Gold Drum and Bugle Corps

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Gold Drum and Bugle Corps
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Location Oceanside, California
DivisionOpen Class
Founded2005
Director
  • Kevin Valentine
  • Bill Fritz
Website golddrumcorps.org

The Gold Drum and Bugle Corps is an Open Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Oceanside, California, Gold performs in Drum Corps International (DCI) competitions. [1]

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History

Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5]

The Hawthorne Gold Drum and Bugle Corps was founded in 2005 in Hawthorne, California, by Dr. Donald Flaherty & Juan C. Leguizamon. Dr. Flaherty was the corps' executive director until 2022.

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 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 first attended the DCI World Championships in 2007, when DCI traveled west to Pasadena. Since 2012, Gold has traveled to the Midwest to attend the DCI World Championships in Michigan City, Marion, 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.

Sponsorship

The Gold Drum and Bugle Corps is sponsored by Gold Youth Arts Organization, Inc., a 501(c)(3) musical organization. The Executive Director is Kevin Valentine. [6]

Show summary (2005–25)

Source: [7]

Key
Light blue background indicates DCI Open Class Finalist
Pale green background indicates DCI World Class Semifinalist
YearRepertoireWorld Championships
ScorePlacement
2005Introductions
Original music by the staff of Gold		Did not attend
World Championships
2006The Black Widow
Original music by the staff of Gold
2007Spanish Gold
Repertoire unavailable		74.1759th Place
Division III
200829,029 ft: EVEREST
Repertoire unavailable		Did not attend
World Championships
2009Entomology
Original music by Travis Larson
2010Primary Colors
Yellow, Blue & Red
Original music by the staff of Gold
2011Reel to Real
Repertoire unavailable
2012Different
Dunkle und Rau, Different & Celebration!
Original music by Scott Director		84.3007th Place
Open Class
Finalist
66.35026th Place
World Class
2013East Meets West
Pingpang, Mínyáo & Zuìzhong
Original music by Scott Director		86.7506th Place
Open Class
Finalist
69.96026th Place
World Class
2014The Journey
Every Journey Begins With a Single Step; New Places, New People, New Things & One Journey Ends and Another Begins
Original music by Scott Director		74.1256th Place
Open Class
Finalist
71.25028th Place
World Class
2015Pop Star
Pop Star by Scott Director, Rich Hinshaw & Joe Millea
(Based on Toxic by Cathy Dennis, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg & Henrik Jonback)		67.7258th Place
Open Class
Finalist
60.52534th Place
World Class
2016El Dia De Los Muertos
Processional, The Offering, Celebration & Limbo
Original music by Scott Director		68.6008th Place
Open Class
Finalist
67.63830th Place
World Class
2017Grow
The Seed, The Sprout, The Sapling & Maturity
Original music by Scott Director		72.7507th Place
Open Class
Finalist
70.10029th Place
World Class
2018Through Our Eyes
Original music by Scott Director		76.7503rd Place
Open Class
Finalist
75.42523rd Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2019The Pursuit of Happiness
Rat Race; Love, Love, Love, Love, Love; Money & Happiness Found
Original music by Scott Director		79.2503rd Place
Open Class
Finalist
77.10022nd Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2020Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021Speakeasy
Proud Mary by John Fogerty / Dedicated to the One I Love by Lowman Pauling & Ralph Bass / Big Noise From Winnetka by Ray Baudue & Bob Haggart		No scored competitions
2022The Gift81.9002nd Place
Open Class
Finalist
79.02520th Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2023The Hands That Pull the Strings
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 by Johannes Brahms / Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) by Steve Perry & Jonathan Cain / Russians by Sting & Sergei Prokofiev / It's A Sin by Neil Tennant & Christopher Lowe / Un Nouveau Méchant by Frankie Rice		80.6752nd Place
Open Class
Finalist
79.91320th Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2024In Memory Of79.8003rd Place
Open Class
Finalist
77.80021st Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2025The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sweeny Todd, No Place Like London, The Worst Pies in London, My Friends, Not While I'm Around, Johanna (Parts I & II), and Epiphany all by Stephen Sondheim 		80.8752nd Place
Open Class
Finalist
79.90020th Place
World Class
Semifinalist

References

  1. ↑ "Corps". Drum Corps International. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Drum Corps International - News - Drum Corps International :: Marching Music's Major League¿". www.dci.org. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Welcome". December 4, 2011. Archived from the original on August 14, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
  4. ↑ "scores@corpsreps.com - Historical Drum Corps Score Archives". corpsreps.com. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Santa Clara Vanguard Cadets edge Blue Devils B..." Drum Corps World. August 16, 2013. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Executive Team – Gold Youth Arts Organization" . Retrieved October 3, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Gold". DCX: The Drum Corps Xperience. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
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