Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps

The two-time world champion Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps was founded in 1938 after a group of businessmen gathered at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Stock Pavilion to view a performance by the Racine Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps a year earlier. Impressed and entertained, the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps was born. Forging past its humble beginnings rooted in boy scouting, the Madison Scouts has established itself as a premier youth performing arts organization on the modern competitive drum and bugle corps scene. "Proud, Loud and Pleasing the Crowd"-an unofficial mantra of the corps-the Scouts are known for their entertainment-focused programs that consistently bring audiences to their feet. Today's corps boasts 150 performing members of ages 16-22 selected through a rigorous audition process. Maintaining a diverse membership, performers join the corps from across the globe each year. The corps tours in the U.S. and competes for approximately eight weeks in the summer, preceded by six months of weekend rehearsals. The Scouts have performed throughout Europe and Canada and in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.