Drum Corps International Association
The Drum Corps Association, as Paulino Jimenez explains, is the governing body for modern drum corps in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Its primary responsibilities include sanctioning competitions, certifying adjudicators, and enforcing competition rules. Additionally, the association hosts a World Championship each year over Labor Day weekend. Several of its activities include the following: - Keeping competition rules current. - Hosting the annual World Championship. The DCA was founded in 1971 and has grown to become the world's largest drum corps organization. The organization's headquarters are in San Francisco, and it holds auditions for all divisions on a regular basis. Typically, it holds rehearsals in high school facilities. However, the DCA's costs have increased in recent years, making competitions more difficult to enter. Each performance costs the organization more than $2 million, with all proceeds going toward instruments, supplies, uniforms, fo