Pacific Crest Drum and Bugle Corps

Pacific Crest
Drum and Bugle Corps
Location Diamond Bar, CA
Division World Class
Founded 1993
Director Stuart Pompel
Uniform Black and teal shako
w/white plume & golden crest;
White, teal & black jacket
w/gold baldric;
White & teal gauntlets
w/gold trim & white gloves;
Black pants;
Black shoes;

The Pacific Crest Drum and Bugle Corps is a World Class (formerly Division I) competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Diamond Bar, California, Pacific Crest is a member corps of Drum Corps International (DCI).[1]

History

Pacific Crest was founded in 1993 to serve the youth in the eastern part of Los Angeles County. Marching only 33 members in its inaugural season, the corps grew in size and ability while maintaining a local California profile. The corps did not perform outside its home state until travelling to Texas for two shows in 2000. The corps journeyed to the Northwest in 2002, and it finally entered the national competition scene by attending its first DCI Championships at Orlando, Florida in 2003, where many drum corps fans unfamiliar with Pacific Crest were surprised as the corps reached the semifinal round. Although it now tours nationally each season, the corps has maintained a policy of spending approximately the first half of the season near home. This has probably prevented Pacific Crest from ascending beyond the second tier of the World Class corps, but it has helped to sustain the corps financially by limiting its travel expenses. Pacific Crest has advanced to DCI Semifinals in 2003, 2007–08, and 2011-14.[2]

Sponsorship

Pacific Crest Drum and Bugle Corps is sponsored by the Pacific Crest Youth Arts Organization (PCYAO), a 501(c)(3) musical organization that has a Board of Directors, corps director, and staff assigned to carry out the organization's mission. Phil Mortensen is President of the Board, and Stuart Pompel is the corps' Executive Director. PCYAO has previously supported a Colorguard unit that competed in Winter Guard International and the Winter Guard Association of Southern California (WGASC) circuits. The organization also sponsors a summer camp for current and prospective high school drum majors. PCYAO receives a part of its funding from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.[3]

Show Summary (1994-2014)

Sources: [4][5]

Year Theme Repertoire Score Placement
1994 Backdraft It's All Right With Me / Show Me Your Firetruck / Haven't You Heard / Ya Gotta Make Your Own Luck
All from Backdraft soundtrack by Hans Zimmer
1995 Music from Metroscape Double Lattes & the LA Times / Heavy Traffic Reported / Bottom Rung of the Corporate Ladder /
Alternate Route Suggested / Back Home
All original works by Dale Leaman
1996 Jekyll and Hyde I Need to Know, Take Me As I Am & Dangerous Game (from Jekyll and Hyde) by Leslie Bricusse and Frank Wildhorn /
The World Has Gone Insane (from Dracula: The Concept Recording) by Frank Wildhorn /
Confrontation & Alive (from Jekyll and Hyde) by Leslie Bricusse and Frank Wildhorn
1997 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein To Think of a Story / The Creation / The Escape / Friendless / Evil Stitched to Evil
All from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein soundtrack by Patrick Doyle
1998 Hamlet The Ghost / Death & Anguish (not original title) / I Loved You Once / What Players Are They / Madness (not original title)
All from Hamlet soundtrack by Patrick Doyle
1999 The Dracula Ballet Incident At Charing X Station / Dance Of The Effigies / Seduction At Castle Dracula /
The Crypt / The Death of Dracula (not original titles)
All from Dracula (Ballet in 3 Acts) by Philip Feeney
2000 Joan of Arc -
Music of Richard Einhorn's
Voices of Light
Voices of Light / A Call To Arms / The Siege of Chinon / The Miracle / Sacraments / Coronation /
Betrayal, Trial and Torture / The Fire of the Dove Angels in the Cleansing Flames (not original titles)
All from Voices of Light, an Oratorio with Silent Film by Richard Einhorn
2001 Age of Empire The Adoration of Veless and Ala, The Enemy God and the Dance of the Pagan Monsters &
The Glorious Departure of Lolly and the Sun's Cortège (from Scythian Suite) by Sergei Prokofiev /
Her Name Was Merit (from The Egyptian) by Alfred Newman /
The Reprimand, Following Tzipporah & Red Sea (from The Prince of Egypt) by Hans Zimmer and Stephen Schwartz /
The Battle & Barbarian Horde (from Gladiator) by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard
2002 Reinvention Atmadja (from Quidam) by Benoit Jutras / Ravendhi (from Dralion) by Violaine Corradi /
Seisuoso (from Quidam) by Benoit Jutras / Ombra (from Dralion) by Violaine Corradi /
Incantation (from Quidam), Distorted & Urban (both from La Nouba) by Benoit Jutras
All from productions of Cirque du Soleil
2003 Invocacion a Poderosos
(Invocation to Power)
Moonlight on the Parana / Invocation to the Spirits of Power / Dawn
All from the ballet Panambí, Op. 1 by Alberto Ginastera
70.300 17th
2004 On Dangerous Ground:
Music of Bernard Hermann
The Man Who Knew Too Much / The Snows of Kilimanjaro /
Baghdad (from The 7th Voyage of Sinbad) / Death Hunt (from On Dangerous Ground)
All by Bernard Hermann
77.850 19th
2005 Fluid States:
Vapor, Solid, Liquid
Four Sea Interludes (from Peter Grimes) by Benjamin Britten / Sinfonia Antarctica by Ralph Vaughan Williams 77.250 19th
2006 From the City of Angels Prologue: Theme from City of Angels, Double Talk Walk, With Every Breath I Take & I'm Nothing Without You
All from City of Angels by Cy Coleman and David Zippel
74.900 21st
2007 What Happens In Vegas... Viva Las Vegas by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman / Love for Sale (from The New Yorkers) by Cole Porter /
Angel Eyes by Matt Dennis and Earl Brent / Luck Be A Lady (from Guys and Dolls) by Frank Loesser
79.525 17th
2008 Primality:
The Rituals of Passion
Selections from Blood Diamond by James Newton Howard /
The Wind and The Lion by Jerry Goldsmith / Dralion by Violaine Corradi
79.650 17th
2009 El Corazon de la Gente:
Alegria, Amor, y Fuerte
Selections by Carlos Chavez /
Pampeana No. 3 – Impetuosamente, Variaciones Concertantes & Pequena Danza by Alberto Ginastera /
Symphonic Dances (Danzas Sinfonicas): Gregoriana by Julián Orbón
79.050 19th
2010 Maze Machu Picchu by Satoshi Yagisawa / Asphalt Cocktail by John Mackey /
Sam's Gone (from I Am Legend) by James Newton Howard / Turbine by John Mackey
80.350 18th
2011 Push, Pull, Twist, Turn Lauds (Praise High Day) by Ron Nelson / Push by Robert W. Smith /
Adagietto, Symphony #5 by Gustav Mahler / The Mechanical Ballet (Uncertain) /
Serenada Schizophrana by Danny Elfman / AirLink by Jack Stamp
77.750 18th
2012 The Spectrum Butterfly Yellow & Tarantella Red (from Bright Colored Dances) by Lewis J. Buckley /
The Red Machine by Peter Graham / Yellow by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, and Chris Martin /
Blue Sapphire (from Colours) by Roger Cichy / End Credits from Green Lantern-First Flight by Robert Kral /
True Colors by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly
80.250 16th
2013 Transfixed Fix a Heart by Emanuel Kiriakou and Priscilla Renea /
Instinctive Travels by Michael Markowski / Drum Music by John Mackey
82.300 16th
2014 No Strings Attached Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach / Firefly by Ryan George /
Shadowplay (from Kà) by René Dupéré / A Tango by John M. Meehan and Mike Huestis
78.900 20th

Corps At The Crest

Corps At The Crest is a series of two home shows for Pacific Crest. In recent years, Corps at the Crest Oceanside has taken place at El Camino High School (Oceanside), while Corps at the Crest Los Angeles takes place at Citrus College. Usually held toward the beginning of the DCI season in late June, the shows feature performances from every California-based DCI open and world class corps, as well as appearances by The Academy (Tempe, AZ). In recent years, corps from east of the Rockies such as Bluecoats (Canton, OH), Phantom Regiment (Rockford, IL), The Cadets (Allentown, PA), Blue Knights (Denver, CO), and Carolina Crown (Fort Mill, SC) have included Corps at the Crest on their national tours.

Corps Traditions

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