What Is Drum Corps?
There is no true definition of what drum corps is. It can be the activity, a group, the experience, the memory, or the emotion and feelings it creates. It is an ever-changing marching and musical activity featuring kids and young adults typically between the ages of 14-21. Members play a variety of intruments and handle several equipment, including (but not limited to) trumpets, baritones, drums, and flags. Each season typically starts around November for auditions and practices start in January. The practices continue to around June when the first shows start and conclude in August. There are several drum corps from all over the country (and world) with thousands of members that participate from every continent. You can read more here.
So Drum Corps is like a Marching Band?
This is a very common question.. and while there are several similarities, one common analogy would be: Drum Corps is the professional version of Marching Band.. if you like football, Marching Band is High School Football and Drum Corps is the NFL. If you like fishing, Marching Band is like trying to fish for goldfish out of a glass bowl, where Drum Corps is trying to hunt a Great White while fly fishing.. you get the point.
Is Drum Corps worth it?
Thousands of kids and young adults march every summer. They have fun, make great life long friends, get an excellent workout, and more importantly... learn life long lessons and values. This is not your summer camp though! These members pour their heart and soul into what they do, regularly practice 12+ hours every day for weeks, and end up performing for tens of thousands of people throughout the summer! This is a very hard, rewarding and challenging opportunity that not only is physically hard to do, but the members have to audition to be a part of, and on top of that... pay a lot of money to do it! However the things you learn and gain from it is invaluable.
What are the different Drum Corps?
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DCI - World Class
The Academy - Tempe, AZ - http://www.arizonaacademy.org
Blue Devils - Concord, CA - http://www.bluedevils.org
Blue Knights - Denver, CO - http://www.bknights.org
Blue Stars - La Crosse, WI - http://www.bluestars.org
Bluecoats - N. Canton, OH - http://www.bluecoats.com
Boston Crusaders - Boston, MA - http://www.crusaders.com
The Cadets - Allentow, PA - http://www.yea.org/cadets
Carolina Crown - Ft. Mill, SC - http://www.carolinacrown.org
Cascades - Woodinville, WA - http://www.seattlecascades.org
The Cavaliers - Rosemont, IL - http://www.cavaliers.org
The Colts - Dubuque, IA - http://www.colts.org
Crossmen - San Antonio, TX - http://www.crossmen.org
Glassmen - Toledo, OH - http://www.glassmen.org
Jersey Surf - Mt. Holly, NJ - http://www.jerseysurf.org
Madison Scouts - Madison, WI - http://www.madisonscouts.org
Mandarins - Sacramento, CA - http://www.mandarins.org
Pacific Crest - Diamond Bar, CA - http://www.pacific-crest.org
Phantom Regiment - Rockford, IL - http://www.regiment.org
Pioneer - Milkwaukee, WI - http://www.pioneer-corps.org
Santa Clara Vanguard - Santa Clara, CA - http://www.scvanguard.org
Spirit - Atlanta, GA - http://www.spiritdrumcorps.org
Teal Sound - Jacksonville, FL - http://www.tealsound.org
Troopers - Casper, WY - http://www.troopersdrumcorps.org
DCI - Open Class
7th Regiment - New London, CT - http://www.7thregiment.org
Blue Devils B - Concord, CA - http://www.bluedevils.org
Blue Devils C - Concord, CA - http://www.bluedevils.org
Blue Saints - Sudbury, ON - http://www.bluesaints.com
Citations - Burlington, MA - http://www.citations.org
City Sound - Long Beach, CA - http://www.city-sound.org
Colt Cadets - Dubuque, IA - http://www.colts.org
Forte - Green Prairie, TX - http://www.fortecorps.org
Genesis - Edinburg, TX - http://www.genesisdbc.org
Gold - Hawthorne, CA
Impulse - Buena Park, CA - http://www.impulseyoutharts.org
Legends - Kalamazoo, MI - http://www.legendspaa.org
Les Stentors - Sherbrooke, QC - http://www.stentors.net
Music City - Nashville, TN - http://www.musiccitydrumcorps.org
Oregon Crusaders - Portland, OR - http://www.oregoncrusaders.org
Platinum - Raleigh, NC - http://www.platinumdrumcorps.com
Racine Scouts - Racine, WI - http://www.racinescouts.com
Raiders - Wayne, NJ - http://www.raidersdbc.org
Revolution - San Antonio, TX - http://www.revolutionypa.org
Spartans - Nashua, NH - http://www.spartansdbc.org
Spirit of Newark/NJ - Jersey City, NJ - http://www.spiritofnewark.org
Spokane Thunder - Spokane, WA - http://www.spokanethunder.org
Vanguard Cadets - Santa Clara, CA - http://www.scvanguard.org
Velvet Knights - Pasadena, CA - http://www.vkyao.org
DCA - Member Corps
Alliance - Atlanta, GA - http://www.alliancedrumcorps.org
Austin Stars - Austin, TX - http://www.austinstars.org
Brigadiers - Syracuse, NY - http://www.brigadiers.com
Buccaneers - Reading, Pennsylvania - http://www.readingbuccaneers.org
Bushwackers - Franklin, New Jersey - http://www.bushwackers.org
Caballeros - Hawthorne, New Jersey - http://www.cabs.org
Carolina Gold - Browns Summit, NC - http://www.carolinagold.org
Chops, Inc - Minneapolis, MN - http://www.chopsinc.com
CorpsVets - http://www.corpsvets.org
Derby City Knights - http://www.derbycityknights.org
Empire Statesmen - Rochester, NY - http://www.statesmen.org
Excelsior - Troy, NY - http://www.excelsiordrumandbuglecorps.com
Fusion Core - Morris County, NJ - http://www.fusioncorenj.com
Govenaires - Saint Peter, MN - http://www.govenaires.org
Grenadiers - Kingston, ON CAN - http://www.kingstongrenadiers.com
Gulf Coast Sound - Houston, TX - http://www.gulfcoastsound.org
Hurricanes - Seymour, CT - http://www.cthurricanes.org
Kilties - Racine, WI - http://www.kilties.com
Lakeshormen - Troy, MI - http://www.lakeshoremen.org
Minnesota Brass - St. Paul, MN - http://mnbrassinc.org
Music City Legend - Nashville, TN - http://www.musiccitylegend.org
Renegades - San Francisco, CA - http://www.renegades.org
Shenandoah Sound - Manassas Park, VA - http://www.shenandoahsound.org
Skyliners - New York, NY - http://www.nyskyliners.org
SoCal Dream - Fountain Valley, CA - http://www.socaldream.org
Sun Devils - North Port, FL - http://www.sundevilscorps.org
Sunrisers - Long Island, NY - http://www.sunrisers.com
Tampa Bay Thunder - Tampa, FL- http://www.tampabaythunder.org
Vigilantes - Richardson, Texas - http://www.vigilantescorps.org
White Sabers - Dansville, New York - http://www.whitesabers.org
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