I first knew that drum corps was for me at the DCI East super-regional in 2012. DCI, or Drum Corps International, is marching music's major league and is essentially professional marching band. I hadn't known anything about it until that fateful day the summer before freshman year when my high school band made the hour and a half journey by school bus to J. Birney Crum Stadium in Allentown, PA to watch this classic drum corps event. I only barely remember the corps that performed or what their shows were about, but what I do remember is extremely important. I remember seeing the look of joy on every single performer's faces as the crowd gave them the standing ovation that they rightly earned. I remember how out of breath everyone in every corps
