1963

Corps

• Colts: founded
• Drum Corps Associates: founded
• Manchester Boys Club Drum & Bugle Corps changes its name to The Muchachos Jr. Drum & Bugle Corps.
• Chatelaines: founded
• Long Island Kingsmen: founded
• Anaheim Kingsmen: founded
• Velvet Knights: founded
• The Jolly Jesters and the Viscounts merge to become the Canadian Commanders.
• Appleknockers, junior: founded
• The Justabouts Drum and Bugle Corps of Sudbury later changed its name to Imperial Knights Sr. Drum and Bugle Corps

Rules/Regulations

• Contrabass bugles permitted for use in American Legion drum corps competition