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The Connecticut Hurricanes
LocationSeymour, CT
DivisionDCA Open Class
Founded1932
Executive DirectorBrian Maroldt
Championship titlesDCA Open Class 1967,1969 & 1981

The Connecticut Hurricanes is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization based in Seymour, CT existing as an all-age, co-ed, competitive drum and bugle corps.

The Hurricanes, also known by their nickname the Hurcs, are one of seven charter member corps of Drum Corps Associates, (DCA). The Hurricanes reign as the oldest, continually active organization in the DCA.

Founded in 1932 in Derby Connecticut as the John H. Collins American Legion Post Fife Drum & Bugle Corps, the Connecticut Hurricanes have called the Lower Naugatuck Valley home for eighty five years.

Mission statement

"The mission of the Hurricanes Drum and Bugle Corps[1] is to provide a competitive platform on which members can build successful healthy lifestyles through music and performance, as well as to promote artistic excellence. Emphasis is placed on development of self-esteem, self-motivation and self-reliance. It encourages team work, sportsmanship, civic pride and contributions of ones personal best to a group effort geared toward individual achievement of common goals. It is an education designed to help members become the best they can be."

History

The extensive history of the Hurricanes[2][3] can be divided into three distinct periods as follows;

Pre-competitive years, 1932-1954

The Hurricanes were formed in 1932 and were originally known as the John H. Collins Post Fife Drum & Bugle Corps. Members were predominantly veterans from World War I. They thrived as a parade corps for twenty three years accompanying the John H. Collins American Legion Post in local parades as well as to the American Legion’s State and National Conventions throughout the U.S.A. In the post World War II years of the 1940s the ranks were swelled by returning vets, as well as many new members, and the interest began shifting towards competitive field competition, an activity rapidly gaining in popularity. The fifes were phased out beginning in 1949 as the corps transformed to drums and bugles only.

The Hurricanes Hornline warming up at the Israeli Day Parade in New York City.

Pre-DCA, 1955-1963

The Corps officially transformed into a competitive field corps in 1955 and became a member of the Yankee Circuit, and subsequently the Northeastern Circuit. Though the corps was unofficially known by the nickname Hurricanes since 1951, Hurricane Diane and Hurricane Connie, powerful back to back storms that devastated the Naugatuck Valley of Connecticut in 1955, served as the inspiration to permanently change the name of the corps to the Connecticut Hurricanes in February 1956. The fledgling corps endured the expected growing pains that accompanied the transition in those first few years, but a top notch instructional staff and gritty determination propelled the Corps towards new heights and they would eventually become one of the premier corps of the Northeastern Circuit, where they competed through 1963, garnering two championships.

Modern years (DCA), 1964-present

In 1964 on the heels of a successful rise to prominence in the Northeastern Circuit, the Hurricanes became a charter member of Drum Corps Associates (DCA).[4] Since that inaugural year of DCA competition, they have captured three DCA Championship titles, (1967, 1969 and 1981) and have failed to reach the finals in the DCA championship contest but three times, (1986, 1989 and 2003). The Hurricanes have finished in the coveted top five in DCA finals competition a respectable twenty four times.[5]

Show Summary (1958-2016)

YEAR Affiliation Rank Score[6][7] Repertoire[8]
1958 Yankee Circuit Championship 1st 86.45 Stormy Weather * Rain * Basin Street Blues * Muskrat Ramble * Tropical Heatwave * I'll Never Smile Again
1959 Yankee Circuit Championship 2nd 89.95 Stormy Weather * Rain * Battle Hymn of the Republic * Autumn Leaves * A Foggy Day in London Town * Tropical Heatwave
1960 Northeastern Circuit Championship 4th 78.64
1961 Northeastern Circuit Championship 2nd 86.26 The Ten Commandments * Battle Hymn of the Republic * It Ain't Necessarily So * Magnificent Seven * They Call the Wind Maria
1962 Northeastern Circuit Championship 1st 87.15 The Ten Commandments * They Call the Wind Maria (from Paint Your Wagon) * Battle Hymn of the Republic * I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' & It Ain't Necessarily So (from Porgy and Bess) * The Magnificent Seven * Maria & Tonight (from West Side Story)* Till the Clouds Roll By
1963 Northeastern Circuit Championship 1st 84.433 Mutiny on the Bounty * Tonight (from West Side Story) * Battle Hymn of the Republic * I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' & It Ain't Necessarily So (from Porgy and Bess) * The Magnificent Seven * Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home? * Love Look Away (from Flower Drum Song)
1964 World Open Senior Championship 1st 84.433 The Man I Love * Hello, Dolly * Under the Double Eagle * Tropical Heat Wave * The Magnificent Seven * Caravan * Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?
1965 DCA Championship 2nd 84.360 The Man I Love * Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart * Under the Double Eagle * Tropical Heat Wave * Magnificent Seven * Caravan * Bill Bailey, Won't you Please Come Home? * Rhapsody in Blue
1966 DCA Championship 2nd 84.400 Inka Dinka Doo * Start Off Each Day With a Song * Just One Of Those Songs * National Emblem March * Of Thee I Sing * Tropical Heat Wave * Magnificent Seven * Caravan * Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home? * Just One of Those Songs (reprise)
1967 DCA Championship 1st 85.583 The Man I Love * Start Off Each Day With A Song * Just One Of Those Songs * Under the Double Eagle * National Emblem March * America I Love You * Rhapsody in Blue * Fiddler On the Roof * Return Of The Magnificent Seven * Stormy Weather
1968 DCA Championship 6th 78.450 The Man I Love * Step to the Rear (from How Now, Dow Jones) * Hallelujah Chorus * Rhapsody in Blue * Fiddler On the Roof * Magnificent Seven * Stormy Weather (from Stormy Weather)
1969 DCA Championship 1st 79.475 Les Preludes Overture * Queen of Sheba March * Hallelujah Chorus * Rhapsody in Blue * Walk on the Wild Side * Hang 'Em High * Magnificent Seven * Also Spracht Zarathustra (from 2001: A Space Odyssey)
1970 DCA Championship 3rd 80.950 If My Friends Could See Me Now & I'm a Brass Band (from Sweet Charity) * Stars and Stripes Forever * Walk on the Wild Side * Hang 'Em High & Magnificent Seven * Spracht Zarathustra (from 2001: A Space Odyssey)
1971 DCA Championship 4th 87.925 If My Friends Could See Me Now & I'm a Brass Band (from Sweet Charity) * Stars and Stripes Forever * Malaguena * Hallelujah Chorus * They Call the Wind Maria (from Paint Your Wagon) * Hang em' High * Magnificent Seven * Spracht Zarathustra (from 2001: A Space Odyssey)
1972 DCA Championship 4th (tie) 88.200 Fanfare for the New * Fiddler on the Roof * Malaguena * The Impossible Dream (from Man of La Mancha) * America the Beautiful * Rule Britannia * La Marseillaise * Fanfare for the Common Man * The Impossible Dream (from Man of La Mancha) * Hang 'em High * Magnificent Seven * Spracht Zarathustra (from 2001: A Space Odyssey)
1973 DCA Championship 3rd 85.300 Circus Medley; Entry of the Gladiators, Ballyhoo March, Barnum and Bailey's Favorites & Billboard March * Theme from Shaft * Rhapsody in Blue * Journey for Peace * America the Beautiful * Rule Britannia * La Marseillaise * Fanfare for the Common Man * The Impossible Dream (from Man of La Mancha) * What the World Needs Now * Hang 'Em High * Magnificent Seven * Billboard March (reprise)
1974 DCA Championship 6th 66.700 Stormy Weather (from Stormy Weather) * Don't Rain on My Parade (from Funny Girl) * Rat Tat Tat * Margie * Circus Medley; Entry of the Gladiators, Ballyhoo March, Barnum and Bailey's Favorites & Billboard March * The Way We Were * Tropical Heatwave * They Call the Wind Maria (from Paint Your Wagon) * Magnificent Seven * Stormy Weather (from Stormy Weather)
1975 DCA Championship 4th 86.980 I Got Rhythm (from Girl Crazy) * Walk on the Wild Side * Hallelujah Chorus * Jesus Christ Superstar * Hang 'Em High * Magnificent Seven * Circus Medley; Entry of the Gladiators, Ballyhoo March, Barnum And Bailey's Favorites & Billboard March * My Way
1976 DCA Championship 6th 79.950 I Got Rhythm (from Girl Crazy) * Ease on Down the Road (from The Wiz) * Tropical Heat Wave * Hallelujah Chorus * Yankee Doodle * Stars and Stripes Forever *
1977 DCA Championship 8th 78.650 Light Cavalry Overture * Watch Closely Now (drum solo) * Mighty High * Stormy Weather * Oklahoma Crude * Velvet Green (drum solo) * Nadia's Theme * Magnificent Seven
1978 DCA Championship 5th 82.800 Cantina Band (from Star Wars) * Main Title (from Star Wars) * Throne Room (from Star Wars) * Antares, the Star * Princess Leia's Theme (from Star Wars) * Sanctus (from The Mass) * Agnus Dei (from The Mass) *Chorale Almighty Father (from The Mass) * Offertory (from The Mass) * Saturday Night Fever Medley * Salsation * My Way * Magnificent Seven
1979 DCA Championship 5th 78.650 Children of Sanchez * Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band * Got To Get You Into My Life * Nowhere Man *Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band * My Way * Magnificent Seven
1980 DCA Championship 3th 86.350 Les Preludes Overture * Queen of Sheba March * Swing, Swing, Swing (from 1941) * Spirit of America Medley * Magnificent Seven
1981 DCA Championship 1st 89.650 Les Preludes Overture * Queen of Sheba March * Swing, Swing, Swing (from 1941) * Salute to Freedom * Devil Went Down to Georgia * It's My Turn * Magnificent Seven
1982 DCA Championship 3rd 87.650 Rustic Wedding Overture * Moonlight Serenade * Swing, Swing, Swing (from 1941) * Salute to Freedom * Let It Be Me * Magnificent Seven
1983 DCA Championship 7th 82.200 Overture (from Swan Lake) * Rustic Wedding March * Swing, Swing, Swing (from 1941) * Hallelujah Chorus *Memory (from Cats) * Magnificent Seven
1984 DCA Championship 6th 83.250 Meadowland * Pictures at an Exhibition * Gumbie Cats (from Cats) * Rhapsody in Blue * Magnificent Seven
1985 DCA Championship 9th 74.050 Olympic Fanfare * Imagination * Don't Leave Me * I Loved These Days * Magnificent Seven
1986 DCA Championship 12th 73.400 Concerto To End All Concertos * Catavento * Return of the Magnificent Seven * They Call The Wind Maria * Greatest Love of All * Magnificent Seven
1987 DCA Championship 10th 82.640 Theme (from An American Tail) * Market Street * Begin the Beguine * They Call the Wind Maria (from Paint Your Wagon) * Magnificent Seven
1988 DCA Championship 9th 81.040 Magnificent Seven Suite * Requiem for the Masses * Platoon * America the Beautiful * Market Place * Begin the Beguine * Try to Remember (from The Fantasticks) * The Way We Were * Magnificent Seven
1989 DCA Championship 11th 82.000 Buddy Rich Tribute; Bugle Call Rag & Willowcrest * West Side Story Medley; Maria, Somewhere, & Something's Coming * Magnificent Seven * Hang em'High * Magnificent Seven (reprise)
1990 DCA Championship 10th 85.900 Night on Bald Mountain * Pictures at an Exhibition * Swing Street * Cleanin' Up the Town * Wind Beneath My Wings * Magnificent Seven
1991 DCA Championship 5th 90.500 Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered * That Old Black Magic * Umulu * Symphonie Fantastique
1992 DCA Championship 4th 93.200 Gospel John * Make His Praise Glorious * Pour On the Power * Amazing Grace * Maybe God is Tryin' to Tell You Something
1993 DCA Championship 5th 91.200 "Ben Hur"... Theme Song * Prologue * Adoration of the Magi * The Rowing of the Galley Slaves * The Naval Battle * Chorale * Finale
1994 DCA Championship 5th 89.900 "Ben Hur"... Theme Song * Prologue * Adoration of the Magi * Rowing of the Galley Slaves * Naval Battle * Finale
1995 DCA Championship 5th 90.600 "Hurcs Through The Years"... Stormy Weather * Rhapsody in Blue/Concerto in "F" medley by Gershwin * They Call the Wind Maria * Magnificent Seven
1996 DCA Championship 9th 84.000 To Die For (from The Lion King) * Hippo Attack (from Congo) * Bail Out (from Congo) * Umulu * Medley (from The Lion King)
1997 DCA Championship 6th 87.600 Sophisticated Lady * It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing * Caravan * Autumn Leaves * Magnificent Seven
1998 DCA Championship 7th 87.700 Baroque Samba * Stella by Starlight * Swing, Swing, Swing (from 1941)
1999 DCA Championship 6th 90.100 "Vision Of The American West"... Magnificent Seven Suite * Hang 'Em High
2000 DCA Championship 6th 91.300 "Celtic Pride: Music from Far and Away"... The Land Race (from Far And Away) * Greensleeves * Fantasia on the Dargason (from Second Suite in F) * Joseph and Shannon * Blowing Off Steam -drum solo * Finale (from Far And Away)
2001 DCA Championship 10th 85.100 "Storm Warning"...You Are My Sunshine (jazz version) * Stormy Weather (from Stormy Weather) * Hurricane (drum solo) * Come In from the Rain * Somewhere Over the Rainbow
2002 DCA Championship 8th 88.000 "A Tribute to American Composers" - Fanfare for the Common Man * Symphony #3, Mvt. 3 * Agnus Dei (from Adagio For Strings) * Ballet Sacra
2003 DCA Championship 11th 84.300 "Hurcs in Vegas"... Godzilla Eats Las Vegas * Viva Las Vegas * Theme from "I Dream of Jeannie" * Magnificent Seven * Bacchanal * I'll Be Seeing You * Heartbreak Hotel
2004 DCA Championship 9th 84.475 Rhapsody in Blue * Make His Praise Glorious * The Storm (by John Meehan)
2005 DCA Championship 10th 84.425 "The Year It All began"... Frankie Machine (from The Man With The Golden Arm) * To Kill A Mockingbird
2006 DCA Championship 7th 86.738 "Jesus Christ Superstar"... Heaven on Their Minds * Everything's Alright * Jesus Must Die * Trial Before Pilate * John Nineteen Forty One * Superstar
2007 DCA Championship 7th 92.488 "The Music of Lenard Bernstein"...On The Waterfront * Mambo (from West Side Story) * Make Our Garden grow (from Candide) * Overture to Candide
2008 DCA Championship 4th 94.913 "Journey West"... Billy The Kid * Shenandoah * They Call the Wind Maria * Hoedown * Magnificent Seven
2009 DCA Championship 4th 95.838 "The Gold Rush"... Gates of Gold: Call of the Mountain * Theme from Can-Can * The Red Pony * Grover's Corners (from Our Town) * Silverado
2010 DCA Championship 4th 95.338 "Heaven Sent"... Gloria * Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee * God Said (from Bernstein's Mass) * Before the Throne of God Above * Gloria
2011 DCA Championship 4th 94.350 "Gershwin: Old, New, and Blue"... Porgy and Bess * Concerto in F * Rhapsody in Blue * But Not For Me * Fascinating Rhythm
2012 DCA Championship 4th 93.180 "Blokes and Birds"... Rule Britannia * Downtown * Georgy Girl * Windy * First Suite in E-Flat * Greensleeves * Water Music * Major Modern General (drum solo) * Crown Imperial * The Windmills of Your Mind * Fantasia on the Dargason (from Second Suite in F) * Turn, Turn * God Save the Queen * A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
2013 DCA Championship 9th 84.850 "Rage Against The Machine"... Enter The Machine * The Machine (from the Fifth Symphony * Mechanical Love (from Bicentennial Man) * Sam at the Lake (from Transformers) * Revenge of the Fallen * Flynn Lives (from Tron Legacy) * My Name is Lincoln (from The Island)
2014 DCA Championship 8th 87.350 "Always Greener"... The Promise of Living (from Tender Land) * They Call the Wind Maria (from Paint Your Wagon) * Children's Dance (from Merry Mount Suite) * Make Our Garden grow (from Candide) * Magnificent Seven
2015 DCA Championship 10th 83.800 "After Hours"...Sing Sing Sing * Since I Don't Have You * Nutville * Harlem Nocturne * Jump Jive an' Wail
2016 DCA Championship 13th 82.25 "Freedom"...Amazing Grace * Freedom * Nelle Tue Mani (from The Gladiator) * Freedom Trilogy

Identity

There are several distinguishing characteristics the give the Hurricanes their unique identity:[9][10]

  • The official colors are green, black and white.
  • A lightning bolt is prominently featured on the uniform.
  • The Drum Majors and the Honor Guard wear military style peaked hats in honor of Corps tradition.
  • The Corps theme song is the main theme from The Magnificent Seven.
  • The official street beat is "Downfall of Paris" as well as the marching beat known as "The Horse Walk."
  • The Corps song is sung to the melody of They Call the Wind Maria.

Championships

Major Titles garnered by the Hurricanes;[11][12]

  • Yankee Circuit Champions, 1958
  • Northeastern Circuit Champions, 1962 & 1963
  • World Open Senior Champions, 1964
  • American Legion National Champions, 1967
  • National Dream Champions, 1967, 1968 & 1969.
  • Drum Corps Associates Champions, 1967, 1969 & 1981

Notable alumni

  • The Hurricanes Hall of Fame[13] was established in 1994[14] to recognize those individuals who have demonstrated a high level of commitment, dedication and contribution to the Corps as well as the marching arts community. As of 2016 the Hall of Fame has enshrined seventy Hurricanes for their outstanding service.
  • There are fifty four Hurricanes of Distinction[15] who are acclaimed in the realm of drum corps as well as the marching arts community on the whole and have been recognized as such through induction into the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame[16][17] and/or the Drum Corps International Hall of Fame.[18]

References

  1. ^ "Mission Statement".
  2. ^ A History of Drum and Bugle Corps vol.2;Steve Vickers,ed.;Drum Corps World,pub2003
  3. ^ "Our History".
  4. ^ "Drum Corps Associates".
  5. ^ "scores@corpsreps.com - Historical Drum Corps Score Archives". Corpsreps.com. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  6. ^ "scores@corpsreps.com - Historical Drum Corps Score Archives". Corpsreps.com. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  7. ^ "Score Library".
  8. ^ "Audio Room".
  9. ^ A History of Drum and Bugle Corps vol. 2; Steve Vickers, ed.; Drum Corps World, pub. 2003
  10. ^ "About".
  11. ^ "scores@corpsreps.com - Historical Drum Corps Score Archives". Corpsreps.com. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  12. ^ "Score Library".
  13. ^ "Hall of Fame".
  14. ^ A History of Drum and Bugle Corps vol.2; Steve Vickers, ed.; Drum Corps World,pub.2003
  15. ^ "Hurricanes of Distinction".
  16. ^ "Members". Worlddrumcorpshof.org. 2014-08-05. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  17. ^ "Associate Members". Worlddrumcorpshof.org. 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  18. ^ "Hall of Fame-overview-".
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