Love Your Story

Episode 102 Stories from the Drum and Bugle Corps. Academy Drum and Bugle Corps is a world-class professional marching band out of Tempe Arizona.  Today’s episode is a group interview with some of these impressive and talented young musicians as we sat out on the field after they finished up a 10-hour practice on a hot July day. Stay tuned for their stories of learning, self-discipline, overcoming, and motivation. I loved talking with these kids because these young adults choose to be involved in a tremendously demanding program that requires strict discipline, and they choose this course rather than a summer of video games, strolling the malls, and snap chatting aimlessly with their friends. It’s a choice to create a story of excellence, family-like bonds through the hours of working in synchronicity with one another, and living on the road, sleeping on gym floors, and bringing their all on the competition field. In 2001, The Academy Brass & Percussion Ensemble was formed to give some of Arizona’s fi