Drum and Bugle Corps

Here's a fairly straightforward definition of "drum corps" from Wikipedia: A drum and bugle corps is a musical marching unit consisting of brass instruments, percussion instruments and color guard. Drum corps are specialized marching bands.

In the Philippines, a drum and lyre corps is a marching ensemble consisting of strictly percussion instruments and a color guard section. The drum and lyre corps originated in the Philippines, as an economical alternative to regular brass bands or a drum and bugle corps.

Classic drum and bugle corps are descended from military drum and bugle units. Drum and bugle corps began as signaling units in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, just as the ancient drum and fife corps were in Europe. Bugles have been used in the Army for various signals.

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Just about anything is game in the front ensemble, but generally the instrumentation includes all the keyboard percussion -- marimba and xylophone, which have wood or synthetic bars, and vibraphone and bells, which have metal bars -- along with the timpani, concert snare drum, concert bass drum, concert toms, chimes, ...

Drum corps is actually one of the only sports that can fulfill the criteria of this OED definition. In general, all of these definitions combined form a foundation which drum corps can lie upon. Without this foundation drum corps dies.

Students learn and improve valuable personal skills like teamwork, time management and problem solving. Members of all DCI-affiliated corps are challenged to personally accept a new sense of discipline and responsibility.

competition: Trumpet, Mellophone, French Horn, Baritone, Trombone, Tuba, Brass Ensemble, Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Woodwind Ensemble, Flag, Flag Ensemble, Auxiliary Equipment, Auxiliary Equipment Ensemble, Dance, Dance Ensemble, Snare Drum, Multiple Tenor Drum, Percussion Keyboard, Timpani, Multiple Percussion, ...

The activities are different in organization (marching bands usually associate with high schools and colleges while drum corps are freestanding organizations), competition and performance (marching bands perform in the fall at football games, drum corps usually compete during the summer), and instrumentation (drum ...

Drum Corps International World Class Champions

• Blue Devils – 21 titles (2 ties)
• The Cadets – 10 titles (1 tie)
• The Cavaliers – 7 titles (1 tie)
• Santa Clara Vanguard – 7 titles (1 tie)
• Madison Scouts – 2 titles.
• Phantom Regiment – 2 titles (1 tie)
• Anaheim Kingsmen – 1 title.
• Star of Indiana – 1 title.

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Meaning of detective chief inspector in English in the UK, a police detective of senior rank, above an inspector and below a superintendent; also used as a title: My training for the job was given by a detective chief inspector. He has been a detective for 20 years and has just become a DCI.