Occasional Musings by Kevin Russell
July 6, 2025 – Sacramento, California After a necessary reset, I am back on my 2025 DCI tour. Yesterday was a long day of travel that began when the alarm rang at 3:30 AM to catch the early bird special out of BTV. I flew the friendly skies to San Fransico from our humble little airport in Burlington, Vermont. Thankfully, the connection from Newark … Continue Reading →
You know when you have overextended yourself when you hit the wall, or in some cases, the floor. My grand plan to attend the first BAC show, Drums Along the Rockies in Fort Collins, Colorado, was interrupted by such an overextension. At seventy, all of those seven-mile runs, Peak-a-Week hikes, and long ski days in the Green Mountains have begun to catch up with … Continue Reading →
What is in a name? Last year the title of my DCI Tour blog series was The Long and Winding Road for DCI. This year, maybe it should be the Shoot the Wad tour, as I am all in on traveling back and forth across the country again for this obsession, but mostly by air. This year, I am stopping off in Michigan to … Continue Reading →
May 29, 2025 – Vermont State University – Castleton I’m sitting here on a hillside overlooking the campus of Vermont State University, Castleton, Vermont. The Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps are in residence for spring training for the 2025 season. It is 2:30 in the afternoon, and the horns are in block, meaning each section is dispersed around the immediate area. Professor Steve … Continue Reading →