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Drum and bugle corps is a name used to describe two forms of marching units.










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Drum and bugle corps is a name used to describe two forms of marching units.

  • Drum and bugle corps (modern)
    Drum and bugle corps (modern)

    A drum and bugle corps or drum corps is a musical marching unit consisting of brass instruments, percussion instruments, and Color guard ....
     — such as those organized by Drum Corps International
    Drum Corps International

    Drum Corps International , formed in 1972, is the non-profit governing body operating the North American Drum and bugle corps circuit for junior corps, whose members are between the ages of 13 and 21....
     (DCI) after 1972, Drum Corps Associates
    Drum Corps Associates

    Drum Corps Associates is the governing body for modern senior or all-age drum and bugle corps in North America. It is the counterpart of Drum Corps International which governs junior drum corps....
     (DCA), and other similar international organizations
  • Drum and bugle corps (classic)
    Drum and bugle corps (classic)

    Classic drum and bugle corps are North American musical ensembles that descended from military Bugle and drum units returning from World War I and succeeding wars....
     — such as those organized by the American Legion
    American Legion

    The American Legion was chartered by the U.S. Congress as a patriotic, mutual-help, wartime veterans list of veterans' organizations of the Military of the United States who served during a wartime period as defined by Congress....
     (AL) or the Veterans of Foreign Wars
    Veterans of Foreign Wars

    The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States , is a Congressional charter war veterans organization. VFW currently has 1.6 million members and is the largest American organization of combat veterans....
     (VFW), and "alumni corps" of those organizations