Les Stentors Drum and Bugle Corps

Les Stentors Drum and Bugle Corps is an Open Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Les Stentors is currently the only active Canadian corps in Drum Corps International (DCI) competition.[1]

Les Stentors
Drum and Bugle Corps
Les Stentors logo
LocationSherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
DivisionOpen
Founded1987
DirectorGabriel Francoeur
UniformBlue jacket w/white front panel,
black & white trim, silver buttons,
white aiguillette
Blue gauntlets w/black & white trim
Black pants
Black shoes
Black shako w'silver chains & badge
& white plume
Websitewww.stentors.net

History

Sources:[2][3][4]

In 1987, the Academie Musicale Drum and Bugle Corps of Sherbrooke started the Cadets de l’Académie.[5] Following their first season, the parents of the cadet corps broke away, changing the name of the young parade corps to La Relève Musicale. In 1993, reacting to the suggestion that the name indicated the corps remained associated with Academie Musicale, the corps changed its name to Les Stentors.[6]

The corps made the transition to a field competition corps in 1996, competing in the Fédération des Associations Musicales du Québec (FAM-Q) drum corps circuit.

The corps made its debut at the DCI World Championships at Sun Prairie, Wisconsin in 1999, placing 11th of 12 corps in Division II. The corps returned to DCI in 2001 and has since attended DCI every year except 2006, when the corps was inactive for a year, and 2007, when the corps opted not to strain its financial resources by traveling to the West Coast when the championships were held in Pasadena, California.

The corps went inactive in 2006 due to insufficient membership, but DCI approved its return to competition in 2007.

In 2014, Gabriel Francoeur, corps manager since 1997 was honored as one of four people named as DCI Volunteers of the Year.[7]

Les Stentors has been the only active competitive junior drum and bugle corps in Quebec since 2003. The corps became a SoundSport team in 2018 but returned to DCI competition in 2019.

Sponsorship

Les Stentors is a non-profit youth organization with an Administrative Council, manager, and staff assigned to carry out the organization's mission. Gabriel Francoeur is the corps' president and general manager.[8]

Show Summary (1988–2020)

Source:[9]

Gold background indicates DCI Championship; pale blue background indicates DCI Open Class Finalist.

YearThemeRepertoireScoreDCI Placement
1988I Will by Lennon–McCartney / The Honeymoon Song by William Sansom and Mikis TheodorakisDid not attend
1989La Colegiala by Walter Leon Aguilar / Theme from Le Club des 100 Watts by Alain CoutureDid not attend
1990Dragnet Theme (Danger Ahead and Dragnet March) by Miklós Rózsa and Walter Schumann /
Theme from Le Club des 100 Watts by Alain Couture / Bandstand Boogie by Charles Albertine / Asterix (Unknown)
Did not attend
1991Theme from Le Club des 100 Watts by Alain Couture /
Carmen & March of the Toreadors (from Carmen) by Georges Bizet / Pot-Pourri Quebecois (Unknown)
Did not attend
1992Glenn Miller Suite by Glenn Miller & others / C Jam Blues by Duke Ellington /
It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing by Duke Ellington and Irving Mills
Did not attend
1993Robin Hood by Michael Kamen / Marche Polovstienne (from Prince Igor) by Alexander BorodinDid not attend
1994The Three Musketeers by Michael KamenDid not attend
1995Music by Pat MethenyDid not attend
1996Jurassic Park by John Williams / Forrest Gump by Alan Silvestri / Afrique Noire (Unknown) / Apollo 13 by James HornerDid not attend
1997Interstellar SuiteHostility, Distress Signal & The Ship (from Interstellar Suite) by Amin BhatiaDid not attend
1998Lord of the RingsGandalf & Hobbits (from The Lord of the Rings Symphony) by Johan de Meij /
On Broadway by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Did not attend
1999Overture to a New AgeFlashing Wind by Jan Van der Roost / Symphonic Overture by James Barnes / Overture to a New Age by Jan de Haan81.30010th Div.II
2000The Music of Indiana JonesSelections from Indiana Jones by John WilliamsDid not attend
2001Abram's PursuitLiturgical Dances, Abram's Pursuit, Ballet Sacra & To Tame the Perilous Skies
All by David Holsinger
69.70018th Div.III
2002Phantom of the OperaSelections from the Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, and Richard Stilgoe67.40018th Div.III
2003QuidamRepertoire unavailable69.85015th Div.III
2004PilatusPilatus, The Mountain of Dragon by Steven Reineke63.40014th Div.III
2005TroySelections from Troy by James Horner70.57511th Div.III
2006Corps inactive
2007Repertoire unavailableDid not attend
2008SinbadRepertoire unavailable68.27522nd Open Class
2009The IncrediblesGlory Days, Bob vs. The Omnidroid, Marital Rescue, Escaping Nomanisan, Road Trip & Saving Metroville
All from The Incredibles by Michael Giacchino
65.90017th Open Class
2010A New DayGrace Kelly by Mika, Jodi Marr, John Merchant, Dan Warner /
Comme au Premier Jour by André Gagnon / Rock et Belles Oreilles Medley by Rock et Belles Oreilles /
Til the Day I Die & When I Rise by Charles Gregory / La Revolution by Christophe Mali
72.50014th Open Class
2011Musique du QuebecThe Rendezvous by Claude Léveillé / Happiness Makes You the Eye by France D'Amours and François Léveillé /
Piano Solo (Traditional) / The Ti-Rap Petang (Traditional) / What If You Could Love by Celine Dion /
And It's Not Over by Stéphane Venne / Go Where You Go by Celine Dion
72.100
51.750
13th Open Cl.
38th World Cl.
2012The SixtiesLe Yaya by Joel Denis / Diliou Diliou St-Tropez by Jenny Rock /
Wipe Out by Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller, and Ron Wilson (The Surfaris) /
Manon Viens Danser le Ska by Donald Lautrec /
Splish Splash by Bobby Darin, Murray The K Kaufman, and Jean Murray /
Da Doo Run Run by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector /
La Plus Belle Pour Aller Danser by Charles Aznavour and Georges Garvarentz /
Agadou dou dou by Patrick Zabé / Avant de te dire Adieu by Gilles Girard et les Classels
69.300
52.750
13th Open Class
34th World Class
201325tentors -
Stentors 25th Anniversary
Distress Signal (from Interstellar Suite) by Amin Bhatia / Gandalf (from Lord of the Rings) by Johan de Meij /
The Ti-Rap Petang (Traditional) / The Incredibles by Michael Giacchino / Til the Day I Die by Charles Gregory /
Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, and Richard Stilgoe /
Comme au Premier Jour by André Gagnon /
Hobbits (from The Lord of the Rings) by Johan de Meij / Overture to a New Age by Jan de Haan
76.650
58.250
11th Open Class
34th World Class
2014Magical Illusion Now You See Me, Now You Don't (from Now You See Me) by Brian Tyler61.275
57.425
12th Open Class
34th World Class
2015Tale of the TalesStar Trek by Michael Giacchino / Charlie and the Chocolate Factory & Alice in Wonderland by Danny Elfman /
Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev
60.250
52.975
12th Open Class
37th World Class
2016ÉnigmaBack to the Future by Alan Silvestri /Young Sherlock Holmes by Bruce Broughton
Overture to a New Age by Jan de Haan
55.325
53.399
16th Open Class
38th World Class
2017Red String of FateCan't Help Falling in Love by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore. and George David Weiss / Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland /
Always on My Mind by Johnny Christopher, Mark James, and Wayne Carson
55.200
54.725
16th Open Class
39th World Class
2018Soundsport team
2019Passion in RedÁguas de Março by Antônio Carlos Jobim / Symphonic Overture by Philip Sparke
Danzón No. 2 by Arturo Márquez / Capricho Árabe by Francisco Tárrega / Libertango by Astor Piazzolla
62.650
63.150
13th Open Class
34th World Class
2020Season cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

References

  1. "Corps". Drum Corps International. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  2. Les STENTORS de Sherbrooke - Historique
  3. "Les Stentors". DCX: The Drum Corps Xperience. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  4. Drum Corps International :: Marching Music's Major League™
  5. Messier, Denis (July 30, 1999). "Les Stentors visent haut". La Tribune. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  6. Patton, Bruce (August 17, 2010). "Drum and Bugle Homecoming: Sherbrooke's Stentors return from long tour". The Record. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  7. Still, Michael (June 4, 2014). "2014 DCI Volunteers of the Year". Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  8. "Staff". Stentors de Sherbrooke Corps de Tambours et Clairons. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  9. "Les Stentors". DCX: The Drum Corps Xperience. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
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