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Blue Knights-Bahrain Daily Blog Post (4.18.17)

April 19, 2017 Izaak Mendoza, Communications Assistant

Thoughts and feelings from Drum Major Ashley Drayer Wow, all of the beautiful things we were able to see today!! We got to sleep in and enjoy the last shower for probably close to 48 hours. We made a trip into the Souk, which is an amazingly intricate Middle Eastern Market. Spices, clothes, art, food, toys, you name it,

Blue Knights-Bahrain Daily Blog Post (4.16.17)

April 17, 2017 Izaak Mendoza, Communications Assistant

Thoughts and feelings from Drum Major Ashley Drayer SHOW DAY!! There’s always an air of excitement among everyone on a show day. Even breakfast was exciting (but hey….When is a beautiful buffet in a foreign country not super exciting?). Rehearsal at the track was a little different today since we had a dress rehearsal. We basically just went over timing

Blue Knights-Bahrain Daily Blog Post (4.15.17)

April 15, 2017 Izaak Mendoza, Communications Assistant

Thoughts and feelings from Drum Major Ashley Drayer Apparently day 2 was the day the jetlag set in for a lot of us, which made for an interesting day! However, we were still able to tighten some more things down to make our show even better than before. Tomorrow is the big day! We were able to get a bit

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Blue Knights-Bahrain Daily Blog Post (4.14.16)

April 14, 2017 Izaak Mendoza, Communications Assistant

Thoughts and feelings from Drum Major Ashley Drayer Today. Was. Hot! But amazing! Up early for a beautiful breakfast at the hotel, where there were legitimately too many options…. Good thing we have a couple days to try it all, believe me, I will be taking full advantage of the wonderful options. I walked outside this morning thinking “wow, it’s

Blue Knights-Bahrain Daily Blog Post (4.12.16)

April 13, 2017 Izaak Mendoza, Communications Assistant

Thoughts and feelings from Drum Major Ashley Drayer Guttentag from Frankfurt! Well, it’s safe to say…. I slept! A little…. Sort of, well dozed, for a second. But I did catch up on some new movies that I hadn’t yet gotten a chance to watch! It’s beautiful and green here, however a little dreary, at least from what can be

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Blue Knights-Bahrain Daily Blog Post (4.11.16)

April 12, 2017 Izaak Mendoza, Communications Assistant

Read about Drum Major Ashley Drayer’s adventure with the Blue Knights-Bahrain ensemble!

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Blue Knights-Bahrain Daily Blog Post (4.10.16)

April 11, 2017 Izaak Mendoza, Communications Assistant

Read about the Blue Knights-Bahrain ensemble through the eyes of the performers!

Blue Knights Cancel 2020 DCI Summer Tour

March 26, 2020 Gregory "GM" Kuzma, Director of Operations

After several weeks of closely monitoring the situation–in coordination with DCI and other drum corps–the Blue Knights have made the difficult decision to cancel our planning for the 2020 summer national tour.

18 Lessons Marching Band Teaches Our Kids: A Parent’s Perspective

September 25, 2014 Administrator

Did you know? A Harris Poll found that 73% of CEOs from “Fortune 1000” companies were involved in music programs in high school. Read this article from Penny Ray about how music programs give our students practice and experience in skills that reach far beyond musical notes and instruments…

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