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. Most DCJ competitions are held indoors on a floor with different markings from those used in DCI, DCA, and most Western drum corps competitions. The main exception to this is the Tokyo Open which is held outdoors in a

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Competition scoring

Competition scoring in the DCJ circuit is divided into three categories: ''music'', ''visual'', and ''effect''. Each of these categories is further broken into two sections. ''Music'' scores are divided into a ''

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'' caption score and a ''

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'' caption score and reflect the level of musical execution by

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members. The two scores are added together to give the corps' overall music score. ''Visual'' scores are divided into a ''

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'' caption score and a ''performance'' score and reflect the level of movement execution by corps members. The totals in these two categories are similarly added together for a corps' overall visual score. ''Effect'' scores reflect the overall impact of the show, both musically and visually. Both ''musical effect'' and ''visual effect'' scores are made up of a ''

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'' score and a ''show'' score. Musical effect and visual effect are scored separately, then added together to produce the corps' overall effect score. Finally, the effect, music, and visual scores are added together and any penalties are deducted from this total. The resulting number is the corps' final score for that event.

Member Corps

As of the 2017 season, DCJ's active member corps include the following organizations from the following locations: * IMPERIAL SOUND,

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* SENDAI Verdures,

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* THE YOKOHAMA SCOUTS,

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* Yokohama INSPIRES, Kanagawa * Yokohama INSPIRES Alumni, Kanagawa * White Galaxy, Kanagawa *

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Secondary/High School Marching Band, Kanagawa * White Shooting Stars (Kanagawa Prefectural Shonandai High School Wind Instrument Division), Kanagawa * JOKERS,

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* Legend of ANGELS,

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* GENESIS, Saitama * SONIC LANCERS, Saitama * Lifeguard II,

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* PHOENIX REGIMENT,

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* Pride of SOKA, Tokyo * Tokyo Phoenix, Tokyo Previously active organizations include: * Maximum * Kosei Refinado * SOKA Renaissance Vanguard * Cherry Blossoms * G-Pulsation

References

External links

DCJ Official Website
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