empowering youth performers Since 2002
7th Regiment Youth Performing Arts Organization (7RYPAO) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization based out of New London, CT. The organization's primary program, 7th Regiment Drum & Bugle Corps, is a touring youth performing arts ensemble that travels the country, and competes against other drum corps in professional, college, and high school venues during a 6-week experience each summer.
7th Regiment is a member of Drum Corps International (DCI), the non-profit governing, oversight, and sanctioning body for North American drum and bugle corps.