Browse the Museum menu’s pages for the year-by-year history. Scroll down for an overview and a directory of pages…
Avant Garde Drum and Bugle Corps was a Drum Corps International member competing in the summer music games from 1975 through 1985. More about DCI.
The Avant Garde Alumni Drumline formed in 2011 to march in parades and exhibitions. More about AGAD.
The Alumni Corps formed in 2018 to perform in the Saratoga Flag Day Parade. The 2019 Encore Tour will include a tribute concert for Chuck Mangione.
The love of Drum and Bugle Corps carries on in upstate New York at the annual Drums Along the Mohawk competition each summer. More about The Rome Show.
Some alumni continue to march and compete in the all-age Drum Corps Associates. More about DCA.
Learn more about AG’s history and people:
Drum Corps Xperience Museum has repertoires, scores and more: http://www.dcxmuseum.org/index.cfm?view=corpslist&Corpsid=241,
Drum Corps World, May 2018, starting on Page 78. https://www.drumcorpsworld.com/publications/2018/may/
#page=79
Halftime Magazine, June 15 2018. http://www.halftimemag.com/web-exclusives/avant-garde-drum-corps-reunites-for-flag-day-parade.html
100 Years of Marching History: Drum Corps in Saratoga Springs NY:https://www.saratogatodaynewspaper.com/index.php/item/4965-100-years-of-marching-history-of-saratoga-s-drum-and-bugle-corp
- AG 1975
- AG 1976
- AG 1977
- AG 1978
- AG 1979
- AG 1980
- AG 1981
- AG 1982
- AG 1983
- AG 1984
- AG 1985
- LASTING IMPACT
- PRIOR YEARS
- ALUMNI 2018
- ALUMNI 2019
