DCA introduces minimum size for corps
Nearly two dozen drum corps were represented at the biennial Rules Congress, held January 13th-14th in Newark - New Jersey. One of the decisions made during the congress was the introduction of a minimum size for corps that want to compete in the Drum Corps Associates competition.
According to DCA Secretary Glen Johnson, many proposals were offered, but fans will notice very little change. "Most of the proposals were administrative in nature, with many of them being nearly identical. Only three proposals were actually targeted at changing competitive rules, and only one of them survived caucus discussions and made it to the floor for a vote", he said.
Corps now need to have at least 35 performers (excluding majors and honor guard) on the field in order to compete. Corps will be seeded in prelims based on their highest score in the month of August. And the maximum number of valves on a brass instrument considered legal for competition was increased from 3 to 4.
A proposal that would have completely redesigned the brass sheets was not recommended by the brass caucus. Likewise, a proposal that would have allowed amplification of pit percussion instruments did not survive the percussion caucus, so no action was taken on them by the directors.
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