Due to time constraints on my part and a dead forum I will be closing out the message board section of this site and focusing on simply making the best of the charts everyone enjoys season after season.

I will be maintaining a blog here on the front page of dciscores.com and am looking for individuals who love writing and love drum corps even more, to help keep updates as regular as possible.

If you would like to contribute, drop me an email –

Thank you for your continued support and good luck to all those marching this summer!

I love the entrepreneurial spirit of Americans… and for that I have to salute Tom Day, founder of Bugles Across America.

Back in 2000 the US Congress passed legislation that stated Veterans had a right to at least 2 uniformed military personnel to fold their flag, and Taps played on a CD player at their funeral. to Tom and many like you and me, this was a disgraceful slap in the face to anyone who had put their life on the line in service to their country. It doesn’t matter if you died of natural causes or fell on the front lines, you put yourself out there at one time in your life in service for your country and are entitled to a respectful and honored burial.

Enter Bugles Across America, NFP. Through this organization those of us who wish to volunteer our services as trumpet players and buglers, can sign up our abilities to provide anyone who asks of us, a live performance of Taps at the funeral of a Veteran.

All you need to do is be able to play taps on a traditional Bugle, Trumpet, Flugelhorn, or a 1,2,or 3 valved bugle. There is no age requirement either.

Sign up is available on their website here and costs you nothing. So please, show your respect for our men and women in uniform and sign up.