Bushwackers Drum Corps

In the fall of 1980, drum corps in the east was in decline. A mere five years before there were a number of junior and senior corps in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Massachusetts. By 1980 there were less and even fewer would be active by 1985. So the idea of starting a brand new senior drum corps, in central Jersey, was not the best idea. Given the odds, the Bushwackers were an extreme long shot just to get started and survive a few years. After spending its first year as a parade corps, Bush stormed onto the DCA scene in 1982, placing 8th at its first DCA Championships.