All-American Drum and Bugle Corps and Band Association
Organized in Chicago in 1932, and meeting for the first time in 1933, All-American was for years the dominant force in the drum corps movement. Its purpose was “to foster, coordinate and perpetuate corps and bands and to extend recognition to individuals who are and have been outstanding in this movement.” Somewhat allied to the American Legion with whom it shared many members, its annual conventions were held during the regular American Legion national conventions.
All-American Association of Contest Judges
A subsidiary of the All-American Drum and Bugle Corps and Band Association, the All-American Association of Contest Judges (AAACJ) was the pioneering judging group, formed in 1933 to provide standardized rules, procedures, judging methods and scoring sheets for all captions, to form and maintain a source of qualified, uniformly-trained judges, and thereby to ensure efficiently organized contests. The AAACJ set up self-supporting nonprofit state chapters under its National Headquarters to better qualify regional judging applicants. Each chapter was headed by a chief judge and had both an Executive Committee and an Examining Committee (responsible for prospective judging candidates). Regular AAACJ meetings were held to discuss and suggest solutions to past contest problems, and these were submitted to the National Headquarters through the National Commissioner’s publication The Bulletin for consideration by other state AAACJ chapters. Both AAACJ and its parent organization remained active into the late 1960s. (Drum Corps Wiki, February 2006)
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1933 AADC Jacket. Second year of existence.
1933 Jacket
1933 Jacket Medal
The All-American Drum & Bugle Corps Enoch Parkuski 11-11-33,
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