Drum Corps World has published two volumes called "A History of Drum & Bugle Corps." Volume 1 has been sold out since December 2004 and Volume 2 has been for sale since since June 2003. Each book as a black, leather-like vinyl hard cover and contains 432 pages with approximately 1,400 photographs and illustrations. Approximately 150 individuals contributed written material and another 150 individuals contributed photographs and artwork for the two books. Below is a listing of the specific content of each book.

Volume 1 Contents
Chapter 1 -- "The Big Parade -- the veterans organizations and the drum and bugle corps movement" by Raphael Osheroff and Bob Zinko (a look at the sociological reasons behind the veterans organizations organizing drum and bugle corps)
Chapter 2 -- "The evolution of the bugle" by Scooter Pirtle (this chapter is like a doctoral thesis on the history of bugles, including a chart of companies that have manufactured bugles between 1800 and the present)
Chapter 3 -- "Development of marching percussion during the 20th century" by Lauren Vogel Weiss (a brief overview of some of the developments in marching percussion during the last 100 years)
Chapter 4 -- "How musical and visual design has evolved" by Dr. Rosalie Sward (looks at how drum and bugle corps designers developed their craft over the last three decades)
Chapter 5 -- "Drum and bugle corps recordings through the years" by Ken Mason (includes a master listing of recordings by Fleetwood and recording engineers Dale Johnson, Stetson D. Richmond, Alf Wateska, Ken Kobold and Ken Mason)
Chapter 6 -- "80 years of drum and bugle corps scores" compiled by Brian Tolzmann (preliminary and final scores from all the major competitions -- junior and senior -- between 1921 and 2001)
Chapter 7 -- "The movement starts to grow in the 1950s" by Carman Cluna (an overview of some of the trends during this important decade and what the activity was like during that period of time)
Chapter 8 -- "The 1960s: the Dream, then Miami; the World, then Miami" by Cozy Baker (a sometimes humorous look at this important decade when the activity was in its heyday)
Chapter 9 -- "Masters of their destiny -- DCI is established" by Bill Howard (what led to the founding of Drum Corps International during the late 1960s and early 1970s)
Chapter 10 -- "The giant killer -- the 1980s" by Dr. Robert Smith (a decade of big changes for the drum and bugle corps activity, especially the junior corps)
Chapter 11 -- "For the love of the game -- the alumni corps movement" by Allison Close and Chris Atkinson (how adults started coming back to the activity and performing the growing alumni corps movement)
Chapter 12 -- "The drum corps activity takes to the airwaves" by Chris Atkinson (drum and bugle corps on television, videotape and DVD)
Chapter 13 -- "Drum and bugle corps in Quebec" by Daniel Buteau (a look at some of the trends that came out of the French-speaking Canadian province)
Chapter 14 -- "Drum and bugle corps in Ontario" by Jodeen Popp (what the activity in the most populous drum corps province in Canada was contibuting to the fraternity)
Chapter 15 -- "Canadian military drum and bugle corps" by Richard F. Allen (how the musical military units in Canada helped get the activity started and then became its most prominent corps)
Chapter 16 -- "Bibliography" by Sharon Walbridge (articles that have appeared in non-drum corps publications in the last 30 years)
Chapter 17 -- "Master list of North American junior, senior and alumni drum and bugle corps" compiled by Brian Tolzmann (a listing of almost 7,500 junior and senior drum and bugle corps that have existed between 1921 and 2001)

Volume 2 Contents
Section 1 -- General information
Chapter 1 -- "Pageantry born on the battlefield" by Ron Da Silva (a look at how the current-day drum and bugle corps movement evolved out of military signaling)
Chapter 2 -- "U.S. and Canadian senior corps - 1921-1965" by Cozy Baker (the early years of the senior corps movement before Drum Corps Associates was formed)
Chapter 3 -- "A history of Drum Corps Associates" by Tom Peashey (an overview of the senior corps activity since DCA began in 1965)
Chapter 4 -- "Drum corps in the armed forces" by Ron Da Silva (how the United States military has operated some very successful drum and bugle corps through the years)
Chapter 5 -- "Uniforms and colors" by Ron Da Silva (the influence on how drum and bugle corps look on the field and in parades since 1921)
Chapter 6 -- "The birth, growth and metamorphosis of competitive rudimental drumming" by Rick Beckham (a more comprehensive review of the marching percussion movement in the 20th Century and into the 21st)
Chapter 7 -- "And now the scores . . . the art and science of drum corps judging") by Chris Atkinson and Allison Close (the evaluation process and how it has changed over the last eight decades)
Chapter 8 -- "Why the guns? Color guard from military to modern" by Shirley Stratton Dorritie (what color guards have to do with drum and bugle corps and how they are now also separate groups in a gym)
Chapter 9 -- "Artistic personalities of selected corps" by Dr. Rosalie Sward (many of the current drum and bugle corps are considered through their musical and visual styles)
Chapter 10 -- "Drum corps magazines and newspapers by Steve Vickers" (the drum corps press and how it has changed since the late 1940s)

Section 2 -- Canadian corps - These three sections offer a more detailed view of the drum and bugle corps from these Canadian provinces
Alberta and British Columbia by Daniel Buteau
Ontario by Mark Ripley
Quebec by Daniel Buteau

Section 3 -- Foreign corps - These four sections take a look at how the drum and bugle corps activity has spread worldwide in the last 30 years
Europe by Hans Kloppert
South Africa by Retha Cilliers as told to Allan Murray
Southeast Asia by Chris Atkinson
United Kingdom by Steve Hars

Section 4 -- North American junior and senior corps - These 86 articles with photographs take a more personal look at some of the most influential and interesting corps
27th Lancers, Revere, MA -- by Steve Groh
Anaheim Kingsmen, Anaheim, CA -- by Vince Lamb
Archer-Epler Musketeers, Upper Darby, PA -- by Bill Ives
Argonne Rebels, Great Bend, KS -- by Greg Jewell
Audubon Bon Bons, Audubon, NJ -- by Rip Bernert
Belleville Black Knights, Belleville, IL -- by Dave Scott
Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights, Newark, NJ -- by Gary Dickelman
Blue Devils, Concord, CA -- by Bob Fields
Blue Knights, Denver, CO -- by Mark Arnold and Dallas Martin
Blue Rock, Wilmington, DE -- by Joe Flynn and Harry Jenkins
Blue Stars, La Crosse, WI -- by Michael Carlson
Bluecoats, Canton, OH -- by Vic Colaianni
Boston Crusaders, Boston, MA -- by Art Kellerman
Boys of '76, Racine, WI -- by George Fennell
Bushwackers, Harrison, NJ -- by Chris Kilian
Cadets LaSalle, Ottawa, ONT -- by Bill Serson
CapitolAires, Madison, WI -- by Shara Barlow, Allan Marty and Frank Schoenbach
Carolina Crown, Charlotte, NC -- by Doug Madar
Cavaliers, Chicago, IL -- by Michael Boo
Chanler's, Beacon, NY -- by Gena Pruitt
Chatelaines, Laval, QUE -- by Daniel Buteau
Chicago Royal Airs, Chicago, IL -- by Jeff Helgeson
Colts, Dubuque, IA -- by Steve Delaney
Connecticut Hurricanes, Derby, CT -- by Bill Flaker
Crossmen, Newark, DE -- by Bob Fields
Decorah Kilties, Decorah, IA -- by Howard Hill
De La Salle Oaklands, Toronto, ONT -- by Murt Howell
Des Plaines Vanguard, Des Plaines, IL -- by Jay McGuffin
Doremus Post, Hackensack, NJ -- by Bob BellaRosa
Empire Statesmen, Rochester, NY -- by Kevin Gamin
Garfield Cadets, Garfield, NJ -- by Greg Cinzio
Geneseo Knights, Geneseo, IL -- by Bill Neuleib
Geneva Appleknockers, Geneva, NY -- by Geoffrey Whiting
Glassmen, Toledo, OH -- by Kevin Gamin
Govenaires, St. Peter, MN -- by Emily Stark
Guardsmen, Schaumburg, IL -- by Kathy and Beth Myers
Hawthorne Caballeros, Hawthorne, NJ -- by Peter Bishop
Hormel Girls, Austin, MN -- by Brian Tolzmann
Imperials of St. Patrick/Pioneer, Milwaukee, WI -- by Roman Blenski
Jersey Joes, Riverside, NJ -- by Bob Mannion
Kilties, Racine, WI -- by George Fennell
Kingston Grenadiers, Kingston, ONT -- by Rick Jutras
Madison Scouts, Madison, WI -- by Dan Guernsey and Robert Pilot
Minnesota Brass, St. Paul, MN -- Paul Mordorski
Muchachos, Hawthorne, NJ -- by John Haupt and Les Katzel
New York Skyliners, New York City, NY -- by Michael Siglow
North Star, North Shore, MA -- by Vince Lamb
Norwood Park Imperials, Chicago, IL -- by Dave Borck
Offensive Lions, Jonquiere, QUE -- by Daniel Buteau
P.A.L. Cadets, Bridgeport, CT -- by Ace Holleran
Phantom Regiment, Rockford, IL -- by Ron Schulz
Pittsburgh Rockets, Pittsburgh, PA -- by Ed Cagney
Racine Scouts, Racine, WI -- by Tony Burke
Railmen, Omaha, NE -- by Ken Whittle
Reading Buccaneers, Reading, PA -- by Donnie Solinger
Reilly Raiders, Philadelphia, PA -- by Carol Hooton
Rhode Island Matadors, Providence, RI -- by Michele Peloquin
Rochester Crusaders, Rochester, NY -- by Tom Peashey
Santa Clara Vanguard, Santa Clara, CA -- by Christina Mavroudis
St. Andrew's Bridgemen, Bayonne, NJ -- by Pat Forker, George Lavelle and Bert Lynch
St. Joseph's of Batavia, Batavia, NY -- by Ben Wilt
St. Kevin's Emerald Knights, Dorchester, MA -- by Paul Flaherty
St. Lucy's Cadets, Newark, NJ -- by Ron Bonadonna
St. Paul Scouts, St. Paul, MN -- by Paul Mordorski
St. Raphael's Golden Buccaneers, Bridgeport, CT -- by Cliff Richmond and Bill Mischik
St. Vincent's Cadets, Bayonne, NJ -- by Rev. Gerald Marchand
Scout House, Preston, ONT -- by Art Kellerman
Seattle Imperials, Seattle, WA -- by Steve Baretich
Skokie Indians, Skokie, IL -- by George Fennell
Sky Ryders, Hutchinson, KS -- by Steve Vickers
Spartans, Nashua, NH -- by Michael Carlson
Spirit of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA -- by Mark Whisenant
Star of Indiana, Bloomington, IN -- by Michael Boo
Stardusters, New Orleans, LA -- by Ken Mason
Steel City Ambassadors, Pittsburgh, PA -- by Bob Dietrich
Suncoast Sound, Pinellas Park, FL -- by Steve Hecklinger
Sunrisers, Hempstead, NY -- by Frank Dorritie and Fran Haring
Syracuse Brigadiers, Syracuse, NY -- by David Lepore
Toronto Optimists, Toronto, ONT -- by Vern Johannson
Troopers, Casper, WY -- by Pat Chagnon
Vasella Musketeers, Philadelphia, PA -- by Joe Marella
Velvet Knights, Santa Ana, CA -- by Charlie Groh
Ventures, Kitchener, ONT -- by Dave Phillips
Watkins Glen Squires, Watkins Glen, NY -- by Jud Spena
Westshoremen, Harrisburg, PA -- by Jeff Ream
Yankee Rebels, Baltimore, MD -- by Joel Leson

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