Gateway Indoor

Gateway Indoor Percussion
Location St. Louis, MO
Circuits Winter Guard International, Mid-Continental Color Guard Association (MCCGA)
Class Percussion Independent World
Directors Greg Hamilton, Paul Richardson
Founded 2004

Gateway Indoor (also called Gateway Indoor Percussion, Gateway,[1] and G-dub) is an indoor drumline based in St. Louis, MO. The group competes in the Percussion Independent World division of Winter Guard International, as well as the Mid-Continental Color Guard Association circuit.[2]

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Background

Gateway Indoor was started in 2004 by Paul Richardson and Mike Davis, and was named for the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.[3] Since 2004, the group has been a Percussion Independent World class finalist 5 times, and has scored as high as 8th place.[4]

For a time, there existed two groups tied closely to Gateway that acted alongside the normal World Class group in other competitive classes. The Open class group was called Gateway Open and existed in 2007. Gateway Open competed in both MCCGA and WGI. The concept was reinvented in 2008 as Synergy Indoor, an A class group, and given independence from Gateway, although it retained its ties to the ensemble.[5] Neither group has existed since the closure of the 2008 season.

The group is sponsored by Pearl Drums,[6] Sabian,[3] and Evans drum heads.[7]

Staff

List of programs

Year Program title Musical sources Competitive result
2011 Johnny Claude Debussy, Mutemath 12th (PIW)
2010 Biorhythm Jason Mraz, John Mayer, Karl Jenkins 12th (PIW)
2009 Robot Rock Daft Punk, Styx 8th (PIW)
2008 Michael Michael Jackson 8th (PIW)
2007 The Gathering Storm John Powell, Hem 13th (PIW)
2006 Download Aaron Jay Kernis, Joby Talbot 12th (PIW)
2005 Alone in a Crowd Jeff Beal, Pat Metheny 11th (PIW)
2004 Nerd Nation  ??? Did not attend Championships (PIO)

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