Can't afford dues or take summer off from work?

[Mark Time]

Ok, so there are a million DCI corps having auditions in Texas and of course there's our home state corps Revolution and Crossmen. (Personally I hope you'll support Revolution 'cause they were here first!)

 

But what if you....

 

A. Don't make the audition or get cut.

B. Can't afford the dues.

C. Need to keep your summer job.

D. Have to go to summer school.

E. Can't miss summer band camp.

 

There are plenty of options in Texas now and... yes you guessed it... it's all-age corps. These groups have monthy winter camps like DCI corps but during the summer they only rehearse on weekends and most performances are on weekends as well. On top of that the dues for these groups are sometimes 75% less than DCI corps. This is also a chance for you to get some real-time drum corps experience under your belt and prepare you for next years DCI auditions.

 

In the Dallas/Ft.Worth area there's Frontier. http://www.frontiercorps.org.

Open to all ages. Under 18 must have a parent, family member or band director involved with the corps as well.

 

In the Houston area is Gulf Coast Sound. http://www.gulfcoastsound.org.

Open to age 18 and up.

 

In the Austin/San Antonio area is Austin Stars. http://www.austinstars.org

Open to all ages with previous marching experience.

 

Also in the Austin/San Antonio area is World Gone Mad. http://www.worldgonemad.net Open to age 21 and up.

 

There's a place in Texas for everyone to do drum corps no matter what age!