Naoki

It's my pleasure sir! I've been feeling the same way for a long time: Why drum corps international have the international division though they call themselves "international". So...your topic is interesting to me! As you just said above, I also think that it would be great if DCI become a truly international circuit...like the Olympic Games. It's already talked in this topic, but I think one of the big issues that makes it hard is age-out system. Since DCI is a youth activity, I think they need and should keep the system. However, I don't think any countries that have drum corps activity have the same system as DCI. Therefore, in order to bring international competitors to DCI, I think we need to make a new system/rule.

Hello, This is Naoki Sato, and I marched both in the United States and Japan. Yokohama Scouts is an all-age drum & Bugle Corps. Therefore, they have a lot of overage members (since the Scouts was founded by alumni of an elementary school, most of them are from 13 to 18 years old though). Members in the corps have jobs, schools and stuff on weekdays, and basically rehearse and compete only on weekends. It's like pretty much the same idea as senior corps in the States.