Golden Empire Drum and Bugle Corps

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Golden Empire
Drum and Bugle Corps
File:Golden Empire Drum & Bugle Corps logo.png
LocationBakersfield, California
DivisionOpen Class
Founded2013
DirectorTim Heasley
Websitehttp://www.geperformingarts.org/

The Golden Empire Drum and Bugle Corps is an Open Class (formerly Divisions II & III) competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Bakersfield, California, Golden Empire performs in Drum Corps International (DCI) competitions.[1]

History

Sources: [2][3][4]

The corps was founded in the Fall of 2013 at Bakersfield College as an extension of the existing Bakersfield College Drumline.

Recruiting was done at local marching band shows, staff was added, and a musical program developed. Auditions were held, and members of the new corps rehearsed through the Winter and Spring, then went to corps camp in the mountains at Lebec, California.

On May 21, DCI announced that Golden Empire was one of seven new or renewed corps approved to join the 2014 summer competitions,

On June 20, the corps made its debut at Clovis, marching 93 members– 43 brass, 21 battery percussion, 10 front ensemble, 16 auxiliary/color guard, and 3 drum majors. In that first show, the corps placed 3rd in Open Class, behind Vanguard Cadets and Blue Devils B, both three-time world champions in the class.

For its first season, Golden Empire scheduled eight contests on four weekends in June and July, with the corps making appearances in Southern, Central, and Northern California.

Sponsorship

Golden Empire Drum and Bugle Corps is sponsored by Golden Empire Performing Arts, an account of the Bakersfield College Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization which exists to support the activities of the Bakersfield College Drumline and the Golden Empire Drum and Bugle Corps from Bakersfield College.[5] The corps director is Tim Heasley.[6]

Show Summary (2014–2015)

Source=[7]

Year Theme Repertoire Score Result
2014 A Journey Begins Mvt. I - A Journey Begins / Mvt. II - The Balloon Ride / Mvt. III - Thinking of Home / Mvt. IV - Uncharted Waters
All music is derived from Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178 by Antonín Dvořák		 58.300 14th Open Class

36th World Class

2015 The Color of Crime The Area is Secure & Pinch of a Finger by Christophe Beck / Perfect Day for a Murder by Henry Mancini /
Feeling Good by Anthony Newley / Dreamsville by Henry Mancini /
The Damburger Incident, Dragalong Dreyfus & Chasing Yuri by Christophe Beck / Pink Panther by Henry Mancini		 57.400 16th Open Class

34th World Class

2016 Music Matters Paradisa Gloria by Karl Jenkins / Retribution by Edward Shearmur /
NO one To kNOW one by Andy Akiho /
Original music by Nicholas Rodriguez, Joey Hubbard, and David Ellis

External links

References

  1. ^ "Corps/Open Class". Drum Corps International. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  2. ^ "Influx of Open Class corps approved to participate in 2014 DCI Tour". Drum Corps International. May 21, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  3. ^ "About Golden Empire D&B". Golden Empire Performing Arts. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  4. ^ "Drum Corps in Southern California Rocked at 10-Corps Shows in Glendora and Oceanside". Drum Corps World. July 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  5. ^ "About Golden Empire Performing Arts". Golden Empire Performing Arts. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  6. ^ "Staff". Golden Empire Performing Arts. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  7. ^ "Song History for Golden Empire". Mahere Associates, Inc. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
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