Raiders Drum and Bugle Corps
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| Location | Burlington, New Jersey |
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| Division | Open Class |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Director | Tom Maiello |
| Championship titles | 2005 (Division III) |
| Uniform |
Blue jacket w/white and black sash; White gauntlets w/black trim Black pants; Black shoes; Black shako w/white plume |
The Raiders Drum & Bugle Corps is an Open Class (formerly Divisions II & III) competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Burlington, New Jersey. the Raiders perform in Drum Corps International (DCI) competitions.[1]
History
The Raiders Drum and Bugle Corps was founded in 1990 by George Lavelle, Jr. with George Lavelle Sr., Trent Smith, Clarence Jackson, and Anthony Bestreski joining as members of the initial board of directors. The intent was to provide the opportunity for young people to march in a highly competitive drum corps at an economical cost..
After a year of planning and preparation, the Raiders took the field on June 22, 1991 with a corps of 25 members, defeating two of the other three Division II/III corps in the show. Marching a schedule of local DCI and Garden State Circuit (GSC) shows, the Raiders finished the season by taking second place in the GSC.
The corps' second season saw a growth of nearly 100% and a tour to Ohio, Iowa, and the DCI Division III Championship prelims in Whitewater, Wisconsin, where the corps placed 19th among 29 corps.
In 1993, the corps again grew in numbers and moved to Division II. The Raiders won the first of seven GSC titles that year and finished 15th of 15 corps at DCI Division II Championships in Jackson, Mississippi. The corps marched DII only two more years, finishing placing 14th of 18 corps at DCI in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1994 and 11th of 13 corps at DCI in Buffalo, New York in 1995.
The Raiders board made the decision to return to DIII in 1996 in order to cut expenses. This move paid off immediately, when the corps made finals and placed 7th of 31 corps at the DCI DIII Championships in Orlando, Florida.. Over the following eleven years, the Raiders would make the DCI DIII Finals nine times and, in 2005, win the DCI Division III World Championship.
In 2007, the Raiders moved back to Division II, placing 6th at the DCI Championships in Pasadena, California.
DCI combined Divisions II and III into Open Class in 2007, and the Raiders have been a finalist every year since, placing as high as fifth at Michigan City (prelims) and Indianapolis, Indiana (semis & finals) in 2010.
Sponsorship
The Raiders Drum & Bugle Corps is a registered non-profit 501(c)(3) musical organization. As such, it has a Board of Directors, director, and staff assigned to carry out the organization's mission. The corps director is Tom Maiello.[3]
Show Summary (1992-2015)
| Year | Theme | Repertoire | Score | Placement |
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| 1991 | Russian Sailor's Dance (from The Red Poppy) by Reinhold Glière / To the Last Whale by David Crosby and Graham Nash / Victory at Sea by Richard Rodgers | |||
| 1992 | Victory at Sea by Richard Rodgers | 54.700 | 19th Div. III | |
| 1993 | Queen | Who Wants To Live Forever & Flash's Theme (from Flash Gordon) by Brian May / Bicycle Race & Bohemian Rhapsody by Freddie Mercury | 69.100 | 15th Div. II |
| 1994 | Jesus Christ Superstar | Overture, Heaven on Their Minds, I Don't Know How to Love Him, Simon Zealotes & Superstar All from Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice | 74.400 | 15th Div. II |
| 1995 | A Chorus Line | I Hope I Get It / At The Ballet / Music and The Mirror / One All from A Chorus Line by Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban | 77.300 | 11th Div. II |
| 1996 | Sidewalks of New York | The Sidewalks of New York (East Side, West Side) by Charles B. Lawlor and James W. Blake / Take the 'A' Train by Billy Strayhorn / Harlem Nocturne by Earle Hagen and Dick Rogers / Central Park by Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea / Autumn in New York by Vernon Duke / (I'll Take) Manhattan by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart / The Sidewalks of New York (Reprise) by Charles B. Lawlor and James W. Blake | 79.000 | 7th Div. III |
| 1997 | It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) by Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington and Irving Mills / Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me by Duke Ellington and Bob Russell / En Fuego (On Fire) by Michel Camilo / What a Wonderful World by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss / Air Mail Special by Benny Goodman, James Mundy, and Charlie Christian | 79.500 | 16th Div. III | |
| 1998 | A Solstice Celebration / Winter Solstice | My Favorite Things (from The Sound Of Music) by Rodgers and Hammerstein / Sometimes in Winter by Steve Katz / O Holy Night by Adolphe Adam and John Sullivan Dwight / Snow by Irving Berlin | 81.500 | 8th Div. III |
| 1999 | A Trilogy of Darkness | Master of Puppets by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Cliff Burton, Kirk Hammett (Metallica) / Jazzhatten Suite by Oliver Nelson / Trilogy by Keith Emerson and Greg Lake | 84.400 (Div III) | 6th (Div III) |
| 2000 | Traditions and Innovations | Piano Concerto No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff / Kashmir by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant. and John Bonham / Sunrise by Donna Jean Godchaux | 80.750 | 12th Div. III |
| 2001 | Pictures at an Exhibition | Promenade, Gnomus, The Old Castle, The Hut of Baba-Yaga & The Great Gate of Kiev All from Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky | 88.500 | 2nd Div. III |
| 2002 | Balance | Festive Overture by Dmitri Shostakovich / Masque by W. Francis McBeth / Fifth Symphony Mvt. 4 by Dmitri Shostakovich | 78.300 | 8th Div. III |
| 2003 | Carmina Burana | Carminua Burana by Carl Orff | 81.500 | 5th Div. III |
| 2004 | Adams: A Sound Story | Wild Nights of Harmonium, Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Harmonielehre - Mvt. III & Fearful Symmertries All by John Adams | 79.650 | 6th Div. III |
| 2005 | Jesus Christ Superstar | Overture, Heaven on Our Minds, John 19:10, Garden of Gethsemene, Simon Zealotes & Jesus Christ Superstar All from Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice | 88.800 | 1st Div. III |
| 2006 | Coast to Coast | Awayday by Adam Gorb / Letter from Home by Pat Metheny / Strawberry Soup by Don Ellis | 80.500 | 3rd Div. III |
| 2007 | West Side Story | Prologue; Cool; I Have a Love; One Hand, One Heart; Mambo & Tonight All from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim | 84.400 | 6th Div. II |
| 2008 | Deep Blue | Selections from A Perfect Storm by James Horner / Original by Michael Hamilton and Colin Bell | 86.250 | 9th Open Class |
| 2009 | Isle of Hope | American Elegy by Frank Ticheli / Hungarian Peasant Songs, Romanian Dance for Orchestra, Sz. 47a & Swineherds Dance by Béla Bartók / Gan Ainm (Traditional) / Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini | 88.250 | 6th Open Class |
| 2010 | Platinum Celebration | Celebration Fanfare by Michael Hamilton / Exulate by Samuel Hazo / Exhilaration by Larry Clark / New Beginnings by Peter Boyer | 89.150 | 5th Open Class |
| 2011 | Blueecentric | Blue Shades by Frank Ticheli / Bluesette by Toots Thielemans / Blue Rondo a la Turk & Bluette by Dave Brubeck / Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin | 81.900 57.200 | 10th Open Class 35th World Class |
| 2012 | Warped | Warped by Key Poulan | 82.000 61.050 | 10th Open Class 32nd World Class |
| 2013 | The Raven: A Descent Into Madness | The Raven by Key Poulan | 84.950 64.900 | 9th Open Class 31st World Class |
| 2014 | Seasons of the Earth | October by Eric Whitacre / Month of the Cold Moon by Roland Barrett / Into the Joy of Spring by James Swearingen / Kingfishers Catch Fire by John Mackey | 69.100 66.250 | 9th Open Class 31st World Class |
| 2015 | MIDNIGHT – My Time of Day | Music by Debussy, Saint Seans, Gold, Avicii, and Monk | TBD | TBD |
Traditions
The corps song is "One More Time", which is sung by the entire corps just before taking the field.
The corps plays "Right Now" by Van Halen just before warming up for a performance.
References
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