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    Beat! People | Music | Gear Drumlines

    Mar 09, 2021 4 minutes
    Images: Courtesy of Chicago Bears Drumline

    I hope you enjoyed the first installment of the new marching column in Issue 298 – and as we leave the Magic Kingdom, we head across the USA to the Windy City, where we continue in this issue with the Chicago Bears Drumline.

    The full, official name for this group is ‘Chicago Bears Drumline brought to you by The Pride Store’, but for ease of this article we will continue to use Chicago Bears Drumline (CBDL).

    The Chicago Bears Drumline was founded in 2005 as an ensemble presented by the World Champion Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps. The membership has consisted of performers from drum corps such as The Cavaliers,

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