Waukee Grad Selected to Perform with Colts Drum and Bugle Corps

From a News Release:

Brad Page, a Waukee High School graduate, will perform as a member of the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps of Dubuque this summer. The Colts will compete in Celebration in Brass at Waukee Stadium in July.
 
Page is the son of Wayne and Janyce Page of Clive and is a student at Iowa State University. He is a member of the Iowa State University drumline.

The Colts are named “Iowa’s Ambassadors of Music” by the Governor of Iowa and are an elite nationally ranked World-Class competitive drum and bugle corps, and they performed in the 2009 Presidential Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C.
 
Brad is a member of the percussion section in the Colts, playing tenor drums.  This is his second year with the Colts.

Previous accomplishments in music and the performing arts include playing in the Iowa State Jazz Bands and drumline as well as performing with the Waukee Warrior Regiment, Waukee Jazz I and the Waukee Concert Bands. Page was also a drummer at the Waukee United Methodist Church.

The Colts will be performing at Celebration in Brass on Tuesday, July 10, at the Waukee High School Stadium. For more information, visit www.CelebrationInBrass.com.  

The Colts travel and perform throughout the summer, beginning Memorial Day weekend, and concluding the second weekend of August. The group will be in session 70 days and perform over 30 times for an audience estimated to number over 200,000 people while traveling through 22 states.

The Colts have ranked in the top 25 of all drum corps for the past 30 years, including top-12 international finalist status 8 of the past 19 years. There are about 50 competitive corps in the country.

Further information on the Colts can be found at www.colts.org.