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Gold Drum and Bugle Corps

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Gold Drum and Bugle Corps
Gold Drum & Bugle Corps logo
LocationOceanside, California
DivisionOpen Class
Founded2005
Director
  • Kevin Valentine
  • Bill Fritz
Websitegolddrumcorps.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]

History

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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

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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 (2005–24)

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Source:[7]

Key
Light blue background indicates DCI Open Class Finalist
Pale green background indicates DCI World Class Semifinalist
Year Repertoire World Championships
Score Placement
2005 Introductions
Original music by the staff of Gold
Did not attend
World Championships
2006 The Black Widow
Original music by the staff of Gold
2007 Spanish Gold
Repertoire unavailable
74.175 9th Place
Division III
2008 29,029 ft: EVEREST
Repertoire unavailable
Did not attend
World Championships
2009 Entomology
Original music by Travis Larson
2010 Primary Colors
Yellow, Blue & Red
Original music by the staff of Gold
2011 Reel to Real
Repertoire unavailable
2012 Different
Dunkle und Rau, Different & Celebration!
Original music by Scott Director
84.300 7th Place
Open Class
Finalist
66.350 26th Place
World Class
2013 East Meets West
Pingpang, Mínyáo & Zuìzhong
Original music by Scott Director
86.750 6th Place
Open Class
Finalist
69.960 26th Place
World Class
2014 The 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
74.125 6th Place
Open Class
Finalist
71.250 28th Place
World Class
2015 Pop Star
Pop Star by Scott Director, Rich Hinshaw & Joe Millea
(Based on Toxic by Cathy Dennis, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg & Henrik Jonback)
67.725 8th Place
Open Class
Finalist
60.525 34th Place
World Class
2016 El Dia De Los Muertos
Processional, The Offering, Celebration & Limbo
Original music by Scott Director
68.600 8th Place
Open Class
Finalist
67.638 30th Place
World Class
2017 Grow
The Seed, The Sprout, The Sapling & Maturity
Original music by Scott Director
72.750 7th Place
Open Class
Finalist
70.100 29th Place
World Class
2018 Through Our Eyes
Original music by Scott Director
76.750 3rd Place
Open Class
Finalist
75.425 23rd Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2019 The Pursuit of Happiness
Rat Race; Love, Love, Love, Love, Love; Money & Happiness Found
Original music by Scott Director
79.250 3rd Place
Open Class
Finalist
77.100 22nd Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2020 Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Speakeasy
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
2022 The Gift 81.900 2nd Place
Open Class
Finalist
79.025 20th Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2023 The 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
80.675 2nd Place
Open Class
Finalist
79.913 20th Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2024 79.800 3rd Place
Open Class
Finalist
77.800 21st Place
World Class
Semifinalist

References

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  1. ^ "Corps". Drum Corps International. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Drum Corps International - News - Drum Corps International :: Marching Music's Major League¿". www.dci.org. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
  3. ^ "Welcome". 2011-12-04. Archived from the original on 2016-08-14. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
  4. ^ "scores@corpsreps.com - Historical Drum Corps Score Archives". corpsreps.com. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
  5. ^ "Santa Clara Vanguard Cadets edge Blue Devils B..." Drum Corps World. 16 August 2013. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  6. ^ "Executive Team – Gold Youth Arts Organization". Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  7. ^ "Gold". DCX: The Drum Corps Xperience. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
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