Gold Drum and Bugle Corps
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Gold Drum & Bugle Corps logo | |
| Location | Oceanside, California |
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| Division | Open Class |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Director | Donald Flaherty |
| Uniform |
Black "armor" tunic w/red trim Black pants Black shoes Black shako w/gold chain & badge & black plume |
| Website | http://golddrumcorps.org/ |
The Gold Drum and Bugle Corps is an Open Class (formerly Divisions II & III) competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Oceanside, California, Gold performs in Drum Corps International (DCI) competitions.[1]
History
The Hawthorne Gold Drum and Bugle Corps was founded in 2005 in Hawthorne, California by Donald Flaherty, who remains as the corps' executive director.
For its first five seasons, the corps competed only within the state of California. In 2010, the corps relocated to Oceanside, in order to be accessible to more of the youth of Southern California and changed its name to the Gold Drum and Bugle Corps.
The corps first ventured out of California in 2011, traveling to Salt Lake City for one performance, then on to Loveland and Denver, Colorado for DCI's Drums Along the Rockies regional competitions.
Gold had first attended the DCI World Championships in 2007, when DCI traveled west to Pasadena, and had placed 9th of 15 corps in Division III. Since 2012, Gold has traveled to the Midwest, to attend the DCI World Championships in Michigan City and Indianapolis,, Indiana.
In 2013, Gold was joined by students from the Laizhou Martial Arts Institute of Laizhou, China as performers in the corps' show, "East Meets West." The school had been featured performers in the 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony.
Gold is noted for the gold finish on the horn line's instruments as opposed to drum corps' usual silver or chrome.
Sponsorship
The Gold Drum and Bugle Corps is sponsored by Gold Youth Arts Organization, Inc., a 501 (c) (3) musical organization that has a Board of Directors, corps director, and staff assigned to carry out the organization's mission. The Executive Director is Donald Flaherty, Ed.D.[2]
Show Summary(2006–2015)
Sources:[6]
| Year | Theme | Repertoire | Score | Result |
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| 2005 | Introductions | Introductions (original music by corps staff) | ||
| 2006 | The Black Widow | The Black Widow (Original music by corps staff) | ||
| 2007 | Spanish Gold | Spanish Gold (Original music by corps staff) | 74.175 | 9th Div.III |
| 2008 | Repertoire unavailable | |||
| 2009 | Entomology | Entomology by Travis Larson | ||
| 2010 | Primary Colors | Yellow, Blue & Red by Travis Larson | ||
| 2011 | Reel to Real | Selections from movie soundtracks Repertoire unavailable | ||
| 2012 | Different | Dunkle und Rau, Different & Celebration! by Scott Director | 84.300 66.350 | 7th Open Class 26th World Class |
| 2013 | East Meets West | Pingpang, Mínyáo & Zuìzhong by Scott Director | 86.750 69.960 | 6th Open Class 26th World Class |
| 2014 | The Journey | The Journey by Scott Director | 74.125 71.250 | 6th Open Class 28th World Class |
| 2015 | POP STAR | Pop Star by Scott Director with Rich Hinshaw, and Joe Millea Based on Toxic by Cathy Dennis, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, and Henrik Jonback | 67.725 60.525 | 8th Open Class 34th World Class |
External links
References
- ↑ Drum Corps International :: Marching Music's Major League™
- 1 2 Drum Corps International :: News archive
- ↑ Welcome | Gold Drum & Bugle Corps
- ↑ scores@corpsreps.com - Historical Drum Corps Score Archives
- ↑ "Santa Clara Vanguard Cadets edge Blue Devils B...". Drum Corps World. 16 August 2013. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
- ↑ corpsreps.com - The Drum Corps Repertoire Database
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