Saturday, October 20, 2007

DCA Administration Team Returns for 2008

Drum Corps Associates (DCA), the leader in sanctioning and producing competitive all-age drum and bugle corps events, today announced that its voting member corps have unanimously reelected the association's current officers to another two year term through 2009. Returning for 2008/2009 are DCA President, Gil Silva; Vice-President, Larry Hershman; Secretary, Glen Johnson; and Treasurer, Michael Corso. The announcement came during the association's fall business meeting in Newark, New Jersey

DCA also announced that it's voting corps have voted to retain Judging Coordinator Rich Templin and the three judging caption heads for the 2008 season. Returning will be Brass Caption Head, Bob Cardaneo; Percussion Caption Head, John Stauffer and Sal Adamo, Visual Caption Head.

"Between them, these four gentlemen have brought an enormous wealth of knowledge to the task of managing the competitive aspects of DCA and the all-age drum corps activity," said DCA President Gil Silva. "Its great to have stability in the judging community and the confidence of the voting member corps for the job they did in 2007 is testament to that."

About Drum Corps Associates

Drum Corps Associates (DCA) is the governing body for modern senior or all-age drum and bugle corps in North America. Founded in 1965 as the first heir to the modern drum corps activity, DCA has crowned 44 Open Class World Champions and 12 Class A Champions to date. For the 2007 season twenty-three units competed in twenty-four events throughout North America. The 2008 DCA World Championships will be held August 29-31 in Rochester, NY. For more information on Drum Corps Associates visit http://www.dcacorps.org.