The Weekend's Biggest Boom: Stanford Stadium, Saturday Evening July 5

The Weekend's Biggest Boom: Stanford Stadium, Saturday Evening July 5

SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The biggest boom of the holiday weekend might be at Stanford Stadium when Drum Corps International - Marching Music's Major League - presents the DCI West Championship, featuring the reigning World Champion Blue Devils of Concord, CA and six-time World Champion Santa Clara Vanguard of Santa Clara, CA.

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These two World Class Bay-area drum and bugle corps will be joined by nine other corps, including Phantom Regiment of Rockford, IL, The Academy of Arizona and Pacific Crest of San Diego, CA and each will perform 11-minute routines filled with color, fast-paced maneuvering, bold brass and pounding percussion.

The DCI West Championship show begins at 6:30 pm. The gates of Stanford Stadium will open at 5 pm. Tickets are available at the gate.

About Santa Clara Vanguard

Founded in 1967, the Santa Clara Vanguard is a non-profit performing arts organization, serving young people, high school and college students primarily from Silicon Valley, with a world-renowned Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps of 150 students, the Vanguard Cadets of 100 students, a Winter Color Guard program and local dance education programs that serve a range of students from young children to adults. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Vanguard tours in national competition during the summer, and has won six Drum Corps International (DCI) world championship titles, along with many other regional championships.

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Source: Santa Clara Vanguard

CONTACT: Jeff Fiedler of the Santa Clara Vanguard, +1-773-791-7907

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