SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The biggest boom
of the holiday weekend might be at Stanford Stadium when Drum Corps
International - Marching Music's Major League - presents the DCI West
Championship, featuring the reigning World Champion Blue Devils of Concord,
CA and six-time World Champion Santa Clara Vanguard of Santa Clara, CA.
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These two World Class Bay-area drum and bugle corps will be joined by
nine other corps, including Phantom Regiment of Rockford, IL, The Academy
of Arizona and Pacific Crest of San Diego, CA and each will perform
11-minute routines filled with color, fast-paced maneuvering, bold brass
and pounding percussion.
The DCI West Championship show begins at 6:30 pm. The gates of Stanford
Stadium will open at 5 pm. Tickets are available at the gate.
About Santa Clara Vanguard
Founded in 1967, the Santa Clara Vanguard is a non-profit performing
arts organization, serving young people, high school and college students
primarily from Silicon Valley, with a world-renowned Vanguard Drum & Bugle
Corps of 150 students, the Vanguard Cadets of 100 students, a Winter Color
Guard program and local dance education programs that serve a range of
students from young children to adults. Located in the heart of Silicon
Valley, the Vanguard tours in national competition during the summer, and
has won six Drum Corps International (DCI) world championship titles, along
with many other regional championships.
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