Small Drum Corps Association Texas Region starting up

[mellomello]

The Small Drum Corps Association (www.thesdca.org) is expanding into
Texas, and is looking for people who may be interested in being involved
in community based Drum and Bugle corps, marching band, etc.


Per their website:


"Small Drum Corps AssociationThe Small Drum Corps Association (SDCA) was
started in 2007 by Chris Ferrara.  Chris started indrum corps as member
of the Chicago Royal Airs beginning in 1959, and is a member of the
2012Class in the Bugler's Hall of Fame.The SDCA came about in response
to smaller corps looking for a gratifying venue where they couldperform.
The SDCA also wanted to fill a niche to encourage the reorganization of
corps, no longerin existence, by forming new community drum corps.
 There was also a need to be flexible to allowany size drum  corps to
perform. Membership and performances are open to all classes
includingjunior, senior, alumni and all-age corps. In addition,
membership is open to drum lines, color guardsand bands.SDCA Members may
also belong to multiple organizations such as DCI or DCA. The
additionalperformances provided by the SDCA can only better a corps for
DCI or DCA competition, if thatis the goal. The SDCA supports these
opportunities through a friendly people's choice competition.  As a
member driven association we work together to aid one another in
performance quality.Based in the Midwest, the SDCA recently expanded and
now has Regional Directors in the Eastern,Northern, Central Midwest and
Southern California. This opens up opportunities to perform, withoutthe
expense of traveling great distances with limited time available. "


 If you wish to find out more about the SDCA or have a group that would
like to join, send me a pm, or go to the website to contact Chris
Ferrara. 

[drumcorpslifesupport]

I am the acting director of the Texas region of SDCA(Small Drum Corps Association, http://thesdca.org),
and saw that you were trying to get a marching unit off the ground, or
are already involved in the activity . The Texas region of the SDCA is
trying to create a vibrant competition circuit here in Texas, and are
contacting people who may want to be involved. We are planning a meeting
of all of the groups on January 18 in Austin TX. We are hoping to start
organizing the region, and planning for shows for the upcoming season.

"The Small Drum Corps Association (SDCA) was started in 2007 by Chris
Ferrara. Chris started in drum corps as member of the Chicago Royal
Airs beginning in 1959, and is a member of the 2012 Class in the
Bugler's Hall of Fame.
The SDCA came about in response to smaller
corps looking for a gratifying venue where they could perform. The SDCA
also wanted to fill a niche to encourage the reorganization of corps, no
longer in existence, by forming new community drum corps. There was
also a need to be flexible to allow any size drum corps to perform.
Membership and performances are open to all classes including junior,
senior, alumni and all-age corps. In addition, membership is open to
drum lines, color guards. and bands.
SDCA Members may also belong to
multiple organizations such as DCI or DCA. The additional performances
provided by the SDCA can only better a corps for DCI or DCA competition,
if that is the goal. The SDCA supports these opportunities through a
friendly people's choice competition.
As a member driven association we work together to aid one another in performance quality.

Based in the Midwest, the SDCA recently expanded and now has Regional
Directors in the Eastern, Northern, Central Midwest, Texas and Southern
California. This opens up opportunities to perform, without the expense
of traveling great distances with limited time available."

If you are interested, please contact me on Facebook. either at my profile page, or on the Texas SDCA facebok page.