Get an Earful: Celebration in Brass Returns to Waukee in July

From a news release:

Celebration in Brass will return to central Iowa on Wednesday, July 10, at 7 p.m. at the Waukee High School Stadium.

The premier drum and bugle corps competition event is expected to draw over 3,000 spectators, showcasing seven corps from across the country with about 1,000 young performers and support staff. The Waukee Band Boosters and the Colts Youth Organization serve as the organizers.

“The show is a real highlight on the summer entertainment calendar,” said David Cunningham, event chairman for the Waukee High Band Boosters. "It brings people together from all over the state and from all parts of the country. We are thrilled to bring a show of this caliber to our community and it is equally important as a fundraiser to meet the needs of our growing band program.”

Celebration in Brass is one of more than 100 events as part of the annual Drum Corps International (DCI) “Marching Music’s Major League” tour throughout the United States each summer. These young performers, 18-21 years old – 72% college students and many are music majors — pay for the opportunity to travel the country all summer long to perfect a 12-minute program of precision marching, with drum lines, bugles and color guards. Each individual corps travels the United States with three or four tour motor coaches with multiple support vehicles carrying their equipment and mobile kitchens.

Corps competing this year at Waukee’s Celebration in Brass include: Madison Scouts, Madison, WI; Santa Clara Vanguard, Santa Clara, CA;  Spirit of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA; The Academy, Tempe, AZ; Cascades, Seattle, WA; and Colt Cadets, Dubuque, IA. All six corps ranked in the top 25 in the world last year, and the Madison Scouts and the Santa Clara Vangard have won multiple DCI World Championships.

Celebration in Brass event ticket start at $15 and may be purchased at the Waukee Fareway, located at 200 S.E. Laurel St., and at Chocolaterie Stam’s Valley West Mall, Ingersoll and Ames locations.

Tickets are also available online at www.colts.org or by calling 563-582-4872. For group sales, contact Dave Cunningham at davidcunningham@msn.com. A $5 discount per ticket is available for groups of 10 or more.

For more information, visit www.celebrationinbrass.com or www.colts.org. For the full schedule of Drum Corps International events, visit www.DCI.org.