With the step-off of the 2016 Drum Corps International Tour just eight days away, it's time for Dan Potter's annual chat with DCI Artistic Director Michael Cesario. Find out what the corps are putting on the field this year in a two-part Field Pass presented by Zildjian.

The DCI Tour Premiere is less than two weeks away. But, before we begin the 2016 Drum Corps International Tour, Dan Potter takes us back to Saturday, August 8 of last year so we can remember where our drum corps saga left off. Here's our latest pre-season edition of the Field Pass presented by ZIldjian.

The off-season saw a record number of Drum Corps International Drum Majors attend the 2016 leadership summit held in conjunction with DCI's annual winter business meetings in Denver. Dan Potter spent time with those drum majors looking ahead to the summer of 2016 in today's edition of Field Pass presented by Zildjian.

Performers of DCI drum corps are beginning to report for spring training. Over the coming weeks, Dan Potter is taking us inside the 2016 pre-season with a series of reports. In this edition of the Field Pass Podcast presented by Zildjian, Dan has important information about getting a performer's mind conditioned for the rigors of the summer tour. He encourages members and their parents to listen to this interview with Dr. Jake Levy, a psychologist with the Marching Music Health and Wellness Project.

The 2016 Drum Corps International Winter Business Meetings and Rules Congress was short on controversy, long on cooperation and filled with in-depth conversations about the future direction of DCI. Dan Potter gives you exclusive access to those discussions, which took place at the end of January in Denver, in this month's Field Pass presented by Zildjian.

Nine proposed changes to Drum Corps International's rule book are up for discussion at this year's annual meetings and rules congress at the end of January. Dan Potter digs deep into the proposed changes and what they might mean for the drum corps activity with DCI Artistic Director Michael Cesario in this edition of the Field Pass presented by Zildjian.

Allentown is a drum corps memory maker. For many fans at Saturday night's show, one special memory came from a corps that most had never heard of. In today's Field Pass presented by Zildjian, we meet The Free Players, a special needs drum corps from Old Bethpage, New York.

For the last few years, Dan Potter has sent us an audio “postcard” from the DCI Eastern Classic in Allentown. This year, he's sending us dinner and a conversation served up hot and fresh in today's Field Pass presented by Zildjian.

The Mandarins are returning to their musical roots and pushing the envelope of innovation with their 2015 show "Resurrection." For instance, at one point in the show, they are fielding what could be the largest horn line in DCI history. Dan Potter talks with Mandarins' director Jim Tabuchi about that and another innovation that Tabuchi hopes will give the corps "The Edge" it needs to climb the World Class rankings in today's Field Pass presented by Zildjian.

Abandon all hope, ye who enter the Georgia Dome. At least, abandon all hope of predicting the finish of the 2015 Drum Corps International season. Dan Potter reports from behind the scenes of the DCI Southeastern Championship in today's edition of the Field Pass presented by Zildjian.