Colts © Russell Tanakaya
Featuring the photographs of Russell Tanakaya August 8, 2026 – Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana I’m at my seat in section 440 of Lucas Oil Stadium, waiting for the start of the DCI World Championship final performances. The top 12 from the semi-finals will give us all one more chance to enjoy their well-rehearsed programs.… Continue Reading →
Phantom Regiment
August 7, 2026 – Indianapolis, Indiana It’s Friday, day two of the DCI World Championships. Yesterday was the Preliminary Finals; today is the Semi-Finals. Earlier, I took a walk to the Crowne Plaza Convention Center to have a rendezvous with K. Kawai, my same-time-next-year piano. There she was sitting with the cover on track 2… Continue Reading →
August 6, 2026 – Indianapolis, Indiana I’m at the Whistle Stop, a lively bar one block from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. This is the happy hour spot my friends chose before we head into the stadium. Today is the DCI Preliminary competition, where over thirty drum corps perform throughout the afternoon and evening.… Continue Reading →
InfoCision Stadium, Summa Field, Akron, Ohio
August 3, 2026 – Somewhere in the heartland of Pennsylvania I am at a town recreation park almost one-third of the way between Downingtown, Pennsylvania, and Akron, Ohio. The icon for it popped up on my GPS screen, so I took the exit to come here for a break from the long and winding road.… Continue Reading →
Staging the props in Allentown.
August 1, 2026 – Allentown, Pennsylvania I am finally taking a break in the hotel lobby to catch up with you on the 2026 drum corps tour. I just returned from a great round of golf wth Chuck, Barry, and Matt. We make a yearly habit of this reunion on the greens. I had two… Continue Reading →
The Phantom Regiment warms together in Lawrence.
July 30, 2026 – Lawrence, Massachusetts Let the summer music games continue. The ample shade trees in the park next to the Lawrence Memorial Stadium provide the perfect venue for the pre-show merriment ahead of the DCI East Coast Classic just outside of Boston, MA. It is also a chance for me to catch up… Continue Reading →
July 22, 2026 – Along the Mill Brook As much as I have been enjoying my travels to the far reaches of the country during my annual summertime drum corps tour, I am always very happy to come home. Nestled in the bosom of the Green Mountains, the Mad River Valley is a multi-town community… Continue Reading →
Blue Stars
July 18, 2026 – Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas I found a picnic table outside the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, for the DCI Southwestern Championships. My computer in the clear bag was getting a little overheated, and I was too, on my 20-minute walk to the stadium. A happy tree, melodious birds, and the breeze… Continue Reading →
The Alamo
July 17, 2026 – Burlington International Airport It’s 4:20 AM, and I am at gate 8 in the Burlington International Airport. I am booked on a flight to San Antonio, Texas, via Chicago. Tomorrow is the Drum Corps International Southwest Championship in the Alamodome. That is where the story will be, so that is where… Continue Reading →
July 16, 2026 – Along the Mill Brook Here I am at my comfortable workstation, my deck along the Mill Brook in Waitsfield, Vermont. My DCI tour plans have been thrown into disarray. Once again, with reckless abandon, I have decided to scrap the North Carolina tour for the DCI Southwest Championship in the Alamodome… Continue Reading →