Tomorrow Kidsgrove Scouts will be setting off across to the United States for their 4th Tour to compete at the Drum Corps Associates World Championships. The Corps will be flying from London to JFK Airport in New York.

After months of negotiations, Drum Corps Associates is disappointed to announce that the 2015 audio and visual products will not be produced.

At the December meeting of Drum Corps Associates earlier this month, elections were held for all positions of the DCA executive team. With the retirement of Gil Silva, a new President has been elected, Allen Buell.

After the DCA Fall meeting in Maryland, DCA President Gil Silva will end his tenure as DCA President. Drum Corps Associates have announced Silva's retirement on their website.

The Reading Buccaneers were on top again as the world’s best all-age drum and bugle corps competed at the Drum Corps Associates World Championships over Labor Day Weekend in Rochester - New York.

The Kidsgrove Scouts have finished in sixth place at the DCA World Championships in Rochester. The corps scored 91.90, increasing both their score and placement compared to their DCA results in 2012.

In 1990 the Southern Knights Drum & Bugle Corps from Brighton, England embarked on a three week trip to the USA to be the first European corps to compete at the Drum Corps Associates (DCA) World Championships which were held in Allentown, Pennsylvania. In 2015 they are celebrating the 25th Anniversary of this tour.

The Vikings Drum Corps have announced that they will be travelling to the USA in 2017. The corps from Tallaght will compete in the DCA circuit.

Synthesizers, voice amplification, samples. Drum corps fans keep discussing the decision of Drum Corps Associates to allow these things from next year.

For the 2015 season, Drum Corps Associates will allow keyboard synthesizers, amplification of voice, pre-recorded speech, and sampled sound effects. The decision was made at DCA's Winter Meeting.

Sitting in third place after the preliminary competition at Sahlen’s Stadium in Rochester, the Reading Buccaneers rallied to take home the 2014 DCA World Championship title last Sunday.

This weekend, the Buccaneers got within 0.05 points of frontrunner Caballeros in the Drum Corps Associates competition. It was an exciting time for the Open Class in Scranton on Saturday.

The Kidsgrove Scouts will be returning to Drum Corps Associates in 2015. The corps will compete in regionals and the DCA Finals in Rochester - New York. It will be their third tour since 2010.

The Buccaneers extended their 2012 title during the Drum Corps Associates Open Class Finals Sunday in Annapolis. The corps managed to win with a strong lead.

Heartliner from Ludwigshafen - Germany attained sixth place in the A-Class Prelims of Drum Corps Associates in Annapolis on Saturday. It was a few points short of a place in the Finals.

Drum Corps Associates has published the list of dates and locations for the upcoming summer season. The schedule includes 21 contests. The schedule is still subject to change.