Number of DCI corps keeps declining
The number of North American junior corps that made it to the field in 2007 stands at 53, an overall decline of six corps from the 2006 total. Of that 53, just 48 actually competed on the field, marking the first time in the DCI era that fewer than 50 junior corps made it to field competition.
Written by Brian Tolzmann, DCW staff
California remains an amazing breeding ground for the junior corps activity, as its 14 corps gave that state its highest number since the 1978 season, when there were also 14. The figure means that California is home to 26% of all juniors that made it to the field in 2007. Compare that with the first DCI season of 1972, when California's 20 active junior corps represented just 4.5% of the junior corps on the field.
It's interesting to look at how the regions of North America have changed in their junior drum and bugle corps representation over the decades. In 2007, the Western states now lead in junior corps population, being home to 37.73% of the active junior corps, while the Midwest had 24.52%, the East had 18.86%, the South 13.2% and Canada was home to just 5.66%.
Perhaps one of the most shocking developments is that New York state, which had 61 active junior corps in the first year of DCI in 1972 (the highest single season number for any state or province during the DCI era) had no junior corps on the field in 2007. (Text: drumcorpsworld.com)
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