Drum and bugle corps
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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, also known as a drum corps, is a musical marching unit consisting of brass instruments, percussion instruments, and color guard. Typically operating as independent non-profit organizations, drum corps perform in competitions, parades, festivals, and other civic functions...
— such as those organized by Drum Corps International after 1972, Drum Corps Associates, 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. Traditionally, drum and bugle corps served as signaling units as early as before the American Civil War, with these signaling units...
— such as those organized by the American Legion or the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and "alumni corps" of those organizations