Incognito Drum and Bugle Corps

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Incognito Drum and Bugle Corps
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Location Brea & Garden Grove, California
DivisionOpen Class
Founded2008
Folded2020
DirectorTony T. Nguyen
Website incognitodbc.org

The Incognito Drum and Bugle Corps was an Open Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Brea and Garden Grove, California, Incognito performed in Drum Corps International (DCI) competitions. [1]

History

The Incognito Drum Line begun in 2005 by Tony T. Nguyen, and competed in the Southern California Percussion Alliance, the American Drum Line Association, and Winter Guard International percussion circuits.

The Incognito Winter Guard started in 2007, competing in the Winter Guard Association of Southern California and Winter Guard International.

In 2008, Nguyen and others finally founded the Incognito Drum and Bugle Corps of Norwalk, California, which was approved by DCI on May 8 to compete as an Open Class corps. The new corps competed in seven California contests in 2008. [2]

Operating from Orange, California, the 2009 corps was in seven California shows and took a weekend tour to perform in New Mexico and Arizona.

In 2010, economic conditions forced the corps to cancel its planned season and take time try to build a more stable financial base. [3]

After more than three seasons of inactivity, DCI announced on May 21, 2014 that Incognito had been approved to return to the field, joining six other corps as additions to the DCI Open Class summer schedule. [4]

Sponsorship

The Incognito Drum and Bugle Corps was sponsored by the Music Life Foundation, a registered non-profit 501(c)(3) musical organization. [5] [6]

Show Summary (2008–2020)

[7]

YearThemeRepertoireScoreDCI Placement
2008World of IncognitiansWorld of Incognitians by Tony T. NguyenDid not attend
2009LIFEAdrenaline, Love, Anger & Enlightenment by Tony T. NguyenDid not attend
2010TransformationTransformation by Incognitus and InconspicuousDid not attend
2011–13Corps inactive
2014</3 – less than loveRomeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev / Romeo and Juliet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky /Carmen by Georges Bizet / Original music by Rick Barclay and Tony T. NguyenDid not attend
2015Planet IncognitoMars & Jupiter (from The Planets) by Gustav Holst / World of Incognitians by Tony T. NguyenDid not attend
2016FallingFalling Slowly (from Once) by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová / Der Erlkönig by Franz Schubert / Original compositions by Tony T. NguyenDid not attend
2017La Belle du BalMusic by Saint-Saëns, Bach, Debussy, Sia / Original compositions by Tony T. NguyenDid not attend
2018NeverlandLearn to Fly by Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, and Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters) / Lost Boy by Ruth Berhe (Ruth B) / Neverland by Gary Barlow and Eliot Kennedy Did not attend
2019The MuseResistaance & Starlight by Matthew Bellamy / Hysteria by Matthew Bellamy, Dominic Howard, and Chris Wolstenholme (Muse) / Arrangements by Tony T. NguyenDid not attend
2020Season cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

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References

  1. ↑ "Corps". Drum Corps International. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Unmasking the new Open Class corps Incognito". Drum Corps International. August 5, 2008. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Incognito Drum and Bugle Corps". Incognito Drum and Bugle Corps. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  4. ↑ Chris Weber (May 21, 2014). "Influx of Open Class corps approved to participate in 2014 DCI Tour". Drum Corps International. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Mission Statement". Incognito Drum and Bugle Corps. Archived from the original on March 28, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Meet the Staff". Incognito Drum and Bugle Corps. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Incognito". DCX: The Drum Corps Xperience. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
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