Sights & Sounds

Sights & Sounds is a magazine and book publisher operating within the drum corps and marching pageantry arts world. It is associated with Drum Corps World, a publication that has covered the drum corps activity since 1971. The brand's editorial focus is on the sounds, shows, and spirit of drum corps, serving readers who follow DCI World Class, Open Class, All-age Class, SoundSport, and international drum corps events. The publisher offers both a mobile edition and a legacy desktop "flip-page" edition, with accessibility features such as language translation, light/dark mode, text size adjustment, and read-aloud functionality. Sights & Sounds also maintains connections to the marching pageantry arts community, including the Marching Pageantry Arts Museum, which houses a quarter of a million artifacts spanning over 100 years. The brand continues to evolve following the passing of Steve Vickers in September, who contributed to the drum corps community for 55 years and requested that Drum Corps World keep moving forward.

Sights & Sounds is identified as a magazine and book publisher. Its history is closely tied to Drum Corps World, a publication that has celebrated the sounds, shows, and spirit of drum corps since 1971. Drum Corps World has covered DCI World Class, Open Class, All-age Class, SoundSport, and international drum corps events. In 2011, the publication introduced a desktop "flip-page" edition, which remains available as a legacy format. In October 2025, a mobile edition was introduced, offering language translation and accessibility features including light/dark mode, text size adjustment, and read-aloud functionality, fully responsive to devices, browsers, and operating systems. The brand also highlights the Marching Pageantry Arts Museum, a repository of a quarter of a million artifacts spanning over 100 years. In September, Steve Vickers, a contributor to the drum corps community for 55 years, passed away; his final request was to keep Drum Corps World moving forward and evolving, a directive the organization continues to follow.

• 2025

  Mobile edition introduced in October with accessibility features.

• 2025

  Steve Vickers passes away on September 24th; special issue dedicated to his memory planned.

• 2011

  Desktop "flip-page" edition introduced.

• 1971

  Drum Corps World begins celebrating the sounds, shows, and spirit of drum corps.

A publisher serving the drum corps and marching pageantry arts community with news, features, and historical coverage.

• Drum Corps World magazine

• Mobile edition

• Desktop flip-page edition

1. 1Drum Corps World | Welcomedrumcorpsworld.com
2. 2Sights & Soundswikidata.org