Dan Schack is the Battery Coordinator/Choreographer of Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps and the Creative Director of George Mason University Indoor Drumline. Outside of his musical endeavors, Dan is pursuing a Ph.D. in English at the University of Delaware.

Marking the end of an era for one of the few remaining cymbal lines in drum corps, the Crossmen Drum & Bugle Corps have decided not to field marching cymbals in 2019.

Marching Arts Society is made up of some of the best minds in percussion today including Ryan Ellis, Ben Kries, Jared Thomas, Aaron Bailie, and Josh Brickey.

Learn the part to some of the best drum corps shows to hit the field in 2018—including percussion, guard, and brass parts! 

In our weekly viewing guide, we list the best live coverage and original storytelling coming up across each of our sites. If you have Apple TV 4 or Roku, watch all of these live events and documentaries on your TV at home.

Before the storm hit the 2017 DCI Spring Training Finale, The Cavaliers took the field in dramatic fashion with their show "Men Are From Mars." The field was scattered with big bass drum-mounted stages and jungle-gym looking cages. Make sure you look closely this season for the uniform change from the all black to the bright green patterned uniforms! Here are 7 GIFs from them beckoning mother nature in style.

In football, they say that if you don't have a good offense, defense, and special teams you will not be able to win a championship.