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 →
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 →
Bluecoats props wait patiently outside the Rose Bowl.
July 11, 2026 – Duarte, California My California DCI tour is going well. For a break from the road, I found my way to the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area owned by the City of Los Angeles. It is about halfway between last night’s DCI venue in Walnut and the Rose Bowl, the site of… Continue Reading →