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Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps Begins Training Camp at WIU

May 25, 2018

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MACOMB, IL – The world champion Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps began its summer training camp on the campus of Western Illinois University Sunday, May 20.

The 150-member group and its 50-member staff will train on campus through Saturday, June 9, before embarking on a 16-state tour competition against 24 other world-class drum and bugle corps. A free performance for the Macomb community will be held at a date and time to be determined.

Rehearsals most days are held at 9:45 a.m., 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. For a complete training camp practice schedule, visit regiment.org/calendar/. All rehearsals are open free to the public.

The Phantom Regiment's musicians and staff will live in WIU residence halls and practice on Hanson Field, Vince Grady Field and the Marching Leathernecks practice field, west of Olson Hall. The corps is made up of men and women, ages 17-21, from across the country.

WIU Marching Leathernecks Director Matt Thomas met corps director Rick Valenzuela at a marching band competition in 2017. Valenzuela then visited WIU and toured its facilities. The Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps is based in Rockford, IL.

More information on the Phantom Regiment, including the program's history, news and tour schedule can be found on the group's website, regiment.org.

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