Shining Stars! A popular Bay Area marching band strives for success!

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Santa Clara Vanguard is a performing arts organization, strives to create a positive atmosphere where young people can grow and mature into responsible adults.

As a youth activity, the world of competitive drum and bugle corps is an intense, choreographed musical experience staged on football stadium fields by students achieving high levels of excellence in performance. Through the drum and bugle corps experience, young people develop life skills including self-discipline, teamwork and leadership.

Organized into three competitive classes, each drum corps is unique in how its management, educational staff and members approach the drum corps experience. We invite you to visit each corps in this section to learn more about their programs and organizations.

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