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Home » Arts » Music » Marching Drum and Bugle Corps
The Arts/Music/Marching/Drumcorps category contains general and relevant information to the whole drum corps activity. Drumcorps, or more accurately Drum and Bugle Corps (D&BC), is an activity based from the early fife and drum and bugle bands of the late 19th and early 20th century. Members of many of these were grown men. Later the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), and other civic organizations created their own auxiliary youth groups or junior corps. Over time, these senior and junior groups changed their venue from marching in parades to performing precision drills for competition. The VFW and American Legion were the de-facto rule makers for this activity. In the early 1970's, faced with stringent rules imposed on the junior corps by the VFW, and an activity that was dying, several top junior D&BC's formed Drum Corps International (DCI) as an alternate sanctioning organization. DCI was almost immediately successful and allowed greater artistic freedom to the activity that has continued to this day and allowed Junior Drum and Bugle Corps to be the most successful form of this activity. Membership in a Junior Corps is restricted to those 21 and under on the last day of the DCI Final competition each year. Senior Drum Corps look to a similar organization, Drum Corps Associates, for guidance. Many members in a Senior Corps are those who "aged-out" of a Junior Corps. Many Senior Corps will allow membership below 21 years. Junior D&BC's should be listed under the Junior Corps category. Senior D&BC's should be listed under the Senior Corps category."Grab Bag, Trivia, and other Artifacts" contains miscellany about drum corps. Personal diaries for instance."History and Archives" is for pages devoted to expired corps, information on competition seasons, corps playlists, etc. The Europe and Asia subcats are for the international scene. These corps do not necessarily follow the age distinction that the American Junior and Senior divisions have. For this reason they are not listed under the Junior or Senior Corps cats.
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| DCI Repertoire History - Contains a searchable database of junior drum and bugle corps repertoires.
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| | Drum Corps World - The main newspaper of the Drum Corps World. Provides scores and reviews of contests.
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| | sCORPSboard - A fan supported site that reports scores and news by web and email.
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| | United States Naval Academy Drum and Bugle Corps - The USNA Drum and Bugle Corps provides musical support for the Brigade of Midshipmen. Founded in 1914, it is the oldest drum and bugle corps in existence. Based in Annapolis, MD.
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| | David Sherry's Comprehensive Drum Corps Links - A list of drum corps sites.
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| | Drumcorps FAQ Index - Information about Drum Corps, the activity and the rec.arts.marching.drumcorps newsgroup.
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| | Drum Corps on the Internet - Drum corps section from drumweb.com with a comprehensive A-Z links to drum and bugle corps.
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| | Drum Corp Direct - A drum corps fan site with sound clips, pictures, and links to many drum corps and percussion sites.
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| | Star of Indiana Brass and Percussion Corps - a unique non-profit music education institution based in Bloomington, Indiana. Performs Brass Theater. DCI World Champions in 1991 when a D&B Corps.
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| | Summer Music Games.com - A news site covering junior corps, senior corps, Bands of America, Winterguard International, and similar activities.
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| | Greg's Drum Corps Experience - A drum corps site by a member, for members, and anyone else interested in outdoor pagentry. Includes a collection of drum corps themed WinAMP skins.
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| | Drum Corps History - Provide histories of various active and inactive drum corps
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| | Drum Corps Wallpapers - Collection of files with previews.
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| | United States Marine Corps Drum and Bugle Corps - Also known as the "The Commandant's Own". Schedule, pictures, and audition information.
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| | United States Air Force Academy Drum and Bugle Corps - Founded in 1948 and based at the US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO.
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| | Rhode Island Drum and Bugle Corps - Site presents history, photos, music, and current information.
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| | Drum Corps Wiki - The open-content, online drum corps encyclopedia.
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| | Drum and Bugle Corps Emporium - Nikk Pilato's site that has links and information to help educate people about Drum and Bugle Corps. Site features articles, related links, and contact details.
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| | hardCORPSfans.org - Online community for Drum Corps International fans as well as members. Features forums, music, scores, corps, member profiles, and calendar.
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| | Drum Corps and More - New MP3 sound file every other day and links to top junior and senior corps.
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