2020 Season Auditions Begin in California and throughout the U.S. The Mandarins are pleased to introduce our 2020 percussion team led by Caption Manager and Battery Arranger Ben Pyles and Front Ensemble Arranger Bryan Harmsen. “The experience and talent that this team brings to the Mandarins is very exciting, I have no doubt that the …
2020 Season Auditions Begin in California and throughout the U.S. The Mandarins are pleased to welcome back for 2020 their design team of Peter Beckhart (Visual Designer), Key Poulan (Brass Arranger), Mario Ramirez (Creative Director & Color Guard Designer) and Caption Managers Tim Snyder (Brass), Joseph Hayes (Visual), Mario Ramirez (Color Guard) and Beno Morris …
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It’s getting closer to being real – 2020 is just around the corner! Phew – can you believe it? We wait months and months for the drum corps summer competitive season to start and then POW – it’s there and then it’s gone just like that! How does that happen? I’m still not sure on that …
The first session of the 12th year of Mandarins Academy is already here. Check-in is at 12 noon on Sunday, September 8, with instruction from 12:30-4pm, at Sacramento State’s Capistrano Hall. Once again, Mandarins Academy benefits from the partnership between the Sacramento Mandarins and the Sacramento State School of Music. In addition to being on …
Are you interested in or thinking about joining the Mandarins for the 2020 season? Do you have questions? Ask them, and get answers in our 2020 Mandarins Interest Group Facebook page. Corps Director JW Koester will be pleased to provide more information or share some of our 2019 experiences. We look forward to hearing from …
The Mandarins placed 10th at the 2019 Drum Corps International Championships. Their production, subTerra was an audience favorite all season long. With a highest-ever World Class score of 89.300, the Mandarins rank 10th of all drum corps worldwide. Thank you to all of our fans and volunteers who joined us in person or online as …
It seems as if Mandarins Summer Academy was just yesterday, with a successful 2-day Guard Camp and 3-day Leadership Camp in June. Mandarins Fall Academy is making plans for its 12th year, continuing its partnership with the Sacramento State School of Music, and its location at Capistrano Hall on the campus of Sacramento State. Mandarins …
Wow! Our amazing season just continues to get better and better. We just completed performing in our DCI (Drum Corps International) regionals of the season (San Antonio & Atlanta). We placed 10th at both events. This is pretty significant because, as a reference point, no drum corps in the past 16 years that was a first time finalist has …
We’re almost there! Help the Mandarins win the DCI Drum Corps Challenge by propelling us to the DCI Finals in Indianapolis. Our rolling stock includes four buses, three tractor-trailers, three pickup trucks, and a kitchen crew vehicle. You can help fuel them by donating at bit.ly/Mandarins-Donations. All donations go directly to the Mandarins. DCI does not take …
“Big, Loud & Live,” the cinema broadcast of the Drum Corps International World Championship Prelims, will return to select movie theaters across the nation on Thursday, August 8. The 16th annual event will feature DCI’s Top 15 corps competing live from Lucas Oil Stadium. “Big, Loud & Live” will be presented in more than 500 …
