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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
July 9, 2026 – College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, California I have arrived at the Student Center on the campus of College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, the location of the DCI Gold Showcase. Student Centers are almost always open in the summer, where a traveling writer has the comforts of water, a… Continue Reading →
Midnight – August 10, 2025 – Lucas Oil Stadium BOOM! The drum corps world was rocked by the impact left by the Boston Crusaders tonight in Lucas Oil Stadium. I’m sitting in my seat at Row 13, 50-yard line. I just witnessed the most exciting event since I started following Drum Corps International (DCI) competitions back… Continue Reading →
July 6, 2025 – Sacramento, California After a necessary reset, I am back on my 2025 DCI tour. Yesterday was a long day of travel that began when the alarm rang at 3:30 AM to catch the early bird special out of BTV. I flew the friendly skies to San Fransico from our humble little… Continue Reading →