Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps
Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps is a competitive drum and bugle corps, based in Santa Clara, California. The Santa Clara Vanguard is one of the thirteen founding member corps of Drum Corps International (DCI) and a seven time DCI World Champion, winning the title most recently in 2018.
The Santa Clara Vanguard in 2008
Drum and bugle corps (modern)
A modern drum and bugle corps is a musical marching unit consisting of brass instruments, percussion instruments, electronic instruments, and color guard. Typically operating as independent non-profit organizations, corps perform in competitions, parades, festivals, and other civic functions. Participants of all ages are represented within the corps activity, but the majority are between the ages of 13 and 22 and are members of corps within Drum Corps International.
The Cadets Drum & Bugle Corps (Erie, PA) perform in Annapolis, MD on June 16, 2007
The lowest-pitched of the horns used in drum corps is the contrabass bugle, or 'contra'. Here, members of a DCA corps from Upstate New York are shown performing in a parade.
The Bluecoats pit used thematic vocal amplification in their 2007 performance, "Criminal."
Rehearsal at Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps