Gold Drum and Bugle Corps

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]

Gold Drum and Bugle Corps

Gold Drum & Bugle Corps logo
Location	Oceanside, California
Division	Open Class
Founded	2005
Director	Dr. Donald Flaherty
Uniform	(2018) Half black and white top and pants. No hat. Shoe color matches pant leg.
Website	golddrumcorps.org

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 remains as the corps' executive director.

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 had first attended the DCI World Championships in 2007, when DCI traveled west to Pasadena, and had placed 9th of 15 corps in Division III. Since 2012, Gold has traveled to the Midwest, to attend the DCI World Championships in Michigan City 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.

Gold was noted for the gold finish on the horn line's instruments until 2015 when they switched from Gold Yamaha Horns to Jupiter Horns with a silver finish.

Sponsorship

The Gold Drum and Bugle Corps is sponsored by Gold Youth Arts Organization, Inc., a 501 (c) (3) musical organization that has a Board of Directors, corps director, and staff assigned to carry out the organization's mission. The Executive Director is Donald Flaherty, Ed.D.[2]

Show Summary (2005–2020)

Source:[6]

Gold background indicates DCI Championship; pale blue background indicates DCI Class Finalist; pale green background indicates DCI semifinalist; pale purple background indicates Open Class finalist (but not champion) and World Class semifinalist.

Year	Theme	Repertoire	Score	DCI Placement
2005	Introductions	Introductions (original music by corps staff)		Did not attend
2006	The Black Widow	The Black Widow (Original music by corps staff)		Did not attend
2007	Spanish Gold	Spanish Gold (Original music by corps staff)	74.175	9th Div.III
2008	"29,029 ft: EVEREST"			Did not attend
2009	Entomology	Entomology by Travis Larson		Did not attend
2010	Primary Colors	Yellow, Blue & Red by Travis Larson		Did not attend
2011	Reel to Real	Selections from movie soundtracks Repertoire unavailable		Did not attend
2012	Different	Dunkle und Rau, Different & Celebration! by Scott Director	84.300 66.350	7th Open Class 26th World Class
2013	East Meets West	Pingpang, Mínyáo & Zuìzhong by Scott Director	86.750 69.960	6th Open Class 26th World Class
2014	The Journey	The Journey by Scott Director	74.125 71.250	6th Open Class 28th World Class
2015	POP STAR	Pop Star by Scott Director with Rich Hinshaw, and Joe Millea Based on Toxic by Cathy Dennis, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, and Henrik Jonback	67.725 60.525	8th Open Class 34th World Class
2016	El Dia De Los Muertos	Movement 1: Processional / Movement 2: The Offering / Movement 3: Celebration by Scott Director, Niko Jasniewicz, and Sean Gordon	68.600 67.638	8th Open Class 30th World Class
2017	Grow	Movement 1: The Seed / Movement 2: The sapling / Movement 3: Struggle / Movement 4: Maturity by Scott Director	72.750 70.100	7th Open Class 29th World Class
2018	Through Our Eyes	Movement 1: Black and White / Movement 2: Through Our Eyes / Movement 3/4: Dyslexiaphrenia Original compositions by Scott Director with Sean Gordon and David Miranda	76.750 75.425	3rd Open Class 23rd World Class
2019	The Pursuit of Happiness	The Rat Race~Main Title by Elmer Bernstein / Love, Love, Love, Love, Love; Money; Happiness Found All by Scott Director	79.250 77.100	3rd Open Class 22nd World Class
2020		Season cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

References

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. "[email protected] - 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. "Gold". DCX: The Drum Corps Xperience. Retrieved 5 March 2018.

External links

• Corps website
• DCI website