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The following is a list of current drum corps competing as members of Drum Corps International (DCI). [1] Member corps. World Class members Corps ...
The drum and lyre corps originated in the Philippines, as an economical alternative to regular brass bands or drum and bugle corps. The instrumentation of drum and lyre corps consists of a typical marching band (snare, tenor, bass drums, and cymbals) with the bell lyre section. The lyre sections consist of bell lyres, glockenspiels, as well as ...
The Venezuelan corps of drums has about 350 members. The corps is led by a single drum major. In some corps, especially in civil-based ones, other brass instruments may be added to the bugle section. [18] Military corps have tabards applied on the bass drums, snare drums, glockenspiels, and bugles at every performance.
After the members chose a drum and bugle corps, their parents immediately started a new booster club to support the new corps. They waited until its members met for rehearsal the following week to select a name. After discussing and rejecting several possible names, the corps chose Santa Clara Vanguard.
The Muchachos Drum and Bugle Corps [d] was an Open Class corps formed in 1959 as the junior corps component to the senior corps, the Hawthorne Caballeros. Like the Caballeros, the group was sponsored by American Legion Post #199 of Hawthorne, New Jersey and was known for their Latin-inspired shows. [ 50 ]
The three Belleville drum and bugle corps are long gone but certainly not forgotten.. Every sweaty mile marching the streets of Belleville and other more distant towns, every sack lunch or night ...
The corps was founded in 1963 as the Ye Wah Drums and Lyras Corps, an activity for youth of Chinese-American heritage. Roy Wong, Frank Lim, Thomas Fong, and Yuk Fong had originally approached the Sacramento Chinese community with the intent of starting a drum and bugle corps to perform at the many festivals and parades held each year in the Sacramento area.
Drum Corps International (DCI) is a governing body for drum and bugle corps. Founded in 1971 and known as "marching music's major league," DCI develops and enforces rules of competition and judges at sanctioned drum and bugle corps competitions throughout the United States and Canada. It is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.