Boston Crusaders Present “Inspire” for WGI 2020
Under the direction of Michael Townsend, the Boston Crusaders are proud to present Inspire, a new WGI Independent World Guard from Indianapolis, IN. Auditions for the 2020 season will take place in Indianapolis September 13th-15th. Click here to sign up for more information!
2019 Boston Crusaders Production: Goliath
The Biblical account of David and Goliath is a classic lesson of courage, wisdom and perseverance. Today, the phrase “David and Goliath” refers to an underdog scenario; a competition where a smaller, weaker opponent faces a much larger and stronger adversary. Through careful planning and enormous human will, the “David”…
April Production Camp Recap
The final production camp of the 2019 season is complete after a successful late April weekend in Lakewood Ranch, FL. Without question, the buzz of drum corps season was present throughout the weekend. Guard auditions brought back many familiar faces returning for another season of BACCG. New talent was in…
March Production Camp Recap
The Boston Crusaders celebrated St. Paddy’s day in the great state of Texas, finishing off a brass only weekend production camp. Once again our host, The Colony High School, made our stay productive and memorable. Thank you to the many volunteers who helped provide for our members at the February…
SmartMusic and Boston Crusaders
Technology plays a key role in the Boston Crusaders off season development. The Boston Crusaders brass program partners with SmartMusic (https://www.smartmusic.com/), a web based music education platform. SmartMusic allows our brass players to learn exercises, technical studies, and a range of repertoire from chorales to parade music and of…
February Production Camp Recap
February 2019 brought the Boston Crusaders to The Colony High School, just outside of Dallas for the first of two Texas production camps. The Colony High School was an amazing host. In anticipation of the delivery of our 2019 Yamaha brass instruments, one of our 53 foot equipment trailers arrived…
January Production Camp Recap
The Boston Crusaders rang in the new year with our first production camp; returning brass and percussion members reported to Lakewood Ranch HS, along with all three 2019 drum majors. An exciting weekend of drum corps unfolded, culminating with a Sunday afternoon ensemble performance of the 2019 show music. Both…
2019 Auditions Recap
Five states… Nine different 1-day auditions… plus video auditions. Over 500 auditionees for the chance to join our returning members and cast the 79th edition of the Boston Crusaders. With shows like “Wicked Games” and “SOS” fueling a surge in the BAC brand – and competitive success – the influx…
Happy Holidays From The Boston Crusaders!
With your generous support in 2018, we… Purchased and customized a brand new commercial kitchen truck House our members in dormitories for 30 days during move-in at Castleton University Employed the greatest drum corps design and teaching staff in the activity Increased office staff in critical support and programming areas…
2019 Brings… FL & TX Winter Camps!
In 2019 we will host production camps in both the Sunshine State of FL and the Great State of Texas! This will allow for more cost effective flights and more equitable travel requirements for our brass and percussion members… it will also allow for our FL and TX alums and…