It is with a great deal of sadness that we share with our Vanguard family the passing of one of our most recent Vanguard Hall of Fame inductees, Gloria Madrid-Flores.  Gloria passed away on August 4, 2024, surrounded by her family.  She was a wonderful woman, who has...

It is with much sadness that we acknowledge the loss of a very important member of our Vanguard Family, Mr. William Edward “Pete” Emmons. Pete started his drum corps journey as a 9-year member of the Troopers before joining the Anaheim Kingsmen as a marching...

It is with a great deal of sadness that we share with our Vanguard family the passing of one of our most recent Vanguard Hall of Fame inductees, Gloria Madrid-Flores.  Gloria passed away on August 4, 2024, surrounded by her family.  She was a wonderful woman, who has...

For Black History Month, we are celebrating by revisiting the story of John Henry with Vanguard performance coach and storyteller, Wayne Harris. A freedman during the Reconstruction Era, post Civil War, John Henry was a railroad steel driver and, as legend has it,...