| Location | Acworth, Georgia |
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| Division | Open Class |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Director | David W. Stollberg, PhD |
| Championship Titles | DCA: Class A 2001 |
| Uniform | Green and Red top, white pants, white shoes, and white aussie |
The Atlanta CorpsVets is an all-age drum and bugle corps that competes in the Drum Corps Associates circuit, and is a 501c3 Not-For-Profit Organization based in Atlanta, Georgia. It was founded in 1997 and is one of three competitive Drum Corps in the state of Georgia. The Atlanta CorpsVets have recently announced the purchase of brand-new instruments for the first time in their history and will be performing on King Ultimate Brass beginning with the 2009 season[1][2] .
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The Atlanta CorpsVets started as a simple idea of Robin and Tracey Wofford and Tom and Janet Walsh in conjunction with American Legion Post #1 in the summer of 1997. The Woffords attended a senior corps show in Wisconsin, and felt the time was right for Atlanta to have its own corps. After returning to Atlanta, Robin created the name "Corpsvets", and the initial outline of the corps was sketched. Robin and Tracey contacted friends and contacts of their drum corps days and began recruiting at a local drum corps event held at Jacksonville State University. The Woffords and Walshes met that night, and collaborated to bring the corps into being. Many signed up for further information, and the first interest meeting was held at Post 1 in late Fall, 1997. The first rehearsal of the corps was in January 1998, with basics block rehearsals conducted throughout Piedmont Park. The very first performance was at the 1998 St. Patrick's Day Parade in Atlanta.
That summer, the corps boasted a membership of 44 performers, and performed exhibitions at a local DCI competition as well as marched in the WSB-TV Salute 2 America Parade in downtown Atlanta. The final performance that inaugural season was at the Drum Corps Associates Championship in Allentown, Pennsylvania where several members represented the corps in the Individual and Ensemble Competition. Every year since the corps' founding, they have participated in the Atlanta St. Patrick's Day parade, the WSB-TV Salute 2 America Parade[3] and at the local DCI competitions in Georgia and Alabama[4]
In 1999 the corps grew to 55 members and traveled to the DCA Championships, placing 4th in the mini-corps competition. Growth continued in 2000, with the corps featuring 56 members and placing second at the DCA Championships in the Class A division[5]. In 2001 the CorpsVets grew to 65 members and won the Class A title at the DCA championships with a record score in that division.[5][6]
The following year, 2002, the corps grew to 94 members, advanced to the highly competitive Open Class Division of DCA and tied for 11th place at the championships. Competing again in the Open Class Division, the corps passed another milestone by earning an 8th place finish at the 2003 DCA Championships in Scranton, Pennsylvania with a production entitled "The Wild Party."
For the 2004 competitive season, the CorpsVets fielded a production titled, "The Heart of Jazz." The corps placed tenth at the DCA Championships that year.
During the 2005 season the Atlanta CorpsVets went from being a senior corps to an all-age corps. During the 2005 season the CorpsVets put on a show called M.O.D.E. (The Music of Don Ellis), featuring the songs "Open Wide" and "Strawberry Soup." The corps placed ninth at DCA.
The 2006 CorpsVets program was called "A Trip to Vegas." The repertoire consisted of "Luck Be A Lady" (from the musical "Guys and Dolls"), "Feeling Good," "Copacabana," "Everybody Needs Somebody Sometime," "A Little Less Conversation," "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend," "Can't Help Falling In Love," and "Viva Las Vegas." The corps placed 9th place at finals that year.
In 2007, CorpsVets celebrated their tenth anniversary with a program entitled, "A Celebration, From Us to You." The repertoire included "Georgia on my Mind" (from Taxi!), "Bacchanalia," "La Fiesta," and "Remembrance." Once again, the corps placed ninth at the DCA finals.
The corps' 2008 program was entitled "Simple Gifts," and consisted of the songs "Appalachian Morning", "Inferno", "Down to the River to Pray", "Shenandoah", and "Simple Gifts". For the fourth straight year, the corps placed ninth at the DCA finals.
2009 program "Southern Suite": "Tara's Theme", "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'", "The First Letter", "Miss Otis Regrets", "Maybe God is Tryin' to Tell You Somethin'". 10th place at DCA Championships.
2010 program (change is coming) "360": "We Go On", "Celebration", "The Sage of Time Prologue", "Chaos", "Home" from Walt Disney World's Millennium Celebration by Gavin Greenaway.
In addition to competitive performances, the corps has also hosted educational clinics for local high school music students, performed at the July 4 stage show in Centennial Olympic Park, opened the Southeastern Emmy Awards show, performed the National Anthem for the Georgia Force and the Rome Braves, marched in the Old Soldier's Day Parade in Alpharetta, Georgia, the July 4 Parade in Decatur, Georgia and the Georgia Mountain Fair Parade in Hiawassee.
The CorpsVets philosophy is to provide entertaining and crowd-pleasing performances for its members and fans to enjoy. The corps has a close-knit, highly trained membership and staff who work together to create a dynamic, educational, and rewarding experience. Performance, community service, and friendship, are the defining characteristics of CorpsVets, which aims for excellence and leadership in the drum corps activity.
| METROSCOPE: Musicians honoredThe Atlanta CorpsVets, a senior drum and bugle corps based in Avondale Estates, took second place at last weekend's Drum Corps Associates world championships in Syracuse, N.Y. The corps was in its first year of competition in the Class A division for groups with 65 members or fewer. CorpsVets members also brought home three first-place trophies in the individual and ensemble competition for various instruments. Most of the corps hails from metro
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