About | Crossmen Drum & Bugle Corps

Crossmen Drum & Bugle Corps

Founded in October 1974 through the merger of the 507 Hornets and Keystone Regiment in Pennsylvania, the Crossmen have spent more than 50 years creating life-changing eXperiences that teach young adults the values of eXcellence, Perseverance, Teamwork, and Character. In 2006, the Crossmen relocated operations from Allentown, Pennsylvania, to San Antonio, Texas, where the organization continues to thrive today.

A 29-time Drum Corps International (DCI) World Championship finalist, the Crossmen have enriched the lives of thousands of alumni. These alumni have carried the lessons, relationships, and eXperiences they gained through the Crossmen into successful careers, leadership roles, and lifelong personal growth—both within and beyond the marching arts.

Crossmen Productions, Inc.

Now in its 53rd year, Crossmen Productions, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) educational and youth-development organization dedicated to helping young people become outstanding individuals through music and the performing arts.

Since its founding in October 1974, Crossmen Productions has enriched and shaped the lives of generations of young musicians and performers.

What is Drum Corps?

Modern drum corps bring together as many as 165 young performers, generally ages 14 to 22, in brass, percussion, and color guard. Throughout the summer, corps rehearse, travel, and compete across the country. Their stage is the football field, where they present an approximately 11-minute production combining live music, athletic movement, choreography, visual design, and storytelling. The result is a powerful performing art that demands extraordinary musicianship, precision, endurance, teamwork, and commitment.

Benefits of Drum Corps

Drum corps offers far more than the opportunity to perform. Through the Crossmen eXperience, young people develop confidence, discipline, leadership, resilience, goal-setting, and teamwork—skills that will serve them long after their final performance.

Members learn to pursue eXcellence through performance and competition, overcome challenges, contribute to something larger than themselves, and form relationships that can last a lifetime. Through music and the performing arts, Crossmen Productions helps young people realize their potential—not only as performers, but also as individuals and leaders in their communities.

Our Mission is to enable life-changing eXperiences
that teach our core values of
eXcellence, Perseverance, Teamwork, and Character

Vision: We create tomorrow's leaders

through youth development in the performing arts

eXcellence

We commit to world-class eXcellence in everything we do.
We strive to be better each day, raising the bar of our individual and collective abilities.
We embrace feedback and are self-aware in our unending commitment to improve.
We prepare with intention, focus, and consistency and take pride in the details that transform good work into exceptional work.

Perseverance

We know that growth comes from difficult challenges. We embrace these challenges with tenacity, grit and determination to succeed.
Our strong work ethic enables us to push beyond current expectations and achieve a level of results we could not initially imagine.
We expect obstacles, unexpected disruptions, and adversity on our path to eXcellence. We act with perseverance to recover quickly and overcome any barrier.

Teamwork

We succeed as one team—unified and strong. Unity: Out of Many, One.
We are willing to make personal sacrifices for the good of the group and achieve more together than any individual could alone.
We develop lifelong friendships as we collaborate, show empathy, embrace differences, listen, have fun and demonstrate mutual respect for every individual.
We are a family that learns the value of community and discovers the power of working with others, for others.

Character

We have the courage to act with integrity and hold ourselves and one another accountable.
We are self-sufficient and responsible, make good personal decisions, and take pride in representing the Crossmen through all our actions.
We practice gratitude and appreciate those who make our eXperiences possible.
We add value to every interaction we have and leave things better than we found them.
We work to earn the trust of our fellow members and staff each day.