February 23, 2015; For Immediate Release USMC “COMMANDANT’S OWN” DRUM & BUGLE CORPS WHICH PLAYS FOR THE PRESIDENT AND WORLD LEADERS, WILL MAKE AN HISTORIC APPEARANCE AT CARLSBAD HIGH SCHOOL LANCER FIELD ON MARCH 13, 2015 AT 9:30 AM The Drum & Bugle Corps Will Offer a Rousing Free Performance to District and Community Carlsbad, CA … The United States Marine Corps’ famed Drum & Bugle Corps, aka the “Commandant’s Own,” will present a free concert for District families and the Carlsbad community at 9:30 a.m., March 13, 2015, on the Lancer Field at Carlsbad High School, 3557 Lancer Way. The event will begin promptly; Guests must be seated prior to 9:30 a.m. due to respect and dignity for the performance. This marks the fourth consecutive year the Drum & Bugle Corps has performed at Carlsbad High. The 45-minute performance will feature traditional American marching music and complex maneuvers that are the trademarks of this spectacular group. Also featured will be the Battle Color Guard of the Marine Corps, and the Silent Drill Platoon, comprised of a 24-man rifle platoon that performs difficult precision maneuvers with 10.5 pound M1 Garand rifles with bayonets attached. The complicated displays of rifle dexterity are accompanied with absolute silence – no orders or commands are given to initiate the sequence of elaborate rifle spins and tosses from Marine to Marine. Media personnel can contact Counselor Brian Ashton at 760-331-5246 or bashton@carlsbadusd.net for details. Ashton relates, “Due to its busy regimen, the band schedules only one performance at a public school per month, per state, and seldom in the same city or state. It is an exceedingly rare honor for the band to select a public school for one of its performances. It is doubly unusual to have the group perform four years in a row at the same school.” 2 Established in 1934, the Marine Drum and Bugle Corps is the only full-time, active duty drum and bugle corps in the Armed Forces. Due to its historical connection to the Commandant of the Marine Corps, it is popularly known as the “Commandant’s Own” and regularly performs with its sister military band for the President of the United States. In addition to performing annually at more than 400 events in the U.S. and around the world, members undergo full Marine Corps Basic Training and are skilled in combat infantry tactics. For more information, visit http://drumcorps.mbw.usmc.mil/ #30