May 2006

Ten Drum Corps International drum corps form the Summer Tour Fuel Partners, LLC, where they purchase options on fuel prices to reduce the impact of fuel costs of their summer tours. (drumcorpsplanet.com)

Roderick Stubbs, one of the founding directors of the Seattle Cascades passes away on May 20th, 2006. drumcorpsplanet.com

The Troopers name Frederick C. Morris as their new corps director. drumcorpsplanet.com dci.org

Drum Corps International announces the conditional approval for participation the Drum Corps International 2006 Summer Music Games Tour of Quest and Vision Elite in Division III, Trinity (in Division III or Division II) and Carolina Gold as an affiliate member of the DCI Atlantic Division. The Americanos have not been approved for participation in the 2006 season and hope to return in the 2007 competitive season. (dci.org)
Drum Corps International announces that the "Masters of the Summer Music Games" competition has been re-loacted to Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, Tennessee due to problems with the field surface at the orginal venue, Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). (dci.org)

Southern Aurora withdraws from DCUK competition for the "foreseeable future". dcuk.org.uk

Drum Corps International permits members of all-age drum corps who have competed in a DCI contest in 2006 and "are under the age of 22, or turn 22 on or after June 1 of the current year" to compete in the DCI Individual and Ensemble Competition on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006. dci.org

The Bandettes Drum & Bugle Corps announce the creation of a new co-ed drum and bugle corps in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario: the Steeltown Brass. (bandettes.org)

The best seats in J. Birney Crum Stadium are off-limits this year to ticket-holders coming to the DCI Eastern Classic in Allentown, Pennsylvania. (mcall.com)