DCA News

Drum Corps Associates Board of Directors’ and its members held our annual spring meeting on Saturday, April 28th in preparation for the upcoming... Read More →

Drum Corps Associates is pleased to announce our partnership with BOX5 Media for the 2018 Championships in Williamsport PA!   BOX5 will be... Read More →

The Connecticut Hurricanes are pleased to announce their drum majors for the upcoming DCA competition season.   Matt Piros will be returning to... Read More →

DCA is closely monitoring the changes that have been made to the YEA organization in light of the allegations against its former CEO.  DCA will... Read More →

JUDGING DCA CORPS By Dr. John Kreitzer DCA Judging Coordinator Are the judges in the marching arts the good guys or the bad guys?  Your view can... Read More →

Cadence Drum and Bugle Corps will be coming to compete in the DCA Class A ranks this summer. Cadence hails from Surrey County in England which is... Read More →

RELEASE Jan.14 -2018 Greetings from EXCELSIOR It is with little relief but with determination for 2019 that EXCELSIOR announces its inactive... Read More →

Drum Corps Associates made history at the Annual Meeting in December when Pat Bocker was elected to serve as Vice President.   Pat has become the... Read More →

Traditions come in a great many ways such as holidays, sports, traditions within families, and many more too numerous to name. Our activity of... Read More →

Drum Corps Associates held its annual winter meeting in Williamsport, Pennsylvania over the first weekend in December as Williamsport will play... Read More →

In today’s crazy world it is very challenging at times to raise a family, no less a family with four children.  One way to overcome some of... Read More →

Almost every day every one of us has problems to solve, projects to finish on time or obstacles to conquer or tear down. Imagine in our activity... Read More →

2017 DCA Finals Schedule Sunday September 3, 2017 Capelli Sport Stadium Rochester, NY 4:30PM  --  Gates open for fans 5:30PM  --  Welcome by... Read More →

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2017 DCA Prelims Schedule Saturday September 2, 2017 Capelli Sport Stadium Rochester, NY   Recorded National Anthems at 1:50PM   Due at... Read More →

2017 I&E Performer Schedule (PDF) Mini Corps Schedule – Empire Room 9:00 PM      National Anthems featuring the White Sabers Honor... Read More →

In what promises to be an exciting close to the DCA 2017, the competition between the top corps is reaching its most exciting level in recent... Read More →

Meet the Coursey Brothers Family members marching in a drum corps have been a long standing key ingredient in making the drum corps activity a... Read More →

The Drum Corps Associate’s summer tour rolls into Lackawana County, Pennsylvania as eight of DCA’s finest corps will be in... Read More →

DCA kicked off its 2017 competition season in grand style Saturday evening, June 24th in West Pittston, Pennsylvania with five DCA corps battling... Read More →

Connecticut Hurricanes Announce New Drum Majors For 2017 The Connecticut Hurricanes are extremely pleased to announce their new Drum Majors for... Read More →

“Meet the Strang Family” It is always rewarding to see families being involved with their children’s activities. Whether it is being... Read More →

“DCA Kicks Off 2017 Season at Spring Meeting” The 2017 Drum Corps Associates season got off to a great start this past weekend at the annual... Read More →

” DCA Welcomes New Class A Corps “ Drum Corps Associates is very pleased and excited to welcome the Southern Knights from Birmingham,... Read More →

”  Meet The Mataruga Family “    It has been said that ” good things come in small packages, small can be better than large,... Read More →

” From Drum Major to Corps Director ” Every day we are faced with decisions we have to make. Right or wrong, good or bad we make them... Read More →

Berks Arts Council Announces the Reading Buccaneers as Recipient of the 2017 Pagoda Award Pagoda Award and special concert by Al Chez and the... Read More →

2017 DCA Schedule Released   Read More →

” DCA Holds Winter Meeting and Rules Congress ” Drum Corps Associates recently held their Rules Congress and Winter meeting in... Read More →

” Kidsgrove Scouts Return To DCA in 2017 ” Paul Revere may have said ” The British Are Coming “, however Drum Corps... Read More →

Meet the Katz Family   We all know that many things are measured in time. Your age, how long you have been married or in a relationship with... Read More →

” Meet The Ripley Family “ Over the past several months we have been posting articles on families involved in a drum corps. Some... Read More →

Drum Corps Associates is pleased to announce that John Carr has been appointed as the new Treasurer of DCA. Lou Tierno has accepted the position... Read More →

” Govenaires Travel to China “ After competing in the DCA World Championships, the Govenaires accepted an invitation to participate... Read More →

Class A: 1. Cincinnati Tradition 80.03 2. Erie Thunderbirds 77.75 3. Chops, Inc. 75.03   Open Class: 1. Cadets2 97.95 2. Buccaneers 97.25 3.... Read More →

Class A: 79.13 Cincinnati Tradition 77.35 Erie Thunderbirds 75.35 Chops, Inc. 74.45 Kilties 70.28 Excelsior Open Class: 97.68 Cadets2 97.03... Read More →

Star United is the 2016 Mini Corps Champion! See the complete results here . Read More →

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Meet the Phillps Family It is always encouraging when we see or hear about families doing things or activities together as a family. In our... Read More →

Individual and Ensemble schedules are posted… 2016 DCA I&E Visual 2016 DCA I&E Percussion Ensembles, Trap, Keyboard 2016 DCA... Read More →

We are happy to announce that the bids are in and the decision has been made. The site of Drum Corp Associates’ championship weekend will be... Read More →

Want to go to Rochester for DCA Championships? Well, there is still time and still room. In fact, you can reserve at the Radisson Hotel for a... Read More →

In today’s changing times it is very encouraging to see that family ties to our drum corps activity still exist. Many corps have members... Read More →

Where are you staying at DCA Championships in Rochester NY? There are rooms available at the Hyatt in Downtown Rochester. This is the Official... Read More →

They say that “Variety is the spice of life”, and the Beaumont family from the Sunrisers have had all the necessary ingredients in... Read More →

Check out the podcast: www.marchingroundtable.com Read More →