Shadow Drum and Bugle Corps
Shadow Drum and Bugle Corps is an Open Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Oregon, Wisconsin, Shadow competes in Drum Corps International (DCI).[1]
Location | Oregon, Wisconsin |
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Division | Open Class |
Founded | 1972/2016 |
Director | Rebecca Compton-Allen |
Uniform | Half black & half grey jacket w/white & grey layers w/buttons, black bibbers, 1 black gauntlet (Right) & 1 grey gauntlet (Left) with buttons.
Black shoes and socks Black "Aussie" hat w/ black and red plume (White for seniors) Black gloves |
Website | www |
History
The Oregon High School Summer Marching Band began competing in 1972 as a charter member of the Mid-American Competing Band Directors Association (MACBDA). The band competed in the MACBDA every summer through 2015, changing its name to the Shadow Armada in 2008. In the Spring of 2016, the band changed directions and applied for membership in DCI. After an evaluation of the organization's resources, staff, and plans, on May 18, 2016, the unit was approved to compete as an Open Class drum and bugle corps under its new name of Shadow Drum and Bugle Corps.[2]
Although several corps formerly were or currently are sponsored by colleges or universities, Shadow is the first DCI corps sponsored by a high school.[2] In late October, 2020 Shadow announced that, through an updated partnership between the sponsoring organizations, membership would be opened to "ANYONE eligible to participate in DCI/" [3]
Sponsorship
The corps is sponsored by the Oregon School District and Shadow Marching Arts., a registered non-profit 501 (c)(3) musical organization. The corps director is Rebecca Compton-Allen. The organizations also sponsor the Shadow Indoor Percussion ensemble and two Shadow winter guard units.[4]
Show summary 2016–2020
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Gold background indicates DCI Championship; pale blue background indicates DCI Class Finalist; pale green background indicates DCI semifinalist.
Year | Theme | Repertoire | Score | DCI Placement |
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2016 | This Mortal Coil | Fantasia in G by Timothy Mahr / Concerto for Saxophone Quartet by Philip Glass ./ Salm O "Dewi Sant (from Adiemus IV) by Karl Jenkins / Sonata for Trombone and Piano by Eric Ewazen | 64.175 61.300 | 13th Open Class 35th World Class |
2017 | Atreyu | Music from The NeverEnding Story by Klaus Doldinger and Giorgio Moroder / Salva Me by Robert Prizeman / Dies Irae by Karl Jenkins | 62.225 60.925 | 13th Open Class 37th World Class |
2018 | The Body Celestial | Shine by Michael Markowski / The Wayfaring Stranger (Traditional) adapted by Christopher M. Nelson / Aurora Awakes by John Mackey | 63.925 | 12th Open Class 37th World Class |
2019 | Sonnets to Orpheus | Keyboard Suite in D minor by George Frideric Handel / Symphony No. 7 by Ludwig van Beethoven / Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck / Anvil by Lorn / Overture & New World by Björk | 69.525 66.300 | 10th Open Class 32nd World Class |
2020 | Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
References
- "Corps". Drum Corps International. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- "New Open Class corps approved for '16 DCI Tour". Drum Corps International. 2016-05-18.
- "Shadow opens ranks to all DCI ages". Drum Corps International. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- "About". Shadow Drum and Bugle Corps. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- "Shadow". DCX: The Drum Corps Xperience. Retrieved 5 March 2018.