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What Is Drum Corps?

The Definition
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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