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| Location | Anoka, Minnesota |
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| Division | Open Class |
| Founded | 2009/2014 |
| Executive Director | Bojan Hoover |
| Director of Operations | Beau Hansen |
| Corps Director | Adam Shew |
| Website | rivercityrhythm |
The River City Rhythm Drum and Bugle Corps is an Open Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps, based in Anoka, Minnesota. River City Rhythm performs in Drum Corps International (DCI) competitions. [1]
River City Rhythm began as a competitive drumline, founded in Big Lake, Minnesota in 2009 to compete in the Minnesota Percussion Association (MPA) and Winter Guard International (WGI). The unit has won the MPA Independent A Class Championship in 2010–11 and the MPA Independent Open Class Championship in 2013–16 and 2018–19. [2] They have been WGI Independent A Class World Champion Finalists in 2010–11, WGI Independent Open Class World Champion Finalists in 2012–16, and named WGI Independent Open Class Fan Favorites in 2012–15. [3]
The organization relocated to Champlin, Minnesota in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area during the winter of 2011-12.
In 2014, the organization announced its intent to field a drum and bugle corps to compete in Drum Corps International (DCI) beginning in 2015. [4] While the management was laying the groundwork for starting a new corps, the drumline was one of seventeen that took part in the DrumLine Battle competition in Indianapolis during the 2014 DCI World Championships. [5] In January 2015, DCI announced that River City Rhythm was one of five corps being evaluated for possible inclusion in DCI Open Class competition for 2015. [6] In May 2015, following a period of evaluation of the unit's finances, staffing, and tour plans by DCI's staff, River City Rhythm was added to the list of competing Open Class corps. [1] The corps was added to DCI's summer schedule for four shows in Minnesota and Iowa in preparation for the corps' first appearance at the DCI Open Class World Championship Prelims in Michigan City, Indiana. [7]
River City Rhythm is a 501 (c)(3) musical organization. The organization is the sponsor of the River City Rhythm Drum and Bugle Corps, the River City Rhythm Indoor Drumline, and the Lux Winterguard. Bojan Hoover is the Executive Director, Beau Hansen is the Director of Operations, and Adam Shew is the corps director. [8]
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| Light blue background indicates DCI Open Class Finalist |
| Year | Theme | Repertoire | World Championships | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Placement | |||
| 2015 | And the River Flows On | The River Flows Through You by Yiruma / The River by Seth Adams / Shenandoah (Traditional) / The Water is Wide (Traditional) / Wait/Fantasy by Anthony Gonzales, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Yann Gonzales, Morgan Kibby & Brad Laner (M83), adapted by Chanticleer | 67.425 | 9th Place Open Class Finalist |
| 62.450 | 31st Place World Class | |||
| 2016 | Shimmer | Harmonielehre by John Adams / Firefly by Ryan George / Symphony for Winds and Percussion by Donald Grantham | 63.600 | 12th Place Open Class Finalist |
| 63.525 | 34th Place World Class | |||
| 2017 | Misshapen | Ode to Joy by Ludwig van Beethoven / Smells Like Teen Spirit by Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic & Dave Grohl / Misshapen by Chad Friesleben | 67.688 | 11th Place Open Class Finalist |
| 65.700 | 35th Place World Class | |||
| 2018 | Each Hour Wounds | The Hours - Dead Things by Philip Glass / Somewhere in Time by John Barry / Each Hour Wounds by Chad Friesleben, Bojan Hoover & Paul Weber | 70.750 | 9th Place Open Class Finalist |
| 68.425 | 32nd Place World Class | |||
| 2019 | Breaking the News | The Typewriter by Leroy Anderson / Second Rhapsody by George Gershwin / A Day in the Life by John Lennon and Paul McCartney / Breaking the News by Chad Friesleben, Bojan Hoover, Paul Weber & Craig Myers | 73.300 | 8th Place Open Class Finalist |
| 71.075 | 28th Place World Class | |||
| 2020 | Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2021 | Coming to a Town Near You | Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite! by Lennon–McCartney / Clowns by Philip Parker / Blinding Lights by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Quenneville, Max Martin & Oscar Holter (The Weeknd) | No scored competitions | |
| 2022 | Road To Nowhere | Udacrep Akubrad by Avner Dorman / Road to Nowhere by Ward Miller, Craig Myers & Paul Weber / Putza by Jan Van der Roost | 73.225 | 10th Place Open Class Finalist |
| 69.950 | 31st Place World Class | |||
| 2023 | Falling | Such Great Heights by Ben Gibbard & Jimmy Tamborello / Balancing Act by Ward Miller, Bojan Hoover & Paul Weber / Can't Help Falling in Love by Elvis Presley / New Born by Matt Bellamy | 71.775 | 7th Place Open Class Finalist |
| 71.175 | 28th Place World Class | |||
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