Oregon Shadow Armada

Last updated April 29, 2019

The Oregon Shadow Armada, formerly known as simply the Oregon Marching Band until 2008, was a drum corps-style summer marching band in the MACBDA competition circuit. It was based in Oregon, Wisconsin in the United States. In the summer of 2016, Shadow Armada competed as an Open-Class corps of Drum Corps International (DCI) under Shadow Drum and Bugle Corps.^[1]

Oregon is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the census of 2010, the population was 9,231. Oregon is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village is located mostly within the Town of Oregon.

Shadow Drum and Bugle Corps is an Open Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Oregon, Wisconsin, Shadow competes in Drum Corps International (DCI).

Season

The marching band season begins June 21 and includes 15 events across Illinois and Wisconsin, and the finals performance in Traverse City, Michigan, for the Cherryland Band Classic during Traverse City's annual Nation Cherry Festival.^[2]^[3]

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern and Great Lakes region of the United States. It has the fifth largest gross domestic product (GDP), the sixth largest population, and the 25th largest land area of all U.S. states. Illinois is often noted as a microcosm of the entire United States. With Chicago in northeastern Illinois, small industrial cities and immense agricultural productivity in the north and center of the state, and natural resources such as coal, timber, and petroleum in the south, Illinois has a diverse economic base, and is a major transportation hub. Chicagoland, Chicago's metropolitan area, encompasses over 65% of the state's population. The Port of Chicago connects the state to international ports via two main routes: from the Great Lakes, via the Saint Lawrence Seaway, to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River, via the Illinois Waterway to the Illinois River. The Mississippi River, the Ohio River, and the Wabash River form parts of the boundaries of Illinois. For decades, Chicago's O'Hare International Airport has been ranked as one of the world's busiest airports. Illinois has long had a reputation as a bellwether both in social and cultural terms and, through the 1980s, in politics.

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States, in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin is the 23rd largest state by total area and the 20th most populous. The state capital is Madison, and its largest city is Milwaukee, which is located on the western shore of Lake Michigan. The state is divided into 72 counties.

Traverse City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Grand Traverse County, although a small portion extends into Leelanau County. It is the largest city in the 21-county Northern Michigan region. The population was 14,674 at the 2010 census, with 143,372 in the Traverse City micropolitan area.

5 Core Values

Musicianship: We uphold the highest standards of musicianship for ourselves and all those with whom we perform.

Unity: We are united among ourselves and as citizens of the world around us, considering how ALL of our actions affect our band family, our school, our community, and our world.

Sacrifice: We understand the supreme value in giving of oneself for the good of the whole.

Integrity: We adhere to high professional standards, knowing that when others can count on you, you will be able to count on them.

Courage: We do what is right despite adversity; we are bold and innovative, we finish what we start, we "go 100%" in all that we do.

Results

Year	Place	Score	Concept
2006	First	?	"Apocalypse"
2007	Second	?	"Band Camp"
2008	First	92.5	"Collision"
2009	First	90.1	"Asylum"
2010	First	90.6	"Tall Tales"
2011	Second	?	"Looking Up Amid Storms"
2012	First	?	"Variations on Nothing"
2013	First	?	"Red Shift"
2014	Second	?	"Shadow Fantastique"

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References

↑ NA, NA. "Drum and Bugle Corps". Shadowdbc.org. NP. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
↑ MACBDA at Marching.com
↑ Cherryland Band Classic

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[1] NA, NA. "Drum and Bugle Corps". Shadowdbc.org. NP. Retrieved 2015-09-20.

[2] MACBDA at Marching.com

[3] Cherryland Band Classic