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396:. There are nearly 2,100 drum corps listed!!! We don't even have articles yet for many existing senior corps, and the ones that exist are woefully poor. Take a look at some of the corps listed on the list of corps... who is ever going to write an article about the Ajax Sea Cadet Bugle Band of Guelph Ontario, or the Berea Scouts of Brooklyn NY? Especially since no one has yet even bothered to write an article about the
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