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“One of the oldest and most successful circuits in the drum corps arena is Drum Corps Associates. Prior to the establishment of DCA, senior corps competed in loosely knit geographic areas dominated by strong contest sponsors and the only thing close to an “establishment” was the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.” …
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“In January 1959, American Legion Post No. 199 in Hawthorne, New Jersey, and the Hawthorne Caballeros joined forces to start the Muchachos. Ralph Silverbrand, drum major of the Caballeros, and Marge Moore, wife of the former post commander, were the two main forces behind the humble beginnings.” …
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“The year was 1969. Two senior drum & bugles corps, the Holy Rosary Caballeros and the Skylarks from Providence, Rhode Island, merged. Rick Harrington was instrumental in getting the corps started by calling members from the disbanded Holy Rosary Caballeros and getting them to join.
He called Gil Silva and Silva told him he would be here for three weeks – and ended up staying for 30 years.” …
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“One of the oldest church-sponsored drum corps in the East was St. Lucy’s Cadets from Newark, NJ.
Organized in 1924 as a fife, drum and bugle corps, St. Lucy’s appeared in numerous parades and concerts,
both locally and nationally, and won several national titles in standstill competitions.”…
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“One of the great themes of history or literature is of the outsider who comes out of nowhere, reaches the top and then fades away.
In Drum Corps Associates, there is no better example of the obscure unit that rises, burns brightly and then collapses, than the Steel City Ambassadors of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania”…