Our Mission Statement

• The Muchachos Drum and Bugle Corps exists as a non-profit educational organization, composed of youth and adult members, dedicated to learning the music and performing arts in the style of Drum and Bugle Corps.
• Our priority is teaching musical proficiency and marching arts through an on-going, in-Corps, instructional program that provides opportunities to demonstrate the learning experience in parades and exhibition performances.
• We aspire to develop a level of competency consistent with the activity and our peers.

Al Gagne, Director and Chairman

Welcome to the new web home of the Muchachos Drum and Bugle Corps of Manchester, New Hampshire. Having our origins in a Junior Corps that was formed in 1960, we reunited for a single Alumni performance for Manchester's Sesquicentennial celebration in 1995. One thing led to another and with member desire to keep it going, we were formally incorporated as a non-profit entity in 1996. In late 2006 and early 2007, a number of events redefined the Muchachos of the present and future. Firstly, we applied to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to change our non-profit status to what’s call a 501(c)(3) entity which allows tax deductible contributions to our efforts. Prior to this (it was granted retroactive to September 2006), any donations to the Corps were not tax deductible by the donor. This was a requirement of our next goal, which was to apply to Drum Corps International (DCI) for membership as an All-Age Corps. This new category that DCI opened up would allow Corps that passed an evaluation of the legal and financial structure of the Corps, as well as the musical performance level, to exhibit at DCI Competitions and even compete against other All-Age Corps if so desired. The Muchachos passed with flying colors and we were on our way as we opened the Spartans show in Nashua on July 3rd. We followed that with a spirited performance at our own show on July 15th.