Legends Drum and Bugle Corps
 Legends Drum & Bugle Corps logo | |
| Location | Kalamazoo, MI |
|---|---|
| Division | Open Class |
| Founded | 2001 / 2006 |
| Director | Ibe Sodawalla |
| Uniform | White/Gray Vest w/ gray undershirt Compass logo on front with mirror in center Black pants Black shoes White and blue wrapped shako Gray plume |
The Legends Drum & Bugle Corps is an Open Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Legends performs in Drum Corps International (DCI) competitions.[1]
History[]
What is now the Legends Drum and Bugle Corps had its beginnings in Portage, Michigan in 2001 as an indoor winter brass and percussion ensemble at Portage Central High School.
The unit added a color guard in 2006 and performed in exhibition at several DCI shows that summer and the next.
Legends entered DCI competition in 2008, making semifinals and placing 15th of 23 corps at the DCI Open Class Championships at Michigan City, Indiana.
The corps gained the Open Class Finals in 2009, placing 10th and earning awards for Most Improved Corps, Most Outstanding Drum Major (Kelly Koch), and Open Class Director of the Year.
The corps has since remained as an Open Class finalist and has won additional awards as Most Improved Corps and for Most Outstanding Drum Major.
In 2015, Legends placed 5th at the DCI Open Class Championships and 25th overall at the DCI World Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana, and earning their first semifinals spot in their 10th Anniversary season. The corps was again named the Most Improved Open Class corps, and corps director Ibe Sodawalla received the 2015 Dr. David Kampschroer Leadership Award as Open Class Director of the Year.[2]
2016 was the year the corps broke top 3 in DCI Open Class Championships and earned their highest score to date. Again, Legends made it to semifinals, this year earning 24th place. Noah Koch of Legends also won the Jim Jones Leadership Award for DCI Open Class Drum Major of the Year.
Sponsorship[]
Legends Drum & Bugle Corps is sponsored by the Legends Performing Arts Association, a registered non-profit 501(c)(3) musical organization which has a Board of Directors, director, and staff assigned to carry out the organization's mission. The corps director is Ibe Sodawalla. The organization continues to support the original Portage Central High School Indoor Performance Ensemble. It also sponsored Legends Percussion, an indoor percussion ensemble that competes in Winter Guard International. Legends Percussion was inactive for the 2017 Winter Guard International season.[3]
Show Summary (2006-2021)[]
Source:[4]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Ballet Sacra by David Holsinger / Malaguena by Ernesto Lecuona | Did not attend | ||
| 2007 | In Permoveo | Ballet Sacra by David Holsinger | Did not attend | |
| 2008 | Evolutional Procuratio | New Beginnings by Peter Boyer | 82.000 | 15th Open Class |
| 2009 | Incrementum | Daphnis and Chloe by Maurice Ravel | 81.950 | 10th Open Class |
| 2010 | Ruins | Vesuvius by Frank Ticheli / Eruption (from the Tarkus Suite) by Keith Emerson / Pines of Rome & Fountains of Rome by Ottorino Respighi / Unstoppable by Helmut and Franz Vonlichten (E.S. Posthumus) / Prelude - Main Title (from Ben Hur) by Miklós Rózsa |
86.200 | 8th Open Class |
| 2011 | Skyscapes | Cloudburst by Eric Whitacre / You Are (Variations) by Steve Reich / Pagodes (from Estampes) by Claude Debussy / Gold Rush by Jacob ter Veldhuis / Aurora Awakes by John Mackey |
82.300 60.650 |
9th Open Class 34th World Class |
| 2012 | The Edmund Fitzgerald | Four Sea Interludes by Benjamin Britten / The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot / Coming Home From The Sea (from The Perfect Storm) & Bishop's Countdown (from Aliens) by James Horner |
83.950 63.400 |
8th Open Class 30th World Class |
| 2013 | Ichabod | Main Titles (from Sleepy Hollow) by Danny Elfman / The Vote (from The Village) by James Newton Howard / Chester Overture by William Schuman / Shepherd's Hey by Percy Grainger / The Chase (from Sleepy Hollow) by Danny Elfman |
85.700 68.400 |
8th Open Class 29th World Class |
| 2014 | La Cathédrale | The Sunken Cathedral by Claude Debussy / Stained Glass by David Gillingham / Lux Aurumque by Eric Whitacre / Gloria, Mvt. 3 (Vivace e ritmico) by John Rutter |
73.675 71.000 |
7th Open Class 29th World Class |
| 2015 | The Climb | Ascent by Key Poulan, Paul Rennick, and Sandra Rennick / The Mountain (from The Bucket List) by Marc Shaiman / Avalanche (from Vertical Limit) by James Newton Howard / The Climb by Jon Mabe and Jessi Alexander |
75.125 70.250 |
5th Open Class 25th World Class |
| 2016 | The Grid | The Grid (from Tron:Legacy) by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter (Daft Punk) / Main Title from Paycheck by John Powell / Virus Attack by Amin Bhatia / Adagio for Tron (from Tron:Legacy) by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter (Daft Punk) / NO one To kNOW one by Andy Akiho / Mona Lisa Overdrive (from Matrix Reloaded) by Don Davis and Juno Reactor |
76.500 73.150 |
3rd Open Class 24th World Class |
| 2017 | The Signal | Define Dancing (from Wall-E) by Thomas Newman and Peter Gabriel / Mothership by Mason Bates / Satellite by James Pluth / The Sound of Silence by Paul Simon / Hyperjump (from Wall-E) by Thomas Newman / Stargate Overture by David Arnold |
77.250 76.225 |
3rd Open Class 22nd World Class |
| 2018 | Along Came a Spider | The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky / Itsy Bitsy Spider (Traditional) / Symphony #8, Mvt. 3 by Dmitri Shostakovich / Aha! by Imogen Heap / Spider-Man Theme by Paul Francis Webster and Robert "Bob" Harris Water Night by Eric Whitacre / Metropolis Symphony, Mvt. 1 (Lex) by Michael Daugherty |
76.350 | 4th Open Class 26th World Class |
| 2019 | Song of the Siren | La Mer by Claude Debussy / Pure Imagination by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley / Aquarium (from Carnival of the Animals) by Camille Saint-Saëns / Genie in a Bottle by David Frank, Steve Kipner, and Pamela Sheyne / Finale (from The Abyss) by Alan Silvestri / Symphony No.10 by Dmitri Shostakovich |
79.400 78.400 |
2nd Open Class
21st World Class |
| 2020 | Season cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic | |||
| 2021 | Opted out of competition for the season |
References[]
- ^ "Corps". Drum Corps International. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ "Recap Roundup: Open Class World Championship Finals". Drum Corps International. August 8, 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
- ^ "Staff". Legends Performing Arts Association. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
- ^ "Legends". DCX: The Drum Corps Xperience. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
External links[]
- Drum and bugle corps
- DCI Open Class corps
- Musical groups established in 2001
- 2001 establishments in Michigan