We attend anywhere from 10-40 events in a single weekend so we have to be set to go long before the events actually begin,” said Heather Fricke, Director of Operations.

There are many facets to preparing for marching contests including ordering apparel, developing new designs and product, trailer maintenance,